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Holiday TV Preview 2011: Many Christmas specials wouldn't be the same without wingmen

Fri, 25 Nov 2011 07:59 EST

We salute some of the top holiday TV scene-stealers — great characters who make us laugh, cry and sometimes wince, year after year.

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McCrary Sisters bring gospel and Americana to Lexington

Sun, 20 Nov 2011 00:00 EST

Gospel has always been the family way for Ann McCrary.

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Stores lower turkey prices to win your Thanksgiving meal business

ctruman@herald-leader.com (Cheryl Truman) — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 00:00 EST

The battle being fought this Thanksgiving is over where you spend your turkey dollar. Meijer, which has nine stores in its Lexington-Louisville market area but is the dominant grocer in…

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Thousands of public employees might have to switch pharmacies

ctruman@herald-leader.com (Cheryl Truman) — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 00:00 EST

The national pharmaceutical company that serves numerous Kentucky public-sector employees might be dropping Walgreens as a drugstore provider beginning in January. The end of service comes as a result of…

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Do-gooders, volunteers and all around good folks......

Thu, 03 Nov 2011 10:15 EDT

This holiday season we want to shine a light on the good deed doers in our community. In a series of stories we call Spirit of the Season well profile…

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EKU professor 'sliders' his way to fame at White Castle

ctruman@herald-leader.com (Cheryl Truman) — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 00:00 EDT

RICHMOND — Eastern Kentucky University music professor Richard Crosby does not fear the steam-grilled patty, fragrant with onions, marbleized with cheese. In fact, he eats from the White Castle menu…

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UK study: Watermelon may be good for heart, weight

ctruman@herald-leader.com (Cheryl Truman) — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 00:00 EDT

University of Kentucky researchers have been studying watermelon's juice, and results show that it may be good for keeping your weight down and your heart strong.

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Louisville museum's exhibit offers compelling details of the Civil War

Fri, 28 Oct 2011 00:00 EDT

LOUISVILLE — At the outbreak of the Civil War, Priscilla Davidson of Todd County experienced a heartbreak that was not uncommon in Kentucky: She watched her brother John take up…

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Less than 77 percent of Kentucky's high school students get diplomas

jwarren@herald-leader.com (Jim Warren) — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 00:00 EDT

Kentucky's overall high school graduation rate for the 2009-10 school year was 76.68 percent as computed under a new formula, the state Department of Education said Tuesday.

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Merlene Davis: Scientist combines love of music with good cause

Sun, 31 Jul 2011 00:00 EDT

To raise awareness last year about domestic violence, prominent businessmen and politicians in Lawrence, Kan., donned bright red stilettos and posed for the 2011 Red Shoe calendar. The effort also…

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Merlene Davis: Couple married 70 years credits listening and caring

Tue, 26 Jul 2011 00:00 EDT

When Charles W. Sims, 88, first saw his bride-to-be, he was on a skating date with her best friend. From that very awkward start, Sims and Frances McFarland Sims, the…

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Tom Eblen: Friends opened Lexington Pasta after delicious homemade meal

Mon, 25 Jul 2011 00:00 EDT

Lesme Romero and Reinaldo Gonzalez became good friends as college students in Cleveland. They had grown up in South America with Spanish fathers and Italian mothers, and both loved good…

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For 'Annie,' Lexington Children's Theatre gets parents onstage

rcopley@herald-leader.com (Rich Copley) — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 00:00 EDT

Reilly Richardson came home from Lexington Children's Theatre one day in 2002 and told her family the big news: There was going to be a summer family musical production of…

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Adversaries join in effort for more humane egg production

jpatton1@herald-leader.com (Janet Patton) — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 00:00 EDT

Two traditional adversaries in farm-animal welfare announced what they hailed as a historic agreement to pursue national standards for egg production.

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The Kentucky Bucket List: 50 things to see, do and eat in the commonwealth before you die

Fri, 17 Jun 2011 00:00 EDT

Most people have at least a notion of the things they want to see, do and experience before they die, aka their "bucket list": Climb a mountain, fall in love,

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'Bridesmaids': very funny and very real

Fri, 13 May 2011 00:00 EDT

Most marriage comedies are facile, glib, cute or manipulative. Bridesmaids is bust-a-gut funny, a high-adrenaline string of slapstick gags and verbal hysteria.

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Winfrey struggles on her OWN

Fri, 06 May 2011 00:00 EDT

Here's the big problem with Oprah Winfrey's OWN cable network: There's still too much Oprah to go around.

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UK's efforts to block N. Ky. neonatal care 'not a business issue'

mmeehan1@herald-leader.com (Mary Meehan) — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 00:00 EDT

Efforts to block a Northern Kentucky hospital from obtaining 12 beds to treat the sickest of sick babies is "not a business issue," Dr. Michael Karpf said.

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Berea couple accused of selling teenage relatives for sex

gkocher1@herald-leader.com (Greg Kocher) — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 00:00 EDT

RICHMOND — A Berea couple accused of selling two teenage relatives for sex last month were arrested in 2002 on a charge of attempting to sell an infant daughter in…

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Earthquakes and tsunamis

Tue, 22 Mar 2011 00:00 EDT

On March 11, a massive 9.0 magnitude earthquake took place off the northeastern coast of Japan. The earthquake destroyed and damaged buildings throughout the nation and caused a tsunami that…

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