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• Frankfort, Ky.

  - 2008-02-05

  Though it's the state capital of Kentucky, Frankfort is a small city. Subtle changes can thus have a big effect on monthly home-sales data. The 9% increase in existing home sales in December -- just three more homes sold than in December 2006 -- could have...

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• Yours forever

  - 2007-03-19

  Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Taylor Sr. of Georgetown, KY, celebrated 65 years of marriage with family and friends during a dinner reception. Mrs. Lula Mae Taylor, 83, is retired from the University of Kentucky. Her devoted mate of more than six decades, 88, is retired from the federal government. They...

  Tags: Government, grandchildren, University of Kentucky

• School accidentally puts workers' data on Web

  - 2006-06-02

  LEXINGTON, Ky. AP -- The University of Kentucky inadvertently posted about 1,300 employee Social Security numbers on a Web site that was accessible to the public for several weeks last month. "This is a regrettable incident, and the University considers any breach of privacy and confidentiality a serious...

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• Agro-terror awareness.(online education courses on agro terrorism)(Brief Article)

  - 2005-07-19

  AGRO-TERROR AWARENESS. The University of Kentucky's Injury Prevention and Research Center has teamed with the Department of Agriculture to produce two online agro-terrorism education courses. Originally geared for responders, they have been adapted for industry users as well. Contact: Mark Schneider, director of technology, KIPRC, ...

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• In the capital

  - 2002-11-01

  Pledge, National Motto Re-approved By U.S. House The House of Representatives has voted overwhelmingly to approve a measure "reaffirming" the lawmakers' support for religious references in the Pledge of Allegiance and national motto. On Oct. 7, the House voted 401-5 to pass S. 2690, which reinforced the House's belief that...

  Tags: FDA, Government, University of Kentucky

• Aluminum Consortium Receives Major Funding

  - 2000-05-30

  Business Editors LEXINGTON, Ky.--BUSINESS WIRE--May 30, 2000 Secat, Inc., a newly formed private-public partnership serving as a technical platform for the aluminum industry, has been awarded $7.1 million for two major aluminum research contracts from the Office of Industrial Technologies, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Division of the...

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• The Sacred Fire of Liberty: James Madison and the Founding of the Federal Republic. (book reviews)

  - 1997-01-01

  Banning, Lance Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press 402 pp., $35.00 ISBN 08014-3152-2 Publication Date: 1995 Students of American political thought will be familiar with the previous works of Lance Banning. Most notably, The Jeffersonian Persuasion has quickly become a standard on the ideological ...

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• William E. Lyons. (In Memoriam) (Obituary)

  - 1994-09-01

  William E. Lyons died on May 20, 1994 of lung cancer. He received his B.A. from Millersville State College in Pennsylvania in 1957, an M.A. from Temple College in 1962 and a Ph.D. in political science from Penn State in 1965. He was a leader in the movement to merge...

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