Stabbing report leads to drug bust

Wave 3 - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) - A stabbing investigation lead police to drugs on the backside at Churchill Downs. According to an arrest report filed by Louisville Metro police, officers went to Churchill Downs Monday on a report of a stabbing. When police arrived they were told Oscar Herrarte, 25, was the suspect. Officers searched Herrarte and said they found cocaine in his wallet. No other ...

Day care worker accused of lying to state pleads not guilty

Wave 3 - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) - A day care owner accused of lying to the state to get hundreds of thousands of dollars in benefits pleaded not guilty in court Tuesday. Katrina Clyburn, who owns Trina's Treehouse II, is accused of lying about her incomewhile still receiving food stamps, medicaid and child care assistance ...

Dish wont submit revised bid for Sprint

The Seattle Times - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

Satellite TV operator Dish Network Corp. said Tuesday it would not submit a revised bid for Sprint, leaving the path open for the wireless carrier to accept what it already considers a superior offer from Japan's ...

Award-winning journalist Michael Hastings dies in car accident at 33

Fox News - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

Award-winning journalist and war correspondent Michael Hastings has died in a car accident in Los Angeles. Buzzfeed Editor-in-Chief Ben Smith says he learned from a family member that the 33-year-old died early Tuesday. Hastings wrote about politics for the popular news site and has written books about dealing with the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Hastings won a Polk Award for magazine ...

Award-Winning Journalist Michael Hastings Dies

CBS 2 KCAL 9 - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

Michael Hastings of BuzzFeed and Rolling Stone attends the Guardian’s ';Post-Truth Politics & The Media’s Role'; reception and discussion at The LongView Gallery on May 1, 2012, in Washington, DC. (credit: Paul Morigi/Getty Images for The ...

Ministers want JCTA JCPS to open contract discussion

Wave 3 - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) – Students should be the first priority in schools, but that is not what is happening due to a contract between the Jefferson County Teachers Association and the Jefferson County School System, according to a group of Louisville ministers. Louisville area ministers addressed the media on the steps of the Jefferson County Board of Education on Tuesday. They said the ...

Japans trade deficit climbs to $10.5B in May

The Miami Herald - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

TOKYO -- Japan's trade deficit rose nearly 10 percent in May to 993.9 billion yen (nearly $10.5 billion) as rising costs for imports due to the cheaper yen matched a rebound in exports.The Ministry of Finance reported Wednesday that exports rose 10.1 percent in May over a year earlier to 5.77 trillion yen ($60.7 billion) while imports also surged 10 percent, to 6.76 trillion yen ($71.1 ...

Body of a girl 15 found in Shelbyville creek

Lexington Herald-Leader - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

A group of Norfolk Southern Railroad workers found the body of a 15-year-old girl in Clear Creek in Shelbyville about 9 a.m. Monday. The girl's name was not being released pending notification of family, chief deputy coroner Jeff Ivers said. "There is no expected foul play," he said. An autopsy was to be performed Tuesday ...

Oregon State sends Louisville home with 11-4 loss

Sports Illustrated - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

Eric Francis/AP OMAHA, Neb. (AP) -- This wasn't the ending Louisville imagined for the best sports year in university history. The mistake-prone Cardinals surrendered seven runs in the fourth inning on their way to an 11-4 loss to No. 3 national seed Oregon State that eliminated them from the College World Series on Monday. The Cardinals (51-14) committed four errors ...

Man critically injured after wrecking into tree

Wave 3 - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) - A man is in critical condition after police said he crashed his vehicle into a tree. According to police, the crash happened around 10:30 a.m. Tuesday on Winchester Road in St. Matthews. Police said the man driving the truck was headed west approaching Breckinridge Lane when the truck left the road and hit the tree. The identity of the man has not been released. ...

Three Kentucky universities make the Honor Roll in training survey

Lexington Herald-Leader - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

The University of Kentucky, Eastern Kentucky University and the University of Louisville made the "Honor Roll" in a first-ever national survey of teacher-training programs released Tuesday, but an official called the overall results "dismal."The Teacher Prep Review, released by the National Council on Teacher Quality, concluded that while a handful of U.S. teacher-training ...

Icahn changes tack seeks $16B Dell stock buyback

Kentucky.com - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

NEW YORK - Activist investor Carl Icahn on Tuesday proposed a $16 billion share buyback in his latest effort to thwart Dell Inc. founder Michael Dell's effort to take the struggling computer maker private.Icahn, now the company's second-largest shareholder after buying 72 million shares from fellow activist investor Southeastern Asset Management Inc., wants the company to buy back up ...

SEC to require mea culpas in some big settlements

Kentucky.com - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

WASHINGTON - The chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission says the agency will start requiring companies and individuals to admit wrongdoing in some big settlements.Currently the SEC allows companies and individuals to settle charges without admitting or denying wrongdoing. Critics, including a federal judge, have complained that policy doesn't deter repeat violations.Mary Jo ...

Court Ex-Im Bank needs to explain Air India loan

Miami Herald - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

WASHINGTON -- A federal bank that backed a huge airplane loan for Air India will have to explain that the loan didn't hurt U.S. airlines.A lawsuit by Delta Air Lines Inc. had accused the Export-Import Bank of failing to follow a requirement that it makes sure its loans to foreign companies won't hurt U.S. competitors. The Ex-Im bank guaranteed $3.4 billion in loans in 2011 so that Air ...

18 mayors Limit use of food stamps to buy soda

Miami Herald - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

FILE - In this March 12, 2013 file photo, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg looks at a 64-ounce cup, as Lucky's Cafe owner Greg Anagnostopoulos, left, stands behind him, during a news conference at the cafe in New York. The mayors of New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and 15 other cities are reviving a push against letting government food vouchers be used to buy soda and other sugary ...

Winchester man hopes to kick-start craft distillery

Kentucky.com - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

A Clark County man has launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise $45,000 to establish a craft distillery in downtown Winchester. Named for one of the first Kentucky spots visited by Daniel Boone, Lulbegrud Creek Distillery could begin making "white whiskey" perhaps as early as next year. Founder Brian Endicott hopes the online campaign will draw enough interest to bring his bourbon ...

A year on Assange stays put in Ecuadorean Embassy

Kentucky.com - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

LONDON - A year ago, Julian Assange skipped out on a date with Swedish justice. Rather than comply with a British order that he go to the Scandinavian country for questioning about sex crimes allegations, the WikiLeaks founder took refuge in the Ecuadorean Embassy in London.He's still there - and now says he won't emerge even if Sweden drops the case that triggered the strange ...

Taco Bell jumps on protein craze with menu test

Kentucky.com - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

NEW YORK - Taco Bell plans to test a "Power Protein" menu that it's hoping will eventually be hit with its core audience - young men.The chain says it will start testing the menu July 25 at about 40 locations in Dayton, Ohio. The burritos and bowls will have double portions of chicken or steak, and toppings such as corn, guacamole and reduced fat sour cream. They'll be made ...

DreamWorks says TV revenue to hit $200M by 2015

Kentucky.com - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

LOS ANGELES - DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc. says its new deal to provide original TV shows to Netflix will help it double the revenue it gets from TV shows to $200 million by 2015.DreamWorks expects $100 million in TV revenue this year. The Glendale, Calif., company released the figures in a call with analysts Tuesday.The deal to supply Netflix Inc. with 300 hours of new TV shows over several ...

Elijah Craig inventor of Kentucky bourbon

Examiner - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

Kentucky . A Baptist preacher from Orange County Virginia, he moved to Fayette County in 1782 with to avoid persecution from the Anglican Church at the ...

Politicians gather for start of construction of Louisvilles new bridge

Examiner - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

Steve Beshear officially signaled the start of construction on Louisville's new downtown Ohio River bridge today; declaring "The road to the region's future starts here." This first phase of the planned construction of two Ohio River bridges marks the first new bridge construction in the area in more than half a ...

Groundbreaking held for new Ohio River bridge

Associated Press - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

It's one of two Ohio River bridges that will go up in the Louisville area in the coming three years. Officials say the bridges will ease congestion along one of the country's key transportation ...