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FRANKFORT — Kentucky's public colleges and universities are requesting a collective 4.6 percent increase in state funding next year that includes a $25 million wish list for academic programs in case the state's bleak financial picture brightens.
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FRANKFORT — If Kentucky had a law on its books to allow judges to order electronic monitoring devices for the most dangerous domestic violence offenders, Amanda Ross would have had a chance to protect herself, House Speaker Greg Stumbo said Friday.
The formal opening of a Behavioral Health Center at Fort Knox was hailed by its medical leaders Friday as a sign of the Army's emphasis on treating the mental stresses of military life.
A wealthy health care executive came home one night in September to find a terrifying note from his wife, Quinn Gray: The 37-year-old housewife and mother of two had been abducted from her posh Florida beach community.
Police in Florida say a graffiti artist who apparently ran out of paint midway through a spray-painted creation left a note to potential critics to explain the unfinished work.
A Chinese scholar persecuted during the Cultural Revolution for smuggling a rare collection of mushrooms out of China before World War II was honored Saturday when the collection was returned more than 70 years later.
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