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Syrian exiles get taste of home: Beloved ice cream

A Syrian refugee worker, organizes ice cream cups, at the Bakdash ice cream store, in Amman, Jordan, Wednesday, June 19, 2013. For Syrians, no visit to Damascus' Old City is complete without a stop at a more than century-old ice cream parlor in its main souq where you can watch them make their distinctive desert by pounding it into shape with giant wooden mallets, then enjoy a bowl of it sprinkled with pistachios. A painting of a neighborhood of Old Damascus is seen at background.

For Syrians, no visit to Damascus' Old City is complete without a stop at a more than century-old ice cream parlor in its main souq where you can watch them make their distinctive dessert by pounding it into shape with giant wooden mallets, then...

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HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS

New proposal would put KHSAA in charge of middle school athletics

Middle schools athletics would be overseen for the first time by the Kentucky High School Athletic Association under a proposed regulation approved by the state board of education and now under review by lawmakers.
FIFTY YEARS OF NIGHT

Chapter 6: Coal jobs gone, perhaps for good

Thousands of unemployed coal miners are confronting the latest in a century of booms and busts in the Eastern Kentucky coal industry. This time, experts warn, the backslide looks permanent.
BASKETBALL RECRUITING

Next Cats Summer Recruiting Guide | John Clay: Recruiting has changed the game at Kentucky

Kentucky basketball fans, you know how spoiled you are, right? You know it’s not really supposed to be this way. You know that no school is supposed to have five No. 1 signing classes in a row, right? You know that just doesn’t happen.
LOCAL NEWS

A 'Hero of the Year' with a 'heart of gold'

Red Cross's Hero of the Year, Kentuckian Linda Allen, has bought senior home residents dentures and birthday gifts, installed their TVs, listened to their stories and even granted one resident's dying wish.
POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT

Special House election could be preview for next year's races across state

Three candidates from Woodford County vie for open 56th District House seat in June 25 special election.
FIFTY YEARS OF NIGHT

Jobless miners face distressing choices, uncertain futures

In Knott County, laid-off miners are scraping by on unemployment compensation that is a fraction of their once-comfortable paychecks. They are making difficult choices: to uproot their families for jobs elsewhere, to raid their retirement funds to pay bills, to spend scarce resources learning other...
MERLENE DAVIS

Merlene Davis: Jubilee Jobs helps the most disadvantaged find work

Every weekday morning, the three staff members at Jubilee Jobs of Lexington pray for the clients they hope to help find employment and for the non-profit agency they view as a ministry.
CLARK COUNTY

Tom Eblen: Winchester man caught up in FBI 'Anonymous' Internet probe

Deric Lostutter, a Winchester 26-year-old who goes by KYAnonymous online and records hip-hop music under the name Shadow, finds himself in the middle of a federal investigation — and center stage in the national debate about 'hacktivists,' web privacy and online vigilantism.
DIDUCIT?

Central Ky. camp gets boost from NASCAR driver

A Central Kentucky camp for chronically and terminally ill children counts an up-and-coming NASCAR driver among its boosters. Parker Kligerman, 22, drives the No. 77 Toyota Camry for Kyle Busch Motorsports in the NASCAR Nationwide Series.
WATCHDOG

Lexington library fights ruling requiring $927,491 payment to former CEO

The Lexington Public Library has asked a Fayette Circuit Court judge to vacate an arbitration panel's ruling that would award $927,491 to Kathleen Imhoff, the library's former chief executive officer.