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    <title><![CDATA[30 car pile up closes I-75 near Grant County]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 13:52 EST</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[More than 30 cars involved in crash on I-75 near Grant County. Kentucky State Police are reporting multiple injuries. I-75 closed around noon and is expected to be closed for up to five hours. Drivers are urged to avoid I-75 southbound from Exit 160 to Exit 154. Police suggest drivers heading south exit at the Crittenden exit, Exit 166.<br/>
The crash thought to be weather related. Will update as information becomes available.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Lexington police: Southbound I-75 is fully open; crash is cleaned up]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 15:55 EST</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[All lanes of southbound Interstate 75 are reopened after a tractor-trailer crash that blocked at least one lane most of the day, Lexington police spokeswoman Sherelle Roberts said.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Rich Copley: Kenyan artist-in-residence program at UK comes to a colorful end]]></title>
    <link>http://www.kentucky.com/2011/11/13/1957820/rich-copley-kenyan-artist-in-residence.html</link>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 13 Nov 2011 01:55 EST</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Ruth Hunt Wood looks around Allan Githuka's  studio, zeroing in on an  image of a small village under a deep-blue sky.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Knott County man murdered]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 13 Nov 2011 18:38 EST</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[A woman has been charged with murder and robbery in the death of a Knott County man on Saturday.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Two dead in Letcher accident]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 13 Nov 2011 16:58 EST</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Two people died in a traffic accident in Letcher County Saturday, police said.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[UK Opera Theatre does justice to gorgeous music of 'Rom.o et Juliette']]></title>
    <link>http://www.kentucky.com/2011/10/24/1932337/review-uk-opera-theatres-romeo.html</link>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 06:03 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Romeo is this young guy who wants to hang out with his pals and has a thing for the prettiest girl in town.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Review: Is Hahn-Bin the future of classical music?]]></title>
    <link>http://www.kentucky.com/2011/10/01/1903941/review-hahn-bin-at-the-norton.html</link>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:02 EST</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[DANVILLE   Was that the future of classical music we saw Friday night at Centre College s Norton Center for the Arts?]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Fayette school board names Shelton new superintendent]]></title>
    <link>http://www.kentucky.com/2011/06/11/1769871/fayette-school-board-begins-meeting.html</link>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:03 EST</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Tom Shelton is Fayette County's new school superintendent.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Police: Attempted Lexington robbery spree ends with woman charged]]></title>
    <link>http://www.kentucky.com/2011/06/10/1769330/police-attempted-lexington-robbery.html</link>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2011 15:35 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[A woman was charged Thursday after she allegedly tried to rob three different Lexington businesses in 45 minutes, police said.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Valley View Ferry funding restored in Lexington council committee vote]]></title>
    <link>http://www.kentucky.com/2011/06/10/1769267/valley-view-ferry-funding-restored.html</link>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:02 EST</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[About $41,000 in funding for the Valley View Ferry was restored Thursday by a Lexington council budget committee.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Judge orders takeover of Golden Years Rest Home]]></title>
    <link>http://www.kentucky.com/2011/06/10/1769238/judge-orders-takeover-of-golden.html</link>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 22:22 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[FRANKFORT   A judge has ordered that a receiver take over a troubled personal care home in Letcher County that has been the subject of numerous state citations and federal and state criminal charges.  ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Congregations of 18 Kentucky churches consider refusing to sign marriage licenses]]></title>
    <link>http://www.kentucky.com/2011/06/10/1769088/congregations-of-18-churches-in.html</link>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2011 06:32 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[The congregations of 18 churches in the state are considering whether to take a stand to have ministers refuse to sign marriage licenses as a protest of Kentucky's refusal to allow same-sex marriage.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Lawmakers question state's readiness for Medicaid managed care]]></title>
    <link>http://www.kentucky.com/2011/06/10/1769087/lawmakers-question-states-readiness.html</link>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2011 06:31 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[FRANKFORT   State lawmakers Thursday questioned whether the state has the resources and expertise to oversee moving the $6 billion Medicaid program to private, for-profit managed care companies. ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Prosecution: Video shows sexual encounter, not confession]]></title>
    <link>http://www.kentucky.com/2011/06/10/1769086/prosecution-witnesses-video-shows.html</link>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 06:34 EST</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[A video recording that was thought to contain a woman's confession that she was the driver who hit and killed a Lexington police officer showed only an "explicit sexual episode," according to the Fayette commonwealth's attorney's office.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Teen convicted in friend's slaying to continue treatment]]></title>
    <link>http://www.kentucky.com/2011/06/10/1769027/teen-convicted-in-friends-slaying.html</link>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 09:47 EST</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[For the first time, a Lexington teen who shot and killed his best friend publicly apologized to the victim's family.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Seven indicted in Owsley drug ring]]></title>
    <link>http://www.kentucky.com/2011/06/10/1768952/florida-woman-charged-with-supplying.html</link>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 08:55 EST</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Two South Florida residents allegedly helped funnel 20,000 or more prescription pills to an Owsley County drug ring in April and May, according to federal court documents.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Andy Barr says he will run for Congress in 2012]]></title>
    <link>http://www.kentucky.com/2011/06/10/1768872/andy-barr-says-he-will-run-for.html</link>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:15 EST</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[FRANKFORT   Lexington lawyer Andy Barr, who lost last year's race to represent Central Kentucky's 6th District by just 648 votes, announced Thursday he will seek the same seat in 2012.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Farris interviews for Fayette superintendent]]></title>
    <link>http://www.kentucky.com/2011/06/10/1768839/farris-interviews-for-fayette.html</link>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:03 EST</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Building strong communitywide support is key to closing achievement gaps and moving Lexington schools forward, Clark County superintendent Elaine Farris said Thursday as she sought Fayette County's top education job.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Surveillance of Somerset pharmacies results in meth-related arrests]]></title>
    <link>http://www.kentucky.com/2011/06/10/1769538/surveillance-of-somerset-pharmacies.html</link>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2011 06:13 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[A ten-hour surveillance operation in Somerset on Tuesday resulted in numerous arrests relating to the manufacture of methamphetamine, authorities said.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Harlan County couple face robbery, murder charges]]></title>
    <link>http://www.kentucky.com/2011/06/10/1769165/harlan-couple-face-robbery-murder.html</link>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2011 06:13 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Two Harlan County residents have been charged with robbing and killing a man found dead in his home last week, state police said in a news release.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Lexington police search for motorist who fled after crash]]></title>
    <link>http://www.kentucky.com/2011/06/10/1768945/lexington-police-search-for-motorist.html</link>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2011 06:13 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Police are looking for a passenger who fled after a single-car crash that severely injured the driver.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Letcher man accused of intimidating witness in umpire case]]></title>
    <link>http://www.kentucky.com/2011/06/09/1768525/letcher-man-accused-of-intimidating.html</link>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 06:33 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[A preliminary hearing will be held Thursday in Letcher District Court for a man charged with intimidating a witness in the drug-trafficking case of a suspended umpire for the Kentucky High School Athletic Association.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Pet store manager charged with cruelty]]></title>
    <link>http://www.kentucky.com/2011/06/09/1768464/pet-store-manager-charged-with.html</link>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 06:34 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[MIDDLESBORO   The manager of a Middlesboro pet store has been charged with animal cruelty after power was shut off to the business.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Scores of new Ky. laws took effect Wednesday]]></title>
    <link>http://www.kentucky.com/2011/06/09/1768582/scores-of-new-ky-laws-took-effect.html</link>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 06:35 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[FRANKFORT   Scores of new laws went into effect Wednesday in Kentucky, including one that allows optometrists to perform some medical procedures that previously had been reserved for ophthalmologists.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[2nd Iraqi charged in terror case waives hearing]]></title>
    <link>http://www.kentucky.com/2011/06/09/1768580/2nd-iraqi-charged-in-terror-case.html</link>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 19:01 EST</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[BOWLING GREEN   An Iraqi refugee accused of trying to send weapons from the United States to al-Qaida operatives in Iraq waived his right to argue for release pending trial, just minutes before the proceedings were set to begin Wednesday.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[$460,000 lottery ticket sold in Madison County]]></title>
    <link>http://www.kentucky.com/2011/06/09/1768319/460000-lottery-ticket-sold-in.html</link>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 06:50 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[A lucky person bought a lottery ticket in Madison County on Tuesday that's now worth $460,000.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[DNA may support theory that woman drove vehicle that killed officer]]></title>
    <link>http://www.kentucky.com/2011/06/09/1768152/dna-may-support-theory-that-woman.html</link>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 06:34 EST</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[DNA evidence found on the steering wheel of the vehicle that hit and killed Lexington police Officer Bryan Durman last year matches the DNA of a woman whom police apparently ruled out last fall as a possible suspect in Durman's death, says a defense attorney for the man accused of murder in the case.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Winchester police say accused murderer's story at odds with facts]]></title>
    <link>http://www.kentucky.com/2011/06/09/1768128/winchester-police-say-accused.html</link>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 10:19 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[WINCHESTER   Aaron Lewis told police he hadn't been to Winchester in years, but his cellphone records told a different story.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Nurse allegedly left choking nursing home resident alone for 15-20 minutes]]></title>
    <link>http://www.kentucky.com/2011/06/09/1768089/nurse-allegedly-left-choking-nursing.html</link>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 06:20 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[The Kentucky Attorney General's office is reviewing the 2010 death of a resident of a Carlisle nursing home in which a nurse allegedly left a resident who was choking alone for 15 to 20 minutes.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Merlene Davis: New youth commission must quickly find solutions]]></title>
    <link>http://www.kentucky.com/2011/06/09/1768041/merlene-davis-new-youth-commission.html</link>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 09 Aug 2011 22:20 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Mayor Jim Gray and First District Councilman Chris Ford announced the formation of a commission to focus on youth development and safety in Fayette County on Wednesday. ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[UK adopts new anti-hazing policy]]></title>
    <link>http://www.kentucky.com/2011/06/09/1768029/uk-adopts-new-anti-hazing-policy.html</link>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 07:33 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[The University of Kentucky has adopted a new anti-hazing policy.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[2,300 in Lexington for state FFA convention, and they're not all farmers]]></title>
    <link>http://www.kentucky.com/2011/06/09/1767920/2300-in-lexington-for-state-ffa.html</link>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 06:34 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[About 2,300 FFA members and supporters are in Lexington this week for the organization's annual state convention.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[John Calipari nominated for regional Emmy]]></title>
    <link>http://www.kentucky.com/2011/06/09/1767919/john-calipari-nominated-for-regional.html</link>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 12:57 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[He doesn't have an NCAA crown, but this summer, University of Kentucky men's basketball coach John Calipari might have an Emmy.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Investigation sought of Department of Agriculture personnel moves]]></title>
    <link>http://www.kentucky.com/2011/06/09/1767694/investigation-of-agriculture-department.html</link>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 11 Jun 2011 01:40 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[FRANKFORT   The Kentucky Personnel Board's vice chairman is asking it to investigate whether the state Department of Agriculture illegally placed two political appointees in protected merit positions.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Suspect charged with murder in Adair after victim was run over, shot]]></title>
    <link>http://www.kentucky.com/2011/06/09/1767574/suspect-charged-in-adair-county.html</link>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 06:39 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[A 43-year-old Columbia man has been charged in the death of Michael Cowan, who was run over and shot, Kentucky State Police said.]]></description>
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