1:24pm

Fri June 24, 2011
Eastern and Central Kentucky

Warning to Restaurants

Officials with the Fayette County Health Department are warning area restaurants about a recent inspection scam.

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1:03pm

Fri June 24, 2011
The Two-Way

Lulzsec Strikes Again, Releasing Arizona Law Enforcement Documents

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Over the past few weeks, Lulzsec has become a common name. It's a group of hackers much in the vein of their better-known cousins Anonymous. Today, Lulzsec struck again: this time they took responsibility for hacking into Arizona Department of Public Safety computers, stealing and then releasing hundreds of files.

The Arizona Republic reports:

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12:43pm

Fri June 24, 2011
It's All Politics

Obama, Biden To Meet With Reid, McConnell On Debt Talks

There's apparently at least one congressional Republican leader willing to sit down with President Obama to talk about raising the debt ceiling. The White House on Friday issued the following statement:

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12:27pm

Fri June 24, 2011
The Two-Way

Feds Seek Injunction To Stop Mine Inspection Dodge

The Labor Department wants a federal court judge in Kentucky to issue a rare injunction against a Kentucky coal mine accused of warning miners underground about a surprise federal mine safety inspection.

The inspectors for the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) allege in court documents that a June 17 late-night, surprise inspection at CAM Mining's #28 mine in Pike County, Ky., was thwarted by mine managers.

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12:00pm

Fri June 24, 2011
Politics

In Politics: Neither Party Budges On The Budget

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President Obama has announced plans for scaling back on troops in Afghanistan. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor walked out on the deficit-reduction talks. Obama's former Ambassador to China, John Huntsman, announced plans to seek the GOP nomination for president. Host Michel Martin talks about this week's politics with Republican strategist Ron Christie and Atlanta Journal Constitution columnist and blogger Cynthia Tucker.

11:46am

Fri June 24, 2011
Eastern and Central Kentucky

Deadbeat Parents Charged in Pulaski

Police have arrested more than 20 people charged in Pulaski County with not paying child support and are searching for others as part of an enforcement roundup, local prosecutors announced. A total of 44 people were charged. Police from several agencies began arresting them June 16 and have found about half of them, Pulaski County Attorney Martin Hatfield said in a news release Wednesday.

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11:16am

Fri June 24, 2011
Eastern and Central Kentucky

Zombies on KY Interstates

As if orange barrels, speed traps and distracted motorists sharing the road weren’t stressful enough, drivers on southbound Interstate 71/75 Thursday morning were given another warning – beware of the undead. An electronic highway sign on the interstate near the Ky. 18 exit read: “Nightly lane closures, zombies ahead.” The sign was apparently hacked, said Nancy Wood, Kentucky Transportation Cabinet spokeswoman.

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11:13am

Fri June 24, 2011
Shots - Health Blog

AMA Speaks Up On Comparative Effectiveness

My, how they've changed.

Not all that long ago, doctors seemed pretty much united by their antipathy toward being told by outsiders how to practice medicine — particularly by the government.

That bond helped fuel the American Medical Association's bitter opposition to several efforts to overhaul the U.S. health care system in the 1930s and 1940s and to the original effort to pass Medicare in the 1960s.

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11:04am

Fri June 24, 2011
Eastern and Central Kentucky

Jobless Rate Down Across KY

 Unemployment rates fell in 99 Kentucky counties between May 2010 and May 2011, while 16 county rates increased and five counties remained the same, according to the Kentucky Office of Employment and Training, an agency of the Kentucky Education and Workforce Development Cabinet.

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