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Toronto Mayor Denies He Smokes Crack Cocaine

Posted 8:58 PM 5/24/2013

TORONTO (AP) - Toronto Mayor Rob Ford denied Friday that he smokes crack cocaine and said he is not an addict after a video purported to show him using the drug. The mayor of Canada's largest city did not say whether he has ever used crack.

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Entertainment News

Actress Bynes Accused Of Bong Toss Out NYC Window

Posted 8:48 PM 5/24/2013

NEW YORK (AP) - Actress Amanda Bynes appeared disheveled in a long blond wig and sweats Friday in a criminal court where she was charged with reckless endangerment after police said she heaved a marijuana bong out the window of her 36th-floor Manhattan apartment.

The 27-year-old former (More)
Covering The Economy

Feds Pull Plug On Paducah Plant; 1,000 Jobs Lost

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Posted 8:45 PM 5/24/2013

FRANKFORT (AP) - The operator of a Cold War-era plant in western Kentucky that supplies enriched uranium to nuclear power plants said Friday it planned to cease production after federal energy officials decided to end its work, putting more than 1,000 workers out of high-paying jobs with (More) • Video (1)
Covering Kentucky

Cleveland Hero Charles Ramsey Visits Stanville, Kentucky

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Posted 8:37 PM 5/24/2013

He was thrust into the national spotlight after heroically saving three kidnapped girls in Cleveland, Ohio.

Charles Ramsey got a taste of Kentucky while at a meet and greet at the Eric C. Conn Law Office in Floyd County on Friday.

"I was very shocked to see him here," said
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Latest Update

Principal Recounts Tornado Hitting Oklahoma School

Posted 8:01 PM 5/24/2013

MOORE, Okla. (AP) - Teachers and students at Plaza Towers Elementary School hunkered down against the storm just as they had been taught in countless tornado drills, their principal said Friday, recounting how she walked the halls until the twister was on the doorstep, then announced on the (More)
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Search For Missing Person

Officials Scale Back Search For Abducted Iowa Teen

Posted 7:56 PM 5/24/2013

DAYTON, Iowa (AP) - Authorities are scaling back their search for a missing Iowa teenager abducted from a rural school bus stop this week.

The state Department of Public Safety says trained law enforcement will narrow their search around Dayton on Saturday for 15-year-old Kathlynn (More)
From The StormTracker Weather Center

Cold Start to Saturday

Posted 7:28 PM 5/24/2013 by Chief Meteorologist Bill Meck

It's going to be a clear and cold night tonight. Our lows will be in the low 40's in most places with a few pockets dropping into the upper 30's.

Saturday will begin with sunshine but should become partly sunny. It will remain cool during the afternoon with highs getting into the mid and upper 60's.
Business News

Delta Ups The Ante In Battle For NY Travel Market

Posted 7:20 PM 5/24/2013

NEW YORK (AP) - Delta's formula for winning over New York travelers is simple: floor-to-ceiling windows, abundant power outlets and a burger joint with a cult-like following.

The airline opened a sprawling $1.4 billion terminal at Kennedy Airport Friday, a facility more suitable to the (More)
Covering The Nation

Trucker Bumps I-5 Bridge, Sees Tragedy Behind Him

Posted 7:15 PM 5/24/2013

MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) - The trucker was hauling a load of drilling equipment when his load bumped against the steel framework over an Interstate 5 bridge. He looked in his rearview mirror and watched in horror as the span collapsed into the water behind him. Two vehicles fell into the icy (More)
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Health Watch

FDA Warns Of Infections Tied To Tennessee Pharmacy

Posted 6:52 PM 5/24/2013

WASHINGTON (AP) - Health officials are investigating cases involving patients who suffered complications after being injected with potentially contaminated medications made by a Tennessee specialty pharmacy. The Food and Drug Administration said Friday the problems involve seven (More)
Accident

18 Hurt In Shuttle Bus Crash Near Atlanta Airport

Posted 6:48 PM 5/24/2013

COLLEGE PARK, Ga. (AP) - Eighteen people were taken to the hospital Friday, at least two in serious condition, after they were hurt in a crash between a hotel shuttle bus and a tractor-trailer near Atlanta's airport, officials said. At about 10 a.m. College Park police received calls (More)
Covering The Nation

Students Safe After Armed Man Reported At School

Posted 6:47 PM 5/24/2013

THORNTON, Colo. (AP) - A high school student whose class project included a soldier memorial display with a replica AK-47 was carrying it to his mom in the parking lot Friday around the time another student and a teacher said they saw someone outside with what looked like a rifle, police said. (More)
Business News

Schumer Urges Look At Security In Sprint Deal

Posted 6:44 PM 5/24/2013

NEW YORK (AP) - Sen. Charles Schumer urged regulators to "use extreme caution" when reviewing the proposed acquisition of No. 3 cell carrier Sprint Nextel by Japan's Softbank, saying the Japanese company's use of Chinese networking equipment could open up U.S. networks to snooping and (More)
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Court Coverage

Woman Indicted For Murder, Third DUI One Year After Boy Killed In Wreck

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Posted 6:42 PM 5/24/2013

Indicted for murder. That's the decision by a grand jury against a woman involved in a DUI wreck that killed an 11-year-old boy last year.

LEX18 has learned this isn't the first time Melissa Collett has faced a DUI offense, and in fact, it's not even her second offense. It's her third.
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Controversy

Residents Oppose Used Car Parts Business Possibly Being Built Near Calumet Farm

Posted 5:45 PM 5/24/2013

The mere mention of what could be the next thing to move into Lexington's horse country has some people up in arms.

It's a proposal on the books that has a lot of people in a couple of Lexington neighborhoods very fired up. The proposal is the site of a multi-acre junkyard that would be (More)
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Kentucky Recruit Talks About Cal

Posted 4:28 PM 5/24/2013 by Alan Cutler

If you believe that recruiting is all about relationships, score one for Cal as he tries to get Emmanuel Mudiay to Lexington.

The USA Today has a blog by the 6-foot-4 inch point guard. UK, SMU, N.C. State, Arizona, Baylor, Kansas and Louisville, among others, want Mudiay.

Cal (More)