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Physics gets a kick
Found: 15 Hours 31 Minutes ago
Middlesboro Daily News - HARROGATE, Tenn. ?Physics class just got a whole lot cooler. Local high school students gathered for ?Physics Day?at Lincoln Memorial University (LMU) to witness Dr. Eugene de Silva break boards, lay on a bed of nails, and use a sword to split wood. Of course, it was all in the name of science....
Giving blood this holiday season may be your greatest gift
Found: 16 Hours 35 Minutes ago
The News Democrat Leader - The American Red Cross invites you to share the gift of life this December by donating blood to help someone in need. A blood donation can help a young mother, a grandfather or a neighbor celebrate another holiday season with family and friends....
Russellville hosting Edmonson County for second time this season
Found: 17 Hours 53 Minutes ago
The News Democrat Leader - The Russellville High School football team is in a very similar situation this week....
More consolidation expected among Kentucky auto dealers
Found: 19 Hours 11 Minutes ago
Lexington Hearld-Leader -
Longtime area auto dealer Jack Kain said Friday that he sees potential for more dealership consolidation around Kentucky as the auto industry crisis worsens.
The slowdown in sales already has led to the closing of some dealers. Earlier this summer, Jeff Sachs Autopark in Frankfort closed after more than a decade in business, as did the Johnny Watkins dealerships in London. Just this week, Lexington's Jaguar and Land Rover dealer closed, opting to service vehicle owners from a Louisville dealership.
A thousand dealers have closed nationwide this year, said Kain, a former chairman of the National Automobile Dealers Association.
Kain said he's had to eliminate several positions at his dealership in Versailles. ...
Pulaski, Whitley Co. play in region semifinals
Found: 23 Hours 35 Minutes ago
Commomwealth Journal - It?s an old cliché, but the Pulaski County Maroons have just gone from the frying pan into the proverbial fire.After disposing of Clay County 43-15 in last Friday?s opening round of the playoffs, head coach Johnny Hines and his football club certainly got a tough reward for their collective efforts....
Health gets 30% of tobacco settlement
Found: 1 Day 45 Minutes ago
Lexington Hearld-Leader -
In 2006, Alaska desperately needed cash to complete a museum featuring a mummified bison and other natural wonders of the frozen north. So the state dipped into its share of the landmark 1998 tobacco settlement.
The billions that began flowing from cigarette makers to the states a decade ago also helped outfit the golf course for New York's Niagara County with new carts and sprinklers.
And the money has gone toward college scholarships in Michigan; tax breaks in Illinois and Ohio; a dogcatcher in Lincoln, Neb.; and jails and schools elsewhere.
Despite the promises of politicians and policy-makers, states and counties have spent the lion's share of the settlement money on things that have nothing to do with public health or smoking. Teen smoking rates have stopped dropping. ...
Weekend planner: Parades, plays, pioneer meal and pounds of ice
Found: 1 Day 1 Hour 10 Minutes ago
Evansville Courier & Press - WEEKEND PLANNER: There?s definitely a holiday ring in the crisp air. Which means you?ll need to bundle up if you attend either of the big downtown holiday parades this weekend. Owensboro?s parade is at 4:30 p.m. Saturday on Frederica Street. Evansville?s 20th annual Downtown Holiday Parade begins at 3 p.m. Sundayand follows the Main Street Walkway (also Locust and Second streets). Kids can meet Santa at 1 p.m. Sunday at Fourth and Main?s park. But if you?re really in a holiday mood, with gas prices dropping faster than Santa down a chimney, there?s ?A Country Christmas? at the Gaylord ...
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Rivals could help, hinder Obama Cabinet
Found: 1 Day 4 Hours 57 Minutes ago
Lexington Hearld-Leader -
WASHINGTON . As Barack Obama considers whether to include former rival Hillary Clinton in his Cabinet, the president-elect is emulating his role model, Abraham Lincoln, who boldly put political adversaries in his Cabinet, hoping to forge a strong presidency through the heat of conflicting ideas.
But historians argue that Lincoln's model, described in the best-selling Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin, could alienate Obama's allies and sow dysfunction inside the White House. Few modern presidents have made political adversaries Cabinet appointees, in this view, and fewer could make the arrangement work.
"I question the entire concept of Team of Rivals being sound," said Douglas Brinkley, a Rice University historian and author. In Obama's case, he said, "It's not organic, and it's not realistic. It's a very ethereal idea being played on a high level, and it's based on a false historical analogy."
One historian argued in a newspaper column that Goodwin's book sidesteps the rancor inside Lincoln's Cabinet and does not mention that the president struggled to control the turmoil. ...
UPDATED Nov. 20: Oh, the places Herald-Leader readers go!
Found: 1 Day 14 Hours 21 Minutes ago
Lexington Hearld-Leader -
Our "Take the Herald-Leader on Vacation" feature has been a little absent the past few months. In the meantime, our mailbox has filled with great photos of readers visiting places all over the world.
Here's a collection of the photos. Click on "CLICK FOR MORE PHOTOS" below to see 30 vacation photos. ...
Activists say tobacco settlement is being wasted
Found: 1 Day 17 Hours 53 Minutes ago
Lexington Hearld-Leader - In 2006, Alaska desperately needed cash to complete a museum featuring a mummified bison and other natural wonders of the frozen north. So the state dipped into its share of the landmark 1998 tobacco settlement.
The billions that began flowing from cigarette makers to the states a decade ago also helped outfit the Niagara County, N.Y., golf course with new carts and sprinklers. And the money has gone toward college scholarships in Michigan, tax breaks in Illinois and Ohio, a dog catcher in Lincoln, Neb., and jails and schools elsewhere around the country.
Despite the promises of politicians and policymakers, states and counties have spent the lion's share of the settlement money on things that have nothing to do with public health or smoking, even as once-falling teen smoking rates have stagnated.
Of the $61.5 billion divided among 46 states between 2000 and 2006, only 30 percent was spent on health care, according to federal Government Accountability Office data analyzed by The Associated Press. Less than 4 percent went to anti-smoking efforts.
"A lot of people on both sides thought we were going to enter a new Eden, and we haven't," said Thomas Glynn, director of cancer science and trends at the American Cancer Society....
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