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Somali refugee in driver’s seat
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A Somali refugee who fled civil war in his home country and became an American citizen may never know why the federal government confiscated the credentials that allowed him to ear...
Nov 14, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Some foster kids in Kentucky need help after turning 18
LEXINGTON — Evicted and struggling to save money to buy a car, 19-year-old Clairessa Johnson often feels hopeless. Johnson and her infant daughter have been staying with a friend and she’s savin...
Nov 13, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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UK will have to pay back $7.6M to endowments
LEXINGTON — The University of Kentucky will pay back $7.6 million after dipping into endowment principal to fund Bucks for Brains, a program that provides matching state dollars for certain private...
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Associated Press Chattanooga Police Sgt. Darrell Whitfield, with the agency's Crime Scene Unit, demonstrates Nov. 3 how its new Leica Scan Station C10 can be used to pinpoint the location where a shooter stood while firing using 3-D modeling. Its new scanner produces three-dimensional images that reconstruct crime scenes and provide a way to acquire accurate measurements without revisiting a scene.
Law enforcement device shows crime scene in 3D
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — New three-dimensional technology will soon allow Chattanooga police to take jurors on a visual trip past the yellow crime scene tape, to the scene of a fatal shooting. The C...
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Profile of homeless man grows online
PEORIA, Ill. — Willie York is known for many things — his status as a well-known downtown denizen, his fondness for boozy delinquency, his unorthodox fashion sense, and now, philanthropy? The st...
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Associated Press Gov. Steve Beshear smiles as he takes the oath of office administered by state Supreme Court Justice Mary C. Noble on Dec. 11, 2007 in Frankfort. His second inauguration will be Dec. 13.
Beshear’s 2nd inauguration will be ‘economical’
FRANKFORT — Tough economic times will translate into a “fairly economical” inaugural celebration to mark the start of Gov. Steve Beshear’s second term. “The state’s gone through hard times, and ...
Nov 12, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Death toll from Joplin tornado reduced to 161
JOPLIN, Mo. — Officials in Joplin say the death toll from the May 22 tornado has fallen to 161, with the discovery that an Oklahoma man was included by mistake. The city said Friday the Jasper C...
Nov 12, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Colleges remember US war dead
Colleges remember US war dead LOUISVILLE — Iraq war veteran Joseph Blackett counts himself lucky, surviving enemy attacks while protecting convoys along roads strewn with snipers and bombs. So t...
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Faculty strike ends at SIUC
ST. LOUIS — Dozens of tenured educators and those on track to become so returned to their classrooms Thursday at Southern Illinois University, a day after making enough progress in contract talks t...
Nov 11, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Beshear will face same financial woes
FRANKFORT — Having campaigned on promises to create jobs, newly re-elected Democratic Gov. Steve Beshear arranged for his first post-election public appearance to be a ceremonial ribbon cutting Wed...
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