Kentucky congregation invites everyone to join.

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Church Drops Interracial Couple Ban

Kentucky reelects Democrat governor.

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We’d set off in the dark. The road got quiet and crooked. The truck’s headlights panned over twisty pavement and old pine. Our horizon became blanketed in tall branches as if we were getting sucked farther and deeper into a thick, old nest. “I mean, this thing is so far back, you know you have to fight for daylight out there,” Bill Burden had joked. Read full article > >

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Fall Travel: In Kentucky, searching for Bill Monroe’s bluegrass spirit

Senator Rand Paul, a freshman Republican from Kentucky, has used tactics that have enraged both Democratic and G.O.P. leaders.

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Senate Gadfly Who Isn’t Shy About Buzzing

Animal Kingdom, who won the Kentucky Derby two weeks ago, is favored to win Saturday’s Preakness Stakes.

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Shackleford wins Preakness Stakes

Shackleford won the Preakness Stakes on Saturday, beating Kentucky Derby winner Animal Kingdom by three quarters of a length. Shackleford paid $27.20 on a $2 bet to win, despite reports that he was agitated leading up to the race. It is the first…

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Shackleford Wins Preakness

Kentucky Derby winner Animal Kingdom is an early 2-1 favorite to win the 136th running of the Preakness on Saturday. Read full article > >

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Animal Kingdom trains for Preakness

The Supreme Court ruled Monday that police were within their rights to enter the home of a Kentucky man after the police smelled marijuana. Police in Lexington, Ky., said they burst into Hollis King’s apartment because they smelled marijuana and were…

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Supreme Court: Police Don’t Need Warrant

Barry Irwin, the owner of Kentucky Derby winner Animal Kingdom, is leading the charge to eliminate drugs from horse racing.

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Tough Talk After Winning the Derby

LOUISVILLE — Trainer Graham Motion and jockey John Velazquez had miserable luck this week at Churchill Downs in the lead-up to the 137th running of the Kentucky Derby. At the start of the week, Motion — who trains his horses in Fair Hill, Md. — lost what everyone believed was his best horse, Toby’s Corner, to a leg injury. By mid-week, Robbie Albarado, the jockey for Motion’s second-best horse, Animal Kingdom, suffered a broken nose that put his status for the Derby in doubt. By the end of the week, Velazquez lost what looked like his best shot at an elusive Derby victory when Uncle Mo , a horse everyone was calling the most talented 3-year-old in the country, had to be scratched with a mysterious intestinal illness. It marked the third straight year Velazquez was slated to ride one of the favorites, only to lose him to an injury before the race. Read full article > >

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Kentucky Derby: Animal Kingdom wins 137th running

Nineteen horses and their riders geared up on Saturday for the nation’s most celebrated horse race — and first leg of the Triple Crown — as an estimated 150,000 spectators gathered to watch the 137th edition of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs.

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20-1 longshot wins Kentucky Derby

Raise your Mint Julep in a toast to the unexpected winner! Though he had never run a race on dirt before, Animal Kingdom finished the Kentucky Derby in first place, with Nehro close behind in second and Mucho Macho Man and Shackleford taking third and…

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‘Animal Kingdom’ Wins Kentucky Derby

Residents of Kentucky along the Mississippi River were allowed to return home on Saturday, as officials say they have seen the worst of the flooding. However, Memphis is not expected to see the river peak until mid-week. Record river levels are…

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Memphis Floods Worsen

Rosie Napravnik will become only the sixth woman in 137 years to ride in the Kentucky Derby, and is intent to show that neither she nor her colt, Pants on Fire, are mere historical footnotes.

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A Talented Jockey Is No Longer a Secret

The 86th running of the Virginia Gold Cup steeplechase race at Great Meadow in The Plains and the 137th Kentucky Derby in Louisville both take place May 7, but preparing horses for the track is a daily event involving early-rising trainers and their mounts. Read full article > >

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