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Irony Anyone? UK at Risk of Missing Tourney While Louisville and IU Sit at 1 and 2

After watching Louisville confuse and then throttle Connecticut on the road Monday night, I became even more impressed with Kentucky's 3-point loss at the Yum! Center a couple of weeks ago.

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Missing Owensboro Man Last Seen In Florida

The Daviess County Sheriff's Office has released a missing persons report for Owensboro man, Bo Atchison. The 29 year-old male was last seen in Tallahassee. Florida several days ago. Mr. Atchison was on his was to Clearwater with Philip Smith.

According to the DC Sheriff's Office and his family, Bo has been diagnosed paranoid schizophrenic, ADHD and has violent tendencies.

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For the First Time, Kentucky Makes the Top Ten in Education Week Report

Education Week is an American national newspaper that covers K-12 education. Each year, the publication issues its Quality Counts report which tracks key education indicators and assesses each state before issuing a grade based on its policy efforts and outcomes.

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UK Posts Controversial Win Over Vanderbilt [VIDEO]

Some images show that the ball was out of Nerlens Noel's hands when the shot clock expired. Some don't. I saw a big fat zero on that shot clock before the ball left his hands, but the TV shot clock still showed "01." Regardless, the basket was counted. And Kentucky went on to beat Vanderbilt in Nashville, 60-58.

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Disturbing Movie ‘Compliance’ Recreates Actual Sick Prank from Kentucky Fast Food Restaurant [VIDEO]

On a busy Friday night at a fast food restaurant in a small town in Ohio, the restaurant's manager receives a phone call from someone who claims to be a police officer. The man says that one of her employees stole money from a customer and that that customer is sitting there with him along with the restaurant manager's district supervisor.

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Top Center Johnson Commits to UK for 2013 [VIDEO]

As Charlie Brown would say, "Good grief!" Except there's no grief in 'Catville tonight. Only joy, as the mighty Calipari has struck gold once again.

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UofL Center Dieng Returning for UK Game [VIDEO]

During a win over 7th-ranked Missouri at the Battle 4 Atlantis in the Bahamas last month, Louisville center Gorgui Dieng injured his wrist. He has been out for a month.

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New Area Code Overlay – Will 270 Still Be Your Aea Code?

Well like the Sam Cooke song says, a change is “gonna” come. Only this time the change is to the way you place your phone calls.

It was recently announced that a new area code is coming to the western Kentucky area

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l-r: Angie Pearson, Laura Priest, Shyanna Wallace, Stephen Wallace, and Alles Brothers General Manager Steve Martin. (Photo by Dave Spencer)
l-r: Angie Pearson, Laura Priest, Shyanna Wallace, Stephen Wallace, and Alles Brothers General Manager Steve Martin. (Photo by Dave Spencer)
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Three Alles Brothers Grand Prize Winners Named at Live Saturday Broadcast

It was a great day at 113-year-old Alles Brothers Furniture in downtown Henderson. 65 qualifiers gathered to see who, among them, would be grand prize winners by day's end.

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Kentucky Medal of Honor Winner Assaulted

Dakota Meyer, a Medal of Honor recipient from Kentucky, was attacked over the weekend. Read it here. As you can tell, there may not be a correlation between the attack and Meyer's service in the military. Either way, I don't

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Whiskey Business: Does Bourbon Really Get Better With Age?

I used to drink bourbon. In fact, it's the first alcohol thing I drank. I remember thinking, how could anyone drink this sh ... stuff. In 1970, a friend of mine Jim Miller, introduced me to Kentucky's fine bourbon, Maker's Mark. Now, that was some good sh .. stuff.

Mike Adams, writing for GuySpeed, says if the majority of top-shelf whiskeys require a 10-20 year aging process, then how are those distilleries just getting started in the business able to market and distribute a brand without waiting decades for their first batch to mature?

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Here Are 12 Twelves for Your 12/12/12 [VIDEO]

Happy 12-12-12, everybody! On an occasion that only happens once every century--so I'm safely assuming this is the only one a great many of us will have--I thought it would be fun go all "twelve" on you. Yep, it's time to "twelve" it up with 12 Twelves for Your 12/12/12.

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