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  • Downtown Lexington Streets Go Two-Way
    Downtown Lexington's confusing pattern of one-way streets might soon be a thing of the past, as the city moves to implement one of Mayor Jim Gray's first…
  • Baxter Man Dies after Strip Mine Accident
    A miner died Monday from injuries he sustained in a strip mine accident 12 days earlier. David J. Middleton, 28 of Baxter, died at Holston Valley Medical…
  • NYPD officers pull down signage as they clear out Occupy Wall Street activists from a private park next to Duarte Square in New York City.
    The Occupy Movement And The First Amendment: 'A Classic Collision'
    As police across the country have moved to disband protests, questions about the First Amendment and its limits have arisen.
  • Occupy Wall Street protesters regroup in Foley Square after New York City police in riot gear removed the protesters from Zuccotti Park early Tuesday. The evacuation followed similar moves in Oakland, Calif., and Portland, Ore.
    As Occupy Camps Close, What's Next For Movement?
    One option is that it will move more fully onto college campuses. Another, potentially more intriguing possibility: The protest will move freely between "real" and "virtual" worlds, appearing en masse both online and in physical locations.
  • Afghan Assembly To Discuss U.S. Relations
    The Loya Jirga, or grand assembly in Afghanistan, will gather 2,000 delegates from across the country to Kabul on Wednesday. The event has long been cast by opponents of President Hamid Karzai as the first step in his attempts to increase his power and perhaps extend his term beyond 2014. The Loya Jirga has no legal force, but with parliament suffering legitimacy problems, members of parliament fear Karzai is starting to establish an alternative over which he has much more control. The Jirga is supposed to consider a future strategic partnership with the U.S. as well as ways to re-start peace talks.
  • South Korean President Lee Myung-bak (shown here as a young accountant, working for Hyundai's office in Thailand in the early 1960s) overcame a poverty-stricken childhood to become a student activist, successful business executive and, ultimately, leader of his country.
    From Crushing Poverty To South Korea's Presidency
    Lee Myung-bak was so poor as a child that he wore his school uniform every day because he had no other clothes. He became a student activist and helped Hyundai become the massive conglomerate it is today. In many ways, Lee's life story — and ultimate success — mirrors that of South Korea.
  • Kentuckians Leaving Banks for Credit Unions
    A national effort to fight big banks led thousands of Kentuckians to move their money over the last month.The Bank Transfer Day movement encouraged…
  • President Obama, right, and French President Nicolas Sarkozy last Thursday in Cannes, France.
    Reports: Sarkozy Heard Telling Obama That Netanyahu Is 'A Liar'
    "I can't stand him," the French president also said of the Israeli leader, according to reporters who overheard him speaking with the U.S. leader.
  • Kentucky Agriculture Fears Migrant Labor Loss
    The state of Alabama recently passed of the toughest immigration laws to date. As a result, both legal and undocumented migrants have fled the state in…
  • Voters Pick Statewide Officers
    Voters in Kentucky pick a governor and other major statewide officers today. Polls are open from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. local time. There are three choices for…
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