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    <title><![CDATA[Quality rankings for Central Kentucky nursing homes]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 07:18 EST</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[These are quarterly rankings of nursing homes in Fayette and five surrounding counties. The federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has ranked them based on health inspections, staffing and quality measures.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[DNA test sought in '92 case of 'satanic' slaying]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 07:10 EST</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[LOUISVILLE   When Rhonda Sue Warford died in a rural field near Brandenburg, she had multiple stab wounds to her chest, back and neck, including one that destroyed her brain stem, and two gray hairs clenched in her right hand.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Horse Park falls into deficit in recent years]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 06:58 EST</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[The Kentucky Horse Park had its biggest year ever in 2010, hosting the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games with an array of new facilities and upgraded infrastructure. ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Almost half of Fayette students rely on free or reduced-cost school meals]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 06:50 EST</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Fayette County's public schools are closing in on a milestone that no one is happy about.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Merlene Davis: Step team builds school pride, self-esteem]]></title>
    <link>http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/11/2065237/merlene-davis-step-team-builds.html</link>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 14:49 EST</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Toward the end of her freshman year at Tates Creek High School, Kiearra Brown began slacking off at school, and her grades reflected it. Fortunately, the school has a step team, which served as a life preserver that not only pulled Kiearra, now a senior, back on track but has kept her there.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[UK programs help first-generation college students]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 22:08 EST</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[In 2009, a Texas-based foundation chose the University of Kentucky for an extremely targeted pilot program: Take 20 incoming freshmen whose parents never had any college classes, and help the students through. ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[WEG ended 2010 with financial loss despite aid from Lyons, Princess Haya]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 06:58 EST</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[The 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games in Lexington, once lauded as likely to be the first championships of its kind to make money, apparently fell shy of that mark despite last-minute help from sponsor Pearse Lyons and FEI's president, Princess Haya. ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Whitney Houston: Brilliant, troubled pop star dies]]></title>
    <link>http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/11/2065011/whitney-houston-superstar-of-records.html</link>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 12:26 EST</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[A year ago, Clive Davis' glittery pre-Grammy showcase was winding down after a number of electric performances when the grandest name of all, Whitney Houston, walked on stage to close the evening with what promised to be a show-stopping tribute to her famous cousin, Dionne Warwick.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Fayette County students win awards at science fair]]></title>
    <link>http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/11/2064990/fayette-county-students-win-awards.html</link>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 20:03 EST</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[About 700 fourth- through 12th-grade students from public, private and home schools participated in the annual Kentucky American Water Science Fair on Saturday, and 143 of them took home awards.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Laurel man on home incarceration used 4-wheeler for attempted home invasion, police say]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 20:00 EST</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[A Laurel County man on home incarceration has been charged in connection with an attempted home invasion for which he allegedly used a four-wheeler, police said.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Tom Eblen: Is Lexington the Literary Capital of Mid-America?]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 07:07 EST</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Tens of thousands of Kentuckians were focused last Tuesday night on cheering for the Wildcats as they thrashed the Florida Gators.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Salato Wildlife center reopening]]></title>
    <link>http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/09/2061821/salato-wildlife-center-reopening.html</link>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 06:04 EST</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[The Salato Wildlife Education Center will offer some new exhibits when it opens for the season next week.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Teen remains critical after ATV-pulled saucer sled hits tree]]></title>
    <link>http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/11/2064036/teen-critical-after-atv-pulled.html</link>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 15:57 EST</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[A 13-year-old boy remained in critical condition Saturday at University of Kentucky Chandler Hospital after suffering severe head trauma in a saucer sled crash.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Chris Bailey's forecast: Arctic air invades Kentucky]]></title>
    <link>http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/11/2063097/chris-baileys-forecast-snowy-start.html</link>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 06:19 EST</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Good Saturday everyone. Snow showers and squalls will combine with an arctic wind to give us a very wintry day in the bluegrass state. Slick travel will greet motorists  especially early. I have you set to track today s blast of winter.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[All Fayette lawmakers will seek re-election in 2012]]></title>
    <link>http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/10/2063942/all-lexington-lawmakers-will-seek.html</link>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 08:55 EST</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[FRANKFORT   All incumbent state lawmakers from Fayette County hope to return to office next year, but a few will have opponents in this year's elections.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Lancaster city council calling for mayor's job]]></title>
    <link>http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/10/2063935/lancaster-city-council-calling.html</link>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:40 EST</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[A little more than a year after taking office, Lancaster Mayor Brenda Powers faces a city council that wants her to resign by Monday.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Gloria Singletary, former first lady of UK, died Friday]]></title>
    <link>http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/10/2063908/gloria-singletary-former-first.html</link>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:44 EST</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Gloria Walton Singletary, wife of the late Otis A. Singletary Jr., eighth president of the University of Kentucky, died Friday after a brief illness. She was 88.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Lexington woman, Fayette schools at odds over special-needs bus]]></title>
    <link>http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/10/2063814/lexington-woman-fayette-schools.html</link>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:10 EST</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[A Lexington woman says she has tried without success for several months to get the Fayette County Public Schools to provide a small special-needs bus to carry her daughter to school.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Rupp ranks high in social media]]></title>
    <link>http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/10/2063785/rupp-ranks-high-in-social-media.html</link>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:10 EST</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Rupp Arena ranks fifth in the nation in a "Social Media Power 100" chart put together by  Venues Today , a trade publication that covers the business side of entertainment and sports.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Getting engaged? Pop it at Fazoli's and get year of free spaghetti]]></title>
    <link>http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/10/2063765/getting-engaged-pop-it-at-fazolis.html</link>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:50 EST</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Fazoli's might be on the verge of giving away a lot of spaghetti. The Lexington-based Italian restaurant chain is giving away free spaghetti for a year to any couples who get engaged at its locations on Valentine's Day.]]></description>
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