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• Akst: Lack of friction rubs the wrong way

  do college applications, financial derivatives and Kentucky fried chicken all have in common ? Friction. Or more accurately, the lack thereof, which is what makes all three so dangerous. A little friction, it turns out, can be a very useful thing. Take applying   Read more »

• Lauren Spierer case: Murder suspect could be person of interest

  Kentucky television station is reporting that police are looking into whether a man, just arrested for two murders in Indiana , may be a person of interest in the disappearance of Lauren Spierer .WAVE-TV in Louisville is reporting that Bloomington, Ind. police   Read more »

• GOP follows Romney's lead in parrying Democrats

  , R- Ohio , moved to defuse a student loan grenade President Barack Obama threw at them. And Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky sidestepped attempts by Democrats to tag Republicans as soft on violence against women.It's a defensive game for Republicans,   Read more »

• Bourbon maker plans downtown Louisville attraction

  Luchini, head of marketing for Campari America, which owns Wild Turkey.The more than 8,000-square-foot center will overlook the Kentucky River. Groundbreaking is expected before September, with the opening planned in mid-2013, he said.Luchini said there's   Read more »

• Ohio man's fossil find in Kentucky stumps experts

  modern era," Fine said. Now 43, he's been collecting fossils since age 4, and said he saw part of this one on a hillside off Kentucky 17 nearly a year ago."Most fossils around here are small, the size of your thumbnail or your thumb," he said. "This thing's   Read more »

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• Pets Pets Pets

  wonderful dogs- a Beagle from Kentucky and a German Shorthaired Pointer (GSP) from Long Islandshare common denominators. Both are discarded hunting dogs, who remain trusting, although mistreated; both will need loving homes and both have their current caretakers 10:50 PM from The Babylon Beacon Read more »

• KY Governor officially signs synthetic drug bill into law

  (WFIE) - Saying the law would help Kentucky stay one step ahead of backyard chemists who constantly change the formulas of banned drugs to keep them legal, Governor Steve Beshear Friday ceremonially signed House Bill 481, which bans whole classes of synthetic 10:39 PM from WFIE-TV Read more »

• Easy vote on cigarette tax

  Wisconsin leads with a tax of $2.52 per package. Then comes Michigan ($2), Illinois ($1.98), Iowa ($1.36), Indiana (99 cents), Kentucky (60 cents) and Missouri (17 cents). The new law will take effect as soon as it is signed by Gov. Quinn, who pushed for the 10:38 PM from The News-Gazette Read more »

• Randy Wittman Will Be Sticking Around As Wizards Coach, According To Report

  on his two-year contract extended before the 2011-12 season. Had the Wizards won the draft lottery and earned the right to draft Kentucky's Anthony Davis, the cost of investing in a higher-profile coach might've been worthwhile, a source said, but with the 10:15 PM from Bullets Forever Read more »

• Shepard and Hemingway as enchanted with horses as us

  than 45 plays. He’s an accomplished actor, too. But perhaps it’s not widely known that Shepard is also a horseman and lives in Kentucky and New York, and yearlings he breeds are often sold by Four Star Sales, a company for which Frances also works. She’s a 9:46 PM from Sid Fernando: Horse Racing Read more »