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Inmates pursue funds for clemency bids
LOUISVILLE — Two Kentucky death row inmates are hoping brain scans and mental tests will bolster their cases for a rare grant of executive clemency that would spare their lives. Ralph S. Baze Jr...
Dec 31, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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States reach agreement on bridges
LOUISVILLE — Construction on two new bridges spanning the Ohio River between Kentucky and Indiana could begin in late 2012, with the spans open before the end of the decade, Kentucky and Indiana of...
Dec 30, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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Justices to hear lawsuit over diet drug LOUISVILLE — A group of people sickened by the diet-drug fen-phen will get a chance to argue that a $42 million judgment awarded to them from their one-ti...
Dec 30, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Abortion, immigration changes among new 2012 legislation
Girls seeking abortions in New Hampshire must first tell their parents or a judge, employers in Alabama must verify new workers’ U.S. residency, and California students will be the first in the cou...
Dec 29, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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Miners rescued in Tennessee
NEW MARKET, Tenn. — A fire broke out inside a zinc mine in Tennessee on Wednesday, trapping three miners inside for about three hours before they were rescued, authorities said. Two other miners be...
Dec 29, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Lawyer says soldier shooting client was attacked
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. — The lawyer for the California man charged with the attempted murder of an Afghanistan war veteran said his client was under attack when gunfire rang out. Ruben Ray Jurad...
Dec 29, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Beshear to ‘aggressively’ push for gambling in Kentucky
FRANKFORT — Kentucky’s governor expects a proposal to be filed in a matter of days in the state legislature to legalize casino-style gambling. “We’re going to go very aggressively after a consti...
Dec 29, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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State fire department collects subscribers’ fee
Associated Press MIDDLESBORO — A volunteer fire department in southeastern Kentucky says it will begin collecting fees from subscribers next week. Bell County Assistant Fire Chief David Mirac...
Dec 28, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Associated Press Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn visits with Kristi Goodin and Zachary Zimerman, both U.S. Army National Guard specialists who met in Iraq, and their 4-month-old son, Wyatt Zimerman on Dec. 14 in Chicago. As younger military veterans stream back into Illinois from Iraq and Afghanistan, Illinois faces a challenge as it tries to make them more of a priority in a time of desperately tight budgets. The state has been increasing the amount it spends on veterans services in recent years. But the bulk of that money is spent on older veterans while many younger soldiers and National Guard troops are returning to a difficult economy looking for help with jobs and training.
Illinois grappling with younger veterans’ needs
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — As younger military veterans stream back into Illinois from Iraq and Afghanistan, the state faces a challenge as it tries to make them more of a priority in a time of desperately ...
Dec 27, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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16 apply for Louisville police chief post LOUISVILLE — Louisville officials have 16 candidates to review in finding the city’s next police chief. The application process closed Dec. 15, with...
Dec 27, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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