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Dalton Ray McDougall

CADIZ, Ky. — Dalton Ray McDougall, age 19, of Cadiz, KY, passed away Saturday, December 8, 2012, in Trigg County, Kentucky. Dalton was currently in his first year at Hopkinsville Community College. He was a member of Olive Missionary Baptist Church in Olive, KY. He was a 2012 graduate of Trigg County High School where […]

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Keegan A. Brennen

TOPSHAM — Keegan Alexander Brennen was born July 4, 1990, in Key West, Florida. He was an artist, illustrator, creative writer who loved people especially family and friends. Keegan graduated Mount Ararat High School in 2008. He graduated from New Hampshire Institute of Art in Manchester, NH in May 2012 with a Bachelors of Fine […]

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Sitar virtuoso Ravi Shankar dies at 92

NEW DELHI (AP) — With an instrument perplexing to most Westerners, Ravi Shankar helped connect the world through music. The sitar virtuoso hobnobbed with the Beatles, became a hippie musical icon and spearheaded the first rock benefit concert as he introduced traditional Indian ragas to Western audiences over nearly a century. From George Harrison to […]

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Magnitude 4.5 quake shakes Costa Rica

NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. Geological Survey is reporting that a magnitude 4.5 earthquake rattled Costa Rica early today. There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage. The USGS said the quake, which struck at 12:54 a.m. local time, had an epicenter about two miles south-southwest of Naranjo, which is about 22 miles […]

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Indy to replace fleet with electric, hybrid

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indianapolis wants to become the first major city to replace its entire fleet with electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles in a move designed to reduce U.S. reliance on foreign-produced fuels, city officials said Tuesday. Mayor Greg Ballard is expected to sign an executive order mandating the city to replace its current sedans […]

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Gunshine State

The more people who are packing heat, the more likely that minor confrontations will turn deadly. Such killings are all the more likely in Florida, which has issued more than 900,000 permits to carry concealed weapons — far more than any other state. In 2005, Florida became the first state to pass a Stand Your […]

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Cut to the chase

Back in 1996, President Bill Clinton reformed America’s welfare system into mostly a get-a-job program — outraging many fellow Democrats. But welfare reform turned out to be a practical, sensible success that caused less suffering than liberals had feared. America’s number of welfare recipients fell from 12.2 million in 1996 to 4.5 million in 2006. […]