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Police watching for seat belt use
FRANKFORT, Ky. - Kentucky law enforcement officers are beginning a week of traffic patrols for the Memorial Day holiday focusing on making sure motorists are wearing seat belts.The 2013 "Click It or Ticket" campaign begins Monday and runs through June 2.The Kentucky Office of Highway Safety says Kentucky has an 83 percent seat belt usage rate. The national rate is 86 percent.The office ...
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Ryanair keeps growing reports record profits
Authorities say tornadoes have touched down in Wichita, Kan., and a suburb of Oklahoma City but there are no immediate reports of injuries or significant ...
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Cicadas about to emerge but not in Kentucky
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Kentuckians don't have to worry about an onslaught of noisy cicadas this year, though experts say they're about to emerge in the Northeast.The cicadas, which take 17 years to come out of the ground, are expected to number in the billions along the East Coast from North Carolina to Connecticut.But a chart from the website magicicada.org indicates the next cicadas to ...
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Cicadas about to emerge but not in Kentucky
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Kentuckians don't have to worry about an onslaught of noisy cicadas this year, though experts say they're about to emerge in the Northeast.The cicadas, which take 17 years to come out of the ground, are expected to number in the billions along the East Coast from North Carolina to Connecticut.But a chart from the website magicicada.org indicates the next cicadas to ...
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Uncommonwealth In his new role Ben Chandler begins a labor of love
Ben ChandlerEducation: B.A., J.D. from University of KentuckyHome: Pisgah Pike in Woodford County, on a farm where his family settled in 1784You would be surprised to know that: Chandler is a great fan of British writer Anthony Trollope, 1815-82, whose works include The Chronicles of Barsetshire.Online: ...
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Upcoming business events Week of May 20
Classes & workshops Central Kentucky Computer Society will offer the following workshops and classes at 160 Moore Drive, No. 107. Info: (859) 373-1000 or visit Ckcs.org.■ Unix / Linux, 7 p.m. May 23.■ Photo Coffee Clicks, 9 a.m. May 30.■ Database, 7 p.m. May 27.■ Digital Photography, 7 p.m. May 28.■ Dr Fixit, 10 a.m. June 1.■ Word Processing, 1:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. June 4.■ ...
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Irrigation goes high tech with pump monitor
Irrigation well pumps, like this one in a soybean field in Jonesboro, Ark., could be monitored and switched on and off from remote locations with the Smart Farm ...
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Death of Estill County teen called a tragic accident
Funeral arrangements are set for Estill County teen who died in a tragic accident Friday. Estill County investigators said Tony Conley, 16, was on a deck at an Estill County house and was joking around when he put a dog lead around his neck; he apparently tripped near the stairs and fell, causing his death. Conley, an Estill County High School football player, was with friends at the time. ...
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Get a smart gift for the graduate
A ticket to paradise may be just what your new college graduate has in mind before starting the 9-to-5 grind. But you're thinking of something more affordable and a wee-bit more practical. I have just what you're looking for - gifts that could help your graduate get a jump-start on life after Commencement Day. ■ Financial help. Book an appointment for your son or daughter with a ...
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Economists predict increase in consumer spending
WASHINGTON - Consumer spending is likely to pick up this year, while government spending declines at a faster rate, according to a survey of business economists.The economists predict that the U.S. economy will grow 2.4 percent this year and 3 percent next year. That's unchanged from their forecast in February.But they are more bullish on consumer spending and housing than they were three ...
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United to restart 787 flights on Monday
United Airlines is getting its 787s back in the air. The planes are returning after being grounded for four months by the federal government because of smoldering batteries on 787s owned by other airlines. The incidents included an emergency landing of one plane, and a fire on another. The incidents never caused any serious injuries. But the January grounding embarrassed Boeing, which makes ...
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Nearly 16000 see Dalai Lama in person in Louisville
LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) - Officials tell WAVE 3 News that nearly 16,000 people got to see the Dalai Lama Sunday at the KFC Yum! Center as he spoke about compassion. "Welcome to engaging compassion," WAVE 3's Dawne Gee said on stage as she helped kick off the event."Please join me in welcoming his holiness, the Dalai Lama," said Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer as he ...
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2 men arrested in killing of teen over iPad in Las Vegas
According to investigators, Marcos Arenas, 15, was walking down a street with an iPad on Thursday when a passenger got out of a vehicle and tried to steal the device from ...
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Argument apparently over ATV use turns deadly for Owsley County property owner
BOONEVILLE - An Owsley County man died Saturday and a second man was shot after the two allegedly got into an argument involving an all-terrain vehicle. Kentucky State Police were called at 8:14 p.m. Saturday to Seales Road in Owsley County by Andy Smith, 25, who had been shot. When they arrived at a home on Seales Road, they found Abner Gabbard, 71, dead, apparently from a gunshot wound. ...
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Murder suspect found dead
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Authorities say a man suspected of killing a Louisville area woman died after an 11-hour standoff with police.Jefferson County Deputy Coroner Larry Carroll told The Courier-Journal (http://cjky.it/12LXEob) that 48-year-old Gloria Ross was found outside her home Thursday evening with fatal shotgun wounds.Shively police Sgt. Josh Myers says police went to a home Friday afternoon ...
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15000 hear Dalai Lama speak in Louisville
LOUISVILLE - Exiled Tibetan leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner the Dalai Lama came to Louisville on Sunday for the first time since 1994, bringing his distinctive message of compassion not just for all humans but for other species.He blessed a Buddhist community center and then spoke to about 15,000 people at the Yum Center. The Dalai Lama was introduced by Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer, who ...
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Dalai Lama begins visit to Louisville
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The Dalai Lama spoke to about 15,000 people at the KFC Yum Center as the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhists began his visit to Louisville.The Courier-Journal ( http://cjky.it/14GdUIw) reports he spoke for about 40 minutes Sunday and then took questions from the crowd. A line started forming around the arena hours before his speech.The Dalai Lama started his visit earlier in ...
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Dalai Lama brings Engaging Compassion tour to Louisville
For others, it's about passing his message of compassion along to others. "I just love to hear him laugh because I find that we Westerners take ourselves too seriously," said Leila ...
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Officer shot in Marathon showdown wants to work
Police shot a teenager and arrested another suspect while investigating a car theft inside a rental car return area at Jacksonville International Airport in ...
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Deadly crash snarls traffic on I-64
LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) – One person has died after a traffic crash on Interstate 64. The accident happened around 1:30 p.m. in the westbound lanes just east of the Watterson Expressway (I-264) interchange. The victim was taken to University Hospital and later died. Details about the crash and the name of the victim have not been released. TRIMARC cameras show westbound I-64 traffic ...
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Attendees line up for address by the Dalai Lama
LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) - Crowds lined up early outside the KFC Yum! Center Sunday morning. They were anxious to enter and hear the Dalai Lama deliver a public talk of Engaging Compassion in Everyday Lifestyles. Leila Faucette, an instructor with Louisville's Taoist Tai Chi Society, joined classmates in a Tai Chi routine outside of the arena. "As we cultivate the body, we cultivate the ...
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Metal finishing business doesnt seem like work to owner
Top: Some of the items on display in the showroom at Bluegrass Metal Finishing, owned by Joe Mardirosian. The shop is located at Third Street and Newtown ...
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Womans body recovered from S. Indiana quarry
Officers say the body of 37-year-old Jamie Fleenor was recovered about 5:30 a.m. Sunday after The Lawrence County Sheriff's Department received a report that a female had fallen into a ...
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Bridges to get new paint sooner than expected
HENDERSON, Ky. (AP) -- Kentucky transportation officials say twin bridges spanning western Kentucky and southern Indiana will have to be repainted sooner than ...
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Blaze destroys candle factory
LIBERTY, Ky. - A fire has destroyed a factory in central Kentucky that makes scented candles.The Advocate-Messenger ( http://bit.ly/10cS1gO) reports more than 200 firefighters from seven departments battled the blaze Saturday morning at the Goose Creek Candle Co. factory in the Casey County town of Liberty.It took firefighters more than four hours to get the blaze under control.Goose Creek ...
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Louisville recieves grant to redress racial legacy
The history of Louisville is a story of courage, human tenacity and vision, oppression, redemption, slavery and equality. Modern day Louisville has political and legal equality enshrined in its culture like any other major city in the modern world, but the blight of racism remains, in the socio-economic character of the city.
Fortunately, the W.K Kellogg Foundation is playing a part, along with many other organizations on a local and national level, in providing the city with the societal progress needed to eliminate those legacies that linger from the past, the legacy of the slave trade, of the civil rights movement and the violence and backward tendencies that accompanied them. Read more
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