<![CDATA[Kentucky.com -- Home]]> http://www.kentucky.com/150/index.html Kentucky.com, Lexington, KY en-us Copyright 2012 - Kentucky.com Home 60 Mon, 13 Feb 2012 20:03 EST http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss MI RSS Burninator 2.0 dlawhead@herald-leader.com (Deedra Lawhead) <![CDATA[Nothing says love like a home-cooked meal]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/13/2067048/nothing-says-love-like-a-home.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/13/2067048/nothing-says-love-like-a-home.html Mon, 13 Feb 2012 03:00 EST On Valentine's Day, is that electricity we feel in the air?

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]]> <![CDATA[Ask Angie: Advantages and disadvantages of artificial turf]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/13/2066757/ask-angie-advantages-and-disadvantages.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/13/2066757/ask-angie-advantages-and-disadvantages.html Mon, 13 Feb 2012 03:00 EST Dear Angie:

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]]> <![CDATA[Home-buying program welcomes new applicants]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/12/2065571/home-buying-program-welcomes-new.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/12/2065571/home-buying-program-welcomes-new.html Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:00 EST The "Welcome Home" program, which offers grants of as much as $5,000 for down payments on homes.

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]]> <![CDATA[Hot Property: Aniston buys Bel-Air house]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/12/2065635/hot-property-aniston-buys-bel.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/12/2065635/hot-property-aniston-buys-bel.html Sun, 12 Feb 2012 03:00 EST Leading lady Jennifer Aniston has bought a midcentury house in Bel-Air that was listed at $24.9 million.

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]]> <![CDATA[Consider giving a houseplant for Valentine's Day]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/11/2064223/consider-giving-a-houseplant-for.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/11/2064223/consider-giving-a-houseplant-for.html Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:00 EST Why give fresh flowers for Valentine's Day, only to know they will soon die? Instead, give an easy-care houseplant that keeps living and giving.

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]]> <![CDATA[Granite: a slab of stone-cold kitchen desire]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/11/2064217/granite-a-slab-of-stone-cold-kitchen.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/11/2064217/granite-a-slab-of-stone-cold-kitchen.html Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:00 EST Laminate was a countertop. Wood was a countertop. Granite is ... what? A pursuit. An ambition. A glossy, reflective surface that allows us to gaze at ourselves and know where…

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]]> <![CDATA[Scents of Kentucky provide niche for local candle maker]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/10/2063441/scents-of-kentucky-provide-niche.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/10/2063441/scents-of-kentucky-provide-niche.html Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:20 EST Mint julep, cigar store and honeysuckle vine are some of the scents in which a Lexington-based soy wax candle maker specializes. There's even one that smells like the heady chocolate…

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]]> <![CDATA[Winter has been too bloomin' warm: Some spring plants are flowering]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/10/2063420/winter-has-been-too-bloomin-warm.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/10/2063420/winter-has-been-too-bloomin-warm.html Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:19 EST The unusually mild winter we've had so far may have an odd side effect: spring flowers and spring blooming shrubs are making their appearance earlier than they normally would.

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]]> <![CDATA[Planting a garden? What's your rush?]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/09/2062990/planting-a-garden-whats-your-rush.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/09/2062990/planting-a-garden-whats-your-rush.html Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:00 EST "Slow Gardening: A No-Stress Philosophy for All Senses and Seasons" By Felder Rushing (Chelsea Green)

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]]> <![CDATA[Your Place: More about dampness in home near shore]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/09/2061654/your-place-more-about-dampness.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/09/2061654/your-place-more-about-dampness.html Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:00 EST In a recent column, a newly minted Jersey Shore homeowner asked for help making his damp abode drier.

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]]> <![CDATA[Home economics: Saving power costs in the house]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/09/2061656/home-economics-saving-power-costs.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/09/2061656/home-economics-saving-power-costs.html Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:00 EST Winter has been relatively mild and virtually snow-free so far in many regions. That's helped take the chill off utility costs. In fact, the people who monitor such things say…

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]]> <![CDATA[Home and garden news and notes]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/09/2061655/home-and-garden-news-and-notes.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/09/2061655/home-and-garden-news-and-notes.html Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:00 EST WHAT'S NEW: SMOKE DETECTOR CALLS 911…

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]]> <![CDATA[Try houseplants as gifts for Valentine's Day and beyond]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/09/2061651/try-houseplants-as-gifts-for-valentines.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/09/2061651/try-houseplants-as-gifts-for-valentines.html Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:00 EST Why give fresh flowers for Valentine's Day, only to know they will soon die. Instead, give an easy-care houseplant that keeps on living and giving.

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]]> <![CDATA[Edible landscaping takes food plants beyond bounds of vegetable patch]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/09/2061650/edible-landscaping-takes-food.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/09/2061650/edible-landscaping-takes-food.html Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:00 EST Food plants have jumped the fence from the kitchen garden.

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]]> <![CDATA[Merleau Blue salvia offers garden excitement]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/09/2061653/merleau-blue-salvia-offers-garden.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/09/2061653/merleau-blue-salvia-offers-garden.html Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:00 EST Round flowers seem to dominate in the world of gardening, but it is the spiky blooms of a plant like the Merleau Blue salvia that grab the attention of friends…

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]]> <![CDATA[He'll use it one of these days]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/09/2061652/hell-use-it-one-of-these-days.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/09/2061652/hell-use-it-one-of-these-days.html Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:00 EST Chef Eric Greenspan and his fiancee, Jamie Molever, share the kitchen of the future.

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]]> <![CDATA[The case of the pooping cat]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/08/2060318/the-case-of-the-pooping-cat.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/08/2060318/the-case-of-the-pooping-cat.html Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:00 EST On the afternoon of Nov. 2, the case of Duke the Cat, described by his alleged victim "as the smartest cat that I've ever seen," ended up in Seattle Municipal…

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]]> <![CDATA[Storms may have killed off many stink bugs]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/07/2058933/storms-may-have-killed-off-many.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/07/2058933/storms-may-have-killed-off-many.html Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:00 EST The combined fury of Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee may have drowned much of the region's stink bug population, but scientists are still hesitant to say that homeowners will…

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]]> <![CDATA[Arraignment for suspect in Calif. serial slayings is continued]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/06/2058306/arraignment-for-suspect-in-calif.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/06/2058306/arraignment-for-suspect-in-calif.html Mon, 06 Feb 2012 03:00 EST Monday's arraignment for Itzcoatl Ocampo, an ex-Marine suspected of stabbing half a dozen people to death, was continued to March 16.

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]]> <![CDATA[Ask Angie: Heating two-story homes]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/06/2058109/ask-angie-heating-two-story-homes.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/06/2058109/ask-angie-heating-two-story-homes.html Mon, 06 Feb 2012 03:00 EST Dear Angie:

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