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Ashley Judd May Challenge Mitch McConnell in 2014

She's considering a Senate run in Kentucky

(Newser) - The rumors are true: Ashley Judd is considering running for Senate in 2014, four sources tell Politico . But the political fledgling would be up against none other than Kentucky's own Mitch McConnell, so she's also considering waiting until 2016 to take on Rand Paul instead. The actress and...

12% of Mississippians Battling Diabetes
 12% of Mississippians 
 Battling Diabetes 
CDC study
Nov 16, 2012 7:37 AM CST

12% of Mississippians Battling Diabetes

All states now top 6% diabetes rate, up from just 3 states in 1995

(Newser) - We certainly aren't getting any healthier: Diabetes rates have soared across the United States since 1995, up 50% in 42 states and more than doubling in 18, reports the AFP . In 1995, only three states had a diabetes rate of 6%, but by 2010 all 50 states topped that...

4.3 Magnitude Earthquake Shakes Eastern Kentucky

No serious damage reported; felt in 3 other states

(Newser) - An earthquake centered in Kentucky rattled at least three other states this afternoon, the US Geological Survey reports. The USGS website says the epicenter of the 4.3 magnitude earthquake was about 10 miles west of Whitesburg. Residents in eastern Kentucky, Virginia, West Virginia, and Tennessee reported feeling the temblor....

Guy's City Council Race in Tie After Wife Doesn't Vote

'I didn't think one vote would matter,' candidate says

(Newser) - They say every vote counts, but how often does that actually turn out to be true? In Walton, Kentucky, it most definitely held true on Tuesday—and probably in the weirdest way possible. When Robert McDonald's wife—who works nights and is also going to school and raising three...

Kentucky, SC: No Booze Sales Tomorrow

Prohibition-era relic lives on

(Newser) - Residents of South Carolina and Kentucky who want to toast the winning candidate—or drown their sorrows—tomorrow had better buy that booze today. Yahoo reports on a quirky holdover from Prohibition days: Laws in both states bar the sale of alcohol on Election Day. The bans herald back to...

Sandy Death Toll Hits 26; State-By-State Updates

With a lion's share of casualties in New York

(Newser) - The East Coast is picking up the pieces and searching for bodies in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, even as states further inland brace for impact. The total US death toll is up to at least 26, according to CNN , including at least 10 in New York City alone, and...

Hazmat Alert Issued After Train Derails in Kentucky

Top-level hazmat warning issued

(Newser) - Officials have issued the highest-level hazardous material warning in Kentucky after the derailment of a freight train. The train, which was carrying chemicals including hydrogen chloride and hydrochloric acid, derailed in West Point, the Courier-Journal reports. A highway has been closed across two counties, and residents are being evacuated. Thus...

Murder of Lawman, 82, May Be Decade-Old Vendetta

Herbert Proffitt arrested suspect Charles Hammer, 81, years ago

(Newser) - Police in a small Kentucky town are investigating whether a slow-burning desire for revenge that began with an arrest a decade ago was behind the murder of a career lawman last month. Herbert Proffitt, 82, was gunned down in his driveway while he went to fetch the mail. Charles Hammer,...

Distillery Neighbors Sue Over 'Black Gunk'

Whiskey distilleries lead to gross-sounding fungus

(Newser) - The good news when you live next door to a whiskey distillery is that … you live next door to a whiskey distillery. The bad news? Apparently those distilleries cause a fungus—or, as the New York Times calls it, a "sooty-looking black gunk"—to spread over houses,...

Indiana Melons Linked to US Salmonella Outbreak

2 Dead, 141 sickened nationwide

(Newser) - Health officials in Indiana and Kentucky say they are investigating farms, distributors, and retailers after an outbreak of salmonella that has killed two and sickened at least 141 people nationwide was linked to cantaloupe grown in southwestern Indiana. Officials yesterday advised all Indiana residents to discard cantaloupes purchased since July...

Behold, the 690-Mile Yard Sale
 Behold, the 690-Mile Yard Sale 
Aug 3, 2012 2:05 PM CDT

Behold, the 690-Mile Yard Sale

Four-day event spans six states

(Newser) - Do you really, really like buying other people's used stuff? Then have we ever got the 690-mile stretch of highway for you. Yesterday, the 25th annual "World's Longest Yard Sale" kicked off, with shoppers looking for bargains along a stretch of Highway 127 that runs across six...

Lightning Starts House Fire, Kills 2

Kentucky thunderstorms causing trouble across state

(Newser) - Lightning struck a home last night during powerful storms in Louisville, and the resulting fire killed a bedridden elderly man and his granddaughter. The woman was trying to get her grandfather out of the house, CNN reports. "Lightning struck an 80-foot-tall tree, hit about 40 feet up, and it...

Couple Allegedly Traded Truck for Baby

Truck then sold for meth: cops

(Newser) - An, er, innovative take on the adoption process: A Kentucky couple has been arrested and charged with human trafficking after allegedly trading their truck for a friend's baby. Jamie and Jeremy Brown are accused of giving their truck to Heather Kaminskey, who'd recently given birth to a boy,...

Bad News for Miners: Black Lung Is Back
 Bad News for Miners: 
 Black Lung Is Back 
investigation
Jul 9, 2012 10:40 AM CDT

Bad News for Miners: Black Lung Is Back

Cases have doubled in a decade despite regulations

(Newser) - Black lung was thought to be on its way out following new mining regulations in 1969—but the disease is resurging and has some health experts using the word "epidemic," according to an NPR /Center for Public Integrity investigation. Its occurrence has doubled over the past 10 years,...

Man Buys All Kmart's Stuff—for Charity

Kentucky's Rankin Paynter donates $200K worth of items

(Newser) - When his local Kmart was getting ready to close, a Kentucky man decided to buy all the store's stuff—and hand it to charity. While visiting the store to score some deals, Rankin Paynter asked what happened to all the unsold items; the clerk told him "power buyers"...

As Kentucky Celebrates, Riot Police Move in

Police use only small amounts of pepper spray, arrest 10

(Newser) - Thousands of Kentucky basketball fans responded to the team's Final Four win last night by overturning cars and lighting couches on fire, reports the AP . Police had been prepared for rioting, and responded with about 150 officers and small amounts of pepper spray. "It's a fairly difficult...

200 US Counties Still Prohibit Booze

They're mainly in the South, but attitudes seem to be changing: BBC

(Newser) - Prohibition came off the books in 1933, and the liquor flowed again. But a swath of the US, concentrated mainly in the South, remains booze-free to this day by law. More than 200 dry counties exist in the country, along with plenty more that are partially dry. Now the bleak...

Tornado Baby Found in Field Dies

Angel Babcock joins parents, 2 siblings in death after killer storm

(Newser) - A baby girl dropped alive in an Indiana field by a tornado that killed the rest of her family has succumbed to her injuries. Little Angel Babcock, 15 months old, suffered severe head injuries. “Angel has been reunited with her parents,” said her grandfather, Jack Brough. She was...

Snow Wallops South
 Snow Wallops South 
Feb 20, 2012 12:05 AM CST

Snow Wallops South

A dozen vehicles, 60 people involved in massive pile-up on Tenn. highway

(Newser) - A snowstorm yesterday stunned a swath of southern states, where it triggered massive traffic accidents and snuffed out power. Parts of Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia were battling the flakes, reports AP . Some 52,000 Appalachian Power customers were without power last night, and 350 car accidents...

Pastor Dumps Interracial Couple Ban

Brings issue to local church council

(Newser) - A Kentucky pastor has nullified a vote by his church to ban interracial couples , he says. “As far as I'm concerned and the church is concerned, this case will be closed as of tomorrow,” said Stacy Stepp on Saturday, after raising the issue with a council of...

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