Fri Jan 27, 2012 6:42 PM EST
Kentucky's houseboat manufacturers once thrived by churning out luxurious floating residences, but the industry was nearly capsized by the economic downturn. Now it's dabbling in a new venture as it looks for a different course — the construction of moderately priced, energy efficient landlocked homes.
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Thu Jan 26, 2012 6:00 AM EST
Yo quiero Taco Bell breakfast burrito!
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Sat Jan 14, 2012 10:31 PM EST
Dozens of guests have gathered in Louisville to celebrate Muhammad Ali's 70th birthday with the boxing champ.
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Fri Jan 13, 2012 9:26 AM EST
At 70, Muhammad Ali is "still the greatest" to friends and admirers worldwide.
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Thu Jan 12, 2012 1:23 PM EST
Muhammad Ali's fists made him famous, but his plight as a social activist was perhaps his biggest fight.
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Tue Jan 10, 2012 1:11 PM EST
Long before his dazzling footwork and punching prowess made him a three-time world heavyweight boxing champion known as Muhammad Ali, a young Cassius Clay honed his skills by sparring with neighborhood friends and running alongside the bus on the way to school.
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Sat Jan 7, 2012 5:31 PM EST
Muhammad Ali is coming home to Louisville to celebrate another milestone — his 70th birthday.
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Tue Jan 3, 2012 11:48 AM EST
The Kentucky mother of an autistic boy who says he was stuffed in a duffel bag for misbehaving in class has pulled her son out of school.
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Thu Dec 22, 2011 1:21 PM EST
A 9-year-old autistic boy who misbehaved at school was stuffed into a duffel bag and the drawstring pulled tight, according to his mother, who said she found him wiggling inside as a teacher's aide stood by.
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Thu Dec 22, 2011 3:27 AM EST
Tiera Washington's workload doubled during the holiday rush at UPS' largest air hub, where seemingly endless streams of packages are sorted and shipped as the peak season puts the package delivery company to the test.
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Fri Dec 16, 2011 9:22 AM EST
An Iraqi man who had claimed he was innocent of terrorism-related charges did an abrupt about-face Friday, pleading guilty in a Kentucky courtroom to trying to funnel weapons and cash to al-Qaida operatives in his home country.
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Tue Nov 29, 2011 3:43 PM EST
The recession-dented RV industry pointed Tuesday to modest gains atop last year's turnaround performance as another sign that the sector is on a slow road to recovery.
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Fri Nov 18, 2011 6:32 PM EST
A truck driver has been indicted on a reduced charge in a crash that killed a 3-year-old Amish girl who was riding in a buggy.
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Thu Nov 10, 2011 5:07 AM EST
Paula Deen, step aside. Colonel Harland Sanders is about to teach America "real old-time country and farm cooking before it's forgotten."
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Mon Nov 7, 2011 12:04 PM EST
Matt Rawlings' grim task in Iraq was to retrieve battered soldiers' bodies from battlefields and load flag-draped coffins on planes for the trip home. The ex-Marine's time with the military mortuary unit showed him the ultimate sacrifice of so many of his brothers and made him more than willing to volunteer for a stateside memorial recalling the fallen.
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Thu Nov 3, 2011 4:25 PM EDT
Authorities say a school bus ran off a rainswept interstate in south-central Kentucky and overturned while being passed by a tractor-trailer, sending 16 children and three adults to the hospital.
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Tue Nov 1, 2011 4:49 PM EDT
In a Bible Belt state that is home to the Creation Museum and a Noah's Ark-themed park in the works, the sight of Kentucky's Democratic governor taking part in a Hindu-style groundbreaking ceremony was easy pickings for his Republican challenger. Even if the event marked the construction of a $180 million manufacturing plant promising 250 jobs.
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Wed Oct 5, 2011 11:40 AM EDT
Fast-food restaurant operator Yum Brands Inc. is bracing for another round of sluggish U.S. sales late this year but predicted a turnaround at Taco Bell next year with the planned launch of new products meant to reinvigorate the slumping brand.
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Tue Oct 4, 2011 4:41 PM EDT
Yum Brands Inc., owner of the Pizza Hut, Taco Bell and KFC chains, reported Tuesday that its third-quarter profit grew thanks to strong sales in China and elsewhere overseas that offset another sluggish showing in the U.S.
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Mon Oct 3, 2011 4:59 PM EDT
The world's top bourbon producer planned to uncork a new era Tuesday as a standalone liquor company bearing the time-tested name of its top-selling brand, Jim Beam.
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Tue Sep 27, 2011 3:31 PM EDT
Former Brown-Forman Corp. chairman and CEO Owsley Brown II, who took the company founded by his great-grandfather and spread its reach to liquor stores, bars and restaurants worldwide, died late Monday after a brief illness. He was 69.
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Tue Aug 30, 2011 11:10 AM EDT
Gov. Steve Beshear says the state will make $3.6 million in road improvements around the Kentucky Speedway racetrack where massive traffic jams marred a Sprint Cup race in July.
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Fri Aug 26, 2011 9:32 AM EDT
It's harvest time in much of the nation's tobacco patches and this year's harvest is expected to be among the smallest in at least a decade.
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Wed Aug 24, 2011 8:58 PM EDT
A Kentucky truck driver who was wheeled into surgery for a simple circumcision but awoke without part of his penis lost his multimillion-dollar lawsuit Wednesday against the urologist who cut off a cancer-riddled section of the organ.
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Wed Aug 24, 2011 5:58 PM EDT
A Kentucky truck driver who was wheeled into surgery for a simple circumcision but awoke without part of his penis lost his multimillion-dollar lawsuit Wednesday against the urologist who lopped off a cancer-riddled section of the organ.
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