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Indian Head Rock returned to Kentucky

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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The three-year battle with Ohio for an 8-ton boulder that state archaeologists say is steeped in Kentucky history concluded Thursday when the artifact was returned. The boulder...

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‘Wheel’ and ‘Jeopardy!’ are bigger than TV

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NEW YORK (AP) - You take trivia answers that call for rapid-fire questions. You take a jumbo roulette wheel and the letters of the alphabet. What you've got are "Jeopardy!" and "Wheel of Fortune," TV's reigning syndicated shows for a quarter-century. But that's only for starters.
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Drug Death

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MAYFIELD, Ky. (AP) - An attorney has entered a not guilty plea to second-degree manslaughter on behalf of his teenage client, who's accused of giving his friend a drink laced with drugs. Police say 18-year-old Ethan Edwards gave 17-year-old Adam Steven Hogarty a drink in August containing morphine, codeine and the depressant benzodiazepine.
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Former country music singer dies in Northern Kentucky

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FLORENCE, Ky. (AP) - Former country music singer Jack Reno, who recorded seven albums and performed at the Grand Ole Opry, has died. He was 72. The Kentucky Enquirer reports that Reno appeared at the Grand Ole Opry six times and performed with country music legends such as Waylon Jennings and Dolly Parton.
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Batter Up! Piazza to write memoir

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NEW YORK (AP) - Baseball great Mike Piazza, a home run slugger and 12-time All Star widely regarded as the best hitting catcher in history, is working on a memoir. "I look forward to having the chance to take people behind the scenes and to talk about the many great people and characters I've played with and for over the course of my career," Piazza said in a statement issued Tuesday by Simon ' Schuster, which plans to release the book in 2010.
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Bengals get exemption for Blackstock

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CINCINNATI (AP) - The Bengals were given a one-week roster exemption Tuesday for linebacker Darryl Blackstock, who was suspended the last four games for using a nutritional supplement that contained a substance banned by the NFL. Blackstock is allowed to participate in meetings and practices this week - the team's bye week - without counting toward the 53-man roster.
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McConnell, Lunsford locked in close race early

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is locked in a close race Tuesday with Democratic businessman Bruce Lunsford in Kentucky's Senate race. With 13 percent of precincts reporting, McConnell had 120,595 votes or 51 percent, compared with 119,327 votes or 49 percent for Lunsford.
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Federal Court: Ohio must check voter registrations

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CINCINNATI (AP) -A federal appeals court has ordered Ohio's top elections official to set up a system by Friday to verify the eligibility of new voters. The full 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati on Tuesday upheld a lower court ruling that Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner must use other government records to check thousands of new voters for registration fraud.
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US Rep. skips debate, but KET airs his statement

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LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) _ U.S. Rep. Ed Whitfield skipped what was to be a live debate broadcast on statewide public television and instead sent a taped segment to be aired after his challenger answered questions from a panel of reporters. Whitfield's Democratic challenger, Heather Ryan of Paducah, said she discovered just hours before her scheduled appearance Monday that Kentucky Educational Television would allow Whitfield to skip the debate, but still get televised time.
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Ky. Army Ranger, 27, dies in Iraq while on patrol

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MADISONVILLE, Ky. (AP) - The father of a western Kentucky soldier killed in Iraq says the Madisonville community is "filling me up with love and prayers" since learning of his 27-year-old son's death. Sgt. William P. Rudd died Sunday after being hit by enemy small-arms fire while on combat patrol in Mosul, according to the U.
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Bengals LB Blackstock suspended 4 games

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CINCINNATI (AP) -The NFL suspended Cincinnati Bengals reserve linebacker Darryl Blackstock for the next four games on Tuesday because he used a performance-enhancing substance. The Bengals signed Blackstock as a free agent from Arizona in the offseason. He has played in all five games, including one start, and has four tackles.
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Brooks: Wildcats won’t be cannon fodder for Tide

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LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - Don't tell Rich Brooks that Alabama isn't the best team in the country. Despite being undefeated through four games, Brooks stressed Monday that Saturday's game at No. 2 Alabama will be a huge obstacle for the Wildcats against not just a strong Southeastern Conference opponent, but a "borderline great team.
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Springsteen, Joel Team up for Obama

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WASHINGTON (AP) - Rock stars Bruce Springsteen and Billy Joel are teaming up for their first joint concert to benefit Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama. Obama plans to attend the concert at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City on Oct. 16, the day after Obama's final debate with Republican John McCain at Hofstra University, located several miles outside the city in Hempstead, N.
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TV Debate Ratings

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NEW YORK (AP) - The first debate between John McCain and Barack Obama, seen by an estimated 52.4 million viewers on Friday, was one of the first events of the presidential campaign that was not a huge TV hit. The audience was 10 million less than the first debate between President Bush and Democratic challenger John Kerry in 2004, according to Nielsen Media Research on Monday.
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Ky. checking Ohio River bridges for weak steel

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HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ky. (AP) - An engineering team was dispatched Monday to check for weaknesses in steel used to construct two Ohio River bridges on Interstate 275, some 5 miles east of Cincinnati. Kentucky Transportation Cabinet spokesman Chuck Wolfe said tests are under way to ensure the safety of the Combs-Hehl twin bridges after laboratory tests indicated steel used in the three "splice plates" didn't meet the state's specifications for strength.
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Capsule reviews of ‘Rodanthe’ and other films

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Capsule reviews of films opening this week: "The Lucky Ones" - The latest casualty in Hollywood's unsatisfying parade of war-on-terror dramas, a movie built on unlikelihoods that gradually advance to wild improbabilities. Tim Robbins, Rachel McAdams and Michael Pena manage occasional moments of humor and pathos as three wounded Iraq War veterans on an impromptu road trip across America.
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Injured Ball State WR Love likely out of football

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MUNCIE, Ind. (AP) - Ball State officials say injured receiver Dante Love will likely never play football again. Love was hurt during a game at Indiana on Saturday night and underwent a 5-hour operation on Sunday for a broken spine and an injury to his spinal cord.
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Bengals sign CB Fletcher

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CINCINNATI (AP) - The Cincinnati Bengals have signed veteran free-agent cornerback Jamar Fletcher and waived first-year player Geoffrey Pope. The Bengals on Tuesday said Fletcher signed a one-year contract. The eighth-year NFL player from the University of Wisconsin was released by Houston in final preseason roster cuts.
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Beshear moves to expand gasoline supplies

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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Gov. Steve Beshear has issued an executive order that will allow wholesalers to immediately begin distributing gasoline that usually is sold only during the fall and winter months in Kentucky. Beshear said the move will expand the state's supply of gasoline.
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Neb. wrestlers in middle of gay porn scandal

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Nebraska athletic director Tom Osborne remembers the days when about the only way a student-athlete could embarrass his or her school was to end up in jail. Now, Osborne and other leaders in college sports have to worry about potential embarrassment when their athletes end up on the Internet.
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For now, Chad Johnson can’t wear Ocho Cinco

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Chad Johnson has changed his name, but his jersey remained the same Sunday. The Cincinnati Bengals receiver legally changed his name from Chad Johnson to Chad Ocho Cinco, but the NFL decided against allowing him to put his name on his jersey. "While the NFL has recognized the legal name change of Chad Johnson to Chad Ocho Cinco, the league informed the Bengals today that certain issues remain to be resolved before Ocho Cinco will be permitted to wear his new surname on his jersey," the league said in a statement.
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Coastal Carolina sprinter arrested on drug charges

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A Coastal Carolina University sprinter was arrested after police found him with marijuana. Authorities say 21-year-old Javarius Lavontae Phelps of Greenwood was charged with marijuana possession and intent to distribute. The Web site for the J. Rueben Long Detention Center says he remains in custody there.
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Reds 2B Phillips to get pin in broken finger

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Reds second baseman Brandon Phillips will have season-ending surgery Friday to have a pin inserted into his broken right index finger to help it heal properly. Phillips broke the finger in Tuesday night's game at Milwaukee when he was hit by a pitch on a bunt attempt.
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Obama puts heat on Palin as she boosts GOP ticket

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FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. (AP) - Listening to Barack Obama, it can seem like Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin is the main person standing between him and the White House instead of John McCain. Obama is putting as much heat on Palin as he is on the man at the top of the GOP ticket, objecting to the Republican Party's portrayal of her as a reformer who can bring change to Washington.
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Tom Brady out for season

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Opponents expecting the Patriots to fall apart as a result of Tom Brady's season-ending knee injury would be wise to remember the last time New England had to turn to its backup quarterback. His name: Tom Brady. And after Drew Bledsoe was injured in 2001, he led the Patriots to Super Bowl victories in three of the next four seasons.
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Reds fall to Pirates 3-2

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Rookies Brandon Moss and Andy LaRoche hit back-to-back home runs to help the Pittburgh Pirates snap a 10-game losing streak with a 3-2 win over the Cincinnati Reds on Tuesday night.
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U.S. colleges launch gunfire defense classes

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Hundreds of colleges across the nation have purchased a training program that teaches professors and students not to take campus threats lying down but to fight back with any "improvised weapon," from a backpack to a laptop computer. The program - which includes a video showing a gunman opening fire in a packed classroom - urges them to be ready to respond to a shooter by taking advantage of the inherent strength in numbers.
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Carson gets the sniffs knocked out of him

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Quarterback Carson Palmer will skip Cincinnati's last preseason game, resting his broken nose while running back Rudi Johnson makes his first - and what he thinks could be his last - appearance in a Bengals uniform. Palmer didn't participate in practice again Tuesday, watching while the rest of the team got ready for its game Thursday night in Indianapolis.
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Reds beat ‘stros

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Bronson Arroyo pitched Cincinnati's first complete game of the season and Ryan Hanigan hit a solo homer that would have probably drawn an instant replay review in the Reds' 2-1 win over the Houston Astros on Tuesday night. Hanigan broke the tie in the eighth with a one-out homer off Geoff Geary that bounced off the facade in left center, just above the yellow line.
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Roger Clemens ‘gone country’

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Roger Clemens had a decade-long relationship with country star Mindy McCready that began when she was a 15-year-old aspiring singer and the pitcher was a Boston Red Sox ace, the Daily News reported. "I cannot refute anything in the story," McCready told the newspaper in a story posted on its Web site Monday night.
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Obama shoots hoops

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For all his basketball skills, Barack Obama was out of his league. The Democratic presidential candidate played hoops with the University of North Carolina team on April 29. The Final Four squad cut the 46-year-old some slack. "These guys move very fast," puffed Obama, as he raced up and down the court with the much younger and much bigger college players, many of whom dwarfed the 6-foot-2 Obama.
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Rivers Bengals first choice

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Keith Rivers' number is already taken. During his impressive career at Southern California, the linebacker wore No. 55 with great pride. The number has been passed from one prominent USC linebacker to another, part of an ongoing tradition. The first-round draft pick got a Cincinnati Bengals jersey with a ceremonial No.
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Politically-charged Olympics putting China in spotlight

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With 100 days to go, the battle has been lost to keep politics out of the Beijing Olympics. Shimmering venues and billions spent to remake Beijing into a modern city have been dulled by pro-Tibet protests, chaos on the torch relay and an anti-Western backlash by angry Chinese who sense their coming-out party is being spoiled.
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Kentucky Derby around the corner

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A few fillies could be in, War Pass is out and trainer Todd Pletcher might have three horses for the Kentucky Derby. Despite a flurry of Derby doings, the final Run to the Roses Top 10 list by The Associated Press didn't change much from a week ago: Unbeaten Florida Derby winner Big Brown remains No.
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Jayhawks win first national title since 1988

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Kansas guard Mario Chalmers made one of the biggest shots in NCAA history April 7, a 3-pointer with 2.1 seconds left to force overtime and lead the Jayhawks to the national championship with a 75-68 victory over Memphis. Chalmers' shot was the most tremendous moment of a tremendous game that saw Memphis squander a nine-point lead over the final 2:12.
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Ky. budget cuts education, funds sports teams

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Lawmakers last week bemoaned funding cuts for education and other areas of state government, but at the same time authorized hundreds of millions of dollars worth of projects for things such as ballparks, football equipment and museums back home. After more than a week of budget negotiations, legislators said they had settled on an approximately $19 billion two-year "bare bones" budget that slashed funding for public universities by 3 percent and cut funding for human services.
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Reds lose opener to D-backs

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Overpowering pitching, perfect defense and just enough runs. The Arizona Diamondbacks opened the season with the same blueprint that won them 90 games and a division title the last time around. Why change what works? Brandon Webb pitched six innings Monday, and the light-hitting Diamondbacks piled up three solo homers in a 4-2 victory that dampened Dusty Baker's debut as the Cincinnati Reds manager.
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Reds win rain-shortened game 7-4

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Cleveland left-hander Cliff Lee returned from a sinus infection and pitched one inning March 4, during the Indians' 7-4 loss to the Cincinnati Reds in a rain-shortened game. Lee, who is competing for the fifth spot in the rotation, gave up one hit. "I've never been sick for a week and felt that bad," he said.
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Griffey reports to Reds camp

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Ken Griffey Jr. had a busy offseason: He played a lot of golf and moved into a new house. Best of all, he didn't have to make a lot of doctor visits. The 38-year-old outfielder was upbeat Tuesday when he reported early to the Cincinnati Reds' camp. Unlike a year ago, when he was still recovering from a broken hand, Griffey was in good health and good spirits.
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Around Kentucky news briefs

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Another round of wintry weather is headed toward Kentucky LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - The National Weather Service has issued a snow advisory for sections of northern, central and eastern Kentucky for Wednesday. Forecasters are predicting anywhere from a dusting to possibly 4 inches of snow.
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Aretha Franklin calls Beyonce’s Grammy intro a ‘cheap shot,’ but says ‘love to Beyonce anyway’

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LOS ANGELES (AP) - When Aretha Franklin is unhappy, she does not mince words. On Tuesday, the longtime Queen of Soul slammed Beyonce Knowles' intro to Tina Turner at Sunday's Grammy Awards, in which Knowles called Turner, not Franklin, "the queen." "I am not sure of whose toes I may have stepped on or whose ego I may have bruised between the Grammy writers and Beyonce," Franklin said in a statement issued by her publicist.
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Sports Briefs

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One of Brian McNamee's lawyers said he believed the Justice Department will open a criminal investigation into Roger Clemens' denials of doping. Meantime, the chairman of a congressional committee said comments attributed to one of the pitcher's lawyers could be interpreted as trying to intimidate a federal law enforcement official.
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Testing our way to a better U.S.A.

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A new test for would-be American citizens was released last month, and its reviews are mixed. Although the exam will not be administered until 2008, scholars and critics are already throwing their diverse judgments into the ring of public opinion. The revised questions are more conceptual -- asking, for example, what group has the power to declare war, instead of the name of the ship on which the Pilgrims sailed across the ocean -- and are generally regarded as more challenging.
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Costumes shouldn’t be intolerant

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Last week, Beaver and College avenues were flooded with zombies, cops in high heels and hippies. Harry Potters were waving wands, monkeys were making grunting sounds and cowboys were clicking their boots. But some Halloween costumes weren't sexy or funny. One group of girls painted their faces black, stuffed pillows under their shirts to make themselves look pregnant and carried guns.
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Cookie torture

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EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (AP)- Two students at Southern Illinois University in this St. Louis suburb kidnapped, paddled and burned a young man with freshly baked cookies after a drug deal went bad, prosecutors said. Madison County prosecutors on Monday charged Rosario James, 23, and Jordan Sallis, 20, each with two counts of aggravated kidnapping and one count of robbery and aggravated battery.
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Louisville school enforces new leadership program

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP)- Officials at Bullitt Lick Middle School thought instituting a dress code would cut down on student's behavior problems. Unfortunately, it did the opposite. Enforcing the dress code proved to be difficult, and it created more problems than it solved said principal Scott Hrebicik.
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EKU names new president

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RICHMOND, Ky. (AP) _ Doug Whitlock was named Monday as the 11th president at Eastern Kentucky University. Whitlock, 64, a former university administrator, had been serving as interim president since August. He replaced Joanne Glasser, who left to accept the job as president of Bradley University in Peoria, Ill.
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Nobel prize winner says 9/11 not as bad as Americans think

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MADRID, Spain (AP) _ Nobel laureate Doris Lessing said the Sept. 11 attacks in the United States were "not that terrible" when compared to attacks by the IRA in Britain. "September 11 was terrible, but if one goes back over the history of the IRA, what happened to the Americans wasn't that terrible," the Nobel Literature Prize winner told the leading Spanish daily El Pais.
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Lindsay Lohan is making plans for life after rehab

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NEW YORK (AP)- The 21-year-old actress reportedly checked out of the Cirque Lodge, a drug and alcohol treatment center in Utah, on Friday. She had entered treatment in August after reaching a plea deal on misdemeanor drunken driving and cocaine charges following two arrests.
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For head of NCAA basketball committee, bracket time starts now

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By JOSEPH WHITE AP Sports Writer WASHINGTON (AP)- Five months from now, Tom O'Connor will go on national television and explain why some bubble teams made the NCAA basketball tournament while others didn't. For many disappointed fans, he'll be the face of the big bad organization that has their team on the way to the NIT.
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University paper apologizes for cartoon uproar

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A student newspaper apologized in print to its readers for an editorial cartoon with slavery imagery that sparked protests and a call from the university president for the staff to attend diversity training. The Kentucky Kernel, the student paper of the University of Kentucky, printed the apology on Monday for running a cartoon depicting a bare-chested black student on an auction block with his left leg chained.
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Simpson arrested on armed robbery

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An apparent audiotape of O.J. Simpson's standoff with men he accused of stealing his memorabilia begins with the ex-NFL star demanding, "Don't let nobody out of here." "Think you can steal my s--- and sell it?" the voice identified as Simpson's said. Simpson was arrested Sunday and booked on charges connected with what police described as a robbery at a Las Vegas hotel.
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Student starts effort to help people in his African homeland

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MURRAY, Ky.- When Gabriel Akech Kwai graduates from Murray State University in December, he'll have more than a finance degree. He'll also learned how to help his troubled African homeland. Kwai, who has lived in the United States for six years, has established the Women's Educational Empowerment Project for Southern Sudan to help educate and empower women there.
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AP Arts ‘ Entertainment Digest

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New and Developing: LONDON- Living fast and dying young has long been part of rock 'n' roll lore. And in this case, statistics affirm the image, according to a study released Tuesday. A study appearing in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health concludes that U.
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Beshear, Fletcher begin airing political ads

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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - The first television ads of the fall gubernatorial campaign are beginning this week. Democratic candidate Steve Beshear was the first to hit the airwaves with an ad that began airing Monday morning. Gov. Ernie Fletcher is expected to air his ad on Tuesday.
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Incentives for coal plant leaves some unsure about cost

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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Henderson County Judge-Executive Sandy Watkins is conflicted about the idea of giving a company tax incentives to build a coal-to-natural gas plant in his county. He knows western Kentucky needs the jobs, but is unsure about a proposal to give a portion of that tax revenue back to the coal industry, as an incentive for companies to build alternative fuel plants here.
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Poll shows students choose love over money

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Today's young people have a complicated relationship with money, dismissing it as a paramount source of happiness yet conceding its power over them. Money is nowhere near the top of the list when they are asked what makes them happiest. Friends and family are their chief pleasures, followed by God, pets and pastimes like listening to music.
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Galbraith first to file campaign finace report

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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Lexington attorney Gatewood Galbraith reported raising nearly $18,000 for his Democratic primary race in a campaign finance report filed with the Kentucky Registry of Election Finance. "I haven't made the first phone call to ask for money," Galbraith said Monday.
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Campuses report bomb threats in wake of VA Tech

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A southern Indiana man was arrested on charges of giving false information concerning a bomb threat against the University of Louisville. James A. Huber, 20, of Clarksville, was arrested Monday night by the FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force. Huber is accused of reporting to the university last April 19 that he had received an e-mail from an unidentified sender that read, "There is a bomb at your university, hope you find it.
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Jacksons, Barbaro to be honored at Kentucky Derby

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Fallen Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro will be honored on May 5 during a ceremony at the site of his greatest victory. Churchill Downs is planning a tribute to Barbaro and his owners, Roy and Gretchen Jackson, between the sixth and seventh races just prior to this year's Derby.
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Judge allows hospitals to withdraw from Cincinnati consortium

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CINCINNATI (AP) - A judge's ruling will allow the breakup of the Cincinnati area's largest health-care network. Hamilton County Common Pleas Judge Fred Nelson ruled Monday that Christ Hospital in Cincinnati and the St. Luke Hospitals in northern Kentucky may leave the Health Alliance of Greater Cincinnati.
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Recruiting high school athletes at issue in case before Supreme Court on Wednesday

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A long-running dispute over recruiting high school athletes has reached the Supreme Court, where justices are being asked to decide whether a Tennessee school's free-speech rights outweigh rules limiting contacts with student athletes. The case involves Brentwood Academy, a wealthy private school south of Nashville, and the Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association, which governs high school sports in the state.
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Lee gets on stick horse for fans after hitting home run

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Carlos Lee made good on a promise to his fans. Lee, nicknamed "El Caballo" or "The Horse," received a stick horse from the fans who call themselves "Los Caballitos" before Tuesday's game and vowed he'd ride it if he hit a homer. The 240-pound slugger hit a two-run shot and drove in two more runs to lead the Houston Astros to a 6-1 win over the Florida Marlins.
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Disabled vets sue Univ. of Michigan, citing scarcity of wheelchair seats at football stadium

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A disabled veterans group sued the University of Michigan on Tuesday, saying there aren't enough spaces for wheelchair users at Michigan Stadium, one of the largest football stadiums in the country. The federal lawsuit, filed by the Michigan Paralyzed Veterans of America, claims university officials are intentionally sidestepping the rules of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
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State studying whether to use warning sirens for damaged dam

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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - State officials are studying whether to install outdoor sirens that could warn people of a breach in a leaking dam that holds back Lake Cumberland in south-central Kentucky. The Kentucky Office of Homeland Security issued a "request for information" last week, with the goal of getting guidance about how many sirens would be needed and what they would cost, said Jason Keller, a spokesman for the office.
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Crash sends horse carriage careening through downtown Indy

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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - A runaway horse pulled a carriage with two tourists from Kentucky on a wild ride through downtown streets, until a teenager rode to the rescue in a pursuing taxi, leaped out and grabbed the horse's reins. The driver of the Yellow Rose Carriage was thrown from her seat when a van crashed into the buggy Sunday afternoon.
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Yanomami Cuisine

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As a child in Puerto Ayacucho, gateway to Venezuela's remote southern rainforests, Nelson Mendez was fascinated by tales of the isolated Yanomami Indians and their unusual diet. "The old men would say: 'The Yanomami have so many children because the monkeys they eat make them extremely virile,' or 'Those Indians walk through the forest for days, and they survive eating only spiders,'" Mendez said.
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Ashes of James Doohan of `Star Trek’ TV series to be sent into space later this month

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The ashes of James Doohan, who played chief engineer Montgomery "Scotty" Scott on the original "Star Trek" TV series, have been loaded into a rocket that is set to launch in New Mexico later this month. The remains of Doohan, Mercury astronaut Gordon Cooper and some 200 others were loaded into the rocket Friday by Charles Chafer, chief executive of Celestis, a Texas company that contracts with rocket firms to send cremated remains into space.
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Tattoo-artist inmate gets gig painting walls for police

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OWENSBORO, Ky.- Robert Penrose says he's applied tattoos to inmates by using the spring from inside an ink pen, the motor from a CD player and alcohol "ink" colored with M&Ms or Skittles. But deputies at the Daviess County jail put a stop to the illegal practice and gave the 25-year-old Penrose a new palette.
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Police chief: Anna Nicole Smith died of accidental drug overdose

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DANIA BEACH, Fla.- "We found nothing to indicate any foul play," said Chief Charlie Tiger of the Seminole police department. Neither Tiger nor Broward County Medical Examiner Joshua Perper immediately said what drug or drugs were involved in her death. Perper said the detailed autopsy showed no evidence of disease.
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Northern Kentucky roads slick from icy weather

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Icy conditions have knocked out power to thousands of northern Kentucky residents, but forecasters said Wednesday the region shouldn't be getting any more freezing rain or snow. More than 14,000 customers were without power in six northern Kentucky counties, said Duke Energy spokesman Steve Brash.
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Hollywood Women

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The most powerful woman in entertainment? No, not Oprah Winfrey. She's No. 7, according to the Hollywood Reporter's 15th annual ranking, published Tuesday. The trade paper's top spot is filled this year by Amy Pascal, who heads Sony's film division and serves as co-chair of Sony Pictures Entertainment.
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’30 Rock’ star Tracy Morgan arrested in New York City on drunken driving charges

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Tracy Morgan, a former "Saturday Night Live" regular who co-stars on NBC's "30 Rock," was arrested Tuesday in Upper Manhattan on drunken driving charges, the district attorney's office said. The 38-year-old comedian was stopped around 4:30 a.m. while driving a Cadillac Escalade on the Henry Hudson Parkway near West 158th Street, said Edison Alban, a spokesman for District Attorney Robert Morgenthau.
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Kentucky mine fatality report

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ROUSSEAU, Ky. (AP) - A miner was killed in an accident on a mountaintop coal mine in eastern Kentucky after a supervisor knowingly allowed him to drive a truck with faulty brakes, according to a report released by federal investigators. Steven T. Bryant, 23, of Louisa, who had less than year's worth of experience, lost control of the water truck while descending a steep mine access road on May 23, according to the recently released report by the U.
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Saddam Hussein’s Kurdish genocide trial resumes after a 19-day break

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BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Two Iraqi Kurds who left their homeland for the United States after Saddam Hussein's crackdown on the minority group testified Monday in the former dictator's genocide trial, describing harrowing days of firing squads and mass graves. Taimor Abdallah Rokhzai said he was 12 years old in 1988 when he, his family, eight cousins and Kurdish villagers were taken to a desert execution site to be killed.
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