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Lexington man faces charges in fatal shooting in February

A Lexington man is facing charges in a fatal shooting in February. 3 hours ago

• VA and Lexington housing authority team up to expand housing for homeless veterans

• Kentucky has 237 of the children crossing into US

• Lexington vigil recalls child who died after a fall at Douglass Park 3 hours ago

• Food vendor charged in road-rage slaying is back to selling hot dogs

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Lexington 9-year-old wins Legends' jersey-design contest, wins year of free food

The Lexington Legends will display a new look when they take the field at Whitaker Bank Ballpark for their game Aug. 9 against Greenville. The Legends will be wearing jerseys designed by 9-year-old Ryan McConathy of Lexington, who won the Create-A...

• Kentucky's Stoops calls rivalry with Louisville 'very important'

• Touted Kentucky signee Edwards plans August surgery, return to Cats in January

• As Team USA beckons, Anthony Davis isn't worried about rest

• Ex-Cat Wall invited to Team USA training camp

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Entertainment

Catherine Bush's work comes home; writing keeps her in Virginia

Usually, local playwrights make it back for productions of their shows at local theaters. But longtime Central Kentucky resident Catherine Bush is having to send regrets for Pioneer Playhouse's production of her Walking Across Egypt for the...

• Buffalo Rodeo comes to MoonTower festival from Bowling Green

• Review: Herc's a Merc in this latest, limited 'Hercules'

• Organizer has big plans for MoonTower Music Festival in Midway

• Review: SummerFest's cute, campy 'Little Shop of Horrors' hits all the right notes

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Living

Plant symposium is a perennial favorite

If you love perennials and would like to learn more about them, you're in luck. 2 hours ago

• Smashing: Vintage — and the thrill of the hunt for it — is key to her fashion sense

• New York Times review boosts Asbury filmmaker's confidence

• Ask Angie: What you can expect from a house-cleaning service

• Digging in: Home and garden events and gatherings

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Business

Planning commission approves expansion plan for Kroger on Leestown Road

The Urban County Planning Commission has approved a 25,000-square-foot expansion of the Kroger store on Leestown Road.

• Across US job market, layoffs are becoming rare

• Fast food workers prepare to escalate wage demands 43 minutes ago

• Obama wants to get tough on companies that flee U.S. taxes

• Comic-Con gets first look at 'Mockingjay' trailer 8 minutes ago

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Nation/World News

Gaza sides agree to lull but truce efforts stall

Israel-Hamas fighting looked headed for escalation after U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry failed Friday to broker a weeklong truce as a first step toward a broader deal and Israel's defense minister warned Israel might soon expand its Gaza ground... 22 minutes ago

• What happened? The day Flight 17 was downed

• Migrants: Obama urges Latin leaders, GOP to help 3 minutes ago

• U.S. is urged to prepare better for catastrophic nuclear accidents

• Obama administration knew Islamic State was growing but did little to counter it

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Opinion

Joel Pett on world events

• Making markets work in Somerset

• Robert Olson: Israel's 'mowing the grass' in Gaza likely to be an endless task

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• Raiding Ky. funds no way to budget

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DID U C IT

Kentucky spending millions on student busing at private, religious schools

Over the last six years, as the state of Kentucky shrank public education funding, it spent nearly $18 million to pay for student busing at private, mostly religious schools in two dozen counties, according to state financial records.

• Archaeological diggers in Woodford search for clues to life of Jack Jouett, 'Paul Revere of the South'

• Commonwealth Stadium construction won't take a break for upcoming football season

• Wyoming cave with fossil secrets to be excavated

• Tom Eblen: Humanitarian crisis of children at the border brings out the worst in some adults