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Clinton Phifer and trainer Neely Owens go the distance
Paris, Tennessee's seventeen-year-old national amateur boxing champion Clinton Phifer stands ...
Paris, Tennessee's seventeen-year-old national amateur boxing champion Clinton Phifer stands poised to take on the global arena at the Ringside World Championships in Kansas City next week. But days before the tournament, the Henry County Boxing
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Kentucky Small Businesses Qualify for Health Care Tax Credit
Some of the initial impacts of the recently passed federal ...
Some of the initial impacts of the recently passed federal healthcare reform bill are trickling into effect. Now, one of the bill's provisions allows small businesses who provide health insurance to their employees to take advantage of tax credit
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Republican TN candidates campaign for state sovereignty
Tennesseans go to the polls Thursday and the Republican candidates ...
Tennesseans go to the polls Thursday and the Republican candidates for governor all seem to be campaigning not just against each other, but against Washington. The three campaigns tout that drive against federal authority to varying degrees.
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Kentucky lacking in key area for Race to the Top funding
It's close to back to school time, and Kentucky got ...
It's close to back to school time, and Kentucky got some encouraging education news this week regarding its second bid for federal Race to the Top dollars. But as Kentucky Public Radio's Tony McVeigh reports, the state's application
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Paducah Symphony's new director outlines upcoming season
The Paducah Symphony Orchestra's new artistic director, Maestro Raffaele Ponti, ...
The Paducah Symphony Orchestra's new artistic director, Maestro Raffaele Ponti, has outlined the upcoming season starting September 11. The exuberant conductor says the season is "Magnificent," "Exhilarating,"
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Purchase Players bring audiences "Twelve Angry Men"
In "Twelve Angry Men," a jury deliberates the first-degree murder ...
In "Twelve Angry Men," a jury deliberates the first-degree murder trial of an eighteen-year-old accused in the stabbing death of his father. The case appears to be open-and-shut: eleven jurors immediately vote guilty. The Purchase
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A profile of Tennessee's 8th District Democratic frontrunner
Last week we brought you a report on Republican Candidates ...
Last week we brought you a report on Republican Candidates vying for their party's nomination for TN's 8th district Congressional Seat. Today Eleanor Boudreau from WKNO in Memphis brings us this story on the Democratic frontrunner, State
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How the goth subculture fits into Christian theology
Christians assert all are welcome especially people who don't subscribe ...
Christians assert all are welcome especially people who don't subscribe to social norms. During this summer's Ichthus Christian Music Festival in Midway, a panel discussion zeroed in on a well known alternative lifestyle and how it fits into
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Murray Officials Search for Two Chiefs
Two long-time Murray city employees retire at the end of ...
Two long-time Murray city employees retire at the end of the month. Police Chief Ken Claud and Fire Chief Michael Skinner tendered their resignation on the same day. Claud has been chief for six years, and has 23 years with the force. Skinner has
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Ky hearing on spiraling Medicaid costs
As the saying goes, an ounce of prevention is worth ...
As the saying goes, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. A rough economy and falling state revenues have turned that on its head. This past week, two days of legislative hearings on containing spiraling Medicaid costs in Kentucky were held
