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  • A Frankfort man charged with organized crime planned and financed road trips to Florida for prescription pills, a detective said in court testimony…
  • The U.S. Department of Energy announced Tuesday it would give $1.5 million to the University of Kentucky to train engineering students to become…
  • Washington Post reporters obtained emails that suggest that White House officials did push the Office of Management and Budget harder than OMB officials would've liked to speedily review Solyndra's application to keep on schedule an official groundbreaking event featuring Vice President Biden.
  • The $18 billion Space Launch System could take its first manned test flight in 2017. And NASA says it could be the spacecraft that takes man to Mars.
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  • Towns and villages in Vermont and upstate New York are beginning to recover from Tropical Storm Irene. But scientists say the widespread chemical and sewage spills, and the cleanup's effect on trout streams, could cause lasting environmental damage.
  • In China, an electoral battle is playing out over the Chinese equivalent of Twitter. As local elections take place, some are using this platform to run campaigns as independent candidates. But authorities have harassed some of those political hopefuls.
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  • Texas Gov. Rick Perry, the current front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination, visited Liberty University after what some considered a lackluster showing in this week's Tea Party debate in Tampa. Perry largely avoided politics, speaking about his inspirations and his faith.
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