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  • Chevron rig burns off Nigeria as damage hits shore
  • A nearby 12-bed clinic remains overrun with patients and swarms of dead fish have surfaced around the polluted waters that feed Ikebiri Creek in Nigeria's Bayelsa state. Meanwhile, Chevron officials decline to give an estimate of when the fire ...
  • Lexington Herald-Leader
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  • 2/6/2012 2:56:38 AM
  • Romney latest pol to join wait-let-me-explain club
  • That gave people eight years of mangled language and puzzling Bushisms to ponder. Among them: "I know the human being and fish can coexist peacefully." "Rarely is the question asked, is our children learning?" and "We look forward to hearing ...
  • Lexington Herald-Leader
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  • 2/6/2012 12:33:28 AM
  • SF's Dogpatch pier district braces for renewal
  • Residents of San Francisco's Dogpatch neighborhood overlook the rough-and-tumble Pier 70 waterfront and bask in the smell of fresh fish, the cacophony of fog horns and Canadian geese, the jumble of Victorian cottages tucked between corrugated ...
  • Lexington Herald-Leader
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  • 2/5/2012 8:48:34 AM
  • New forest-management plan weakens wildlife protection
  • The 1982 rule required the Forest Service to manage fish and wildlife habitat so that healthy populations of animals are "well-distributed" throughout each forest. The new plan drops that language. Instead, it requires forest managers to maintain habitats.
  • Lexington Herald-Leader
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  • 2/4/2012 11:58:51 PM
  • Romney wins easily in Nevada caucuses
  • LAS VEGAS — Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney cruised to victory in the Nevada caucuses Saturday night, notching a second straight triumph over a field of rivals suddenly struggling to keep pace. In victory, the former ...
  • Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer
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  • 2/4/2012 10:32:57 PM
  • Donald Ray Adams
  • He was a member of AmVets and enjoyed hunting and fishing. Survivors include his wife of 54 years ... Expressions of sympathy may take the form of donations to Hospice of Western Kentucky, 3419 Wathens Crossing, Owensboro, KY 42301.
  • Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer
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  • 2/4/2012 10:04:19 PM
  • ARTS BEAT: UE faculty members to take part in Tuesday concert
  • In concurrent receptions from 4 to 7 p.m., the Women's Institute and Gallery will open Mary Ann Michna's "The Good Housewife" mixed media show and the New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art will close Andrew Kosten's "Indiana Days/Kentucky ...
  • Evansville Courier-Press
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  • 2/4/2012 9:57:10 PM
  • Mexican aid lags for starving Tarahumara Indians
  • It's been months since Maria Luisa Gonzalez and her husband have been able to harvest anything from their drought-parched land or catch fish in a lake that's become little more than a muddy puddle. Like other Tarahumara Indians suffering from severe ...
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  • 2/4/2012 9:14:13 PM
  • Howard Hayden Wheeler Jr.
  • Funeral services are pending at Barnett-Strother Funeral Home, Madisonville. Interment will follow services in the Kentucky Veterans Cemetery West in Hopkinsville.
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  • 2/4/2012 8:59:54 PM
  • POTTER OUTDOORS: Local elk foundation helping to re-populate the region
  • The results were nationally recognized as Kentucky's RMEF restoration project boomed ... Annually, they've hosted a Youth Dove Hunt at Bluegrass Fish & Wildlife Area, donated money to help plant public sunflower fields, built and distributed ...
  • Evansville Courier-Press
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  • 2/4/2012 2:40:31 PM
  • Mexican aid lags for starving Tarahumara Indians
  • GUACHOCHI, Mexico — It's been months since Maria Luisa Gonzalez and her husband have been able to harvest anything from their drought-parched land or catch fish in a lake that's become little more than a muddy puddle. Like other Tarahumara ...
  • Lexington Herald-Leader
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  • 2/4/2012 11:12:55 AM
  • Plans for caribou sow conflict in NW
  • But it's not that simple. Federal endangered species law requires that critical habitat be set aside for the caribou, and environmental groups went to court to force the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to comply. This is one of the few places left in the ..
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  • 2/4/2012 8:28:17 AM
  • Argentines seek peaceful resolution in Falklands
  • Instead, Fernandez has persuaded her South American allies to close their ports to Falklands-flagged vessels - itself a largely symbolic move because it doesn't include banning the fishing fleet that operates under Falklands government licenses.
  • Lexington Herald-Leader
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  • 2/4/2012 8:28:17 AM
  • In Miramonte, questions amid a sense of betrayal
  • He loved to teach about nature and kept a collection of exotic Madagascar hissing cockroaches in a classroom fish tank that fascinated boys. He took children on field trips and spoke to parents in broken Spanish, often nipping out of school to ...
  • Lexington Herald-Leader
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  • 2/4/2012 8:13:58 AM
  • Plans for caribou sow conflict in NW
  • But it's not that simple. Federal endangered species law requires that critical habitat be set aside for the caribou, and environmental groups went to court to force the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to comply. This is one of the few places ...
  • Lexington Herald-Leader
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  • 2/4/2012 7:59:39 AM
  • Create new fish attractors for the coming spring
  • Back to fishing. Hard to tell what the lake elevation is going to ... This is a bonus for them to get a chance to feed on the bait fish that would normally be deeper. Of course the sunshine is our friend by keeping the waters warming during the daylight ..
  • Murray Ledger & Times
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  • 2/4/2012 5:57:57 AM
  • Wildlife officials propose hunting bears with dogs
  • The Kentucky Fish and Wildlife Commission could vote as early as next month to establish a roughly six-week season beginning in August for hunters to chase bears but not kill them, and another limited season in December in which hunters could ...
  • Lexington Herald-Leader
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  • 2/3/2012 10:55:37 PM
  • Margaret Elizabeth Wiggins
  • GREENVILLE — Margaret Elizabeth Wiggins, 80, of Greenville died Friday, Feb. 3, 2012, at Regional Medical Center, Madisonville. She was a member of Cave Springs Missionary Baptist Church and retired in 2001 as secretary of Probation and Parole ...
  • Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer
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  • 2/3/2012 10:05:31 PM
  • David C. Woosley
  • Woosley. Mr. Woosley was employed by First Electric, Madisonville, a member of Hartford Baptist Church, a veteran of the Vietnam War, former president of League of Kentucky Sportsmen and active member of Ducks Unlimited and NRA. He also was ...
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  • 2/3/2012 10:05:31 PM
  • Rescue team looking for entangled whale off Hawaii
  • HONOLULU — A humpback whale rescue team is looking for a whale off Hawaii that is caught in fishing lines. Jeff Walters, the marine mammal branch chief at the National Marine Fisheries Service, said Friday the gear could kill the whale.
  • Lexington Herald-Leader
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  • 2/3/2012 6:23:36 PM
  • Dover VFD seeks community support
  • The fire district basically encompasses an area from Kentucky 8 at the Temple-Inland plant to the Bracken ... to derive income for the operation of the department have focused upon fish frys, bingo nights, car shows and other activities, but the revenue ..
  • Ledger Independent
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  • 2/3/2012 6:02:08 PM
  • Feds seek offshore wind developers in Mass. area
  • But they soon heard from fishermen who complained it encroached on their fishing grounds, as well as areas that had long been shut to them to protect various species. It didn't seem right to shut fishermen out of an area for years, then allow ...
  • Lexington Herald-Leader
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  • 2/3/2012 4:07:36 PM
  • Wildlife officials propose hunting bears with dogs
  • The Kentucky Fish and Wildlife Commission could vote as early as next month to establish a roughly six-week season beginning in August for hunters to chase bears but not kill them, and another limited season in December in which hunters could shoot the ...
  • Bowling Green Daily News
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  • 2/3/2012 1:44:26 PM
  • Wildlife officials propose hunting bears with dogs
  • The Kentucky Fish and Wildlife Commission could vote as early as next month to establish a roughly six-week season beginning in August for hunters to chase bears but not kill them, and another limited season in December in which hunters could shoot the ...
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  • 2/3/2012 12:25:41 PM
  • Breaking News: OPD Chief Skeens a finalist for Louisville Police Chief
  • The Louisville Courier-Journal is reporting Owensboro Police Chief Glenn Skeens is one of five candidates being interviewed for the job as the chief of the Louisville Metro Police Department. Owensboro Police Department Public Information ...
  • Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer
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  • 2/3/2012 9:19:34 AM
  • Questionnaire could help predict Alzheimer's
  • FRIDAY, Feb. 3 (HealthDay News) -- A series of specific "yes" or "no" questions could help doctors distinguish between people who have normal memory loss that comes with age and those with a condition known as amnestic mild cognitive impairment, according
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  • 2/3/2012 7:17:53 AM
  • Super Bowl ads that generate buzz after the game
  • "The people of Tibet are in trouble," Hutton said in the ad. "But they still whip up an amazing fish curry." All ads pointed viewers to www.savethemoney.org, which encouraged visitors to donate to each of the charities related to the causes in the ads.
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  • 2/3/2012 6:20:37 AM
  • Europe tries to shield homeless from deep freeze
  • In northern Serbia, hundreds of tons of fish in the Ecka lakes were in danger because the water was icing over. Dozens of people have been working nonstop to break the ice, using hammers and all kinds of tools, and sometimes even falling into ...
  • Lexington Herald-Leader
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  • 2/3/2012 5:30:31 AM
  • 'Woman in Black' summons suspense
  • “The Woman in Black” very nearly suffocates under the mounting weight of its gothic kitsch — an abandoned house, child ghosts, spooky dolls, oh my! — but nevertheless summons ornately crafted, old-fashioned suspense. This is the second ...
  • Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer
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  • 2/2/2012 10:06:42 PM
  • Advertisers planning on 'second-screen Super Bowl'
  • About two-thirds of smartphone and tablet owners use their gadgets to do things like text or post on Twitter while watching TV, according to research firm Nielsen. So, for Sunday’s game, companies from Coke to Chevy are trying to reach fans on ...
  • Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer
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  • 2/2/2012 10:06:42 PM
  • Bardstown Police nab lawn mower thief
  • There's garage stuff too: Generators, TV's, even fishing poles. All of it just waiting for owners ... Police say he may have been operating in as many as three Kentucky counties and with other suspects, considering some of the heavy equipment they found.
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  • 2/2/2012 8:26:29 PM
  • California woman's small claims victory resonates
  • LOS ANGELES — Heather Peter's computer crashed under the onslaught of messages following her unique victory over Honda in small claims court - a win the California woman is hoping will lead other consumers to reject a class action settlement ...
  • Lexington Herald-Leader
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  • 2/2/2012 8:05:00 PM
  • U.S. to lease waters off Mid-Atlantic for wind farms
  • Before starting construction, however, they'll have to perform detailed studies of the potential impact of the towering turbines on fish, birds, bats, shipping and other activities. The studies could take up to two years. The area available off ...
  • Lexington Herald-Leader
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  • 2/2/2012 6:53:25 PM
  • Whale caught head-to-tail in fishing nets off Maui
  • HONOLULU — Federal officials are trying to free a whale caught in fishing nets off Hawaii. The Coast Guard said Thursday it received a call from a charter boat reporting an adult male humpback whale was entangled in fishing nets from head to tail.
  • Lexington Herald-Leader
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  • 2/2/2012 6:24:47 PM
  • Whooping cranes guided by plane to stay in Ala.
  • Operation Migration is part of the Whooping Crane Eastern Partnership, a coalition of public and private groups that includes the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, International Crane Foundation in Baraboo, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation ...
  • Lexington Herald-Leader
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  • 2/2/2012 3:18:40 PM
  • 2 Chileans held in Peru: Innocents or spies?
  • The nations are also locked in a legal battle before the International Court of Justice over their maritime border and the lucrative fishing rights it entails. Serain was arrested Tuesday in his tent two yards (meters) from the fence that ...
  • Lexington Herald-Leader
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  • 2/2/2012 3:18:40 PM
  • Overnight fire damages house
  • A fire at 1 a.m. today caused heavy damage to a house on Gilmore Court, Fire Chief Steven Mitchell said in a news release. Mitchell said the residents of the two-story house were able to escape safely, but fire had spread throughout the house by ...
  • Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer
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  • 2/2/2012 8:23:30 AM
  • Elton John to play at Ford Center
  • EVANSVILLE — Elton John and his band will perform at Evansville’s Ford Center on Tuesday March 20th at 8pm, in concert, in an “all the hits” concert featuring songs from the pop legend’s five-decade career. Tickets, priced from $40 to ...
  • Evansville Courier-Press
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  • 2/2/2012 8:02:01 AM
  • 2011-2012 deer season ends with fourth largest overall harvest
  • “The 119,656 deer taken was the highest total since the 2008-2009 season,” said Tina Brunjes, deer program coordinator for the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources. “Good hunting weather may have been a contributing factor to the ...
  • Floyd County Times
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  • 2/2/2012 7:04:45 AM
  • Newspaper veteran name Publisher of Commonwealth Journal
  • “You’re not allowed to turn them loose,” said Harness. “You have to kill them ... Kentucky Fish and Wildlife doesn’t want them. We don’t want them. They are very destructive.” Andy Stephens can now call himself the Southwestern head football ...
  • Commonwealth Journal
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  • 2/2/2012 3:51:29 AM
  • Vietnam's awakening youth circumvent censorship
  • Fines on motorbike racing have not deterred young violators, prompting police in northern Thanh Hoa province to snag speeders with fishing nets. Loose Facebook restrictions also do not prevent users from logging on to the popular U.S.-based ...
  • Lexington Herald-Leader
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  • 2/1/2012 11:40:56 PM
  • Senator's stroke shows they can hit the young, too
  • WASHINGTON – When a stroke hits at 52, like what happened to Sen. Mark Kirk of Illinois, the reaction is an astonished, “But he’s so young.” The reality is that strokes don’t just happen to grandma. They can happen at any age, even to ...
  • Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer
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  • 2/1/2012 10:50:50 PM
  • Eating well
  • which are found in fatty fish, walnuts and flaxseed. A heart-healthy plan is rich in both soluble and insoluble fiber from fruits, vegetables, whole-grain breads, cereals and pasta, and dried beans and peas. It contains no more than 1500 ...
  • Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer
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  • 2/1/2012 10:50:50 PM
  • Israelis decry Palestinian praise of killer
  • Netanyahu "is fishing for anything," PLO official Hanan Ashrawi said of the incitement debate. "We don't need to incite anyone. The (Israeli) occupation is deliberately provoking Palestinians in every way," she said, referring to the many ...
  • Lexington Herald-Leader
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  • 2/1/2012 10:43:40 PM
  • Peter Harrison
  • Memorials may be made to the donor’s choice, Dept. of Fish and Wildlife, Kentucky, or Senior (McCracken Co.) Center, Paducah, Ky. A native of Edgewood, Clay County, Ill., Peter was born in Chicago, the son of Julius and Tekla (Smuk) Harrison. He married ..
  • Paducah Sun
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  • 2/1/2012 9:32:05 PM
  • Japan protests to China over undersea gas drilling
  • The islands are surrounded by rich fishing grounds and are regularly occupied by nationalists from both sides. Japan and China have often quarreled over the islands, the contested gas fields and lingering animosity over Japan's occupation of ...
  • Lexington Herald-Leader
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  • 2/1/2012 6:33:08 PM
  • Famous restaurant claims competitor is trying to steal logo
  • A famous old fish house that's been in business for 30 years claims one ... But Pouranfar said he registered the name and design of the Outer Loop store in his name in Kentucky after he bought it. In an email, Brian McGraw, an attorney with the law firm ..
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  • 2/1/2012 2:58:23 PM
  • MR. COOPER
  • and the late Forest Junior Cooper. James was a construction worker. He loved fishing, hunting and spending time with his family, especially his grandchildren. In addition to his father, he was preceded in death by one daughter, Michelle Deese.
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  • 2/1/2012 1:53:58 PM
  • Mexico town takes a monetary path less traveled
  • Juan Jose Escalante Vazquez, owner of the Del Carmen Pharmacy, said the tumin his family accumulates on sales easily get spent on "meat, the beauty salon, the dentist, (and) the chicken and fish sellers." But not enough people have adopted the ...
  • Lexington Herald-Leader
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  • 2/1/2012 1:32:29 PM
  • Chefs’ options are endless with fresh, local produce
  • ... South Central Kentucky chapter of the Kentucky Restaurant Association, whose members met Tuesday evening at BGTC. Keeney and Maurais, as well as Lewis Shuckman, president of Louisville-based Shuckman's Fish Co. and Smokery, were at the meeting to ...
  • Bowling Green Daily News
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  • 2/1/2012 9:14:47 AM
  • Winter greens are packed with what's good for you
  • Culinary dietitian Maggie Green, author of The Kentucky Fresh Cookbook ... It's a good stand-in for slaw when served with fish or instead of a tossed salad with homemade pizza or steak." Green likes to add chopped chard or kale to a quick ...
  • Lexington Herald-Leader
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  • 2/1/2012 7:56:03 AM
  • Conservation officer agrees to pay fine
  • Calloway County resident Brad Lowe, a former conservation officer with Kentucky Fish & Wildlife Resources, has agreed to pay $2,500 to the Executive Branch Ethics Commission as part of a settlement related to an incident that occurred last June.
  • Murray Ledger & Times
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  • 2/1/2012 6:08:40 AM
  • After surgery, Adele to perform at the Grammys
  • NEW YORK – Adele is nominated for six Grammys, and she’ll be on deck to collect anything she wins: The 23-year-old singer is set to perform at the awards show. Adele had surgery on her vocal cords last year, and the Grammys will be the first ...
  • Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer
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  • 1/31/2012 10:30:33 PM
  • Is spring just around the corner?
  • The delicious meal was served at the Plaza Hotel in the presence of Kentucky’s senators and representatives. Among those in attendance were our Sen. Jerry Rhoads, Rep. Ben Waide and Jim Gooch. Nephews and nieces, George and Christi Brooks ...
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  • 1/31/2012 10:01:55 PM
  • AP: Changes ahead for foreign exchange program
  • Under the J-1 program, foreign students often land jobs at hotels, resorts and restaurants. But they have also worked in places like fish factories and strip clubs. Many of the students end up in resort towns, and in places in the Florida Panhandle the ...
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  • 1/31/2012 8:07:23 PM
  • AP: Changes ahead for foreign exchange students
  • Under the J-1 program, foreign students often land jobs at hotels, resorts and restaurants. But they have also worked in places like fish factories and strip clubs. Many of the students end up in resort towns, and in places in the Florida ...
  • Lexington Herald-Leader
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  • 1/31/2012 7:17:16 PM
  • AP: Changes ahead for foreign exchange students
  • Under the J-1 program, foreign students often land jobs at hotels, resorts and restaurants. But they have also worked in places like fish factories and strip clubs. Many of the students end up in resort towns, and in places in the Florida Panhandle the ...
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  • 1/31/2012 5:51:22 PM
  • BREAKING NEWS: Payne unopposed for second term as mayor
  • Tuesday's candidate filing deadline brought no challengers to Owensboro Mayor Ron Payne, virtually assuring his re-election to a second term in November. The only way Payne could be denied re-election is if someone staged a successful write-in ...
  • Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer
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  • 1/31/2012 2:59:34 PM
  • Woman fined for trying to force her way into merit system
  • In other action, the ethics commission: >Fined Bradley Lowe, a former conservation officer with the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, $2,500 for using his badge to get his 15-year-old daughter into the Paddock Bar and Patio in Lexington June 15.
  • The State-Journal
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  • 1/31/2012 8:33:01 AM
  • Italy ends search for underwater missing in wreck
  • raising deep concerns among residents who make their living from fishing and tourism. Only once the fuel is pumped out - a monthlong process - can salvage work begin on removing the ship, either floating it in one piece or cutting it up and ...
  • Lexington Herald-Leader
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  • 1/31/2012 7:07:08 AM
  • Clarence Martin Lewis
  • CENTRAL CITY - Clarence Martin Lewis, 98, of Central City, passed away Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012, at NHC Healthcare of Madisonville. His wife of 73 years, Dorothy Lewis, was at his side. Mr. Lewis was born Aug. 15, 1913. He grew up in the Nelson ...
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  • 1/31/2012 6:38:30 AM
  • Ethics commission fines former ag employee
  • In other action, the ethics commission: >Fined Bradley Lowe, a former conservation officer with the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, $2,500 for using his badge to get his 15-year-old daughter into the Paddock Bar and Patio in Lexington June 15.
  • The State-Journal
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  • 1/31/2012 5:48:23 AM
  • Coalition releases study on cutting off Asian carp from Lake Michigan
  • Although an electric barrier currently runs across the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal near Lockport, recent tests have suggested that it might not be effective for small fish. Asian carp are only the latest invasive group to assail the Chicago ...
  • Lexington Herald-Leader
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  • 1/30/2012 11:50:28 PM
  • Pakistani and Indian chefs compete on reality TV
  • Each of the three judges gave the team's meal a score out of 10. The judges loved the Iranian-inspired fish biryani cooked by the Pakistanis, their chicken kebab stuffed with figs, olives, bread and mango chutney, and their shahi tukda - a ...
  • Lexington Herald-Leader
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  • 1/30/2012 10:46:03 PM
  • Gail Harrison
  • Gail Harrison, 43, of Owensboro, passed away Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012, at the Owensboro Medical Health System. Born in Cheyenne, Wy., Oct. 27, 1968, she was a 1986 graduate of Daviess County High School, worked in the mortgage department of US Bank ...
  • Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer
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  • 1/30/2012 10:10:15 PM
  • Study: Teens migrating to Twitter
  • CHICAGO — Teens don’t tweet, will never tweet — too public, too many older users. Not cool. That’s been the prediction for a while now, born of numbers showing that fewer than one in 10 teens were using Twitter early on. But then their ...
  • Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer
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  • 1/30/2012 10:03:06 PM
  • Billy Joe Wells
  • Billy Joe Wells, 71, of Madisonville, died Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012, at Regional Medical Center, Madisonville. He owned and operated a garage and grocery store. He is survived by his daughter, Lisa Spring Wells; a sister, Mary Broyles. Services: 2 ...
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  • 1/30/2012 10:03:06 PM
  • Report proposes dividing Great Lakes, Mississippi
  • Scientists say it has already provided a pathway for exotic species and is the likeliest route through which menacing carp could reach the lakes, where they could destabilize food webs and threaten a valuable fishing industry. "We simply can't ...
  • Lexington Herald-Leader
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  • 1/30/2012 8:58:40 PM
  • Ohio EPA will host public hearing on DP&L's waste management
  • The thermal limit of 85 degrees is allowed by the Clean Water Act as long the facility protects fish and other aquatic life. However in 2010, the U.S. EPA disagreed. U.S. EPA objected to Ohio EPA’s draft permit renewal for J.M. Stuart station ...
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  • 1/30/2012 7:11:18 PM
  • Updated Feb. 3: Dive team to examine piers of damaged Kentucky Lake bridge
  • Kentucky Fish and Wildlife and Marshall County Police. FRANKFORT, Ky. (Jan. 31, 2012) – A dive team working for the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) is examining three piers of the U.S. 68/KY 80 bridge over Kentucky Lake today to detect any ...
  • Marshall County Tribune-Courier
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  • 1/30/2012 3:58:01 PM
  • Updated: Dive team to examine piers of damaged Kentucky Lake bridge
  • Kentucky Fish and Wildlife and Marshall County Police. FRANKFORT, Ky. (Jan. 31, 2012) – A dive team working for the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) is examining three piers of the U.S. 68/KY 80 bridge over Kentucky Lake today to detect any ...
  • Marshall County Tribune-Courier
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  • 1/30/2012 3:58:01 PM
  • China cadmium spill threatens city water supplies
  • Official reports have provided little information about the exact cause of the spill, whose impact was first seen in fish kills in mid-January. The contamination initially was blamed on a mining company, but the official Xinhua News Agency ...
  • Lexington Herald-Leader
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  • 1/30/2012 3:36:33 PM
  • Pythons apparently wiping out Everglades mammals
  • That has led to declines in native trees, fish-eating birds and certain plants. In 2010, Florida banned private ownership of Burmese pythons. Earlier this month, U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced a federal ban on the import of ...
  • Lexington Herald-Leader
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  • 1/30/2012 12:23:17 PM
  • Calif. man gets 6 years for foiled murder plot
  • "Hang him from a door, throw him from a fishing boat, all works for me," Temkin said during one of the recorded conversations with the investigator. In March 2010, FBI agents met with Temkin who told them about the dispute but denied making threats.
  • Lexington Herald-Leader
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  • 1/30/2012 11:40:20 AM
  • Police Reports
  • • Darwin Rogelio Diaz-Ramos, 37, (no address given) was charged Sunday with driving under the influence, first offense. • Brooklyn Lee Howard, 19, of the 1900 block of Wink Court was charged Saturday with driving under the influence, first ...
  • Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer
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  • 1/30/2012 9:52:57 AM
  • U.S. weapons for future include relics of past
  • WASHINGTON — The lineup of weapons the Pentagon has picked to fit President Barack Obama’s new forward-looking defense strategy, called “Priorities for 21st Century Defense,” features relics of the past. They include the Air Force’s ...
  • Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer
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  • 1/30/2012 9:52:57 AM
  • Italian islanders worry about their future
  • Crews worked to collect tons of ship debris dispersed in the surrounding waters, which are prime fishing grounds and part of a protected area for dolphins and whales. The search for the missing from the Jan. 13 disaster remained suspended. Seventeen bodies
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  • 1/30/2012 8:12:44 AM
  • Italian islanders worry about their future
  • Meanwhile, a special company is trying to collect wreckage from the ship dispersed in the surrounding waters, which are prime fishing grounds and part of a protected area for dolphins and whales. Giglio residents were told it could take 10 ...
  • Lexington Herald-Leader
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  • 1/30/2012 7:08:19 AM
  • National climate change strategy proposed for wildlife
  • Given that, how does that play out for fish stocks X or Y or Z? Then the third modeling, or ripple, of that is: what does that mean for the fishers or the fishing communities who now fish in this place, but may now have to go 100 miles northward ...
  • Lexington Herald-Leader
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  • 1/30/2012 4:59:28 AM
  • Calif. man faces prison for foiled murder plot
  • "Hang him from a door, throw him from a fishing boat, all works for me," Temkin said during one of the recorded conversations with the investigator. In March 2010, FBI agents met with Temkin who told them about the dispute but denied making threats.
  • Lexington Herald-Leader
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  • 1/30/2012 1:10:24 AM
  • Cavers question scope of bat deaths
  • “This is extremely important as this number is likely to drive significant wildlife and land management decisions,” Youngbear wrote in a letter to the director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife ... Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland ...
  • Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer
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  • 1/29/2012 9:57:07 PM
  • Shirley F. Williams
  • 11, 1944 to the late James Ditterline and Hazel D. Myers. She was a homemaker and a Baptist. Shirley was a huge University of Kentucky fan and her grandchildren were her life. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a beloved ...
  • Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer
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  • 1/29/2012 9:57:07 PM
  • Jeff Jacobs: Ryan Boatright and the NCAA: a great gray area
  • It was granted to gather otherwise unavailable information. In other words, the NCAA is hunting for bigger AAU fish in Chicago. "I was cooperating with them fully the whole time," Boatright said. "Where that immunity thing came from I have no idea.
  • Lexington Herald-Leader
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  • 1/29/2012 7:19:38 PM
  • Woman 1st from 24-person pill ring to plead guilty
  • Jessica Poole, one of 24 indicted of charges of engaging in organized crime in connection with a pill ring, has pleaded guilty and faces a recommendation that she serve 11 years in prison. Thirty-four-year-old Poole, of Frankfort, was indicted, along with
  • The State-Journal
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  • 1/29/2012 5:53:45 PM
  • Lawmakers rush to co-sponsor welfare drug testing
  • Legislation that would require welfare recipients to be tested for drug use is gaining popularity among Kentucky lawmakers ... widespread drug testing of welfare recipients "as a fishing expedition" could cost more than it would save.
  • Kentucky Post
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  • 1/29/2012 3:09:06 PM
  • Gargantuan alligator headed back to Kentucky
  • Ric Urban, the aquarium's curator of birds and mammals, told The Kentucky Enquirer that crews have been revamping ... according to information from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission. Mighty Mike was captured in 2000 in Lake Talquin, Fla.,
  • Wave 3
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  • 1/29/2012 10:01:18 AM
  • Elizabeth ‘Liz’ Donna Angel Smith, 63
  • Elizabeth ‘Liz’ Donna Angel Smith, 63, of Harrodsburg, Ky., died at her home on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012. She was the daughter of Jane Irby Dunn Angel of Lebanon, Ky., and the late John Raymond Angel. She was married to Wilson Vance Smith for 38 years ...
  • Central Kentucky News-Journal
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  • 1/29/2012 9:54:08 AM
  • Gargantuan alligator headed back to Kentucky
  • Ric Urban, the aquarium's curator of birds and mammals, told The Kentucky Enquirer that crews have been revamping ... according to information from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission. Mighty Mike was captured in 2000 in Lake Talquin ...
  • Bowling Green Daily News
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  • 1/29/2012 9:54:08 AM
  • Gargantuan alligator headed back to Kentucky
  • Ric Urban, the aquarium's curator of birds and mammals, told The Kentucky Enquirer that crews have been revamping ... according to information from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission. Mighty Mike was captured in 2000 in Lake Talquin, Fla.,
  • Ledger Independent
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  • 1/29/2012 9:39:49 AM
  • Chinese village leader snaps, and some locals applaud
  • With each success the government has in quelling trouble — such as defusing a high-profile standoff with villagers at the coastal fishing community of Wukan in December — more seems to pop up in another part of the country. Between the ...
  • Lexington Herald-Leader
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  • 1/29/2012 9:04:02 AM
  • Cavers question scope of white nose bat deaths
  • "This is extremely important as this number is likely to drive significant wildlife and land management decisions," Youngbear wrote in a letter to the director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife ... Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts ...
  • Lexington Herald-Leader
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  • 1/29/2012 8:42:33 AM
  • Gargantuan alligator headed back to Kentucky
  • Ric Urban, the aquarium's curator of birds and mammals, told The Kentucky Enquirer that crews have been revamping ... according to information from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission. Mighty Mike was captured in 2000 in Lake Talquin, Fla.,
  • Courier-Journal
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  • 1/29/2012 6:26:33 AM
  • Winter bug may offer climate clues
  • Researchers from the University of Minnesota are working to understand more about the relationship between these unusual freeze-resistant insects and the fish that eat them in streams in the southeastern part of the state. The three-year project ...
  • Lexington Herald-Leader
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  • 1/29/2012 4:53:29 AM
  • Zimbabwe doctors report 800 typhoid cases
  • It said burst sewers were left unattended and meat and fish were sold on streets nearby. A cholera outbreak in 2009 blamed on the collapse of water, sanitation and prevention services in Zimbabwe killed more than 4,000 people.
  • Lexington Herald-Leader
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  • 1/29/2012 1:04:25 AM
  • Robert Lee Seed
  • Robert was a member of Symsonia United Methodist Church and owner of Kentucky Lake Mobile Homes ... He enjoyed boating, fishing, bowling and dancing, playing high school basketball, coaching little league baseball and living life to the fullest.
  • Paducah Sun
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  • 1/28/2012 11:02:44 PM
  • Asparagus growers need to be ordering crowns now
  • Question and Answer: What asparagus cultivars are recommended? The University of Kentucky recommends Jersey Knight, Jersey King, Jersey Giant, and Jersey Prince, which have disease resistance against the fungus called rust. Annette Meyer ...
  • Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer
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  • 1/28/2012 10:05:28 PM
  • Kentucky basketball downs LSU 74-50
  • BATON ROUGE, LA. — University of Kentucky coach John Calipari has been pleading with his top-ranked basketball team to do two things: negate physical play by an opponent and step on the gas and bury an inferior foe. The Wildcats did both ...
  • Courier-Journal
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  • 1/28/2012 7:49:28 PM
  • Ford column: Winter blues can be cured by a good day of fishing
  • It's just never going to be fast fishing. And Kentucky Lake is on the verge of another crappie boom, where a strong year class of fish are just now growing into the keeper length of 10 inches. More and more fish will be moving past that length ...
  • Evansville Courier-Press
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  • 1/28/2012 6:30:43 PM
  • Jones has 27 and No. 1 Kentucky beats LSU
  • BATON ROUGE, La. (USA TODAY) — University of Kentucky coach John Calipari has been pleading with his top-ranked team to do two things: negate physical play by an opponent, and step on the gas and bury an inferior opponent. The Wildcats did both Saturday ..
  • Courier-Journal
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  • 1/28/2012 4:29:02 PM
  • Kentucky Lake open near struck bridge
  • PADUCAH — The U.S. Coast Guard on Saturday reopened a portion of Kentucky Lake after a cargo ship struck and destroyed a section of a Kentucky bridge at the western entrance to Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area. A news release ...
  • Courier-Journal
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  • 1/28/2012 2:13:01 PM
  • Officials: Damaged Kentucky Lake bridge may be shifting
  • The eastern portion of the Kentucky Lake bridge, still standing after a cargo ship slammed into it Thursday night, may be shifting, according to state transportation officials. “It appears there would be a shift in the railing,” said Keith Todd ...
  • Kentucky New Era
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  • 1/28/2012 1:37:14 PM
  • Ship in wrong channel tears through Kentucky Lake bridge, officials say
  • Alternatives to the closed Eggner Ferry Bridge: • North: U.S. 62/U.S.641 or Interstate 24, approximately 20 miles away in Kentucky. • South: U.S. 79 bridge, approximately 25 miles away in Tennessee. Kentucky officials were scrambling Friday ...
  • Courier-Journal
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  • 1/28/2012 10:52:35 AM
  • NBC asks Romney to remove news material from ad
  • WASHINGTON — NBC has asked GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney to pull a television ad that's made up almost entirely of a 1997 "Nightly News" report on Newt Gingrich's ethics committee reprimand. The "History Lesson" ad is running in ...
  • Lexington Herald-Leader
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  • 1/28/2012 10:45:26 AM
  • Romney would rank among richest presidents ever
  • Just how rich is Mitt Romney? Add up the wealth of the last eight presidents, from Richard Nixon to Barack Obama. Then double that number. Now you're in Romney territory. He would be among the richest presidents in American history if elected _ probably in
  • Ledger Independent
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  • 1/28/2012 9:26:41 AM
  • Friday's Kentucky high school results and schedules
  • Saturday’s games - Trimble County at Beth Haven, 7:30; Covington Holy Cross at Christian Academy, 3:30; North Bullitt at Green County, 7:30; Eastern at Greenwood, 7; Collins at John Hardin, 7:30; Waggener at KCD, 7:30; Gallatin County at ...
  • Courier-Journal
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  • 1/28/2012 1:27:05 AM
  • Japan, Russia to boost ties despite islands row
  • The islands are surrounded by rich fishing grounds and are believed to have oil, natural gas and mineral deposits. "Resolving this problem and concluding a peace treaty is more necessary than ever," Gemba said. "But unfortunately ... our ...
  • Lexington Herald-Leader
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  • 1/28/2012 1:12:46 AM
  • Harrison in US Davis Cup team to play Switzerland
  • The 19-year-old Harrison joins Mardy Fish, John Isner and Mike Bryan on the team that will play on clay indoors in Fribourg, Switzerland, from Feb. 10-12. Bob Bryan is missing the match because his wife is due to have a baby, so Courier says Fish and Mike
  • Ledger Independent
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  • 1/27/2012 11:46:52 PM
  • Harrison in US Davis Cup team to play Switzerland
  • The 19-year-old Harrison joins Mardy Fish, John Isner and Mike Bryan on the team that will play on clay indoors in Fribourg, Switzerland, from Feb. 10-12. Bob Bryan is missing the match because his wife is due to have a baby, so Courier says ...
  • Lexington Herald-Leader
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  • 1/27/2012 10:49:36 PM
  • Franklin Hickerson
  • CENTRAL CITY — Franklin Hickerson, 69, of Central City died Friday, Jan. 27, 2012, at Owensboro Medical Health System. He was a machine operator at Brewer Saw Mill and a member of Fairview Presbyterian Church. Survivors include his wife ...
  • Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer
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  • 1/27/2012 10:06:39 PM
  • Kentucky Lake bridge collapse Circumstances unclear
  • Details are still murky surrounding the wreck that sent a 322-foot span of a bridge crashing into Kentucky Lake. Seattle-based Foss Maritime owns and operates the Delta Mariner, the 312-foot vessel that struck Eggner’s Ferry Bridge at approximately 8:15 ..
  • Kentucky New Era
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  • 1/27/2012 9:59:30 PM
  • Brush piles, logs serve as fish attractors
  • Now to fishing, the waters of Kentucky Lake seem OK but there will be some muddy stuff coming from the south end of the Tennessee River and the Cumberland on Barkley. It depends on where you fish - the main lake or the smaller bays. Actually the ...
  • Murray Ledger & Times
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  • 1/27/2012 9:59:30 PM
  • Japan, Russia to boost economic, security ties
  • The islands were seized by Soviet troops in the closing days of the war. They are surrounded by rich fishing grounds. Gemba said concluding a peace treaty with Russia is "more urgent than ever."
  • Lexington Herald-Leader
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  • 1/27/2012 9:52:20 PM
  • Wash.: 8 sea lions found dead, apparently shot
  • KING-TV reports ( http://is.gd/s1aYqA) that both the state Department of Fish and Wildlife and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration are investigating the deaths. The bodies of seven sea lions with bullet wounds were recently found ...
  • Lexington Herald-Leader
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  • 1/27/2012 9:30:52 PM
  • Ship carrying rocket parts hits Kentucky bridge
  • LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The voyage of a cargo boat that carries space rocket components to Florida's coast for NASA and the Air Force has stalled in a western Kentucky river after it slammed into an aging traffic bridge. The bow of the Delta Mariner was ...
  • Courier-Journal
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  • 1/27/2012 7:14:51 PM
  • Kentucky releases records in five child death cases
  • FRANKFORT, KY. — On the night he killed his two-year-old son before turning the gun on himself, Ralph Michael Utley first violently attacked the boy's mother, punching her, kicking her and tearing out a handful of hair. The child, Owen Utley ...
  • Courier-Journal
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  • 1/27/2012 4:51:41 PM
  • Kentucky lawmakers extending congressional filing deadline
  • The Senate’s original plan would have increased the number of Republican voters in Kentucky’s 6th District, where Democrat Ben Chandler eked out a re-election victory in 2010 against Republican challenger Andy Barr. Barr is running for the ...
  • Courier-Journal
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  • 1/27/2012 12:12:31 PM
  • Ship strikes Kentucky Lake bridge, causing collapse
  • A cause is under investigation, Easley said, and the Coast Guard’s Marine Safety Unit as well as Kentucky Fish & Wildlife, the U.S. Forest Service and Marshall County emergency services were on scene. Robert Parker, 51, of Cadiz, Ky.,
  • Courier-Journal
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  • 1/27/2012 6:57:33 AM
  • Bettie Jean Peebles Denison
  • Memorial contributions are suggested to United Methodist Children’s Home of Kentucky, c/o First United Methodist Church, 1305 S. Main St., Hopkinsville, KY 42240. Betty Sue “Nan” Higgins, 65, of Madisonville passed away Wednesday ...
  • Messenger
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  • 1/27/2012 6:14:36 AM
  • Kentucky governor promises quick repair to bridge destroyed by ship
  • BENTON, Ky. — Kentucky's governor on Friday promised speedy work to begin replacing a bridge that partially collapsed when it was struck by a cargo ship hauling parts for a space rocket. Two spans of the Eggner Ferry Bridge at US 68 and ...
  • Evansville Courier-Press
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  • 1/27/2012 6:00:17 AM
  • Life after Faried different, but Morehead resilient
  • A winter back, Faried's fish-out-of-water narrative of a guy from the tough inner city of Newark, N.J., thriving in the mountains of Eastern Kentucky, brought Sports Illustrated and ESPN.com to town to write about him. This year, the only ...
  • Lexington Herald-Leader
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  • 1/27/2012 5:53:08 AM
  • Where were you when the Challenger exploded?
  • So sad." Jan White, Andalusia, AL "My parents lived in Orlando then. My dad had gone fishing that morning and saw the unusual plume of smoke in the sky and knew something had gone terribly wrong. My mother came out of the grocery store to her car and saw .
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  • 1/27/2012 4:48:42 AM
  • No real favorite for Mr. Basketball
  • She was a solid No. 1 pick in the pre-season and has enhanced her standing by averaging 25 points, 11 rebounds and helping the No. 6 Rebels go unbeaten (19-0) against Kentucky competition ... I loved to fish and play golf.
  • Lexington Herald-Leader
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  • 1/27/2012 4:20:04 AM
  • Western Ky. bridge collapses after being struck by supply boat
  • Easley was unsure if it was NASA equipment. A cause is under investigation, Easley said, and the Coast Guard’s Marine Safety Unit as well as Kentucky Fish & Wildlife, the U.S. Forest Service and Marshall County emergency services were on the ...
  • Courier-Journal
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  • 1/27/2012 4:05:45 AM
  • Chris Godby succeeds father on wildlife commission
  • Governor Steve Beshear extended a Somerset legacy when he announced the appointment of Chris Godby to the Kentucky Fish and Wildlife Commission ... coyote and waterfowl hunting, he enjoys fishing, canoeing, camping, small stream fishing and bow hunting.
  • Commonwealth Journal
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  • 1/27/2012 3:58:36 AM
  • On the Town | Kentucky Homefront concert at River Bend Winery
  • The 11th annual Kentucky Homefront Anniversary Concert Fundraiser is Sunday at River Bend Winery, 10th and Market streets in downtown Louisville. It’s a classic Homefront lineup with John Gage, Turley Richards, Mickey Clark, Hog Operation and ...
  • Courier-Journal
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  • 1/27/2012 12:09:32 AM
  • Reader Letters | JCPS audit
  • After reading Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources Commissioner Stuart Ray's well-written but slightly disingenuous letter defending the commission's decision to turn the sandhill crane into a game species, I suggest that he review ...
  • Courier-Journal
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  • 1/27/2012 12:02:22 AM
  • Cold was big obstacle for Neeson, co-stars
  • LOS ANGELES — Liam Neeson stood up after the first group reading of the script for “The Grey” and told the young actors in the cast that the only way this movie could be made was for all of them to pull together. That’s because the story ...
  • Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer
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  • 1/26/2012 10:15:00 PM
  • Letters to editor: Jan. 27
  • I do restoration for the fish and wildlife department ... Anyone dreaming of flying through the trees, hiking, mountain biking, climbing, fishing or just getting out in nature in a local, spectacularly scenic area should encourage the citizens ...
  • Lexington Herald-Leader
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  • 1/26/2012 10:07:50 PM
  • Jeremy Duane Goodwin
  • He had a passion for fishing, hunting, camping and anything outdoors ... Mich. When he first moved to Kentucky, he contacted the Life Christian Church, where he became a janitor. He then went to his love of roofing and painting.
  • Messenger
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  • 1/26/2012 10:07:50 PM
  • LBL to offer wildlife refuge tour Feb. 11
  • The refuge is managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in Stewart County, Tenn. The tour is $10 for adults and $7 for children. Registration is limited. Reservations and full deposits are required. Call 270-924-2020 to reserve a space. Patrons should
  • Kentucky New Era
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  • 1/26/2012 9:53:31 PM

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