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Home-buying program welcomes new applicants

ssloan@herald-leader.com (Scott Sloan) — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:00 EST

The "Welcome Home" program, which offers grants of as much as $5,000 for down payments on homes.

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WEG ended 2010 with financial loss despite aid from Lyons, Princess Haya

jpatton1@herald-leader.com (Janet Patton) — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 20:22 EST

According to its 2010 tax return, the non-profit World Games 2010 Foundation closed the year $1,386,625 in the red after receiving almost $70 million in revenue, including more than $36…

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Home-buying program welcomes new applicants

ssloan@herald-leader.com (Scott Sloan) — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:00 EST

The "Welcome Home" program, which offers grants of as much as $5,000 for down payments on homes.

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UK gov't: Press must face tougher penalties

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 10:23 EST

The British Cabinet minister responsible for the media says the press must face tougher penalties for breaches of standards in the wake of the tabloid phone-hacking scandal.

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Iraq opens new oil export terminal in Persian Gulf

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 04:33 EST

Iraq has opened the taps at a new oil export terminal in the Persian Gulf in a vital step to bringing sorely needed cash for reconstruction after decades of war…

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Some can find nice tax-season surprises

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 03:00 EST

After the financial stress of the last few years, your tax return this year might offer you some of the first relief you've had in a long time, but it…

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Boeing says it's frustrated with Dreamliner glitch

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 02:08 EST

A top Boeing Co. executive says that the plane maker is frustrated with the latest 787 Dreamliner production glitch, but that it shouldn't delay output goals.

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Greek premier defends bailout deal, painful cuts

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:43 EST

Warning of a "catastrophe" that would leave Greeks subsisting on food stamps and the country wallowing in bankruptcy, Greek leaders urged lawmakers Saturday to pass more painful spending cuts on…

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Faces beyond the numbers of long-term unemployed

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 10:23 EST

J.R. Childress is up before the sun, bustling about in the French colonial brick house he built. He helps pack his wife's lunch, downs some eggs or cereal for breakfast,

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Greece's grim choice: deep budget cuts or default

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 12:23 EST

Why would Greece accept more pain when unemployment is at 21 percent, the economy is enduring its fifth year of recession and rioters are hurling gasoline bombs in the streets…

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Deadline nears, Obama wants payroll tax cut action

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 06:08 EST

President Barack Obama is pressuring Congress to extend a payroll tax cut for the rest of the year as another deadline nears for Congress to act or see taxes go…

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Republic Bancorp founder Bernard Trager dies at 83

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:01 EST

Bernard Trager, the longtime chairman and founder of bank holding company Republic Bancorp Inc., has died. He was 83.

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Republic Bancorp founder Bernard Trager dies at 83

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:03 EST

Bernard Trager, the longtime chairman and founder of bank holding company Republic Bancorp Inc., has died. He was 83.

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Fishermen meet amid bleak cod prospects

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:43 EST

Fishermen and federal officials grappled Friday with the increasingly bleak prospect of finding some way for the historic New England industry to avoid collapse amid troubles with the health of…

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Bank failures in Ill, Ind bring 2012 total to 9

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:03 EST

Regulators on Friday closed small banks in Illinois and Indiana, increasing to nine the number of U.S. bank failures this year, a slower pace than in 2011, when there were…

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Scents of Kentucky provide niche for local candle maker

ctruman@herald-leader.com (Cheryl Truman) — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:20 EST

Mint julep, cigar store and honeysuckle vine are some of the scents in which a Lexington-based soy wax candle maker specializes. There's even one that smells like the heady chocolate…

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Rupp ranks high in social media

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:22 EST

Rupp Arena ranks fifth in the nation in a "Social Media Power 100" chart put together by Venues Today , a trade publication that covers the business side of entertainment…

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Churchill buys poker magazine, websites

jpatton1@herald-leader.com (Janet Patton) — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:43 EST

Churchill Downs Inc. announced Friday after the close of the stock market that it had bought a poker magazine and associated websites. Purchase price was not disclosed.

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Getting engaged? Pop it at Fazoli's and get year of free spaghetti

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:49 EST

Fazoli's might be on the verge of giving away a lot of spaghetti. The Lexington-based Italian restaurant chain is giving away free spaghetti for a year to any couples who…

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Greek premier defends bailout deal, painful cuts

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:03 EST

Warning of a "catastrophe" that would leave Greeks subsisting on food stamps and the country wallowing in bankruptcy, Greek leaders urged lawmakers Saturday to pass more painful spending cuts on…

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Staff at The Sun tabloid arrested in bribe inquiry

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:41 EST

Five staff at Britain's largest selling tabloid The Sun were arrested Saturday along with three other people over alleged bribes paid to police and defense officials, detectives and the newspaper's…

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