Winterthur (Free subscription) | 30/11/2009
Snow falls on the chalet named "Milky Way" of film director Roman Polanski, in Gstaad, Switzerland, Monday, Nov. 30, 2009. Polanski is expected to trade ...
Las vegas sun Blogs: 'Elsewhere' (Free subscription) | 01/12/2009
Lexington (Ky.) police arrested a Las Vegas woman Monday on charges that she robbed a local strip club, the Lexington Herald-Leader is reporting . Police said a woman entered Divas Gentlemen's Club about 10 p.m. Sunday with a handgun and demanded cash. She then fled the club.
Mad Woman in the Forest (Free subscription) | yesterday
Welcome to December! We woke up to a snow-covered forest and it is still coming down! The Lexington Herald-Leader wrote an article about the book banning in Montgomery County High School in Mount Sterling, KY, where the superintendent appears to be breaking district policy by refusing to return the books (Twisted , Deadline by Chris Crutcher , Lessons from a Dead Girl by Jo Knowles ,...
How Appealing (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
"Kentucky's Highest Court Halts Executions in State": John Schwartz has this article today in The New York Times. The Louisville Courier-Journal reports today that "High court rules regulation needed for lethal injection." The Lexington Herald-Leader contains an article headlined "Court:...
Resource Shelf (Free subscription) | 28/11/2009
... employees after they refused to check out a graphic novel to an 11-year-old, according to the Lexington Herald-Leader . The graphic novel, “The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: The Black Dossier,” contains sexually explicit images. Sharon Cook, one of the fired employees, checked the book out herself to keep it out of circulation. Source: Greensboro News & Record
The Snooper Report (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
See this post from yesterday: Sparkman Was Killed By A Right Wing What? That post was just supposed to be a small bit into the alleged credibility of the leftosphere but it has turned into something more as can be seen in the plethora of updates. Today is another story. From the Lexington Herald Leader: Police: Census worker made death look like homicide to get money . [...] Sparkman...
vere loqui (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
As we recently reported , a study of the effect of smoking bans on heart disease was uncritically passed on by enthusiastic media-types, including one of my local papers, the Lexington Herald-Leader , despite the fact that is was typical junk science. Well, now the story gets even more interesting. Turns out, not only was the study badly done, but it wasn't even a study. So points out...
The Sporting Blog (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
... the other day, but this only adds fuel to the fire. A description of the floor, courtesy of the Lexington Herald-Leader : “It’s a floor, at least,” Patrick Patterson said. “There are cracks in the floor, spacing missing, parts in the floor where it dips in and makes a ‘V’ shape all the way down the floor. We were dribbling the other day and balls...
On Deadline (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
Kentucky authorities have concluded that a census workers found dead near a secluded cemetery killed himself and made it look like a homicide, the Lexington Herald-leader reports.
The Other McCain (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
... Fox News, talk radio and Republican politicians. Clay County's state Sen. Robert Stivers told the Lexington Herald-Leader that "many in the media owe the county an apology." As Morgan Bowling said Tuesday afternoon, at times it seemed as if pundits were trying to turn Bill Sparkman into a "sacrificial lamb for ObamaCare." At the height of the national media glare,...
StandDown Texas Project (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
... Administrative Regulation Review Subcommittee, which either adopts or rejects it. The Lexington Herald-Leader has, " Court: No executions until death penalty process changed ," by Jack Brammer. Kentucky may not execute anyone until it adopts regulations in compliance with the law, the Kentucky Supreme Court ruled Wednesday. The court ruling came in the case of three Death Row inmates...
MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
... recharged, but we'll talk about that at the appropriate time," Brooks said according to the Lexington Herald-Leader.A follow-up question on the same subject, though, pushed Brooks over the edge. (Cranky because he hadn't had a nap yet')"You know what? ," Brooks said. "I'm going to talk about Tennessee. None of that junk. This is not the appropriate forum. We have a huge game with...
