Lexington (Kentucky)

Keeneland horse sale receipts down 45 percent

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) -- Receipts for this year's November Breeding Stock Sale at Keeneland have dropped more than 45 percent from last year. The sale ended Monday, and officials say 3,019 horses sold for $185,552,300, down 45.6...

Students Gear Up for World AIDS Day

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Nov. 17, 2008) − The Student World AIDS Day Commitee has dubbed Wednesday, Nov. 19, "WAD Wednesday." Volunteers will be stationed on the Student Center patio that day to get out the word about World AIDS Day...

Chellgren Lecture Canceled

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LEXINGTON, Ky. (Nov. 17, 2008) − The Chellgren Center Lecture that was originally scheduled for Tuesday, Nov. 18 at 3:30 p.m. has been canceled. The lecture will be rescheduled for next semester. For more information about the...

Sunday Forum: Appalachia, heal thyself

We who live in 'red' America expect President Obama to lend us a hand, but we must reinvent our communities, as well, says Appalachia activist SYLVIA LOVELY LEXINGTON, KY. -- In the end, Appalachia remained out of sync with...

Cities wrestle with bailout request

As three major U.S. cities asked the federal government for a slice of the $700 billion bailout plan, other cities were considering whether that was the right move for them. Illustrating the complexity of the situation, San...

VMI shocks Kentucky with scoring blitz

Kewdets hold off Wildcats after by as many as 26 points in 111-103 win Kentucky's Jodie Meeks shoots over VMI's Chavis Holmes during the first half of his team's 111-103 loss Friday night. LEXINGTON, Ky. - It was Gardner-Webb...

11 plead guilty in Ky.-Fla. pill ring

LEXINGTON, Ky. -- A Florida doctor and 10 Kentucky residents have pleaded guilty in an interstate prescription pill ring. U.S. Attorney James Zerhusen said Friday that 52-year-old Roger Browne of Pembroke Pines, Fla., admitted...

Catholic priest in US faces excommunication

VATICAN CITY -- A Roman Catholic priest faces excommunication for attending a ceremony to ordain a woman in the United States, a Vatican official said Friday. The Rev. Roy Bourgeois joined a June ceremony in Lexington,...

Former Vegas dot-com billionaire "Junior" Johnson gets 9 years in prison for 2001 stock fraud

By MATTHEW BARAKAT , Associated Press ALEXANDRIA, Va. - The sentence meted out to Charles E. "Junior" Johnson, founder and CEO of now-defunct PurchasePro Inc., was significantly less than that sought by federal prosecutors, who...

Mare in foal to Bernstein brings $100,000 at Keeneland sale

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - Quick Command, a 5-year-old Gold Legend mare in foal to Bernstein, sold for $100,000 on Thursday in Keeneland's November Breeding Stock Sale. The mare was purchased by E-Stable and consigned by Belvedere...

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