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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: Kentucky

Kentucky stories: 52 news summaries

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Public Defender Gets Case to Supreme Court

Lethal-injection appeal filed by 29-year-old on docket next week

Jan 1, 08 10:39 PM CST
(Newser) - When the Supreme Court hears a case on the legality of a method of capital punishment next week—for the first time in over a century—it will be largely thanks to the toils of a 29-year-old assistant public defender, AP reports. David Barron filed the appeal on behalf of... More »

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death penalty • Kentucky • lethal injection • trial • capital punishment • US Supreme Court • David Barron

Democrat  Elected Ky. Governor

Beshear defeats scandal-plagued  incumbent in landslide comeback

Nov 6, 07 10:33 PM CST
(Newser) - Democrat Steve Beshear made a political comeback after more than a decade to win the Kentucky governor's race over incumbent Ernie Fletcher tonight. Beshear defeated Fletcher, who was damaged by a scandal over abuses in the state's hiring system, by a margin of almost 20 points, the Louisville Courier-Journal reports. More »

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Kentucky • Ernie Fletcher • Steve Beshear

States Pick Up Dropped Broadband Ball

US still lags behind in high-speed Internet availability

Nov 1, 07 11:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - With the federal government dropping the ball on broadband Internet deployments, many states are picking it up, the Wall Street Journal reports. A Kentucky program has brought wireless to 95% of the largely rural state, and imitation programs have sprung up in West Virginia and Tennessee. Liking what he sees,... More »

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FCC • broadband Internet • Kentucky • Tennessee • West Virginia • Zack Space

Kentucky Dems Hope to Ride Blue Wave

Backlash may win them governor's office, Senate seat

Oct 30, 07 7:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - Kentucky Dems are confident that they'll win the governor's office next week and grab a Senate seat in 2008, the Guardian reports. Polls put Steve Beshear up by 11 points in next week's gubernatorial contest, and Dems say Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is now beatable. "We are going... More »

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Iraq • Senate • Kentucky • Mitch McConnell • Ernie Fletcher • Steve Beshear • governor • Iraq war

Superbug Shuts Down Entire School District

23 schools disinfected after single case of drug-resistant staph

Oct 28, 07 6:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - A single confirmed infection of antibiotic-resistant staph has convinced officials to shut down all 23 schools of an eastern Kentucky district so cleaners can scour classrooms, cafeterias, locker rooms, buses and playgrounds. The district superintendent called the massive disinfection a "preventive measure" to ward off a large-scale outbreak of... More »

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high school • New York City • Kentucky • public health • bacteria • staph infections • superbug • Virginia • outbreak • teenager

Monasteries
Get Wired

No vocal cords
needed to sell
truffles or recruit brethren on the net

Sep 28, 07 5:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Buddhist monks in Burma aren't the only religious brethren getting the word out on the internet these days: many American monasteries are so wired they not only correspond via email and sell-hand-crafted products over the internet, they use it to recruit new brothers. One web site, VocationsPlacement.org, matches religious... More »

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Internet • Kentucky • Burma • monks • monasteries

Supreme Court Will Take Up Lethal Injection

Constitutionality at issue; docket also includes voting rights

Sep 25, 07 2:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Supreme Court will take up the constitutionality of lethal injections in what a public defender called one of the most critical death penalty cases “in decades.” The challenge stems from a 2004 suit by two Kentucky inmates on death row who charged that the method constitutes cruel... More »

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death penalty • Kentucky • lethal injection • execution • Indiana • voting rights • death row • anesthetic • photo ID • US Supreme Court • constitutionality

TV Was Burglary 101 for Robber

Sep 17, 07 8:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - Everything he knew, he learned from TV. That's what a slick burglar told police in Richmond, Ky., when he was finally caught for a string of robberies, the AP reports. News of the man's sentencing and guilty plea last week might make Discovery Channel execs think twice before renewing It ... More »

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television • crime • robbery • Kentucky • burglary

Fattest States in America

Aug 27, 07 8:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Trust for America's Health has come out with its fourth annual report on obesity.  And the losers are:
  1. Mississippi
  2. West Virginia
  3. Alabama
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obesity • health • childhood obesity • South Carolina • Arkansas • Kentucky • fat • Louisiana • weight • Michigan • Indiana • America • Alabama • Tennessee • Mississippi • Oklahoma • West Virginia

Heat Wave Bakes Southeast 

Region reaches for
the iced tea as temps shatter records

Aug 10, 07 12:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - A heat wave brought record high temperatures to much of the Southeast yesterday, with highs of over 100 degrees recorded in Georgia, the Carolinas, and Kentucky. Excessive heat warnings ruled the day, prompting the National Weather Service to urge people to stay inside in air-conditioning and drink plenty of fluids,... More »

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weather • Atlanta • South Carolina • Kentucky • Georgia • Louisville • North Carolina • temperature • heat • heat wave • summer

Creationists Open History Museum

On the sixth day, God created dinosaurs,
says curator

May 24, 07 5:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - A $27 million museum opening in Kentucky next week promises a different kind of take on natural history: a biblical one. At the Creation Museum, the Earth is 6,000 years old, evolution is a yarn, and dinosaurs were booked on Noah's Ark. More »

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evolution • religion • creationism • Kentucky • natural history • museum

Florida Coach Mulls Move To Kentucky

After Gainsville triumph, does he still want dream job?

Apr 3, 07 10:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - In the wake of his second straight championship, Gators coach Billy Donovan has a difficult, if enviable, decision.  The 41-year-old workaholic can continue stewarding the historic program he has built in Gainesville, or he can fill the vacancy at basketball powerhouse Kentucky, where he was assistant coach for five... More »

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sports • NCAA • basketball • NCAA basketball • Florida Gators • Billy Donovan • Kentucky • Gainesville

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