Coal miners rally against Obama administration’s curbing of mountaintop removal mining

Coal miners rally against Obama administration

International Coal Group calls on mining companies to pool money to defeat Dems in Ky., W.Va.

Coal companies eye targeting congressional Dems

Bear on the loose, scenic area closed after Kentucky hiker survives rare black bear attack

Bear in first recorded Ky. attack still at large

Racehorse injury study finds non-gelded males twice as likely to break down as females

Study: Male horses have greater fatal injury rate

Musicians choose sides, use song to debate mountaintop removal mining in Appalachia

Mountaintop mining mobilizes coalfields musicians

President Barack Obama says he’ll appoint Muhammad Ali’s wife to bioethical issue commission

US President Barack Obama welcomes Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak

Sidney’s Candy leads all the way in winning Santa Anita Derby; Lookin At Lucky is troubled 3rd

Sidney’s Candy wins drama-filled Santa Anita Derby

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Mindful of Shamu the brand, SeaWorld to reopen orca shows 3 days after trainer’s death

Shows to go on at SeaWorld, king of orca business

Park Service says 2009 best year in almost a decade for Mammoth Cave National Park

Hundreds of thousands visit Mammoth Cave

MAMMOTH CAVE, Ky. — Officials with Mammoth Cave National Park say 2009 was the best year for tourism at the park in almost a decade, with 14 percent more visitors than 2008.

First foal born to two-time horse of the year Curlin, all-time richest American racehorse

Curlin’s first foal born in Ky.

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Two-time horse of the year Curlin has produced his first foal.

New Ky. mining procedures will curb dumping of rock, dirt into valleys and protect streams

New Ky. mining procedures will curb dumping

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