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Deal falls through for new Georgetown manufacturer

August 20, 2010, 12:48 am
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A failed real estate deal has led a manufacturing company that planned to relocate from New Jersey to Kentucky to back out of the move.

Vogelsang Corp., which produces roll pins and coil pins, had planned to move from Lakewood, N.J., to Georgetown to be closer to the automotive industry in the state.

But Dale Stuban, managing director of the company, said plans to sell its Lakewood plant fell through. He said the move had received the blessing of Vogelsang's European ownership, but only if it could be completed by Jan. 1, with all costs incurred during 2010.

Stuban said a deal had been reached to sell the 50,000-square-foot Lakewood property to an organization that planned to convert it into a Jewish private school. But the group was unable to come up with the money and backed out. A different buyer needed time to arrange financing, and "I could no longer make the guarantee that there wouldn't be expenses in 2011."

Stuban said there is a possibility the company might look to expand to Georgetown in the next 12 to 18 months, but it wouldn't be a move of the same magnitude.
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Festival visitors during WEG can carry open alcoholic beverages downtown

August 20, 2010, 12:48 am
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People will be allowed to carry open alcoholic beverage containers in a large section of downtown during the Spotlight Lexington Festival, the city's celebration of the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games.

The festival zone designation will be in effect for 17 days from Sept. 24 the day before the Games begin through Oct. 10. The festival will bring entertainment, arts and crafts and other activities to three downtown locations each day.

"It is just like when we create a festival area for the Fourth of July, only much bigger," said Penny Ebel, the city's special events coordinator

Boundaries of the festival zone will extend from High Street to Second Street and from Midland Avenue to Jefferson Street.

Still, there are some restrictions. Alcohol that is carried along the street must be bought from a licensed street vendor, not purchased in a bar or restaurant. Alcohol bought in a bar must be consumed on the premises, Ebel said.
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Judge's ruling keeps death penalty as a possibility in Nunn case

August 20, 2010, 3:05 am
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The death penalty will remain as a possible punishment for murder defendant Steve Nunn, should he be convicted of killing his ex-fianc e Amanda Ross.

On Thursday, Fayette Circuit Judge Pamela Goodwine denied a defense motion that aggravated penalties, including the death penalty, not be considered in the case. Defense attorney Bette Niemi had said in her motion that the Kentucky laws prosecutors are relying on to support the death penalty in the case are vague and unconstitutional.

Goodwine said Thursday that the argument was without merit and that Kentucky law is very specific in spelling out "aggravators."

Nunn is accused of fatally shooting Ross, 29, outside her downtown Lexington home on Sept. 11. A domestic violence order, which Ross had sought, and a no-contact order were in effect to protect Ross from Nunn an aggravating circumstance, according to prosecutors.

Niemi said in her motion that there is no meaningful standard of proof for the issuance of a domestic violence order in Kentucky and that the definition of individuals to be protected in a DVO is unclear.
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Company defends its recruitment of homeowners for WEG rentals

August 20, 2010, 3:07 am
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While nearly 400 people have inquired about his company with the Better Business Bureau, the man in charge of Major Event Rentals said homeowners need to be patient.

"Every one of these clients, they have to give us an opportunity to do our job," said Ajmal Leyasi, whose Phoenix-based rental company has recruited Lexington homeowners since the spring to rent their houses for the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games, asking for large fees in exchange for the potential to earn tens of thousands of dollars.

But homeowners, apparently, are getting restless.

As of Thursday, two complaints have been filed with the consumer protection division of the Kentucky attorney general's office.

There also have been 388 inquiries in the past 30 days about the company, said Felicia Thompson, vice president of communications for the Better Business Bureau of Central, Northern and Western Arizona. People making inquiries could be requesting information about the company or filing a complaint.
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Charges dismissed in alleged attack of gay student

August 20, 2010, 3:09 am
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A Jackson County teen who claimed three friends kidnapped and threatened to kill her because she is a lesbian probably fabricated the story to cover being late to an appointment, attorneys for the three said.

A judge dismissed charges against two of the teens Thursday. The third was acquitted earlier.

That means the high-profile criminal case is over, four months after it first grabbed nationwide media attention.

District Judge Henria Bailey-Lewis dismissed the charges without prejudice, meaning they could be reinstated.

But it's unlikely that will happen, defense attorneys said.
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Prison inmate testifies in Harrodsburg doctor's murder trial

August 20, 2010, 3:15 am
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DANVILLE A prison inmate testified Thursday that he saw a pontoon boat piloted by Dr. Steven Hall strike a woman as she screamed and swam in Herrington Lake last year.

Hall, 48, a Harrodsburg physician, is accused of murder in the death of his wife Isabel Hall, 49. Steven Hall has maintained it was an accident.

Wayne McMullen, now an inmate at Marion Adjustment Center near Lebanon, was fishing from the shore of the Northpoint Training Center property in Boyle County when he saw a 24-foot pontoon hit Isabel Hall on May 29, 2009.

McMullen said the question he asks himself over and over is "Why didn't he (Dr. Hall) jump in to help her? Why didn't he throw in something to her?"

"Actually, it looked to me like he took the boat and rammed her," McMullen said.
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HIKE: Aug. 20, 2010

August 20, 2010, 3:31 am
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City games (All game times 7:30 p.m. unless otherwise noted)

BRYAN STATION AT CLARK COUNTY

Last year s records: Bryan Station 9-3; Clark County 8-4

Heavy hearts: It s been a difficult week for Clark County since senior receiver
defensive back Mykal Barnes was critically injured in a car accident Sunday night. He s in the University of Kentucky Medical Center. Cards Coach Paul Columbia canceled practice on Monday so the team could visit Barnes in the hospital.

Familiar foe: Kenny Turner makes his debut as Bryan Station coach against a familiar opponent. In seven years as coach at Madison Central, Turner won seven of eight games against Clark County. He was 7-0 before losing to the Cards last year.
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Alaska ballot measure could limit teen abortions

August 20, 2010, 3:45 am
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No one is framing Ballot Measure 2 as a direct referendum on abortion, but if it passes, it will make it harder for teenage girls in Alaska to get one.

The contentious initiative promotes parental involvement before teens can get an abortion. Voters will decide Tuesday whether it should become law.

As it stands, a girl of any age can get an abortion in Alaska without telling her parents, though abortion clinics say that in practice most teens come in with a parent or other trusted adult.

The measure requires parents to be notified at least two days before their minor daughter obtains an abortion unless the teen goes to court or presents notarized statements about abuse in the home.

"Parents have a right to know, and their right to know is essential to the health and safety of our children," said Bernadette Wilson, campaign manager for Alaskans for Parental Rights, the group campaigning for the ballot measure.
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Clemens lied, grand jury says

August 20, 2010, 4:03 am
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WASHINGTON Roger Clemens was vehement: "Let me be clear. I have never taken steroids or HGH," he told a House committee in 2008. Now, baseball's seven-time Cy Young Award winner could go to prison after being indicted by a federal grand jury Thursday for allegedly lying to Congress.

The case writes a new chapter in one of baseball's worst scandals, the rampant use of performance-enhancing drugs in the 1990s and early 2000s, and leaves Clemens' legacy in jeopardy.

The six-count indictment alleges that Clemens obstructed a congressional inquiry with 15 statements made under oath, including denials that he had ever used steroids or human growth hormone.

Former Rep. Tom Davis of Virginia, the top Republican on the House panel at the time of Clemens' testimony, called it "a self-inflicted wound."

Clemens had been prominently mentioned in the Mitchell Report, Major League Baseball's accounting of its steroid problem, and he went to Capitol Hill on his own to clear his name.
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In small quarters with a small menu, Sidebar Grill gets it right

August 20, 2010, 4:32 am
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The Limestone corridor has terrific culinary eclecticism. A French bistro is just a short stroll from a restaurant that covers the Indian subcontinent from Delhi to Goa. There is a hot dog hut with abiding longevity, a New York-style delicatessen that serves H very decidedly also a bar. It is a pipsqueak-size place loaded with tchotchkes, memorabilia and enormous sensitivity to simple, good food.

The compact quarters in the former Bistro 147 space across from Courthouse Plaza can be noisy, especially if the music is cranked up, but the staff seems to watch the room and turn down the volume when people are talking, demonstrating that a server doesn't have to be in your face to address your needs. In fact, sometimes the subtle indirectness of careful observation is much better than constant attention.

But I digress.

Sidebar's unpretentious menu is focused and just about as small as the space. There are limited choices salads, a few fried items and grilled sandwiches but most are done extremely well, and sometimes slowly, one by one, which can take a long time when the place is packed.
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Mike Fields notebook: Blindsided by blitz on QB

August 20, 2010, 4:38 am
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The 16-week high school football season kicks off Friday. Only 106 days until state championship weekend (Dec. 3-4) at Western Kentucky University's L.T. Smith Stadium in Bowling Green.

Dixie Heights football coach Tom Spritzky didn't foresee this blitz on Colonels quarterback Zeke Pike. We're talking about the recruiting and publicity rush that hit the 6-foot-5, 230-pound junior the last few months. "We knew Zeke was going to be a Division I prospect, but we didn't know it'd happen this quickly," Spritzky said.

Last season Pike played outside linebacker and tight end for Dixie Heights. Spritzky didn't think he was quite ready as a sophomore to take the varsity quarterback reins, but Pike did play jayvee QB.

Then in the spring Zeke's dad, Mark Pike, a former special teams standout with the Buffalo Bills for 13 years (including four Super Bowl appearances), used his contacts and started taking his son to summer camps and college visits.

All of a sudden, Zeke became a hot recruit. Scholarship offers started pouring in from Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Kentucky, Michigan, Oklahoma State, Purdue, Tennessee and Texas A&M.
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Democratic Missouri Senate hopeful Carnahan would keep Bush tax cuts

August 20, 2010, 5:00 am
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At the governor's annual Ham Breakfast at the Missouri State Fair in Sedalia on Thursday, Senate hopeful Robin Carnahan gave voters something to chew on besides their bacon.

The Democrat shocked some by announcing that she was going against leaders of her own party by backing an indefinite extension of tax cuts made when George W. Bush was president.

"Now is not the time to raise taxes," Carnahan said.

With that she became the latest to weigh in on an increasingly treacherous issue facing Democrats across the nation: What to do about the Bush tax cuts set to expire at year's end?

President Barack Obama favors extending the cuts for middle-class Americans, but ending them for wealthy taxpayers. Extending all of the tax cuts would add to the budget deficit that was projected Thursday to surpass $1.3 trillion, only a slight improvement from last year's record total.
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Obama names Aponte El Salvador ambassador in recess appointment

August 20, 2010, 5:00 am
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President Barack Obama on Thursday appointed as ambassador to El Salvador a lawyer whose nomination to the post had been blocked in the Senate because of questions about her links to Cuban diplomats.

Obama used a congressional recess appointment, which allows him to sidestep the Senate confirmation process, to make Mari Carmen Aponte ambassador to the Central American nation.

Aponte was cleared by the FBI after questions about her contacts with Cuban diplomats in Washington first became public in 1998, when President Bill Clinton nominated her as ambassador to the Dominican Republic. She withdrew amid opposition from Senate Republicans.

Obama nominated her to the El Salvador post this year and the Senate Foreign Relations committee approved her in April. Sen. Jim DeMint, R-SC, later put a hold on her nomination, to block a full Senate vote, saying he wanted to look at Aponte's FBI file.

To read the complete article, visit www.miamiherald.com.
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Northern Ky. library battling bedbugs

August 20, 2010, 5:35 am
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A northern Kentucky library is among several nationwide that have a bedbug problem.

The Kentucky Enquirer quoted Carrie Herrmann, the Boone County Public Library's public service coordinator, who said her staff found its first bug about a year ago. The library now brings in a dog four times a year to sniff out the pests.

Across the Ohio River, a Cincinnati and Hamilton County Library branch on the city north side has been battling bedbugs.

Missy Henriksen, Vice President of the nonprofit National Pest Management Association, told the newspaper bedbugs feed off people and finding them where a lot of people visit is common.
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Take a tour through a fish at Salato

August 20, 2010, 5:40 am
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The Salato Wildlife Center has opened an interactive exhibit for visitors to walk into the mouth of a bass, according to a press release from the Kentucky Dept. of Fish and Wildlife Resources. The exhibit also explains what happens at fish hatcheries and allows visitors to catch, weigh and measure catfish replicas. You have to throw them back, of course.



The Independent of London, England, profiles former Tates Creek junior high school student and Academy Award nominee, Michael Shannon . Shannon has three new movies being released, notably My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done , a thriller directed by Werner Herzog and produced by David Lynch. Shannon also worked with Kentuckian Ashley Judd, on the film Bug .



Lexington-based restaurant chain Fazoli's is growing in Kansas City, reports Kansas City Business Journal . Kansas City, where the company plans to add seven new stores, is one of two cities where Fazoli's is planning expansions. Fazoli's has switched its service in those outlets so that meals are delivered to tables and replaced disposable dishes with real ones.



In 1898, Fergus Falls, Minn. , became home for 85 African-Americans who came to the city by train from Kentucky. Accordng to the Fergus Falls Daily Journal, the new black settlers had been wooed by promises of jobs and especially farming homesteads in the area after some representatives from the city had done some heavy self-promotion at a reunion of Civil War veterans in St. Paul the previous year. This weekend, children and descendants of some the city s early black residents will be meeting in Fergus Falls to catch up, learn about family history and help educate people on the city s black heritage.



The Kentucky Commission on Women is observing the 90th anniversay of women getting the right to vote , reports Public News Service . The commission is organizing a rally to be held at the state Capitol Thursday, August 26 beginning at 10:30 a.m. Eleanor Jordan, executive director of the Kentucky Commission on Women, said to Public News Service that the anniversary celebration will boast the Bluegrass state's contribution to the non-violent suffrage movement and educate rally-goers on the hard-fought effort to liberate women's political participation.


The Los Angeles Times travel blog posts a report on the FEI Alltech World Equestrian Games to be held in Lexington.




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Trial reset because of unpaid furlough

August 20, 2010, 6:15 am
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A state-mandated unpaid employee furlough day has pushed back a trial in Paducah.

Dr. Stewart Blair Tolar was scheduled for trial Sept. 3 in McCracken Circuit Court on misdemeanor charges of possessing marijuana and drug paraphernalia.

That date, however, is one which the court must take off as part of the plan to balance the state budget.

The Paducah Sun reported prosecutor Todd Jones volunteered to argue the case without pay, but Judge Tony Kitchen said the chief justice of the Kentucky Supreme Court asked him not to hold trial that day.

The case was reset for Sept. 10.
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Highway reopens after slide concern

August 20, 2010, 6:50 am
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Kentucky Rt. 15 is again open in Breathitt County.

The highway had been closed near Jackson after heavy rain fell, causing concerns about a potential mud slide.

The road was closed by a slide about a month ago and workers have been blasting rock and removing it. Heavy rain early Thursday caused worry that another slide could occur.

WYMT-TV in Hazard reported transportation officials caution drivers to be aware traffic delays are still possible because the area is still a work zone.
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Man taken to UK Hospital after Frankfort shooting

August 20, 2010, 8:43 am
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No charges had been filed Friday morning in a Frankfort shooting that sent on man to the hospital.

Frankfort police officers received a call at 2:14 a.m. that shots had been fired inside a home on Douglas Avenue in east Frankfort, Maj. Fred Deaton said.

Responding officers found a 39-year-old man who had been shot in the abdomen inside the home. He was taken to University of Kentucky Chandler Hospital in Lexington. His condition was not available Friday morning.

Three others were inside the home, Deaton said: a 53-year-old man, a 30-year-old woman and a 10-year-old girl.

Police have not released any names.
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Man pleads not guilty to torturing, killing puppy

August 20, 2010, 9:25 am
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A southern Kentucky man has pleaded not guilty to torturing and killing a puppy in front of several children.

Larry Benjamin "Benji" Caudill entered the plea to animal cruelty on Thursday in Pulaski District Court, following his arrest Monday for the Aug. 8 incident.

Sheriff Todd Wood told The Commonwealth-Journal in Somerset that more than one child watched as the puppy's tail was cut off and it was squeezed and slammed onto concrete steps at a house.

A news release from the department said Caudill told officers the six-month-old Jack Russell Terrier was sick and he didn't have money to take it to a veterinarian.

A preliminary hearing for Caudill was set for Aug. 26.
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City reverses course, will release law commissioner's records request

August 20, 2010, 9:48 am
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Lexington officials partially reversed course and have agreed to release an open-records request made by the city's law commissioner that is related to ongoing investigations in city government.

Bruce Sahli, director of the city's internal audit division, initially turned down a request under the Kentucky Open Records Act from the Herald-Leader for a copy of the open-records request made by Law Commissioner Logan Askew in 2009.

On Thursday, the Herald-Leader protested in a letter to Mayor Jim Newberry. The Internal Audit division director has now agreed to provide Askew's records request to the newspaper. Still, the city is not releasing the documents that Askew received in response to his request.

Askew requested fraud allegations made by a city employee. He was granted a redacted version of the documents because he was named in the allegations, Askew has said. In recent weeks, the city turned down the Herald-Leader's previous request for the fraud allegations, a decision the newspaper appealed to the state attorney general.

Keith Horn, an attorney for the city, said in a letter to the newspaper that the city will not release those documents until a review by the attorney general is complete.
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