Rand Paul defeated Republican establishment favorite Trey Grayson in the primary for U.S. Senate, a race that saw saw as key test of the tea party movement’s strength.
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Posts Tagged ‘Kentucky’
May 18 2010
Paul wins GOP Senate nod in Kentucky
May 18th, 2010 
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May 1 2010
Kentucky Derby might be run during a storm
May 1st, 2010 Tommy 
It’s looking like a soggy Kentucky Derby. Heavy rains doused Churchill Downs early Saturday morning and turned the dirt into a muddy soup. Well over an inch fell by 12 p.m. EDT and the National Weather Service says there’s a 70 percent chance of storms when the Run for the Roses goes off at 6:28 EDT.
Kentucky Derby – National Weather Service – England – Derbyshire – Derby
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April 7 2010
Wall among 5 Kentucky players heading to NBA
April 7th, 2010 Tommy 
Freshman All-Americans John Wall and DeMarcus Cousins are among five Kentucky players who have declared for the NBA draft.
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March 28 2010
West Virginia KOs No. 1 Kentucky, heads to Indy
March 28th, 2010 Tommy 
Upset in East Regional final earns hot-shooting Mountaineers first Final Four trip since 1959.
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March 26 2010
11 killed in Kentucky highway crash
March 26th, 2010 Tommy 
A tractor-trailer loaded with auto parts crosses a highway median and slams head-on into a van carrying a Mennonite family, killing 11 people before dawn on a hilly stretch of interstate.
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March 26 2010
At least 11 killed in Kentucky crash
March 26th, 2010 Tommy 
At least 11 people were killed in a crash involving a truck and a church van in Kentucky Friday, NBC News reported.
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March 26 2010
11 killed in Kentucky crash
March 26th, 2010 Tommy At least 11 people were killed in a crash involving a truck and a van in Kentucky Friday, NBC News reported.
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March 20 2010
New team to beat? Kentucky crushes Wake
March 20th, 2010 Tommy Darius Miller scored a career-high 20 points and top-seeded Kentucky made easy work of No. 9 Wake Forest during a 90-60 rout Saturday night in the second round of the NCAA tournament.
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February 27 2010
SEC stunner: Tennessee upends No. 2 Kentucky
February 27th, 2010 Tommy 
J.P. Prince had 20 points and Scotty Hopson added 15 and No. 19 Tennessee snapped No. 2 Kentucky’s eight-game winning streak with a 74-65 victory Saturday.
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November 24 2009
Kentucky Census Worker Committed Suicide, Investigators Say
November 24th, 2009 NIT 
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FRANKFORT, Ky. — A Kentucky census worker found naked, bound with duct tape and hanging from a tree with “fed” scrawled on his chest killed himself but staged his death to make it look like a homicide, authorities said Tuesday.
Bill Sparkman, 51, was found Sept. 12 near a cemetery in a heavily wooded area of southeastern Kentucky. A man who found the body in the Daniel Boone National Forest has said Sparkman also was gagged and had an identification badge taped to his neck.
