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Owner of famous dog is alive and reunited with Susie
Susie, a 12-year-old Schipperke-Border Collie mix and her owner, Curtis Collins, had a joyful reunion when he found her thanks to the post on Facebook. (Source: Oklahoma County Sheriff's ...
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Person killed by train in Elizabethtown identified
ELIZABETHTOWN, KY (WAVE) – A man has died after being hit by a train in Hardin County. According to Sgt. Tim Cleary of the Elizabethtown Police Department, the incident was reported by CSX at 11:16 p.m. near Cox Street and Main Street. Cleary identified the victim as Harold Haire, 53, of Elizabethtown. Why Haire was on the tracks is unknown and the investigation is continuing. An ...
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Peregrine falcons banded at new home
NEW ALBANY, IN (WAVE) - A few baby peregrine falcons have a new home in a power plant stack. Duke Energy and Indiana DNR officials teamed up at Gallagher Station on Wednesday to band the baby birds. DNR officials said they use the bands to learn about the birds' history and longevity while keeping track of them. Officials hope the birds will use the nesting box for years to come. ...
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U.S. unemployment aid applications fall to 340K
o The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell 23,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 340,000, a level consistent with solid job growth.The less volatile four-week average ticked down just 500 to 339,500, the Labor Department said Thursday. That's close to the five-year low of 338,000 reached during the first week of May. The four-week average is 9 percent lower than ...
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Stocks fall on Fed weak Chinese manufacturing
NEW YORK -; Stocks fell in early trading, extending a sell-off that began Wednesday afternoon, after Chinese manufacturing unexpectedly contracted and on concern that the Federal Reserve may ease back on its stimulus ...
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Sales gains lift Dollar Trees 1Q profit 15 pct
RICHMOND, Va. -- Discount retailer Dollar Tree Inc. said Thursday that its net income increased 15 percent in the first quarter as consumers spent more at its stores, which sell goods for $1 or less.The results beat Wall Street expectations, and its shares rose almost 5 percent in morning trading.Dollar stores offer a wide variety of products, from beach toys to vitamins. They have done well ...
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Northern Ky attorney Deters suspended for 60 days
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The Kentucky Supreme Court has suspended northern Kentucky attorney Eric C. Deters for 60 days because of misconduct in two civil cases.The suspension marks the second time the high court has suspended Deters. He was also sanctioned for 61 days in February 2012.Deters' suspension stems from misstatements he made to a court during a civil case in Campbell County and other ...
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Former county attorney disbarred over vote buying
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - A one-time county attorney from northeastern Kentucky has been disbarred because of his role in a vote buying scheme during the 2006 election.The Kentucky Supreme Court ruled Thursday that former Bath County Attorney Donald A. Maze is ineligible to practice law in the state.Maze served 21 months in federal prison. He pleaded guilty in 2007 to paying five voters to cast ballots ...
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Jail forced to reduce community service program
HENDERSON, Ky. - County officials say the community service program at a western Kentucky jail has been severely reduced due to a new state law.Officials say there used to be plenty of low-risk inmates that were allowed to help out 20 local agencies with jobs such as mowing grass and watering flowers.Henderson County Judge-Executive Hugh McCormick told The Gleaner (http://bit.ly/121fxE8) that a ...
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US rate on 30-year mortgages rises to 3.59 pct.
By MARCY GORDONAP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - Average rates on fixed mortgage rose for the third straight week, hitting their highest levels since mid-March. Still, mortgage rates remained close to historic lows, a trend that should help sustain the housing recovery. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday that the average rate for the 30-year loan increased to 3.59 percent this week. ...
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Stock slump continues on Wall Street
FILE - In this Thursday, May 2, 2013, file photo, Trader John Liotti works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Japanese stocks plummeted Thursday May 23, 2013 after a spike in government bond yields and unexpectedly weak Chinese manufacturing spooked investors sitting atop months of massive gains in share prices. (AP Photo/Richard ...
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Review Googles new music plan solid serendipitous but touchy interface can cause mis-taps
LOS ANGELES - Google Inc.'s new music service offers a lot of eye candy to go with the tunes. The song selection of around 18 million tracks is comparable to popular services such as Spotify and Rhapsody, and a myriad of playlists curated along different genres provides a big playground for music lovers. The All Access service represents Google's attempt to grab a bigger piece of the ...
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Marathon Oil says talks end on possible stake sale
HOUSTON - Marathon Oil says talks on a potential sale of part of its stake in the Athabasca Oil Project in Canada have ended.The Houston company's shares fell 3 percent in premarket trading Thursday.Marathon Oil Corp. was in talks with a possible buyer for a portion of its 20 percent interest in the project, but said a deal was not reached. The potential buyer was not named.The company says ...
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Grimes says Democrats united in U.S. Senate race but doesnt reveal her plans
FRANKFORT - Recent interest by some well-known Democrats in possibly running for U.S. Senate shows that Kentucky Democrats will be united in their efforts to oust Republican incumbent Mitch McConnell next year, Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes said Wednesday.Grimes, who is often mentioned as many Democrats' favorite to make the race, said she still is weighing whether to run. She ...
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Ky. firefighters collecting goods for Oklahoma
WEST LIBERTY, Ky. - Firefighters in a Kentucky town that is still rebuilding after being devastated by tornadoes last year are collecting goods to send to tornado victims in Oklahoma.West Liberty Assistant Fire Chief James Phipps told WYMT-TV (http://bit.ly/10mW7GG) that officials there wanted to help in some way because "we know what they are going through."Much of the small ...
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Ralph Laurens 4Q profit rises 35 pct
NEW YORK (AP) - Ralph Lauren Corp. reported a 35 percent increase in fourth-quarter profit as the luxury retailer benefited from lower cotton prices. But economic challenges here and abroad and the move to eliminate some businesses to focus on the most profitable ones cut into sales. The results, announced Thursday, show how the New York based luxury company is seeing increasing profits since ...
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ECB official New bank authority indispensable
A company that promised sightseer tours to the Bronx that included a New York City "ghetto" has stopped the bus rides under fire from an outraged ...
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JJ forecasts 10 new drug applications by 2017
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. -- Johnson & Johnson says it plans to submit more than 10 new treatments to regulators for approval and 25 applications for additional uses of approved drugs by 2017.The New Brunswick, N.J., company says its pipeline of drugs in late-stage clinical development include a potential hepatitis C treatment being reviewed by regulars, a version of the anti-psychotic Invega ...
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Foreclosure settlement checks seen as inadequate
Tyler Reid struggled to hold onto his Ladera Ranch, Calif., condominium during the recession. He was self-employed. When his clients dried up, so did his software business. Reid sold his car, ate one meal a day, and paid his taxes with credit cards. He tried to get a loan modification or sell his home in a short sale, but he says his bank turned down every request. The condo was foreclosed in ...
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Frantic housing market recalls boom times in battered Florida
The open house on a leafy street near South Miami featured a snack wagon with cupcakes and chilled beverages, but the real draw was the newly listed house for sale for $435,000. Over a two-hour stretch on a Sunday afternoon, 44 groups of couples and families streamed through the well-kept 2 bedroom, 1 1/2 bath house on an outsized lot. They didn't come to eat cupcakes. Five purchase offers ...
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Real estate QA Sons ex-wife wont go along with a short sale
QUESTION: My husband and I co-signed a loan for our son and his now ex-wife. Our son stayed in the home but fell behind on the payments, and the home was in foreclosure. His ex-wife discharged her mortgage debt through bankruptcy, but her name is still on the deed. Our son has deeded the house to us, and we made payments to the bank to bring the property out of foreclosure. We're trying to ...
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Tom Reddin Why are mortgage rates still so low
We are now heading toward the end of the spring homebuying season, and mortgage rates remain near record-low levels. I predicted a few months ago that rates would gradually rise this year as the economy slowly demonstrated modest signs of improvement. This did start to happen. According to the weekly Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey, 30-year fixed rate mortgages started the year at ...
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The Mortgage Professor Escrow can raise costs but add simplicity
Why did Jones pay more for his mortgage than Smith? One possible reason is that they borrowed at different times, when market conditions were different. Right now, the market is very favorable, but mortgages priced at 3.5 percent today were priced at 17 percent in 1980. There is nothing borrowers can do to affect the general market. A second possible reason Jones paid more is that he was a less ...
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4 inmates bolt in 3 days in eastern Ky.
HAZARD, Ky. - Eastern Kentucky authorities are plagued with a series of jail inmate escapes this week.WYMT-TV ( http://bit.ly/18kjAKv) in Hazard reported Getson Roberts was caught hours after escaping from the Clay County Detention Center. He was found in Laurel County.But three others remained at large Wednesday.Brandon Damron slipped away on work release while an inmate at the Pike County ...
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E-town bumps Henderson off of Top 10 largest cities list
Fueled by an expansion at nearby Fort Knox, Elizabethtown has climbed onto the list of Kentuckys 10 largest cities, knocking Henderson off. According to Gleaner.com, Henderson was the ninth-largest city in the 1990 Census, eighth-largest in 2000 and ranked No. 10 in 2010. But Elizabethtown grew by an estimated 804 people from 2000 to 2012, the site ...
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Kentucky River needs annual clean up
The Kentucky River is a major source of tourism, recreation, beauty and drinking water for the state. Around 16% of the state population gets their drinking water from the Kentucky River, most notably Lexington, which relies primarily on the river for drinking water, as well as a number of smaller towns and cities.
In total, 700,000 of us live in municipalities that draw their water from the river. The river is important then, and requires regular cleaning due to the amount of waste materials that regularly find their way onto its banks. Read more
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