DYLAN T. LOVAN

Associated Press
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New Noah's Ark in Ky. aims to prove truth of Bible

Tucked away in a nondescript office park in northern Kentucky, Noah's followers are rebuilding his ark. The biblical wooden ship built to weather a worldwide flood was 500 feet long and about 80 feet high, according to Answers in Genesis, a Christian ministry devoted to a literal telling of the Old Testament.

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Ky. delivers report on last season's costly storms

A report released Thursday on last season's ice and wind storms says Kentucky's utilities should not spend billions of dollars burying electrical transmission lines to prevent future mass outages.

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Ky. church ordains sex offender as minister

A tiny Louisville church's newest minister is a gifted music leader and popular among its three dozen members.

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U of L chief told Pitino to apologize for scandal

University of Louisville President James Ramsey says he considered several options to deal with the scandal surrounding Rick Pitino before telling the coach to publicly apologize, according to a memo released to The Associated Press Monday.

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Some Catholics in Louisville forgiving of Pitino

Rick Pitino's personal failings should be forgiven and he should remain as head basketball coach at the University of Louisville, some Catholics in Kentucky said Sunday.

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Coal rush brings jobs back to Ill., Ind., Ky.

A five-minute drive from this community's lone gas station leads to a gateway to untapped riches: A bed of coal twice the size of Lake Michigan.

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Gun-loving pastor to his flock: Piece be with you

A Kentucky pastor is inviting his flock to bring guns to church to celebrate the Fourth of July and the Second Amendment.

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Creationist museum: Darwin got something right

A controversial Kentucky museum that trumpets the Bible story of creation and rejects evolution is making room for an odd guest: Charles Darwin.

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Ky. judge reopens millionaire's lawsuit over guns

A millionaire's claim that an Alabama gun collector cheated him by marking up prices on world-class antique firearms is back in federal court in Kentucky.

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Via ferrata a path to overcoming fear of heights

Crouching on a narrow ledge 120 feet above the ground, I turn my back to the long drop and halfheartedly extend a boot over the edge of the sandstone cliff.

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Grassy knoll couple recall Kennedy assassination

It seems as if the gracious couple has told the story a thousand times — how the crack of an assassin's bullet struck the president just a few feet from where they stood.

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Ky. man arraigned in slayings of teen sisters, boy

A man charged with killing three children and wounding their mother made an initial court appearance by video Monday in a western Kentucky courtroom.

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A year later, Creation Museum claiming big crowds

The museum exhibits are taken from the Old Testament, but the special effects are pure Hollywood: a state-of-the-art planetarium, animatronics and a massive model of Noah's Ark, all intended to explain the origins of the universe from a biblical viewpoint.

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Survivors remain linked by drunken driving tragedy

One earned a football scholarship years after burns and lung damage kept him in the hospital for two months. Another poured her grief into preventing other alcohol-fueled crashes and became president of Mothers Against Drunk Driving. A third began speaking publicly about the tragedy only after two decades of staring at scars in the mirror.

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Trial in Teen's Slaying After 8 Years

When his eldest daughter's burned body was found behind a school, Joe Currin wanted to believe the killer or killers would swiftly be brought to justice.

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Religion in the News

The founder of a popular Kentucky Christian museum that rejects evolution says in a new book that Darwin's theory fuels racism and genocide.

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Ky. Antique Gun Trial Ends in Acquittals

A jury rejected all felony charges brought against an Alabama couple accused of selling a slew of famous firearms to a millionaire collector at fraudulent prices.

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Ky. Fraud Trial Features Famous Firearms

The evidence will look like a prop list from a John Wayne movie when three antique gun enthusiasts go on trial Monday on charges of bilking a millionaire collector.

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Geek Squad Hospital Calls Kentucky Home

The nation's top electronics retailer didn't pick Silicon Valley, India or another high-tech hub to build its hospital for personal computers. It chose the Kentucky countryside, known more for race horses and bourbon distilleries than geeks and microprocessors.

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Train Blaze Continues to Burn in Ky.

Federal agents will spend the rest of the week investigating what caused a train carrying hazardous chemicals to derail and catch fire, forcing nearby residents to evacuate their homes.

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KFC Tweaks Colonel Sanders Logo

Colonel Sanders is shedding his white suit jacket for a cook's red apron.

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Museum Tells Earth's History With Bible

Like most natural history museums, this one has exhibits showing dinosaurs roaming the Earth. Except here, the giant reptiles share the forest with Adam and Eve.

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