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“This is such a big development”

Federal officials are going to review the deportation case of Lino Nakwa, a Transylvania University student seeking to become a permanent American citizen after fleeing his war-torn homeland of Sudan, says the ... via Lexington Herald-Leader

“Because the bags are so strong, you'll need fewer bags all together. "KU is committed to helping each of us learn how to conserve energy and reduce global warming”

Here on the third planet from the sun, human beings like to say that the third time's a charm - and that's just what what organizers of the third-annual Earth Day Celebration on the campus of Somerset ... via Commonwealth Journal

“This was entirely a family-based decision”

Jeff Hans loved being the girls' basketball coach at Lexington Catholic the last two years, but he didn't like missing out on time with his family while making the daily 150-mile round-trip from his home in ... via Lexington Herald-Leader

“Allowing it to proceed to determine the constitutionality of an abandoned policy - in the hope of awarding the plaintiff a single dollar - vindicates no interest and trivializes the important business of the federal courts.”

A Kentucky student won't be allowed to proceed with a lawsuit against his school district for instituting a policy that barred him from expressing his opposition to homosexuality, a federal appeals court ruled ... via Lexington Herald-Leader

“One moment they were having fun living life to the fullest, just being nice young men and their best friend is gone”

A night of fun and motocross ended tragically Wednesday night for a group of Kentucky teens. via WAVE-TV Louisville

Christians need to take a stand It is time for Christians to take a firm stand for what is right. via Independent

“People get me better in rural communities”

Vet says extension agent should face charges for horse neglect It's been more than two weeks since Marion County Extension Agent Ed Lanham was investigated for horse neglect. via Lebanon Enterprise

Ware among State Auto's PaceSetters Mike Ware of Jessie Insurance Agency in Campbellsville recently became a member of a select group of State Auto independent agents - PaceSetter agents. via Central KY News Journal

Preliminary statistics indicate that 11 people died in nine crashes on Kentucky roadways last week, Kentucky State Police said. via Lexington Herald-Leader

“People should not be made to feel like second-class citizens in their own community because they may not share the prevailing religious view -- especially in a courthouse”

A federal judge has permanently barred a Kentucky county from using the Ten Commandments as part of a "Foundations of American Law and Government" display. via Kentucky.com

The Kentucky House has approved a proposed constitutional amendment seeking to automatically restore the voting rights of certain felons. via WAVE-TV Louisville

“Walter Hyleck Retrospective 1967-2008”

Two new endowed lecture series for sculpture and for photography in honor of the Bullitt family will be inaugurated next month by the University of Louisville's Hite Art Institute. via The Courier-Journal

A Whitley County man was killed Wednesday evening when an alleged drunk driver crossed the center line and hit his vehicle head-on. The incident happened at about 5:30 p.m. on Kentucky 26 about six miles south ... via WLEX-TV Lexington

“Don't like tolls? Go to the polls!”

Louisville should be used to getting the short end of the stick in Frankfort. There is no effective urban coalition to challenge the rural-dominated General Assembly's mistreatment of the state's biggest ... via The Courier-Journal

“If she wants to use me as her excuse for not being responsible to the people of Kentucky, that's fine”

With her voice choking several times, House Judiciary Chair Kathy Stein took pains to inform her committee Friday why she decided it will not vote on a controversial bill to crack down on illegal immigrants in Kentucky and the businesses that employ them.

The sponsor of House Bill 304, Rep. Bob Damron, D-Nicholasville, later said he was 'greatly disappointed with her tirade to kill the bill' and would try to attach pieces of it to other bills.

Damron, who did not attend the committee meeting, also criticized Stein for calling a special meeting 'and prolonging it' on Good Friday, when many legislators wanted to leave the Capitol early for the Christian holiday. Read more

“When they began to discover the remains there, it got very exciting, because it served to confirm it”

Scenes of baptisms open the film as religious leaders discuss how the act symbolizes a joining with Jesus Christ in his death, and his Easter Resurrection. via The Courier-Journal

“A lot of abortions could be avoided if women just had an opportunity to see the ultrasound images”

House leaders postponed a Good Friday vote on a bill that would require physicians to perform ultrasounds and present the images to pregnant women before performing abortions. via WHAS11

“We are honored to have these prominent speakers on our campus. We invite everyone to come and learn from their expertise in church and state and religious liberty”

CU's KHIPP forum will discuss church/state issues April 1, 2008 By Linda Waggener, assistant director of university communications National spokespersons, Dr. via Columbia Magazine

People affected by last month's tornadoes and severe storms might be able to enter a special disaster assistance claim on their federal taxes. via Lexington Herald-Leader

“Joe left his tracks in the sand”

Joe Huber Jr., whose pioneering you-pick farm business transformed Starlight into an agriculture-themed tourist attraction, died yesterday after battling acute leukemia. via The Courier-Journal