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3 hrs ago | Bradenton.com

SCF names Jakway its new vice president

Julie Jakway has been named vice president of business and administrative services at State College of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota, announced SCF President Carol Probstfeld.

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Related Topix: Sarasota, FL, University of South Florida

10 hrs ago | The Globe and Mail

Bad hair day? Blame it on the copper

"It is one of the inexplicable frustrations of modern life, but scientists believe they have now discovered the cause of those bad hair days when your locks just will not do what you want," reports The Sunday Telegraph.

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Related Topix: Lexington, KY, University of Utah

16 hrs ago | Appliance

GE Appliances, University of Kentucky to Cooperate on Appliance Research

The University of Kentucky and GE Appliances entered a master agreement to collaborate on research projects that could yield new major appliances inventions.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Inventions, Louisville, KY

21 hrs ago | The Courier-Journal

Dr. Ardis Dee Hoven new AMA chief

Dr. Ardis Dee Hoven, an internal medicine and infectious disease specialist in Lexington who treated AIDS patients for decades, will become the new president of the American Medical Association, the nation's largest physician organization.

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Related Topix: Lexington, KY, Epidemic, Natural Disasters

Sun Jun 16, 2013

Lexington Herald-Leader

Local hospitals adding beds to care for sick babies

Central Kentucky hospitals are adding beds designed to care for the sickest of babies, patients with often long and expensive stays.

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Related Topix: Health Care Policy, Health

The Courier-Journal

Editorial | No time to gnaw on education goals

"You've made some strides already," he told members at last week's meeting of the joint House-Senate Education Committee meeting.

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Related Topix: Kentucky, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Oldham County, KY, Louisville, KY

Pensacola News Journal

Prep Sports: Whitaker 7th at meet in N.C.

The field, to say the least, was the most talented assembled this year at the high school level.

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Related Topix: Greensboro, NC, University of Georgia

Sat Jun 15, 2013

The Courier-Journal

Kentucky State Amateur Championship | Patrick Newcomb angling for a triple crown to wear

Patrick Newcomb will seek his place in state golf history in the Kentucky State Amateur Championship.

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Related Topix: Kentucky, Benton, KY, Lexington, KY, 9, Sullivan, KY

State Journal

Horticulture News: Extension Master Gardener class now forming

The Extension Master Gardener Class of 2013 is now being formed. If you think you might want to be a Master Gardener, here are some things to consider: Master Gardener candidates should be enthusiastic about learning in-depth about horticultural topics, have a love of working with people, are service oriented and want to have fun.

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Related Topix: Entomology, Science

The Courier-Journal

Kentucky to study whether new pain-pill laws are curbing abuse

Kentucky state officials are launching a year-long study to find out whether the state's controversial new laws cracking down on prescription drug abuse are making a difference in curbing one of the nation's worst pain-pill epidemics.

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Related Topix: Kentucky, Kentucky Government, Drug Addiction (Substance Abuse), Health, Drugs, Medicine

Lexington Herald-Leader

Hazmat crew responding to nitric acid leak at UK campus

A nitric acid leak occurred Saturday at the University of Kentucky Health Sciences Research Building, according to UK's web site.

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The Daily News

New U of M Engineering Dean Targets Growth

Dr. Richard Sweigard, who took the helm on June 1 as the new dean of the Herff College of Engineering at the University of Memphis, believes strongly in the importance and value of engineering education.

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Related Topix: University of Memphis

River Front Times

University of Missouri Expands Health Care Plan To Include LGBT Partner Benefits

Some good news today for LGBT employees at the University of Missouri: The board of curators has voted to expand health care benefits to include same-sex partners, a change which advocates say is long overdue.

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Related Topix: Missouri, Missouri Government, University of Missouri

Fri Jun 14, 2013

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim

Angels reach deals with 34 Draft picks

The Angels announced Friday that they have agreed to terms with 34 of their 39 selections in the First-Year Player Draft, which wrapped up six days ago.

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Related Topix: Bowling Green, KY, Sports, Major League Baseball

The Courier-Journal

Kentucky football adds lineman Landon Young from the class of 2016

Still in the thick of its recruiting for the Class of 2014, the University of Kentucky football team added a commitment on Friday from a Lexington player who just finished his freshman year of high school and is still more than 2 1/2 years away from the day he would sign with the Wildcats.

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Related Topix: Lexington, KY

WDRB-TV Louisville

Clutter family deaths not yet closed for prosecutors

A relative says one of the recent Butler High School graduates had been advised not to go up in the plane.

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Related Topix: Louisville, KY

The Coastal Courier

3 Documents

With less than two weeks to make a decision, the Liberty County Board of Education has named three finalists for superintendent, according to Chairwoman Lily Baker.

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Related Topix: Russell, KY, Eastern Kentucky University, Argosy University, Yale University, Southern College

WMKY-FM Morehead

Health Matters wins ASCRS award

Morehead State Public Radio's Health Matters has won one of three American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons media awards during the 2013 ASCRS Annual Meeting in Phoenix, Ariz.

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Related Topix: Morehead, KY, Ashland, KY, Rowan County, KY

Charleston Gazette

Mattress Warehouse opens 150th store

Mattress Warehouse's landmark store is in Louisville, Ky. -- the hometown of Kim Knopf, the woman who founded the company 30 years ago.

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Related Topix: Charleston, WV, South Charleston, WV

Thu Jun 13, 2013

Anchorage Daily News

RIM Architects' Principal receives NAWIC award

Krista Phillips, AIA NCARB, a Principal with RIM Architects, LLC, was one of three women honored by the National Women in Construction Alaska Chapter on March 6, 2013, at the Constructive Women Awards Dinner in Anchorage.

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Related Topix: Anchorage, AK, Australia, World News,