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LANDLINES Kentucky legislature votes to ease out landline phones FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky could join at least two dozen other states in deregulating its landline telephone services, the beginning of the end for the more than 100-year-old technology that is being pushed out by cellphones and high-speed Internet access...

WINTER WEATHER-KENTUCKY Most of Ky. to get bitter cold temps this week, some snow LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Weather forecasters say parts of Kentucky could get some light snow, with little accumulation. They say the big concern this week is low temperatures with wind chills close to zero, and below in some places...

STUDENT SPEECH Student free-speech bill passes Kentucky Senate FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A bill touted by its supporters as providing a guide to Kentucky's public schools on the religious and political free-speech protections of students has passed the state Senate...

WINTER WEATHER-KENTUCKY Crews trying to clear roads before deep freeze hits FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Crews around Kentucky have been working to clear snow-covered roads as much as possible before a deep freeze. The Kentucky Transportation Department said Wednesday that crews in most areas of the state were trying to treat and scape the roads before pavement temperatures drop too low for de-icing chem

WEATHER EMERGENCY Gov. Beshear declares statewide snow emergency FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Gov. Steve Beshear has declared a statewide emergency after a massive winter storm buried the state under 10 inches of snow in some areas. The governor's order authorizes the state adjutant general to activate the National Guard to help with relief efforts, and it empowers state officials to close some roads in

Gun that student took to Lexington high school was loaded LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — A Lexington high school principal says a gun that a student took to the school was loaded, not unloaded as initially reported. The Lexington Herald-Leader (http://bit...

ELECTIONS Bill to move governor's election advances in Senate FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A state Senate panel has approved a proposal to move Kentucky's election for governor to even-numbered years. Kentucky is one of the few states that elects its governor and other statewide constitutional officers in odd-numbered years...

MINIMUM WAGE Bill to boost minimum wage passes Kentucky House FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The Kentucky House has passed a bill that would gradually raise the state's minimum wage to $10.10 per hour by 2017. The measure, sponsored by House Speaker Greg Stumbo, calls for 95-cent increases in three phases...

DEMOCRATS-BESHEAR INFLUENCE Democrats embrace Beshear ahead of November elections FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Steve Beshear rallied with five Democratic candidates for statewide office on Monday ahead of the November general elections...

BUILDING ROLLER COASTERS Students build roller coasters from paper ELIZABETHTOWN, Ky. (AP) — T.K. Stone Middle School seventh-grade science teachers David Grossman and Katie Davis in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, are educating their students on kinetic and potential energy by letting them design and build their own homemade thrill ride...