WOMI Day Starter July 29 – Errors, New Judge, Grimes and Careers

KENTUCKY LOTTERY ERROR

Kentucky Lottery holds 2 midday Pick 4 drawings

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Lottery players who bought Pick 4 tickets for Monday's midday drawing have an extra chance to win, thanks to an error that occurred during the drawing.

Lottery officials say a ball that was supposed to go into the draw machine's first chamber inadvertently bounced over to the second chamber when loaded. The result was nine balls in the first chamber and 11 in the second.

The lottery then held a second drawing and announced numbers from both drawings would be honored, although payment for the second set won't be immediately available at lottery retailers. The lottery will announce on its website at http://www.kylottery.com when and how payments will be available.

The numbers for the first drawing were 1-7-6-5, and the second drawing was 9-3-4-9.

KENTUCKY SENATE-GRIMES

Grimes officially kicking off Senate campaign

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Almost a month after announcing she would run for the U.S. Senate, Kentucky Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes will officially kick off her campaign in her hometown of Lexington.

The 34-year-old Democrat is seeking to unseat Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, who will have served 30 years in the Senate when the election is held in November 2014.

Grimes' campaign said Gov. Steve Beshear will join her for the event.

The kickoff happens just a few days before the annual Fancy Farm picnic in western Kentucky. The campaigns of both Grimes and McConnell have said their candidates will attend the afternoon of stump speeches Saturday.

Louisville businessman Matt Bevin, who said last week he would run in the GOP primary, also plans to be at Fancy Farm.

CAREER CENTERS-GRANTS

Federal grant to help unemployed find work

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky has received a nearly $1.3 million federal grant aimed at helping the jobless get back in the workforce.

Gov. Steve Beshear's office says the U.S. Department of Labor grant will be used for in-person assessments in local career centers.

Beshear says the grants will help the unemployed get back to work quicker by giving them individualized services.

State Workforce Investment Commissioner Beth Brinly says the goal is to ensure that people have access to a full array of employment and training services through the career centers.

Career Centers help people prepare for and obtain jobs and assist employers in locating and selecting the best-qualified workers for their job openings.

ABRAMSON-CAMPAIGN

Abramson: deciding soon on possible 2015 run

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Lt. Gov. Jerry Abramson says he's close to deciding whether he'll run for governor in 2015.

Abramson said Monday he expects to decide in the next couple of weeks.

The former Louisville mayor is among several potential Democratic candidates eyeing the governor's race. Others include Attorney General Jack Conway, Auditor Adam Edelen, former Lt. Gov. Daniel Mongiardo and former Auditor Crit Luallen.

Abramson told reporters he's not concerned who else might enter the race, saying "the more the merrier."

Kentucky governors are limited to two terms, and Democratic Gov. Steve Beshear is in the middle of his second.

Abramson will skip this week's Fancy Farm church picnic due to a family event. The picnic includes stump speeches, but Abramson says the focus will be on next year's U.S. Senate race.

JUDICIAL APPOINTMENT

New Ky. Court of Appeals judge appointed

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A former administrative law judge from Oldham County has been appointed to the Kentucky Court of Appeals.

Gov. Steve Beshear's office announced Monday that he appointed Allison Jones to fill the unexpired term of Justice Michelle M. Keller, who was appointed to the state Supreme Court in April.

The position is the 6th Appellate District seat. The district is composed of Bath, Boone, Bracken, Campbell, Carroll, Fleming, Gallatin, Grant, Harrison, Henry, Kenton, Lewis, Mason, Nicholas, Oldham, Owen, Pendleton, Robertson, Shelby, Spencer and Trimble counties.

Jones presided over workers' compensation claims as an administrative law judge. She was also staff attorney for the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky and a former law clerk for U.S. District Judge John G. Heyburn of the Western District of Kentucky.

LORETTA LYNN'S DAUGHTER

Oldest daughter of Loretta Lynn dies in Tennessee

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A family representative says Betty Sue Lynn, the oldest daughter of country singer Loretta Lynn, has died. She was 64.

According to the statement from the family, Lynn died Monday from complications of emphysema in Waverly, Tenn., near her mother's ranch in Hurricane Mills.

Loretta Lynn, who has six children, was born in the coalfields of eastern Kentucky and chronicled her life in an autobiography and song, both titled "Coal Miner's Daughter."

Betty Sue Lynn is survived by two daughters, Lynn Markworth and Audrey Dryer, and five grandchildren. The statement said the family is thankful to friends and fans for their thoughts and prayers.

POLICE HELICOPTER-CRASH

Ky. State Police helicopter crashes, 2 injured

JACKSON, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky State Police say a helicopter conducting an ongoing investigation has crashed in eastern Kentucky.

Trooper Shaun Little says the pilot and a trooper on board the helicopter were airlifted for their injuries from the Evanston community in Breathitt County near the Magoffin County line.

WLEX-TV and WKYT-TV in Lexington each reported that the crash involved a DEA helicopter working with the marijuana suppression team.

Little declined to release the names of those injured in the crash, which happened at about 9:55 a.m. CDT Monday.

The crash remained under investigation Monday.

HIGH SCHOOL TRANSCRIPTS

eTranscript introduced to help high school seniors

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky's high school seniors will soon be able to send electronic transcripts to the state's colleges by using a free process called Kentucky eTranscript.

The electronic transcript system is meant to ease the stress and expense of the college admissions process.

Lt. Gov. Jerry Abramson said Monday that electronic transcripts will streamline the process. In some cases, he said, students will be able to complete the admissions process totally online.

Jefferson County will be the first to make the eTranscript system available districtwide.

Kentucky eTranscript should be available to students statewide by March 2014.

Kentucky's eTranscript is provided free to high school students, school districts and colleges and universities.

There's a $2 charge for students to send transcripts to non-participating colleges.

A secure online portal will keep student information confidential.

US-MIDEAST TALKS

US hosts Israel, Palestinians for peace talks

WASHINGTON (AP) — A new round of talks between Israeli and Palestinian negotiators begins today in Washington.

The discussions follow six months of shuttle diplomacy by Secretary of State John Kerry to restart negotiations that broke down in 2008.

Since 2000, Israeli settlements have doubled in the West Bank. And the Palestinians are claiming that Arabs will outnumber Jews in the Holy Land by 2020.

MANNING-WIKILEAKS

Manning to hear verdict in WikiLeaks case

FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) — Pfc. Bradley Manning will learn this afternoon whether he'll be convicted of aiding the enemy for sending more than 700,000 government documents to the anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks.

That's when a military judge at Fort Mead in Maryland will announce her verdict.

Aiding the enemy is the most serious of 21 counts Manning is contesting. And if convicted, he could get life in prison without parole.

NIGERIA-EXPLOSIONS

NEW: Nigeria: 12 die in blasts in Kano's Christian area

KANO, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria's military says at least 12 people died in multiple blasts that rocked a Christian area in Nigeria's northern and mainly Muslim Kano city.

A spokesman for the Military Joint Task Force spokesman says "a couple" of people were wounded in Monday night's attack by suspected members of the Islamic extremist Boko Haram network.

But an Associated Press reporter watched security forces ferrying scores of wounded to hospitals after the explosions around a bar where people where drinking, playing snooker and table tennis.

Nigeria is fighting an Islamic uprising by militants based mainly in the northeast. The government has declared a state of emergency there. Kano city and state are in the northwest and not part of that emergency.

Boko Haram, which means "Western education is forbidden," wants Islamic law in Nigeria.

FLORIDA GAS PLANT BLAST

All safe following Fla. plant blast

TAVARES, Fla. (AP) — Officials in Tavares, Fla., say there've been injuries but no deaths after a series of explosions rocked a gas plant.

Authorities had first feared that as many as 15 workers at the Blue Rhino propane plant could have been killed when several blasts late Monday blew off the building's roof.

But all the workers are accounted for. Seven people were taken to local hospitals.

FEDERAL RESERVE

Investors look to Fed for further clues on rates

WASHINGTON (AP) — The answer investors want most is the one they're least likely to get from the Federal Reserve at its meeting this week, despite any hints the Fed may drop.

Few investors expect the Fed to telegraph its intentions on slowing its bond purchases, which have kept long-term borrowing rates low.

The Fed might choose to clarify a separate issue: When it may raise its key short-term rate. The Fed has kept that rate near zero since 2008. It's said it plans to keep it there at least as long as unemployment remains above 6.5 percent and the inflation outlook below 2.5 percent.

Unemployment is now 7.6 percent; the inflation rate is roughly 1 percent.

Chairman Ben Bernanke has stressed that the Fed could decide to keep its short-term rate ultra-low even after unemployment reaches 6.5 percent.

GREECE-FINANCIAL CRISIS

NEW: Wealthy Greeks set to pay for police protection

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greeks considered wealthy will have to pay for their own police protection from potential terrorist and organized crime attacks, under new cost-cutting plans.

The Public Order Ministry says citizens earning more than $132,500 a year will have to pay about $2,650 per month for each officer acting as a bodyguard and a daily fee of 50 euros for use of a patrol car.

Ongoing attacks by far-left and anarchist militant groups have stretched police budgets along with repeated government spending cuts in the crisis-hit country.

The new pay-for-protection scheme still requires Finance Ministry approval and will not include elected officials or public sector executives.

Bailed-out Greece is suffering through a sixth year of recession, worsened by years of austerity measures demanded by rescue lenders.

LUNG CANCER-SCREENING

Panel backs lung cancer screening for some smokers

UNDATED (AP) — The government says more cancer deaths could be prevented if certain current and former heavy smokers get annual CT scans, a type of X-ray.

It's the first time the government has gotten behind lung cancer screening for heavy smokers.

Monday's advice by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force is a draft recommendation. If it becomes final as expected, it would clear the way for insurers to cover the scans. The panel recommends them for people ages 55 through 79 who smoked a pack of cigarettes a day for 30 years or the equivalent, such as two packs a day for 15 years.

Whether screening would help younger or lighter smokers is not known, so scans aren't advised for them. Scans also aren't advised for people who quit at least 15 years ago or people too sick or frail to undergo cancer treatment.

VIRTUAL SPEECH THERAPIST

Researchers aim to create virtual speech therapist

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Researchers are working to create a virtual speech therapist for patients who have lost their language skills due to a stroke or other head trauma.

The avatar is being developed at Temple University in Philadelphia. It's designed to help people practice their speaking skills after insurance has stopped covering visits to human clinicians.

Experts say the cyber tool is needed because the speech disorder known as aphasia can be a lifelong battle.

Some existing virtual therapy involves patients reading scripts. But the Temple team says its approach challenges patients to spontaneously generate speech in conversations with the avatar.

One exercise involves patients pretending to book a vacation with the virtual therapist, who acts as a travel agent.

PENN STATE-ABUSE

Day 2 set in hearing on alleged Sandusky cover-up

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — It's day two of a preliminary hearing in Harrisburg, Pa., that will determine whether there's enough evidence to bring to trial three former Penn State officials in the Jerry Sandusky child abuse case.

Former Penn State president Graham Spanier, retired vice president Gary Schultz and ex-athletic director Tim Curley are accused of failing to tell police about an allegation against Sandusky, and then tried to hide what they knew.

NAZIS-DEPORTATION LIMBO

NEW: AP IMPACT: US limbo for Nazi suspects ordered out

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — An Associated Press review of Justice Department data shows that at least 10 suspected Nazi war criminals ordered deported by the United States never left the country — and four are living in the U.S. today.

All remained eligible for public benefits such as Social Security until they exhausted appeals, and in one case even beyond.

All 10 men uncovered in the AP review fell into a quiet American legal limbo, because while the U.S. wanted them out, no other country was willing to take them in.

In the 34 years since the Justice Department created an office to find and deport Nazi suspects, the agency has initiated legal proceedings against 137 people. Less than half have been removed by deportation, extradition or voluntary departure.

REAL HOUSEWIVES-CHARGES

'Real Housewives of NJ' stars to appear in court

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — "Real Housewives of New Jersey" stars Teresa Giudice and her husband Joe are expected to appear in a federal court today on fraud charges.

The Giudices are charged in a 39-count indictment that accuses them of exaggerating their income while applying for loans and then hiding their fortunes in a bankruptcy filing.

Prosecutors say Joe Giudice also failed to file five years of tax returns.

Today in History

Today is Monday, July 29, the 210th day of 2013. There are 155 days left in the year.

Today's Highlight in History:

On July 29, 1981, Britain's Prince Charles married Lady Diana Spencer at St. Paul's Cathedral in London. (However, the couple divorced in 1996.)

On this date:

In 1030, the patron saint of Norway, King Olaf II, was killed in battle.

In 1588, the English attacked the Spanish Armada in the Battle of Gravelines, resulting in an English victory.

In 1890, artist Vincent van Gogh, 37, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in Auvers-sur-Oise, France.

In 1900, Italian King Humbert I was assassinated by an anarchist; he was succeeded by his son, Victor Emmanuel III.

In 1921, Adolf Hitler became the leader ("fuehrer") of the National Socialist German Workers Party.

In 1948, Britain's King George VI opened the Olympic Games in London.

In 1957, the International Atomic Energy Agency was established. Jack Paar made his debut as host of NBC's "Tonight Show."

In 1958, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the National Aeronautics and Space Act, creating NASA.

In 1967, an accidental rocket launch aboard the supercarrier USS Forrestal in the Gulf of Tonkin resulted in a fire and explosions that killed 134 servicemen.

In 1975, President Gerald R. Ford became the first U.S. president to visit the site of the Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz in Poland.

In 1980, a state funeral was held in Cairo, Egypt, for the deposed Shah of Iran, who had died two days earlier at age 60.

In 1993, the Israeli Supreme Court acquitted retired Ohio autoworker John Demjanjuk of being Nazi death camp guard "Ivan the Terrible" and threw out his death sentence; Demjanjuk was set free.

Ten years ago: President George W. Bush refused to release a congressional report on possible links between Saudi Arabian officials and the September 11 hijackers, saying disclosure "would help the enemy" by revealing intelligence sources and methods. Boston's Bill Mueller became the first player in major league history to hit grand slams from both sides of the plate in a game and connected for three homers in a 14-7 win at Texas.

Five years ago: Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens was indicted on seven felony counts of concealing more than a quarter of a million dollars in house renovations and gifts from a powerful oil contractor. (A jury later found the longtime Republican lawmaker guilty of lying on financial disclosure forms, but a judge subsequently dismissed the case, saying prosecutors had withheld evidence.) Disgraced ex-NBA official Tim Donaghy admitted that he'd brought shame on his profession as a federal judge sentenced him to 15 months behind bars for a gambling scandal. Army scientist Bruce E. Ivins, 62, named as a top suspect in anthrax mailing attacks in 2001, died at a hospital in Frederick, Md., after deliberately overdosing on Tylenol.

One year ago: Standing on Israeli soil, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney declared Jerusalem to be the capital of the Jewish state and said the United States had "a solemn duty and a moral imperative" to block Iran from achieving nuclear weapons capability. At the London Olympics, 123-pound North Korean weightlifter Om Yun Chol won a gold medal by lifting an Olympic-record 370 pounds in the clean and jerk. Dana Vollmer of the United States set a world record to win the 100-meter butterfly in 55.98 seconds. Yannick Agnel rallied the French to the gold medal in the 4x100-meter freestyle relay in 3 minutes, 9.93 seconds, pulling ahead of American star Ryan Lochte on the final lap. French film director Chris Marker died on his 91st birthday.

Today's Birthdays: Comedian "Professor" Irwin Corey is 99. Actor Robert Horton is 89. Former Sen. Nancy Kassebaum-Baker is 81. Actor Robert Fuller is 80. Former Sen. Elizabeth H. Dole is 77. Actor David Warner is 72. Rock musician Neal Doughty (REO Speedwagon) is 67. Marilyn Tucker Quayle, wife of former Vice President Dan Quayle, is 64. Actor Mike Starr is 63. Documentary maker Ken Burns is 60. Style guru Tim Gunn (TV: "Project Runway") is 60. Rock singer-musician Geddy Lee (Rush) is 60. Rock singer Patti Scialfa (Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band) is 60. Actor Kevin Chapman is 51. Actress Alexandra Paul is 50. Country singer Martina McBride is 47. Rock musician Chris Gorman is 46. Actor Rodney Allen Rippy is 45. Actor Tim Omundson is 44. Actor Wil Wheaton is 41. Rhythm-and-blues singer Wanya Morris (Boyz II Men) is 40. Country singer-songwriter James Otto is 40. Actor Stephen Dorff is 40. Actor Josh Radnor is 39. Hip-hop DJ/music producer Danger Mouse is 36. Actress Rachel Miner is 33. Actress Allison Mack is 31. Actor Matt Prokop is 23.

Thought for Today: "An idea is not responsible for the people who believe in it." — Don Marquis (MAHR'-kwihs), American journalist-author (born this date in 1878, died 1937).

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