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Ky. court upholds $6M verdict in strip search caseLOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - A Kentucky appeals court upheld a $6.1 million award to a former fast food worker who was forced to strip in a McDonald's restaurant office after someone called posing as a police officer. The appellate court on... In this article: McDonald's, Donna Summers, and Kentucky |
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AP Online | 23 hours ago
Ky. universities expand smoking, tobacco bans
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - Kentucky's flagship public university gave the official heave-ho to tobacco on Thursday, touting the health benefits of a smoke-free policy covering all of its sprawling campus in the heart of burley tobacco country.
In this article: Tobacco, University of Louisville, UK, Nicotine, and Pikeville College
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Atlanta Journal Constitution | 1 day ago
Breaking down the Georgia-Kentucky matchup
...junior Mike Hartline injured a knee. 16 Players on Kentucky's roster from Georgia, more than from any state except Kentucky 9th Kentucky's ranking among 120 Division I-A teams in pass defense (165.6 yards allowed per game). History...
In this article: SEC, Georgia Tech, and Mark Richt
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Centre Daily Times | 1 day ago
Kentucky routs Sam Houston State
LEXINGTON, Ky. - Kentucky made a season-high 11 three-point baskets. That made the Cats the weak sister from the perimeter Thursday night. Sam Houston State made 18 three-point shots, which set records for any Kentucky opponent home or...
In this article: Rupp Arena
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Ky. delivers report on last season's costly storms
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - 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. Instead, the...
In this article: Twitter, Culprit, Hurricane Ike, Duke Energy, and Facebook
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USATODAY.com | 1 day ago
Ky. delivers report on costly storms
...City workers and Kentucky National Guardsmen clear downed trees and limbs from North Main Street Saturday, Jan. 31, 2009, in Henderson, Ky. Millions lost power. LOUISVILLE (AP) A new report on last season's ice and wind storms says...
In this article: All rights reserved, Twitter, Facebook, USA Today, and Henderson, Ky.
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Tobacco state Ky.'s biggest university bans leaf
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - The largest university in the tobacco-growing state of Kentucky and home to a tobacco research center is banning all smoking on campus. The University of Kentucky imposed a strict tobacco-free policy Thursday that...
In this article: Tobacco, University of Kentucky, and Lexington
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Courier-Journal | 2 days ago
Kentucky owes U.S. $500 million for jobless aid
See instructions for fixing the problem. By Stephenie Steitzer ssteitzer@courier-journal.com November 18, 2009 FRANKFORT, Ky. Kentucky has borrowed roughly half a billion dollars from the federal government this year to pay benefits to...
In this article: Unemployment, Recession, and Tax
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washingtonpost.com | 4 days ago
Wall saves Kentucky in slim victory over Miami, Ohio
LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Kentucky coach John Calipari looked up at the clock after Miami of Ohio tied the fourth-ranked Wildcats with six seconds left and wondered if he should call timeout. John Wall didn't give him a chance. The heralded...
In this article: John Calipari, Miami, Florida, RedHawks, Charlie Coles, Anxiety, and NCAA
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Ky. budget chairman rules out tax hike next year
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Tax increases won't be an option for shoring up Kentucky's shrinking budget, a leading lawmaker said Monday. House Appropriations and Revenue Committee Chairman Rick Rand said all 100 House seats and 19 of 38 Senate...
In this article: Revenue, Tax, Corporate income tax, Fiscal year, Recession, Medicaid, and AARP
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Kentucky beats Morehead State in Calipari's debut
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - Kentucky freshman Eric Bledsoe scored 24 points while starting in place of John Wall, and the fourth-ranked Wildcats opened the John Calipari era with a 75-59 win over Morehead State on Friday night. Patrick...
In this article: John Calipari, Morehead State, Billy Gillispie, RedHawks, and Ohio Valley Conference
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The Commonwealth of Kentucky (/kɨnˈtʌki/) is a state located in the East Central United States of America. Kentucky is normally included in the group of Southern states (in particular the Upland South), but it is uncommonly included, geographically and culturally, in the Midwest. Kentucky is one of four U.S. states constituted as a commonwealth. Originally a part of Virginia, in 1792 it became the 15 state to join the Union. Kentucky is the 37 largest state in terms of land area, and ranks 26 in population.
Kentucky is known as the "Bluegrass State", a nickname based on the fact that bluegrass is present in many of the lawns and pastures throughout the state. It is a land with diverse environments and abundant resources, including the world's longest cave system, the greatest length of navigable waterways and streams in the Lower 48 states, and the two largest man-made lakes east of the Mississippi River. It is also home to the highest per capita number of deer and turkey in the United States, and the nation's most productive coalfield. Kentucky is also known for thoroughbred horses, horse racing, bourbon distilleries, bluegrass music, automobile manufacturing, tobacco, and college basketball.
- Name:
- Kentucky
- Also Known As:
- Bluegrass State
- Capital:
- Frankfort
- Motto:
- United we stand, divided we fall
- Largest City:
- Louisville
- Governor:
- Steve Beshear (D)
- Lieutenant Governor:
- Daniel Mongiardo (D)
- Total Area:
- 104,659
- Area of Land:
- 39,728
- Area of Inland Water:
- 1,764
- Latitude:
- 36° 30′ N to 39° 09′ N
- Longitude:
- 81° 58′ W to 89° 34′ W
- Elevation Lowest Point:
- 257
- Lowest Point:
- Mississippi River
- Elevation highest point:
- 1,263
- Highest Point:
- Black Mountain
- Admittance Date:
- June 01, 1792
- Time Zone:
- Central: UTC-6/DST-5
- Demonym:
- Kentuckian
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