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Noise and Notes: Kentucky Jobs With Justice Leader Bonifacio Aleman 19 May 2013 | 03:30 am
The U.S. job market is slowly picking up and stock prices are rising for Wall Street , but poor people and the middle-class haven't fully recovered from the economic gut punch of the recession. For so...
No Triple Crown This Year: Oxbow Wins Preakness Stakes 18 May 2013 | 11:45 pm
Oxbow has won the Preakness, ruining Orb's bid to capture the Triple Crown. Oxbow quickly grabbed the lead out of the starting gate. It was the sixth Preakness victory for Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayn...
WATCH: NASA Spots Brightest Lunar Explosion Ever Recorded 18 May 2013 | 09:05 pm
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North Korea Fires Three Short-Range Missiles, Says The South 18 May 2013 | 04:12 pm
After a relatively calm few weeks, North Korea fired three short-range missiles Saturday, a South Korean Defense Ministry spokesman said. NPR's Louisa Lim reports that North Korea fired the missiles i...
Obama Announces Resignation Of Acting IRS Commissioner 16 May 2013 | 12:49 am
President Obama announced late Wednesday that the acting commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, Steve Miller , has resigned in the wake of a report that employees at the agency engaged in parti...
Derby Winner Orb Draws Rail Position for Preakess 16 May 2013 | 12:09 am
Kentucky Derby winner Orb has drawn the rail in Saturday's Preakness and has been installed an overwhelming even-money favorite in the nine-horse race. Orb will seek to keep alive his bid to become ho...
Senate Advances McConnell Measure to Promote Fishing, Block Safety Restrictions Near Dams 15 May 2013 | 10:52 pm
A measure to stop the Army Corps of Engineers from restricting access to the Cumberland River near locks and dams is moving through Congress. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell added the amendment...
Publisher Threatens Librarian With $1 Billion Lawsuit 15 May 2013 | 10:35 pm
A scholarly publisher has issued a warning to Jeffrey Beall, a librarian who writes about what he calls "predatory" practices in the scholarly publishing industry, threatening him with a $1 billion la...
Ten Things We Learned From the IRS-Inspector General Report 15 May 2013 | 10:33 pm
Scintillating isn't how you'd describe the report issued by the Treasury inspector general's report on the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative groups. It was written, after all, by go...
Woodford Reserve Hopes Lounge at Fort Knox Will Promote Bourbon to Troops (And Help Them Relax) 15 May 2013 | 10:16 pm
A new collaboration between a bourbon distillery and the military will give soldiers a place to relax—and introduce them to one of Kentucky's signature products. Liquor producer Brown-Forman has teame...
