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Kentucky baseball needs big run to make NCAAs

courier-journal.com — Gary Henderson isn't talking to his University of Kentucky baseball team about the elephant in the room - the probability the Wildcats need to win this week's Southeastern Conference Tournament to get into next week's NCAA Tournament - but he's not avoiding the topic for fear of adding undue pressure.

Louisville Metro budget includes $6.4 million for paving, bike lanes, sidewalks

courier-journal.com — Many Louisville streets are about to get a makeover, including new surfaces, bike lanes and sidewalks. Mayor Greg Fischer's proposed budget for the fiscal year starting July 1 includes $6.4 million for road work - more than doubling the $2.5 million metro government has spent annually, on average, during the last decade, according to the mayor's office.
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Warrior Games a tonic for Ind. veteran

courier-journal.com — MADISON, IND. - Sgt. Evan Davis could talk for hours about the intricacies and techniques behind competitive air-rifle shooting. But he can summarize it best as "90 percent mental and 10 percent fundamental." "It's a lot like playing golf, because you're shooting against yourself," the Madison native said.

Kentuckiana Spotlight | Louisville baseball's Nick Burdi named week's top Big East pitcher

courier-journal.com — BASEBALL * Louisville sophomore Nick Burdi (Downers Grove, Ill.) was named Big East Pitcher of the Week. Burdi earned three saves, including two in a series sweep of No. 16 Pittsburgh. In the three outings, Burdi had seven strikeouts in 3.2 innings of shutout relief.
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Louisville women's basketball's Shoni Schimmel makes US squad

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DH Jeff Gardner's hot streak a hit for Louisville baseball

courier-journal.com — Gardner is currently second on the team with a .341 batting average and leads the Cardinals with nine home runs - including three in a weekend sweep of Pittsburgh that clinched an outright Big East title. He was also named Big East Player of the Week on Monday for helping the Cards go 4-0 last week.
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Accident closes eastbound I-64 near the Watterson Expressway

courier-journal.com — All four lanes of eastbound Interstate 64 east of the Watterson Expressway have been closed due to a four-vehicle accident. The accident happened at about 1:31 p.m. and should take about an hour to clear, TRIMARC said. This story will be updated.
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Motorcyclist who died on Hurstbourne Parkway Sunday identified

courier-journal.com — A motorcyclist who died after an accident Sunday on Hurstbourne Parkway has been identified as Dwain Robert Rice, 33, of the 6900 block of Glendale Road. Rice was eastbound on Hurstbourne near Hames Trace at about 5 p.m.
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Dalai Lama focuses on Buddhist teachings

blogs.courier-journal.com — While the Dalai Lama's talk on Sunday emphasized universal values of compassion and peace that can be pursued by people of any faith or none, his Monday sessions at the KFC Yum! Center had a much more Buddhist-specific focus. He talked on "Atisha's Lamp for the Path to Enlightenment," an exposition on the teaching of...

MSD uses deficit spending to hold down rate increases

courier-journal.com — Louisville Metropolitan Sewer District officials are borrowing as much as $370 million over the next five years to help complete a court-mandated sewer system overhaul - using deficit spending to hold down rate increases. The MSD board voted Monday to raise its customers' rates 5.8 percent starting Aug.
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Former Louisville basketball player Terrence Williams investigated on domestic assault charge

courier-journal.com — Police in Kent, Wash., are investigating former University of Louisville basketball player Terrence Williams on a domestic violence case, which involved threats with a gun that occurred late Sunday afternoon, according to the Kent Reporter. Williams, who is from Seattle, currently plays for the Boston Celtics.

Jeffersonville marina plans upset boaters

courier-journal.com — Longtime Sunnyside Boat Club member Bill Hughes has lived most of the last 75 years docked at Jeffersonville's downtown wharf. But now he's among a couple of dozen boaters upset that city officials have told them they'll have to dock somewhere else for a season starting in late November, when the city plans to begin an estimated $2 million overhaul.
Sunnyside Boat Club told they will have to vacate Jeffersonville's downtown wharf where many of them live courier-journal.com/article/201305…

Dr. LaQuandra Nesbitt | Louisville helps women get healthy

courier-journal.com — Pamela Sutton got a real wake-up call when she went to the doctor on March 30, 2009. 'He told me that if I didn't lose a whole lot of weight, he was going to put me on the insulin pill on my next visit,' she said.
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New medicine | Heart attack app might help diagnose patients before they reach hospitals

courier-journal.com — There are apps that turn your smartphone into a metal detector, a musical instrument and a GPS system, and now there's an app that may help doctors save your life if you're having a heart attack.
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'Mapping the food genome' | Project to reveal what Americans are eating and buying

courier-journal.com — CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) - Do your kids love chocolate milk? It may have more calories on average than you thought. Same goes for soda. Until now, the only way to find out what people in the United States eat and how many calories they consume has been government data, which can lag behind the rapidly expanding and changing food marketplace.
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