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  • The Kentucky House has passed its version of legislation to combat the state's growing heroin problem.With the 98-0 vote Friday on the sweeping anti-drug…
  • Kentucky officials say the state exported another record amount of its products around the world in 2014.Gov. Steve Beshear said Tuesday that a…
  • Eastern Kentucky University President Michael Benson will remain the top administrator at the Richmond school. Benson was a finalist for the top job at…
  • A financial technology company says Kentucky is home to three of the top 25 best places in the U.S. to work in manufacturing.The list created by the…
  • More than a hundred people have volunteered to join a brand new commission on homelessness in Lexington. Members of the Mayor’s Commission are expected to…
  • The latest top stories about the talks in Washington as a potential government shutdown looms.
  • A recent Internet fad called planking has people posting photos of themselves lying face down in unusual places. Now an Australian comedian has started "cone-ing." Alki Stevens has videotaped himself ordering ice cream cones at drive-thru windows. Instead of grabbing the cone, he grabs the top of the treat.
  • An email thread released Wednesday is raising more questions about whether lanes were closed on the George Washington Bridge as political payback. The emails indicate that top officials in New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's administration are involved in the closures — motivated more by politics than a traffic study, as originally claimed.
  • Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld announces a reduction in the number of U.S. troops in Iraq. Rumsfeld said the number of U.S. combat brigades in Iraq will be cut to 15 from 17. The top ground commander in Iraq, Gen. George Casey, also said he could advise further cuts in troop levels by spring.
  • A report issued Friday by the bipartisan Senate Intelligence Committee says claims that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction were "not supported by the underlying intelligence." The report blames the CIA for overstating the threat and criticizes outgoing CIA Director George Tenet for skewing advice to top policy makers. Hear NPR's Renee Montagne and NPR's Tom Gjelten.
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