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BALTIMORE, MD - MAY 17: Trainer Shug McGaughey walks in front of Kentucky Derb winner and Preakness entrant Orb after the horse got a bath following a workout in preparation for the 138th Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course on May 17, 2013 in Baltimore, Maryland.

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  • Navy SEAL from LI Jonathan Kaloust killed in training accident

    about 247 sailors involved in external training support at the post in 2011."We go out there on a regular basis," Lloyd said. Kentucky 's Salt River runs through the Army base. According to the Federal Register, the Corps of Engineers considers sections of   Read more »

  • Louisville distillery joins Kentucky Bourbon Trail

    -- The Kentucky Bourbon Trail is expanding to include a small distillery that's tucked in the shadows of skyscrapers in downtown Louisville.Heaven Hill Distilleries' new distillery will become the eighth stop on the popular tourist attraction that has drawn   Read more »

  • Paul Hornung someday hopes to saddle a starter in his hometown's Super Bowl

    bucket list has an unfulfilled dream: to watch a horse he owns walking in the post parade while the band plays "My Old Kentucky Home." He took a shot this spring with Titletown Five, but he ran poorly in the 1 1/8-mile Louisiana Derby, dropping his record   Read more »

  • Nets' long journey reaches a fine destination

    Eastern Division. Blocked out of the Teaneck Armory because of a circus, the team scheduled a tiebreaking game with the Kentucky Colonels at Long Island Arena in Commack . In what a Newsday headline at the time called a "fiasco," the Americans forfeited because   Read more »

  • Where does Rick Pitino rank?

    into the Basketball Hall of Fame.The only other coach to take three schools to the Final Four is John Calipari (UMass, Memphis, Kentucky). Although UMass and Memphis trips to the Final Four were vacated by the NCAA, hes still credited with accomplishing the   Read more »

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About Kentucky

The Commonwealth of Kentucky is a state located in the East Central United States, normally included in the group of Southern states, but sometimes partially included, geographically and culturally, in the Midwest.[citation needed] Kentucky is one of four U.S. states established as a commonwealth. Originally a part of Virginia, in 1792 it became the 15th state to join the Union. Kentucky is the 37th largest state in terms of land area, and ranks 26th in population.

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