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2013 Graduate Salute

Know someone graduating? Submit photos to our 2013 Graduate Salute sponsored by Morehead State.

7th annual Readers' Choice Awards

Tell us your top picks for shopping, eating, health care and much more in the 7th annual Herald-...

Merlene Davis: University of Kentucky grad pushing hard for empowerment program

The idea of replicating a Pittsburgh empowerment program in Lexington has been bandied about for more than three years.

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MEDICINE

UK researchers testing product that can freshen breath, lower cholesterol

Who hasn't longed for a product that gives you fresh breath, a healthy mouth and — lower cholesterol?
DAILY BUSINESS REPORT

Alltech could double beer production with planned expansion

Alltech founder Pearse Lyons said Monday that the Nicholasville-based nutrition company is pressing forward with plans to expand its brewery in Lexington.
TRAVEL

Liverpool makes the most of its claims on Beatles' fame

LIVERPOOL, England — When one thinks of momentous meetings that altered the course of history — Caesar and Cleopatra, Bonnie and Clyde, Hitler and Mussolini — one usually imagines them taking place in grandiose settings.
HOME

Lexington's third annual coop tour illustrates growing popularity of back-yard chickens

Having back-yard chickens sounds like great fun in the summertime when the birds are out eating bugs and skedaddling around the garden. But what happens when winter arrives and snow begins to fall? Do chickens get cold? Do you have to put a heater in the chicken house? Do chickens suddenly become...
HOME

Disease imperils future of bedding impatiens

Gardeners can expect to find impatiens in short supply this year. A fast-spreading disease is threatening the flower, prompting some garden centers to cut back on supplies or not sell the plants.
FAITH & VALUES

The Dalai Lama brings message of compassion to Louisville

When the Dalai Lama comes to Louisville as part of his 2013 United States tour, expect the world to be listening.
FAITH & VALUES

RCTalk: Amy Grant's new album features a sound that has improved with age

Amy Grant's Free paints a familiar picture. She sings about recently being handed an old photograph of herself after a show and seeing a girl, "with wind in her hair, sun in her smile, hardly a care, and no sense of style." Those of us who started listening to contemporary Christian music ...

LOTTERIES

Ky. Lotteries

May 18: Powerball: 10-13-14-22-52 11 Jackpot: $590.5 million; one winner
MEDICINE

Do you know the top risk factors for heart attack and stroke?

In a recent study, 1,000 people — half of whom had experienced either a heart attack or stroke — were asked what they thought were the most important risk factors for both.
HEALTH

Oklahoma twister tracked path of 1999 tornado

Monday's powerful tornado in suburban Oklahoma City loosely followed the path of a killer twister that slammed the region in May 1999.