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With at least 300 horses stabled at Keeneland at any time, and as many as 1,900 during peak horse sales, disposing of tons of straw and manure shoveled every day from barn stalls becomes a major environmental challenge for the race track.
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Lexington might consider layoffs, pay reductions, furloughs, eliminating city programs and other steps to make up for an estimated $12 million to $13 million revenue shortfall, Mayor Jim Newberry announced Friday.
The nation's new top mine-safety regulator plans to move quickly on a plan to lower miners' exposure to unhealthy dust that can cause crippling black-lung disease.
WASHINGTON — Supporters of the U.S. embargo against Cuba have contributed $12,000 to U.S. Rep. Ed Whitfield since 2004 as part of a largely successful, multimillion-dollar effort to convince lawmakers to protect sanctions against the island, a new report shows.
A 39-year-old Southern California man has been arrested for misdemeanor child annoyance after allegedly paying a teenager $31 to spit in his face. The Ventura County Sheriff's Department says Charles Hersel was arrested Wednesday in a sting operation at a mall in Thousand Oaks. He's free from jail pending a court hearing.
Two days before shipping off to war, Marine Pfc. Jesse Sheets sat inside a trailer in the Mojave Desert, his gaze fixed on a computer that flashed a rhythmic pulse of contrasting images.
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