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  • ACT scores weak in math, science

    Districts, state to look at places to improve

    By Raviya H. Ismail

    Most Kentucky high school juniors struggle with math and science and aren’t prepared for college-level courses in those subjects, according to ACT college entrance results released Thursday.
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TOP AP NATIONAL NEWS

  • Detroit mayor, soon off to jail, talks of comeback

    By ED WHITE and COREY WILLIAMS

    Only hours after agreeing to resign and serve time in jail as part of plea deal, Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick expressed regret for the scandal that has engulfed the city - and left the door open for a return to public life.
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STATE NEWS

  • Retrial ordered in '98 W. Kentucky killing

    By Brett Barrouquere

    LOUISVILLE — A man serving 52 years in a 1998 Western Kentucky shooting death will get a new trial after a federal appeals court ruled Thursday that his attorney had a conflict of interest because he was defending another suspect in the case.

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NEWS OBITUARIES

  • Dorothy Hillenmeyer Crutcher dies at 90

    By Jim Warren

    Dorothy Hillenmeyer Crutcher, who devoted much of her life to beautifying Lexington through gardening and historic preservation, died Sunday night at Hospice of the Bluegrass at St. Joseph Hospital after a brief illness.

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