Anxiety rises with coal's cost in E. Ky.
Tuesday, November 1, 2005 Alan Maimon - - Louisville Courier-Journal
| By winter's end, James Stewart figures he will have shoveled five tons of coal into his stove, the only source of heat in his home. Coal heat is all Stewart, a 50-year-old unemployed coal miner, and his wife can afford on their only income, her $500-a-month disability check.
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Residents bracing for an oil crisis
Thursday, October 20, 2005 Martha Elson - - Louisville Courier-Journal
| To save gas, Kristin Matly Dennis walks two miles from the Highlands in Louisville to her job as an English teacher at St. Francis High School downtown. Her husband, Jonathan Dennis, rides his bike nearly everywhere he goes -- and in all kinds of weather.
The couple are among a growing number of people in Louisville who are doing more than just complaining about high gas prices. And they are trying to persuade others to follow their lead.
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Leftover cash from Congress to help pay for metro parks
Sunday, July 31, 2005 Chris Poynter - - Louisville Courier-Journal
| Mitch McConnell was on the U.S. Senate floor Wednesday afternoon when the news came. After Senate and House leaders added up the numbers on the massive $286.4 billion transportation bill, $60 million was left over.
McConnell, Kentucky's senior senator and the majority whip, could do with it as he wished.
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Communication, vigilance help parents keep kids safe online
Thursday, July 14, 2005 NAN CONNOLLY - - Louisville Courier-Journal
| Parents short on time and computer expertise need help keeping abreast of their kids' computer use, according to computer experts. Children in middle and high school present a particular problem because they visit chat rooms, instant message and blog - online activities that can be difficult to track.
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Biodiesel fuels soybean farmers' hopes for future
Tuesday, July 5, 2005 Marcus Wohlsen - - Louisville Courier-Journal
| Sixty-year-old Jack Trumbo has been farming, he says, since he could follow his daddy to the barn.
Now, more than half a century later, Trumbo stands in a soybean field and marvels that it might soon power American motorists into a cleaner, more secure future.
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Benefits of global economy uneven
Sunday, June 19, 2005 Wayne Tompkins - - Louisville Courier-Journal
| In the years since trade treaties like NAFTA combined with the fall of the Soviet Union and the opening of China and India to launch the globalization era, both Kentucky and Indiana have become even more intertwined with the world.
Globalization has had its benefits in both states, but the rewards are spread unevenly across industries and regions.
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Plan would curb school junk food
Thursday, June 9, 2005 Nancy C. Rodriguez - - Louisville Courier-Journal
| The sale of most sodas and junk foods would be banned from Kentucky's public schools during regular hours, under a proposal by state education officials.
And teachers would be prohibited from handing out candy and other sugary goodies as rewards for good classroom behavior.
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The deserter
Tuesday, May 24, 2005 Larry Muhammad - - Louisville Courier-Journal
| In March 2004, the Army had 318,533 soldiers deployed in Afghanistan and Iraq. That same year, it also had a smaller number on its books: 2,479 deserters.
Joshua Despain was one of them.
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Judicial filibusters under fire
Monday, April 25, 2005 Andrew Wolfson - - Louisville Courier-Journal
| From the pulpit of Louisville's Highview Baptist Church, leaders of the nation's religious right last night denounced activist federal judges and called for an end to filibusters blocking up-or-down votes on President Bush's judicial nominees.
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Foes attack event as intolerant
Monday, April 25, 2005 Elisabeth J. Beardsley - - Louisville Courier-Journal
| More than 700 people joined religious leaders and Democratic politicians at two rallies yesterday to denounce Christian conservatives' use of a Louisville church as a platform to advocate prohibiting filibusters against judicial nominees.
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Justice Sunday to air tonight
Sunday, April 24, 2005 Andrew Wolfson - - Louisville Courier-Journal
| More than 2,000 people and reporters from 25 news organizations are expected at Highview Baptist Church tonight for an event that puts Louisville in the middle of a national debate over the role of religion in public life.
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EPA cites Indiana plant emissions
Wednesday, April 20, 2005 James Bruggers - - Louisville Courier-Journal
| A Corydon industrial plant may have illegally released into the air tens of thousands of pounds of a toxic chemical associated with nervous-system damage and cancer each year between 1998 and 2003, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency charged yesterday.
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Support for DeLay is mixed
Sunday, April 17, 2005 James R. Carroll - - Louisville Courier-Journal
| Two Kentucky lawmakers who received campaign contributions from Rep. Tom DeLay have joined Republican House leaders in defense of the majority leader, saying he is a target of Democratic partisanship.
But most others in the Kentucky and Indiana delegations issued only brief statements in response to allegations that DeLay has violated ethics rules and calls for him to resign his leadership position.
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Drivers on cell phones raise ire, but are they unsafe?
Sunday, April 10, 2005 Mark Coomes - - Louisville Courier-Journal
| It is potentially dangerous and, in some states, illegal.
But thousands of American drivers -- phone to the ear and pedal to the metal -- are doing it right now.
"I've been guilty of it myself at times," Kentucky State Trooper Steve Pavey said.
The charge: DWY -- driving while yakking. On a cell phone, of course.
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U.S. aid lets TARC add 5 new trolleys
Saturday, April 2, 2005 Sheldon S. Shafer - - Louisville Courier-Journal
| In an effort to keep up with increasing ridership, five new trolleys have begun circulating on two downtown routes centered along Main and Market streets and the Fourth Street corridor.
During a news conference at Louisville Slugger Field, TARC officials credited U.S. Sen. Jim Bunning, R-Ky., and U.S. Rep. Anne Northup, R-3rd District, with obtaining $2 million in federal aid for the five new trolleys.
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Woman sees replay of her fights, anguish
Monday, March 28, 2005 Andrew Wolfson - - Louisville Courier-Journal
| To Michele Finn of Fisherville, Ky., the Terri Schiavo case is hauntingly familiar.
Seven years after Finn elected to disconnect the feeding tube of her husband, ex-newscaster Hugh Finn, she said she feels she's watching an instant replay as lawyers, judges and members of Congress debate whether Schiavo should be allowed to live or die.
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Trip with Bush kept Northup from casting vote on bridges
Sunday, March 13, 2005 James R. Carroll - - Louisville Courier-Journal
| Rep. Anne Northup had nailed down $35 million of the $55 million for the Ohio River Bridges Project in the six-year transportation spending bill, and it was on the House floor Thursday.
But she wasn't.
The 3rd District Republican had a pretty decent excuse: She was in Louisville with President Bush, who has been barnstorming around the country trying to boost public support for reforming Social Security.
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Social Security debate heats up
Thursday, March 10, 2005 James R. Carroll - - Louisville Courier-Journal
| On the eve of President Bush's scheduled visit to Louisville to sell his plan for Social Security, the head of the Government Accountability Office yesterday said the retirement system does not need a quick fix.
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Anonymous calls target GOP on Social Security
Monday, February 21, 2005 James R. Carroll - - Louisville Courier-Journal
| Checking her home message machine late last month, Rep. Anne Northup was surprised to discover a call urging her to call -- herself.
The 3rd District Republican was both the recipient and the target of an unusual anonymous telephone campaign alleging she supported "privatizing Social Security."
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Biker pedaling to protest Bush policies
Sunday, February 20, 2005 Byron Crawford - - Louisville Courier-Journal
| When George W. Bush was governor, he posted a stern warning to litterbugs in the Lone Star State: "Don't Mess With Texas!"
Now, a Western Kentuckian who twice voted for Bush is pedaling his bicycle to Washington with messages for the president: "Don't mess with Social Security" and "Bring our troops home."
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Critics assail pork politics; others call it serving voters
Monday, December 6, 2004 James R. Carroll - - Louisville Courier-Journal
| The spending bill passed Nov. 20 included 11,772 specific so-called earmarks from lawmakers totaling nearly $16 billion, said Keith Ashdown, vice president for policy of Taxpayers for Common Sense.
"Is this smart for us to continue this record growth in earmarking? I would say no," Ashdown said.
Lawmakers say these projects and other earmarks help their hometowns.
But critics claim they have little national value, inflate the deficit, take away money needed in other areas and in some cases are of questionable merit.
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LED traffic signals save money
Monday, November 29, 2004 James Bruggers - - Louisville Courier-Journal
| Traffic signals that use incandescent bulbs are becoming extinct, as cities and states, including Louisville, Kentucky and Indiana, swap them for a new type of light that saves energy and money — and possibly lives.
The regional switch to signals that use light-emitting diodes, or LEDs, lags behind many cities and states, including Denver, Minneapolis and California.
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Web helps Americans thank troops
Saturday, November 27, 2004 Alex Davis - - Louisville Courier-Journal
| Donna and Martin Rand have no relatives serving in Iraq, no close friends trying to keep the peace in Afghanistan. The Rands, who live in St. Matthews, are among tens of thousands of Americans who use Web sites — most of them established in the past two years or so — to send items ranging from chewing gum and magazines to cookies and DVDs to soldiers serving overseas.
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Thanksgiving maneuvers
Friday, November 26, 2004 Chris Kenning - - Louisville Courier-Journal
| After spending the past year sweating through basic training, eating chow-hall food and learning to operate an M1-Abrams tank, Joshua Flesher had hoped to go home for Thanksgiving.
But the 20-year-old Marine stationed at Fort Knox couldn't afford the trip to visit his family in Montana.
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Shortage of male teachers worsens in elementaries
Tuesday, November 23, 2004 Chris Kenning - - Louisville Courier-Journal
| Dennis Wiseman says he went to college in the late 1970s to become an elementary school teacher, even though many of his classmates dismissed it as women's work.
Today he's one of two male teachers at Crums Lane Elementary in the Jefferson County public school district, where four of every five teachers are women.
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Democrats' choice: Dig in or work with GOP
Sunday, November 21, 2004
AP's TOM RAUM - - Louisville Courier-Journal
| Outpolled, outmaneuvered and out of power, Democrats are suffering an identity crisis.
They could dig in for the long haul as an opposition party similar to many European semi-permanent parliamentary models, and espouse popular positions without worrying about governance. Or they could try to reach across party lines in hopes of achieving accommodation with the Republicans for the public good.
There are pluses and minuses to each approach, and finding a happy medium will be difficult.
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Intelligence overhaul deal falls through
Saturday, November 20, 2004
AP's JESSE J. HOLLAND - - Louisville Courier-Journal
| Congress on Saturday failed in its attempt to get legislation addressing the Sept. 11 Commission's terror-fighting recommendations to President Bush, but Republican leaders said they would try to press the effort later this year.
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Reporter convicted for not naming source
Thursday, November 18, 2004
AP's MICHAEL MELLO - - Louisville Courier-Journal
| A TV reporter was convicted of criminal contempt Thursday for refusing to say who leaked him an FBI videotape of a politician taking a bribe - the latest in a string of cases in which journalists have been threatened with jail for protecting a source.
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Senator: Sharon to pursue peace
Tuesday, November 16, 2004 James R. Carroll - - Louisville Courier-Journal
| Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon told Sen. Mitch McConnell yesterday he's determined to pursue policies that may give his nation its best chance in years for a permanent peace with the Palestinians.
After a private meeting with the Israeli leader, McConnell, R-Ky., said Sharon made clear he would not waver on withdrawing Israeli forces from the Gaza Strip and continuing to build a security fence between Israel and the West Bank.
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Teenager pleads guilty to Madrid bombing
Tuesday, November 16, 2004
AP's MARIA JESUS PRADES - - Louisville Courier-Journal
| The 16-year-old, who said he acted unknowingly, accepted the prosecutor's request for a six-year term in a juvenile detention center, followed by five years of probation.
The trial had been scheduled to last three days at the National Court, but the boy pleaded guilty right after the charges from prosecutor Blanca Rodriguez were read out by a court clerk.
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More taking alternative paths to become teachers
Monday, November 15, 2004 Nancy C. Rodriguez - - Louisville Courier-Journal
| Preceded by four generations of teachers, Kay Stanton opted instead for the corporate world, where she spent 16 years focusing on management, development and strategic planning.
But the teaching gene was always there, pulling her to lead training sessions and take on outside adult-education jobs.
Then two years ago, while filling in as a long-term substitute at Central High School in Louisville, Stanton found her "natural fit."
Stanton is one of a growing number of people becoming educators through non-traditional routes that allow them to get into the classroom immediately and earn their credentials while they teach.
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Pentagon to cut off Boy Scouts from bases
Tuesday, November 16, 2004
AP's MIKE ROBINSON - - Louisville Courier-Journal
| The Pentagon has agreed to warn military bases worldwide not to directly sponsor Boy Scout troops, partially resolving claims that the government has engaged in religious discrimination by supporting a group that requires members to believe in God.
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Bomb labs, hostages found in Fallujah
Sunday, November 14, 2004
AP's EDWARD HARRIS - - Louisville Courier-Journal
| U.S. Marines have found beheading chambers, bomb-making factories and even one Iraqi hostage as they swept through Fallujah - turning up hard evidence of the city's role in the insurgent campaign to drive American forces from Iraq.
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Prayers, hopes for peace mark death, end of an era
Friday, November 12, 2004 Peter Smith - - Louisville Courier-Journal
| They sang John Lennon's peace anthem "Imagine," with words in Hebrew, Arabic and English, and other songs with titles like "Salaam," the Arabic word for peace.
And while their reactions to Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's death varied, teenage Palestinian and Israeli musicians visiting Louisville agreed yesterday on this much: They pray a fresh chance for Middle East peace comes in the wake of death.
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Gay-marriage defeat puts legal arrangements in question
Saturday, November 13, 2004 Peter Smith - - Louisville Courier-Journal
| Like many other unmarried couples, Joan Callahan and Jennifer Crossen have signed documents giving each other some of the legal rights that married couples receive automatically.
Crossen has named Callahan as guardian of her son in the event of her death. They have put all of their property in both names, including their Lexington horse farm. And they have signed powers of attorney enabling each to make medical and health-care decisions for the other.
But after last week's passage of a Kentucky constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriages and civil unions, Callahan and Crossen made an appointment with their lawyer to make sure their documents are still valid.
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Nominee defended advice on prisoners
Thursday, November 11, 2004 Peter Smith - - Louisville Courier-Journal
| A month before his nomination as U.S. attorney general, Alberto Gonzales spoke to a University of Louisville audience and defended his role on an issue that is sure to arise during his confirmation hearings — the handling of terror suspects and enemy combatants.
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Ivory Coast residents survey wreckage
Thursday, November 11, 2004
AP's Parfait Kouassi - - Louisville Courier-Journal
| Staring with tears in their eyes, Ivory Coast's people emerged from their homes Thursday to survey the wreckage of five days of violent upheaval and stock up on food.
France and other Western nations flew out hundreds of their nationals in a second round of evacuations, while South Africa convened urgent talks, warning the crisis could destabilize West Africa.
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Lieberman says parties must unite
Tuesday, November 9, 2004 Chris Poynter - - Louisville Courier-Journal
| Now that President George W. Bush has been re-elected, Republicans and Democrats must put the contentious election behind them and work together for the good of the country, not the good of one party, U.S. Sen. Joseph Lieberman said yesterday in Louisville.
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Germ warfare
Monday, November 8, 2004 Laura Ungar - - Louisville Courier-Journal
| Standing on the playground at Bowen Elementary School, kindergarten teacher Lynn Luking carried Germ-X antibacterial gel in her back pocket.
"This is my weapon," she said.
Luking's enemy: germs like the flu that spread easily from child to child and then into the general population.
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Ivory Coast loyalists confront French
Tuesday, November 9, 2004
AP's Parfait Kouassi - - Louisville Courier-Journal
| Thousands of government loyalists massed outside the home of Ivory Coast's president Monday, facing off against French armored vehicles in response to urgent appeals for a "human shield" around the hard-line leader, amid fears of an overthrow.
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Flu remedy sales watched to spot outbreaks
Sunday, November 7, 2004
AP's Diedtra Henderson - - Louisville Courier-Journal
| Sales of over-the-counter drugs to treat the flu may help the government more quickly spot local outbreaks. The government now receives figures representing 80 percent of sales of remedies for cold symptoms and diarrhea, for example, in an effort to spot disease trends.
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Few jump at option to transfer students
Saturday, November 6, 2004 Chris Kenning - - Louisville Courier-Journal
| It's one of the key ways the federal No Child Left Behind law holds underperforming schools accountable: letting students transfer to better schools.
But only 266 of the 31,053 Jefferson County students eligible for transfers — less than 1percent — have applied to move to a better-performing school. Yesterday was the district's deadline to ask for a Dec.6 transfer.
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Standards proposed for college readiness
Saturday, November 6, 2004 Mark Pitsch - - Louisville Courier-Journal
| Can you add, subtract and multiply integers, fractions and decimals?
Are you able to write an analytical essay that develops a thesis, is well organized and offers a coherent conclusion?
High school students stumped by those questions may need remedial math and English classes in college before they can take credit courses, which state officials said yesterday wastes their money and time and hampers their education.
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3 British soldiers killed in Iraq attack
Thursday, November 4, 2004
AP's TINI TRAN - - Louisville Courier-Journal
| Insurgents attacked British troops at a checkpoint in central Iraq on Thursday, killing three and wounding eight in a suicide bomb and mortar barrage aimed at soldiers sent to the high-risk area to free U.S. forces for an assault on the militant stronghold Fallujah.
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Clinton Library displays glitz in preview
Thursday, November 4, 2004
AP's DAVID HAMMER - - Louisville Courier-Journal
| Origami-like chandeliers hang from a 40-foot ceiling illuminating a massive reception hall. Drawn gold drapes part to reveal a full-size replica of the Oval Office.
Two weeks before the Clinton Presidential Library is unveiled, it's enough to make dyed-in-the-wool Democrats forget about Tuesday's presidential result.
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Bin Laden accuses Bush of Iraq quagmire
Thursday, November 4, 2004
AP's NADIA ABOU EL-MAGD - - Louisville Courier-Journal
| Terror mastermind Osama bin Laden claimed in new video footage broadcast Wednesday that President Bush ignored warnings against invading Iraq because he was dazzled by the country's "black gold" and ended up leading the United States into a quagmire.
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Scattered problems impede some voting
Wednesday, November 3, 2004
AP's DEBORAH HASTINGS - - Louisville Courier-Journal
| Machines malfunctioned, tempers flared and edgy voters often waited hours Tuesday to pick a president in a contentious race watched by thousands of monitors who expected the worst.
But by the close of East Coast polls, only scattered local snafus had been reported in an election turnout that was shaping up to be the heaviest in years.
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