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Hot and getting hotter in Ky.; storms possibleTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 10:20AMLOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- Excessive heat building in the Midwest is affecting conditions in Kentucky with the western and northern parts of the commonwealth under a heat advisory.    High temperatures Tuesday were expected to reach 95 degrees in Paducah and Owensboro, 94 degrees in Louisville and 91 degrees in northern Kentucky cities.    The heat advisory was in effect until 9 p.m. EDT, but there ...

Christie restoring aid to citiesMonday, July 18, 2011 @ 8:42PMTRENTON — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie announced Monday that he planned to reverse two of the line-item budget cuts Democrats singled out as particularly egregious: funds used to treat sexually and physically abused children and aid for ailing cities that otherwise couldn’t meet payroll or debt payments obligations without crippling tax increases.

Editorial: After the fireSunday, July 17, 2011 @ 8:13AMTHE DAY after a fire reveals the worst: for victims, of how little they saved or have to move on; for community leaders, of how deficiencies replicate disasters. The multiple fires that struck different communities in the cities of Cebu and Mandaue last week resurface the same old urban traps: narrow roads that limit the access of firemen and fire trucks to the site of the fire; electrical ...

Andre K. Fowlkes: Better data will help Memphis address unique employment challengesSaturday, July 16, 2011 @ 10:00PMThe United States is venturing into territory we have not seen in years: we are now into the third year of average annualized unemployment above 9 percent. These are numbers rivaled only by the recession in the early 1980s.

Clinical Trials Program Offers Treatment OptionsSaturday, July 16, 2011 @ 9:25PMCONTRIBUTED