http://www.kentucky.com/news/index.xml News, sports, and entertainment from Kentucky.com en-us Copyright 2008 Kentucky.com News 60 Sun, 18 May 2008 05:25:26 EDT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's Workbench webmaster@kentucky.com http://www.kentucky.com/211/story/408479.html http://www.kentucky.com/211/story/408479.html Sun, 18 May 2008 02:05 EDT
Police responded about 9 p.m. to the 2800 block of Snow Road near Alumni Drive.

Karen Brown, who lives on Snow Road, said she heard five shots while she was watching TV.

She looked out the window and heard someone call for help. Brown then called 911.

Fayette County Coroner Gary Ginn said the body of a man was found in the small parking lot behind a four-plex apartment building. The body has been taken to Frankfort for an autopsy.]]> http://www.kentucky.com/211/story/408463.html http://www.kentucky.com/211/story/408463.html Sun, 18 May 2008 02:05 EDT
There are five candidates for mayor. The top two will advance to the November general election. They are: Lynn Bowers, a city commissioner; H. Gippy Graham; Phylis C. Liebman; Thomas R. Munn; and Doug Williams.

There is no primary for city commission seats. The seven candidates will appear on the November ballot.

Nicholasville

Incumbent city commissioners Johnny Collier, Danny Shearer and Andy Williams face six challengers: Betty Black, Doug Blackford, Mark A. Harris, Paul Kauffman, Burton T. "Burt" Ladd and Donny Welch Jr. Welch is a former commissioner.]]> http://www.kentucky.com/211/story/408408.html http://www.kentucky.com/211/story/408408.html Sun, 18 May 2008 02:05 EDT
CONSTRUCTION UNDER WAY ON NEW CAMPUS

Construction is scheduled to begin next week on the Springfield campus of the Elizabethtown Community and Technical College. Senate Majority Leader Dan Kelly of Springfield led the effort that obtained $14.5 million from the 2006 General Assembly to pay for the 47,000-square-foot building. It is scheduled to open in 2009. The Springfield campus will serve Washington, Marion, Nelson, Spencer and surrounding counties. Some of the main programs will be machine tool, tool and die, industrial maintenance, fluid power, basic electricity, electrical construction and motor controls. There will also be continuing education and personal enrichment courses. St. Catharine College, also in Washington County, will help ensure that Springfield campus students are able to take general education courses.

LEXINGTON

PRIZES FOR 'TWEEN' ACTIVITY ]]> http://www.kentucky.com/211/story/407564.html http://www.kentucky.com/211/story/407564.html Sat, 17 May 2008 16:47 EDT
"It's all about heart and determination," Mackey said at the time. "If you wanna win it, you gotta go get it."

These days, he shoots around during recreation time at the Scott County Detention Center. Mackey faces a felony trafficking charge; police say he carried 1.6 grams of rock cocaine into the high school, hidden in his shoe.

He says he wants to apologize to his family, his teammates, his community. "All the people that was behind me, I let them all down," Mackey said in an interview Thursday at the jail. "It's like they wanted it more for me than I wanted for myself, and that really doesn't matter unless I wanted it for myself."

Mackey said he has always had a supportive family who encouraged him to do well in school. But, reflecting back, he started taking missteps last July.]]> http://www.kentucky.com/news/state/story/408408.html http://www.kentucky.com/news/state/story/408408.html Sun, 18 May 2008 02:05 EDT
CONSTRUCTION UNDER WAY ON NEW CAMPUS

Construction is scheduled to begin next week on the Springfield campus of the Elizabethtown Community and Technical College. Senate Majority Leader Dan Kelly of Springfield led the effort that obtained $14.5 million from the 2006 General Assembly to pay for the 47,000-square-foot building. It is scheduled to open in 2009. The Springfield campus will serve Washington, Marion, Nelson, Spencer and surrounding counties. Some of the main programs will be machine tool, tool and die, industrial maintenance, fluid power, basic electricity, electrical construction and motor controls. There will also be continuing education and personal enrichment courses. St. Catharine College, also in Washington County, will help ensure that Springfield campus students are able to take general education courses.

LEXINGTON

PRIZES FOR 'TWEEN' ACTIVITY ]]> http://www.kentucky.com/news/state/story/408372.html http://www.kentucky.com/news/state/story/408372.html Sun, 18 May 2008 02:04 EDT
Obama has collected $847,405 from Kentuckians compared to $625,976 Clinton has brought in, according to the most recent Federal Election Commission reports, through March. The campaigns' updated reports through April is due Tuesday -- the day Kentuckians vote in the primary.

Many donors to Obama say they rarely, if ever, give to political candidates.

"I just think that Obama is the most exciting candidate I've seen in my lifetime," said Nathan Cryder, 32, executive director of Lexington-based Global Gain Inc., a consulting firm aimed at addressing social problems and poverty.

"His leadership style and oratory skills is just the type that inspires," said Cryder, who gave $78 to Obama in March. "Clinton supporters will support her but they're not energized enough to give substantial amounts of money."]]> http://www.kentucky.com/news/state/story/408333.html http://www.kentucky.com/news/state/story/408333.html Sun, 18 May 2008 02:04 EDT
The certificates won't be eliminated, but the state plans to scrap the hand-pasted gold seals and blue ribbons that adorn each one and to reduce the size from 10 by 15 inches to 81/2 by 14 inches.

To make up for the smaller size, the new certificates will be embossed with raised letters across the top with the state seal stamped in blue and gold at the bottom. Secretary of State Trey Grayson said the new certificate "looks better and costs less."

The change will make a $5,000 annual dent in a nearly $1 billion budget shortfall that is prompting the state to take drastic steps, including cutting about 3,400 jobs.

The Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels, a philanthropic group, acknowledged that the state needs to cut costs.]]> http://www.kentucky.com/news/state/story/408332.html http://www.kentucky.com/news/state/story/408332.html Sun, 18 May 2008 02:04 EDT
"I am hoping that Kentucky will send a big message to the Democratic Party and to the country," Clinton said as the crowd cheered, "that we know what kind of president we need and we know who will defeat John McCain in the fall."

Later, at a rally in Frankfort, she brandished harsher words aimed at the Republicans, particularly President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney.

"It is tragic that we have lost so much ground because of their terrible leadership of this country. I don't know if we've had a worse president," she said, sparking the loudest reaction of the afternoon from the crowd of 350 at Kentucky State University.

Polls show Clinton winning Kentucky by wide margins Tuesday, but few scenarios show her securing the Democratic nomination as U.S. Sen. Barack Obama leads her in party delegates and popular votes.]]> http://www.kentucky.com/news/state/story/408487.html http://www.kentucky.com/news/state/story/408487.html Sun, 18 May 2008 02:05 EDT
After word spread that there was still plenty of water -- and after increased promotional efforts -- lake-country businesses were looking to rebound this year.

Then came a soft economy and gas prices nearing $4 a gallon just in time for the Memorial Day weekend, the traditional start of vacation season. That means the recovery in tourism may not be what they'd hoped, several business people said.

"I think the economy and the gas is going to hurt us," said James Flatt, general manager at Indian Hills Resort-Alligator 2 Marina in Russell County.

The lake is the centerpiece of the regional tourism economy, generating tens of millions of dollars in spending.]]> http://www.kentucky.com/471/story/407781.html http://www.kentucky.com/471/story/407781.html Sat, 17 May 2008 15:26 EDT
Muhlenberg County will give the money to Fuel Frontiers Inc. of Washington and Kentucky Fuel Associates of Louisville.

The two companies have paired up to build a plant in Muhlenberg County that would produce 70 million gallons of diesel fuel a year by late 2011.

Muhlenberg County Judge-Executive Rick Newman called the project "a start" toward revitalizing the coal industry.

"I think we can build on this," Newman said. "It's definitely a shot in the arm."]]> http://www.kentucky.com/471/story/407811.html http://www.kentucky.com/471/story/407811.html Sat, 17 May 2008 12:11 EDT
While Rogers is unopposed in the primary or general election, 18 candidates across the state are competing for Kentucky's five other seats in Congress.

Former U.S. Rep. Anne Northup of Louisville, who lost her seat two years ago, is seeking her old job back representing the state's 3rd District. She's one of four Republicans in the May 20 primary, looking for a chance to challenge U.S. Rep. John Yarmuth in November.

"Our positions on some of the issues are different," said Northup, who last year lost a bid for Kentucky governor in the GOP primary. "And, certainly on Election Day, it'll be clear that there's a bright line between where John Yarmuth stands and where I stand."

Rogers, Kentucky's longest serving representative, is the state's only congressman not facing an electoral challenge in 2008.]]> http://www.kentucky.com/471/story/407929.html http://www.kentucky.com/471/story/407929.html Sat, 17 May 2008 23:01 EDT
Keith, an unemployed 31-year-old mother of two, will give Clinton something else Tuesday - her vote during the state's Democratic presidential primary.

"She's the one that can get us out of this mess," Keith said ahead of Clinton's campaign stop at Maker's Mark distillery that drew hundreds of supporters.

Keith, who had to drop out of college because it became too expensive, said Clinton's plan to help people pay for higher education won her support. "I've got tuition bills I can't pay, and I don't know what I'm going to do about my kids," said Keith, of Cecilia.

Clinton, wearing a bright pantsuit not too far removed from Kentucky's signature shade of blue, briefly outlined plans to make paying for college easier and more affordable during her 30-minute speech, the beginning of a frantic final push ahead of the primary.]]> http://www.kentucky.com/471/story/407783.html http://www.kentucky.com/471/story/407783.html Sat, 17 May 2008 10:11 EDT
Domalewski moves his head to kiss his mother, but all he can manage is some slurping sounds in front of her lips. His head flops back down onto her shoulder, spent from the effort.

Less than two years ago, Domalewski was a happy, healthy 12-year-old, a star pitcher on a youth baseball team coached by his dad. He climbed every tree on the block, would zoom down the steep incline of his street on inline skates, loved martial arts, and once shot an arrow into the wall of his basement rec room.

Now Domalewski is severely disabled, left with brain damage after being struck in the chest by a line drive that stopped his heart while he was playing in a youth baseball game.

His family plans to file a lawsuit Monday against the maker of the metal bat that was used in the game, against Little League Baseball, and a sporting goods chain that sold the bat, arguing that metal baseball bats are inherently unsafe for use in youth games because the ball comes off them much faster than from wooden bats.]]> http://www.kentucky.com/471/story/407816.html http://www.kentucky.com/471/story/407816.html Sat, 17 May 2008 12:21 EDT
In the May 20 primary, Democrats will choose between the two men from the same county in the northwest fringe of Kentucky's 2nd Congressional District - which stretches from the Ohio River to near Tennessee.

So far, it's been a mild-mannered competition, with Haire and Boswell talking about themselves rather than taking potshots at the other. Each points to his government experience - Boswell as a longtime state legislator and former state agriculture commissioner; Haire as Daviess County judge-executive.

"Local government is where the rubber meets the road, and you get the hands-on experience of dealing with public safety issues, dealing with environmental issues, dealing with infrastructure issues," Haire said in a recent phone interview.

Boswell, a state senator from Owensboro, notes that during his term as agriculture commissioner in the 1980s he promoted Kentucky interests while Congress wrote farm legislation. During his long tenure in the General Assembly, he has dealt with a multitude of issues.]]> http://www.kentucky.com/216/story/408466.html http://www.kentucky.com/216/story/408466.html Sun, 18 May 2008 02:05 EDT
Yes: Whitfield, Lewis, Yarmuth, Davis, Rogers, Chandler.

FIVE-YEAR FARM BILL: Voting 318 for and 106 against, the House on Wednesday approved the conference report on a five-year, $289 billion farm bill (HR 2419) that extends the existing system of payments and subsidies for growers of major crops; expands nutrition programs; promotes land conservation and rural development; and spurs development of renewable fuels such as cellulose-based ethanol. A yes vote was to approve the conference report.

Yes: Whitfield, Yarmuth, Davis, Rogers, Chandler.

Not voting: Lewis]]> http://www.kentucky.com/216/story/408439.html http://www.kentucky.com/216/story/408439.html Sun, 18 May 2008 02:05 EDT
Obama was campaigning Saturday for primaries Tuesday in Oregon and Kentucky as his aides announced the rally on primary night in Iowa, which they described as "a critical general election state that Democrats must win in November."

Rival Hillary Rodham Clinton has a strong lead in polls in Kentucky, but Obama has the advantage in Oregon.

Obama has built a solid lead in Democratic National Convention delegates over Clinton, and is working overtime to cast an image of inevitability to his campaign. In recent days, he has spent more time focused on his differences with certain Republican nominee John McCain than sparring with Clinton.

While touring a hospital Saturday, Obama was asked by X-ray technician Ron Spooner, "How do I know that I can trust you?"]]> http://www.kentucky.com/216/story/408426.html http://www.kentucky.com/216/story/408426.html Sun, 18 May 2008 02:05 EDT
The 64-member board of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People met for eight hours before selecting Jealous in the early morning. He was formally introduced Saturday afternoon and will take over as president in September.

"I'm excited," Jealous told The Associated Press. "I think that it's a real affirmation that this organization is willing to invest in the future, to invest in the ideas and the leadership of the generation that is currently raising black children in this country."

Though he is not a politician, minister or civil rights icon, Jealous provides the organization with a young but connected chief familiar with black leadership and social justice issues.

He takes the helm as the NAACP's 17th president just months before the organization's centennial anniversary and as the group looks to replenish its coffers.]]> http://www.kentucky.com/216/story/408425.html http://www.kentucky.com/216/story/408425.html Sun, 18 May 2008 02:05 EDT
KENNEDY HOSPITALIZED AFTER SUFFERING SEIZURE

BRIEFS

WORLD

ABOUT 1,000 DETAINED IN SWEEP OF MOSUL ]]> http://www.kentucky.com/216/story/408407.html http://www.kentucky.com/216/story/408407.html Sun, 18 May 2008 02:05 EDT
The 76-year-old Massachusetts Democrat has endured the deaths of his older brothers -- one a president and another trying to become one -- as well as an airplane crash and a Chappaquiddick car accident that killed an aide.

All the while, Kennedy established a four-decade political career that included a White House campaign of his own and pivotal roles in formulating the nation's health, pension and educational laws.

On Saturday, though, Kennedy was rushed to Cape Cod Hospital after suffering a seizure. He was later flown to Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston for evaluation.

An official who declined to be identified by name, citing the sensitivity of the events, had said Kennedy had displayed strokelike symptoms. Kennedy underwent surgery in October to repair a nearly complete blockage in a major neck artery, an operation performed on more than 180,000 people a year to prevent a stroke.]]> http://www.kentucky.com/267/story/408453.html http://www.kentucky.com/267/story/408453.html Sun, 18 May 2008 02:05 EDT
"He coughed and cried all night," she explained hysterically to a volunteer doctor. "Is he going to die?"

Burma's ragged health system has been stretched to the limit after the cyclone two weeks ago left up to 2.5 million people homeless, exposed to pounding rains and potential disease.

Until Saturday, the military regime had insisted it was capable of handling the crisis alone, but Thai and Indian doctors have now been given permission to help.

For some, like Saw Htin's little one, it might not matter. The local doctor said it didn't look good, most likely pneumonia brought on from living in what's left of their leaky thatch hut ripped apart by the cyclone.]]> http://www.kentucky.com/267/story/408425.html http://www.kentucky.com/267/story/408425.html Sun, 18 May 2008 02:05 EDT
KENNEDY HOSPITALIZED AFTER SUFFERING SEIZURE

BRIEFS

WORLD

ABOUT 1,000 DETAINED IN SWEEP OF MOSUL ]]> http://www.kentucky.com/267/story/408424.html http://www.kentucky.com/267/story/408424.html Sun, 18 May 2008 02:05 EDT
With the arrival of each vehicle carrying precious supplies, they jumped with excitement and surged ahead to get a share. They were among the lucky ones -- aid was actually coming.

"The further you go, the worse the situation," said an overwhelmed doctor in the town of Twante, just southwest of the country's largest city, Rangoon (also known as Yangon), helping a locally organized relief effort there.

"Near Yangon, people are getting a lot of help and it's still bad," said the doctor, who refused to give her name for fear of being punished by the regime. "In the remote delta villages, we don't even want to imagine."

Despite signs everywhere to the contrary, the military government in Burma, also known as Myanmar, tried Saturday to show the world that all was under control, leading diplomats on their first tour through the Irrawaddy delta, where more than 130,000 people were killed or are still missing after the May 2-3 cyclone.]]> http://www.kentucky.com/267/story/408412.html http://www.kentucky.com/267/story/408412.html Sun, 18 May 2008 02:05 EDT
Hezbollah insisted the group's arsenal remain untouched, saying it was necessary for fighting Israel, Lebanese media reported on the first day of the negotiations in Qatar on forming a unity government and electing a president after the country's worst violence since the 1975-1990 civil war.

The two sides flew to Qatar's capital, Doha, after a deal mediated by the Arab League that brought an end to a week of violence. The deal included an agreement that the talks would lead to the election of compromise candidate Army chief Gen. Michel Suleiman as president.

The weapons demand was seen as an attempt by Prime Minister Fuad Saniora's side to guarantee that Hezbollah won't take to the streets again as it did when it overran Sunni Muslim West Beirut in clashes that left 67 people dead and wounded more than 200.

"This is a defining moment," President Bush said after a meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Egypt. "It is a moment that requires us to stand strongly with the Saniora government."]]> http://www.kentucky.com/267/story/408328.html http://www.kentucky.com/267/story/408328.html Sun, 18 May 2008 02:04 EDT
Bush's remarks from the sidelines of a regional economic conference in Sharm el-Sheik, Egypt, appeared aimed at Palestinians and other Arabs who consider the U.S. administration so staunch a supporter of Israel that it turns a blind eye to the human rights concerns of the Palestinians. Many also doubt Bush's commitment to the tough negotiations ahead if he's to succeed in helping to craft a deal in just seven months.

"It breaks my heart to see the vast potential of the Palestinian people, really, wasted," Bush said, appearing alongside Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. "They're good, smart, capable people that when given a chance will build a thriving homeland." Bush said he is "absolutely committed" to achieving agreement.

"It would be an opportunity to end the suffering that takes place in the Palestinian territories," Bush added.

Egypt is one of Bush's most reliable Arab allies, yet even here state-backed media mocked Bush's peace efforts, especially after his cozy visit to Israel on Thursday to celebrate the Jewish state's 60th anniversary -- a date the Palestinians call the "day of catastrophe."]]> http://www.kentucky.com/219/story/389884.html http://www.kentucky.com/219/story/389884.html Tue, 29 Apr 2008 02:04 EDT
And so, as he lay dying in a hospital bed last week, he not only was fully aware of his condition, he knew where death would take him.

Elder Ward, pastor of Lexington's Main Street Baptist Church for the past 19 years, died of complications from lung cancer Friday at Hospice Care Center at St. Joseph Hospital.

"He witnessed to his faith, even as he was dying," said the Rev. T.H. Peoples, pastor of Lexington's Historic Pleasant Green Missionary Baptist Church, a friend. Although Elder Ward was unable to talk, Peoples said, he lifted his hands heavenward as he and Peoples prayed in his hospital room days before his death.

"Lexington has witnessed the home-going of a giant in gospel ministry," Peoples said.]]> http://www.kentucky.com/219/story/384273.html http://www.kentucky.com/219/story/384273.html Wed, 23 Apr 2008 10:24 EDT
A U.S. Army Air Corps veteran, Mr. Ulinski played football for University of Kentucky Coach Bear Bryant and was one of "Bear's Boys." Before graduating in 1950, the center/linebacker was named All-SEC and honorable mention All-America. He was a senior co-captain of the 1950 Orange Bowl team, which lost to Santa Clara, 21-13. Mr. Ulinski played professionally with the Washington Redskins and the Ottawa Rough Riders.

Mr. Ulinski was inducted into the UK Athletics Hall of Fame in 2005.

He retired as a salesman from Hubbell Metals and National Steel Corp.

Visitation will be 3 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Foreman Funeral Home, 10600 Taylorsville Road, Jeffersontown. A memorial service will be 2 p.m. Saturday at the First Unitarian Church, 809 South Fourth Street, Louisville.]]> http://www.kentucky.com/219/story/374162.html http://www.kentucky.com/219/story/374162.html Sat, 12 Apr 2008 07:04 EDT
That's the general reaction of the diving community upon learning that Mr. Lyden, 51, died Friday after a lengthy battle with cancer.

Mr. Lyden coached divers at the University of Kentucky since 1993. In addition, he coached various local clubs, as well as American teams in international competitions.

Gary Connelly was the swimming coach who picked Lyden for UK. Connelly said he knew from the time he picked up Mr. Lyden at Blue Grass Airport that he had his coach.

"I could see he was real comfortable in his own skin," Connelly said. "Mike knew how good he was. ... He didn't have to tell me."]]> http://www.kentucky.com/219/story/361919.html http://www.kentucky.com/219/story/361919.html Mon, 31 Mar 2008 02:05 EDT
Dith died at a New Jersey hospital Sunday morning of pancreatic cancer, according to Sydney Schanberg, his former colleague at The New York Times. Dith had been diagnosed almost three months ago.

Dith was working as an interpreter and assistant for Schanberg in Phnom Penh, the Cambodian capital, when the Vietnam War reached its chaotic end in April 1975 and both countries were taken over by Communist forces.

Schanberg helped Dith's family get out but was forced to leave his friend behind after the capital fell. They were not reunited until Dith escaped 41/2 years later. Eventually, Dith resettled in the United States and went to work as a photographer for the Times.

It was Dith himself who coined the term "killing fields" to describe the horrifying clusters of corpses and skeletal remains of victims he encountered on his desperate journey to freedom.]]> http://www.kentucky.com/214/story/407579.html http://www.kentucky.com/214/story/407579.html Sat, 17 May 2008 02:05 EDT
Robert Mondavi, the vintner who built his career and helped an iconic Northern California industry blossom by insisting that Napa Valley wines can compete with the best in the world, died in the valley Friday. He was 94.

Mr. Mondavi died peacefully at his home in Yountville, Robert Mondavi Winery spokeswoman Mia Malm said.

"It is hard to imagine anyone having more of a lasting impact on California's $20 billion-a-year wine industry than Robert Mondavi," Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said in a statement. Mr. Mondavi, said the governor, was "a tireless entrepreneur who transformed how the world felt about California wine, and an unforgettable personality to everyone who knew him."

Mr. Mondavi was 52 and a winemaking veteran in 1966 when he opened the winery that would help turn the Napa Valley into a world center of the industry. Clashes with a brother that included a fistfight led him to break from the family business to carry out his ambitious plans with borrowed money.]]> http://www.kentucky.com/214/story/404207.html http://www.kentucky.com/214/story/404207.html Wed, 14 May 2008 02:06 EDT
Rauschenberg died of heart failure, said his representative at PaceWildenstein gallery in New York.

One of his most famous works, or "combines," was "Bed," created when he woke up in the mood to paint but had no money for a canvas. His solution was to take the quilt off his bed and use paint, toothpaste and fingernail polish for his creation.

Rauschenberg, also a sculptor and choreographer, didn't mine popular culture wholesale, as did Andy Warhol (Campbell's Soup cans) and Roy Lichtenstein (comic books), but his combines, incongruous combinations of three-dimensional objects and paint, shared pop's blurring of art and objects from modern life.

He also responded to his pop colleagues and began incorporating up-to-the-minute photographed images in his works in the 1960s, including, memorably, pictures of John F. Kennedy.]]> http://www.kentucky.com/214/story/397695.html http://www.kentucky.com/214/story/397695.html Wed, 07 May 2008 02:07 EDT
Mr. Robbins had been ill for some time and died Monday at Eisenhower Medical Center in Rancho Mirage, Calif., said his daughter Marsha Veit.

While the company advertised that it offered 31 flavors, in fact it has created more than 1,000 flavors, said its Web site.

Generations of kids trooped to Baskin-Robbins stores to buy ice cream flavors like Jamoca, Daiquiri Ice, Pink Bubblegum, Nuts to You and Here Comes the Fudge.

"Frankly, I never met a flavor I didn't like," Mr. Robbins told The New York Times in 1973.]]> http://www.kentucky.com/214/story/396629.html http://www.kentucky.com/214/story/396629.html Tue, 06 May 2008 02:03 EDT
Peggy Fortune said Mrs. Loving, 68, died Friday at her home in rural Milford. She did not disclose the cause of death.

"I want (people) to remember her as being strong and brave yet humble, and believed in love," Fortune said.

Mrs. Loving and her white husband, Richard, changed history in 1967 when the U.S. Supreme Court upheld their right to marry. The ruling struck down laws banning racially mixed marriages in at least 17 states.

"There can be no doubt that restricting the freedom to marry solely because of racial classifications violates the central meaning of the equal protection clause," the court ruled in a unanimous decision.]]> http://www.kentucky.com/214/story/395721.html http://www.kentucky.com/214/story/395721.html Mon, 05 May 2008 02:02 EDT
Hager was at a coffee shop when he collapsed Thursday, Sam Lovullo said. He said he had been told that by Jon Hager, the surviving twin. Vanderbilt University Medical Center, where he had been taken, gave no details on the cause of death.

The twins, who were also guitarists and drummers, rose to national fame as original cast members of the TV show in 1969. With its mixture of music and country-flavored humor, the show was a huge hit.

The fast-paced use of one-liners was inspired by the hugely successful Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In -- but with a rural twist.

"People laughed at themselves," Jim Hager said in a 1988 Associated Press interview. "They liked the chemistry on the show and the fast pace."]]> http://www.kentucky.com/513/story/407791.html http://www.kentucky.com/513/story/407791.html Sun, 18 May 2008 00:39 EDT
The spilled acid sent a toxic cloud over the area, and at least five people, including two railroad workers, were taken to a hospital and treated after complaining of skin and eye irritation, said Lafayette Parish sheriff's Lt. Craig Stansbury.

A nursing home with 161 residents was evacuated, said Dr. Jimmy Guidry the state health officer, said. About 35 of the residents deemed too frail to travel were taken to area hospitals, he said.

Police walked door-to-door notifying residents of the mandatory evacuation in an area with an estimated population of 3,500 people. "We're advising them to take enough supplies for approximately 48 hours," Stansbury said.

Mona Hebert and Jeffrey Ferrara said they were rousted from their trailer around 3:45 a.m. and told they had two minutes to leave. Ferrara, who lost his home in Hurricane Katrina and has been staying with friends like Hebert since then, didn't have time to grab his shoes or any of his medications.]]> http://www.kentucky.com/513/story/407829.html http://www.kentucky.com/513/story/407829.html Sun, 18 May 2008 01:34 EDT
Twiggs had been through four tours in Iraq, one in Afghanistan and months of therapy for post-traumatic stress disorder in which he said he was on up to 12 different medications.

"He said, 'Sir, I've served over there many times, and I would serve for you any time,' and he grabbed the president and gave him a big hug," said Kellee Twiggs, his widow.

About two weeks later, Travis Twiggs went absent without leave from his job in Quantico, Va.

He and his brother drove to the Grand Canyon, where their car was found hanging in a tree in what appeared to be a failed attempt to drive into the chasm.]]> http://www.kentucky.com/513/story/408288.html http://www.kentucky.com/513/story/408288.html Sun, 18 May 2008 01:34 EDT
Three people survived the crash of the single-engine DeHavilland Beaver, which went down about 15 minutes after takeoff from the town of Chelan, said FAA spokesman Mike Fergus.

The charter plane, owned by Chelan Airways, was reported to be underwater and upside down.

Those killed were a woman and a man, said Jeff Middleton, chief criminal deputy for the Chelan County sheriff's department.

The male pilot and a female passenger were taken to a hospital in Chelan, and the fifth person, a 16-year-old girl, was unhurt, he said.]]> http://www.kentucky.com/513/story/407891.html http://www.kentucky.com/513/story/407891.html Sun, 18 May 2008 04:12 EDT
Witnesses described a chaotic scene, with people screaming and running for the exit after gunfire rang out on a grassy field where the festival was being set up at the St. John Baptist de la Salle Roman Catholic parish.

Fernando Diaz Jr., 33, was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder, said Los Angeles Police Officer Ana Aguirre. He was held in Van Nuys jail in lieu of $1.5 million bail.

"I don't really have too much to say about that. It's a personal thing between me and the church," Diaz said to a KNX-AM reporter before being taken to jail.

When asked if he has an issue with the church, Diaz responded: "The church has an issue with me."]]> http://www.kentucky.com/513/story/408158.html http://www.kentucky.com/513/story/408158.html Sat, 17 May 2008 23:39 EDT
"I'm still very, very sad," she said, her voice breaking. "I'm devastated."

Earlier Saturday, Dubowski had walked onto an auditorium stage to accept a posthumous degree for her daughter Gayle Dubowski, one of five students killed in a geology class in the red-bricked Cole Hall on Feb. 14.

In all, three of the five students shot dead received posthumous degrees on Saturday. Families of the other two said they would accept degrees later.

The 20-year-old Gayle Dubowski was among the first to receive a degree at commencement ceremonies, and hundreds of seniors stood to cheer as her name was read. NIU's president gave her mother, father and brother each a hug as they came on stage.]]> http://www.kentucky.com/513/story/407013.html http://www.kentucky.com/513/story/407013.html Sat, 17 May 2008 03:14 EDT
Larissa Schuster was convicted in December of murdering Timothy Schuster with the special circumstance that the murder was committed for financial gain. At the time of his death in July 2003, the Schusters were in the middle of a divorce after nearly 20 years of marriage.

Just days after Timothy Schuster was reported missing, his half-dissolved remains - intact from only the belt buckle down - were found inside a 55-gallon barrel concealed in a storage unit his wife had rented.

Kristin Schuster, the couple's adult daughter, told the judge that she felt safer knowing her mother would be behind bars.

"I've been living for five years not knowing if I would have to worry for my own safety," she said. "In your quest to become a dominating power freak, you became your own demon. You have hurt me for so many years and probably smiled inside, but look who's smiling now."]]> http://www.kentucky.com/513/story/407879.html http://www.kentucky.com/513/story/407879.html Sat, 17 May 2008 20:16 EDT
Steven Domalewski moves his head to kiss his mother, but all he can manage are slurping sounds in front of her lips. His head flops onto her shoulder, spent from the effort.

Less than two years ago, Domalewski was a happy, healthy star pitcher on a youth baseball team coached by his father. He loved martial arts, climbed every tree on the block and zoomed down his street on inline skates. He once shot an arrow into the wall of his basement rec room.

Now Domalewski is severely disabled, left with brain damage after being struck in the chest by a line drive that stopped his heart while he was playing in a youth baseball game.

His family plans to file a lawsuit Monday against the maker of the metal bat that was used in the game, against Little League Baseball and a sporting goods chain that sold the bat. The family contends metal baseball bats are inherently unsafe for youth games because the ball comes off them much faster than from wooden bats.]]> http://www.kentucky.com/513/story/408018.html http://www.kentucky.com/513/story/408018.html Sat, 17 May 2008 22:21 EDT
The bus was the only vehicle involved in the wreck on Interstate 40, about 115 miles southwest of Las Vegas, said San Bernardino County Fire Department spokeswoman Tracey Martinez.

"It did not roll over but it did land on its side," she said.

Witnesses said the bus drifted across lanes and into the median, Officer Taj Johnson of the California Highway Patrol said.

Investigators were studying skid marks and hoped to talk to the driver to determine the cause of the crash, Johnson said.]]> http://www.kentucky.com/513/story/408166.html http://www.kentucky.com/513/story/408166.html Sat, 17 May 2008 21:21 EDT
Authorities had hoped to have a relative identify the victims discovered Friday night but those plans were scrapped Saturday due to the condition of the bodies, said Frank Puccio, the executive assistant county prosecutor.

Puccio said officials would likely not be able to confirm the victims' identities until sometime next week. However, authorities believe the three - described as a man apparently in his 70s, a woman apparently in her 50s and a male believed to be in his 20s - lived in the home and that one of them owned it.

Each victim was stabbed multiple times, and authorities said the bodies could have been in the 3-story home for over a week. It appears that the last time anyone had contact with any of the victims was May 3, Puccio said.

Meanwhile, autopsies were being performed on Saturday as authorities continued to search for clues and a motive in the deaths.]]> http://www.kentucky.com/524/story/407914.html http://www.kentucky.com/524/story/407914.html Sun, 18 May 2008 00:34 EDT
"He coughed and cried all night," she explained hysterically to a volunteer doctor. "Is he going to die?"

Myanmar's ragged health system has been stretched to the limit after the cyclone two weeks ago left up to 2.5 million people homeless, exposed to pounding rains and potential disease.

Until Saturday, the military regime had insisted it was capable of handling the crisis alone, but Thai and Indian doctors have now been given permission to help.

For some, like Saw Htin's little one, it may not matter. The local doctor said it didn't look good, most likely pneumonia brought on from living in what's left of their leaky thatch hut ripped apart by the cyclone.]]> http://www.kentucky.com/524/story/407757.html http://www.kentucky.com/524/story/407757.html Sun, 18 May 2008 05:04 EDT
The warning case as an increasingly angry international community pleaded for approval to mount an all-out relief effort.

The United Nations said Myanmar's isolationist ruling generals were even forbidding the import of communications equipment, hampering already difficult contact among relief agencies.

A U.N. report said Saturday that emergency relief from the international community had reached an estimated 500,000 people. But the junta insists it will handle distribution to victims of Cyclone Nargis.

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said he was sending U.N. humanitarian chief John Holmes to Myanmar this weekend. Myanmar's leader, Senior Gen. Than Shwe, has refused to take Ban's telephone calls and has not answered two letters. Holmes will be carrying a third, U.N. spokesman Michele Montas said in New York.]]> http://www.kentucky.com/524/story/407674.html http://www.kentucky.com/524/story/407674.html Sun, 18 May 2008 05:04 EDT
"Too often in the Middle East, politics has consisted of one leader in power and the opposition in jail," Bush said in remarks prepared for delivery before the World Economic Forum in the Middle East. "The time has come for nations across the Middle East to abandon these practices, and treat their people with the dignity and respect they deserve."

The White House released the text of the speech Bush was giving to hundreds of global policymakers and business leaders gathered in this Red Sea beach town. The address was Bush's finishing touch on a five-day Mideast trip that also took him to Israel and Saudi Arabia, and was meant by the White House as a twin to a speech the president delivered on Thursday before the Knesset, the Israeli parliament.

Bush presented Mideast leaders with a long to-do list: make their economies more diverse, competitive and open to entrepreneurs; enact political reforms that move nations into democratic governments, and not just sham ones; allow freedom of information and rule of law; improve education; allow greater participation in society for women; and push back against the negative influence of "spoilers" like Iran and Syria.

"There is much to do," he said.]]> http://www.kentucky.com/524/story/408494.html http://www.kentucky.com/524/story/408494.html Sun, 18 May 2008 02:39 EDT
President Lee Myung-bak also said South Koreans were prepared to meet officials from the North any time to try to resolve issues.

"We would help North Korea if it moves toward changes," Lee said in a televised speech marking the 28th anniversary of the pro-democracy movement.

Lee did not elaborate, but his comments appeared to be a call for the North to propose a meeting to ask the South for food aid.

South Korea has made clear that Pyongyang needs to make a formal request for food, but the North has refused to ask the previously key donor because of anger over Lee's hard-line stance toward North Korea.]]> http://www.kentucky.com/524/story/408550.html http://www.kentucky.com/524/story/408550.html Sun, 18 May 2008 05:19 EDT
Micky Rosenfeld says police informed Olmert's lawyer they want to question the prime minister "in the coming days."

Rosenfeld said Sunday police are now awaiting a response "on the place and time for the questioning."

Olmert's already low popularity is taking a further drubbing over the suspicions he took money from U.S. businessman Morris Talansky. Olmert denies wrongdoing and says the money was to fund political campaigns. But police are not ruling out bribery.

The new charges mark the fifth police investigation into Olmert since he took power in 2006. He has never been convicted.]]> http://www.kentucky.com/211/story/408487.html http://www.kentucky.com/211/story/408487.html Sun, 18 May 2008 02:05 EDT
After word spread that there was still plenty of water -- and after increased promotional efforts -- lake-country businesses were looking to rebound this year.

Then came a soft economy and gas prices nearing $4 a gallon just in time for the Memorial Day weekend, the traditional start of vacation season. That means the recovery in tourism may not be what they'd hoped, several business people said.

"I think the economy and the gas is going to hurt us," said James Flatt, general manager at Indian Hills Resort-Alligator 2 Marina in Russell County.

The lake is the centerpiece of the regional tourism economy, generating tens of millions of dollars in spending.]]> http://www.kentucky.com/513/story/408100.html http://www.kentucky.com/513/story/408100.html Sun, 18 May 2008 00:39 EDT
Yet within the past 15 years, the 40-plus buildings behind the nondescript facade have become a modern beehive of activity that includes almost everything but, well, bees.

Its old machine shops and warehouses hum with small entrepreneurs - makers of furniture, clothing, industrial equipment, theatrical sets and computer software - as well as medical suppliers, fashion designers, printers, carpenters and artists, altogether employing 5,000 people.

Andrew Kimball, president and CEO of the Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corp., a not-for-profit that manages the city-owned site, said current plans call for spending $250 million in public and private money to add 1.3 million square feet of space and 1,500 more jobs by 2009. In a decade, he said, there should be 5,000 more jobs.

"The Brooklyn Navy Yard has added another chapter to its rich history by becoming a thriving hub of industrial business," Kimball says.]]> http://www.kentucky.com/news/state/story/408329.html http://www.kentucky.com/news/state/story/408329.html Sun, 18 May 2008 02:04 EDT
Clinton is campaigning Sunday at Western Kentucky University and later in Mayfield.

Her husband, former President Bill Clinton will be at rallies Monday in Grayson, Mount Sterling, Richmond, Danville, Georgetown and Louisville.

U.S. Sen. Barack Obama's campaign announced that the candidate's wife, Michelle Obama, will make stops in Hopkinsville, Louisville and Lexington on Monday. Details of her stops weren't provided.

Obama supporters in Harrodsburg will hold a rally at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Mercer County Senior Citizens Center featuring former Missouri U.S. Sen. Jean Carnahan. A Lexington Obama group will hold a reception 4-6 p.m. Sunday at the Tower Art Gallery.]]> http://www.kentucky.com/471/story/406657.html http://www.kentucky.com/471/story/406657.html Sat, 17 May 2008 06:11 EDT
The industrial conglomerate said in a statement the move is part of an ongoing plan to exit "slower growth and more volatile businesses."

GE's 101-year-old appliance business, headquartered in Louisville, Ky., has been hurt by the housing slump and economic slowdown in the U.S. The appliance division had revenues of $7 billion last year and employs about 13,000 people worldwide.

"GE Appliances has a very strong brand ... and for more than 100 years has been one of the icons associated with GE in the United States," GE Chairman and CEO Jeff Immelt said. "However, its remains primarily a U.S. business, meaning its fortunes are tied to the rise and fall of a single market.

The company is planning a strategic review that could result in an outright sale of GE Appliances, a strategic partnership or a spin-off to shareholders.]]> http://www.kentucky.com/219/story/403186.html http://www.kentucky.com/219/story/403186.html Tue, 13 May 2008 02:03 EDT
They were talking about Dottie Rambo, perhaps the most prolific songwriter of her time and the greatest songwriter to come out of Kentucky.

The death of Rambo, who was killed Sunday when her tour bus crashed in Missouri, has affected people throughout the world, especially those in the gospel music industry.

Rambo, 74, was known as the queen of gospel music. Not only was she widely known for her own recordings, but some of the more than 2,500 songs she wrote were recorded by artists such as Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Whitney Houston, Vince Gill and Dolly Parton. It has been said that there's hardly a modern hymnal that doesn't have at least one Dottie Rambo song in it.

"It was hard to sing gospel music and not record a Dottie Rambo song," said gospel singer Kenny Bishop, adding that his family's first album included Rambo's song Too Much To Gain To Lose .]]>