http://news.yahoo.com/local/Lexington/5128 Yahoo! Local News - Louisville Courier-Journal en-us Rescue units pulled nine people from the house, including five children. Most of the victims were in the first-floor living room or bedroom. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Lexington/Louisville_Courier-Journal/SIG=12vt4lprl/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.courier-journal.com%2Farticle%2F20090704%2FNEWS01%2F90704008%2F1008%2Frss01 http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20090704/NEWS01/90704008/1008/rss01 Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:14:54 +0000 2009 Churchwide Gathering of Presbyterian Women. Kentucky International Convention Center, 221 S. Fourth St, July 11-15. "God Will Do Wonders Among You!" http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Lexington/Louisville_Courier-Journal/SIG=130q89ck7/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.courier-journal.com%2Farticle%2F20090703%2FNEWS01%2F907030360%2F1008%2Frss01 http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20090703/NEWS01/907030360/1008/rss01 Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:45:18 +0000 For the second week in a row, thousands of members of a conservative Christian movement converged on Louisville this week for their annual convention. But this week's gathering of the North American Christian Convention was much more low-key than last week's of the Southern Baptist Convention. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Lexington/Louisville_Courier-Journal/SIG=130dpejsu/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.courier-journal.com%2Farticle%2F20090703%2FNEWS01%2F907030359%2F1008%2Frss01 http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20090703/NEWS01/907030359/1008/rss01 Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:45:09 +0000 With legislation to strengthen tobacco regulation now signed into law, public health groups are pushing for the Senate to ratify a treaty on tobacco control that has languished for five years. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Lexington/Louisville_Courier-Journal/SIG=1307cla1q/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.courier-journal.com%2Farticle%2F20090703%2FNEWS01%2F907030363%2F1008%2Frss01 http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20090703/NEWS01/907030363/1008/rss01 Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:30:35 +0000 A highway dispute might have led to a fiery, three-vehicle collision that killed four Kentucky residents on Interstate 75 in Georgia. The driver of a black Honda was reporting to 911 that a silver Saturn was attempting to block him when both vehicles were struck by a rental truck about 2:30 a.m. Thursday http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Lexington/Louisville_Courier-Journal/SIG=130hgv6kq/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.courier-journal.com%2Farticle%2F20090703%2FNEWS01%2F907030362%2F1008%2Frss01 http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20090703/NEWS01/907030362/1008/rss01 Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:30:24 +0000 Government: Federal, state, Jefferson County clerk, Louisville Metro, and Bullitt and Oldham counties' offices closed Saturday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Lexington/Louisville_Courier-Journal/SIG=1305rjitd/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.courier-journal.com%2Farticle%2F20090703%2FNEWS01%2F907030361%2F1008%2Frss01 http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20090703/NEWS01/907030361/1008/rss01 Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:30:14 +0000 Mild temperatures, blue skies, an evening of free music and fireworks brought people out early for Friday night's Waterfront Independence Festival. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Lexington/Louisville_Courier-Journal/SIG=130lppbop/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.courier-journal.com%2Farticle%2F20090703%2FNEWS01%2F907030358%2F1008%2Frss01 http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20090703/NEWS01/907030358/1008/rss01 Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:30:04 +0000 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Lexington/Louisville_Courier-Journal/SIG=130l3m4au/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.courier-journal.com%2Farticle%2F20090703%2FNEWS01%2F907030357%2F1008%2Frss01 http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20090703/NEWS01/907030357/1008/rss01 Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:15:04 +0000 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Lexington/Louisville_Courier-Journal/SIG=130on2b0l/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.courier-journal.com%2Farticle%2F20090703%2FNEWS01%2F907030343%2F1008%2Frss01 http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20090703/NEWS01/907030343/1008/rss01 Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:14:54 +0000 Homicide detectives with Louisville Metro Police are investigating the death of a 51-year-old man found wounded in an apartment complex next to Iroquois High School on Thursday night. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Lexington/Louisville_Courier-Journal/SIG=130ndq438/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.courier-journal.com%2Farticle%2F20090703%2FNEWS01%2F907030341%2F1008%2Frss01 http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20090703/NEWS01/907030341/1008/rss01 Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:15:04 +0000 Although the Indy Jazz Fest doesn't get under way until Sept. 19, you can preview performances at the Indy Parks summer concert series. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Lexington/Louisville_Courier-Journal/SIG=130jkbqt3/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.courier-journal.com%2Farticle%2F20090703%2FNEWS01%2F907030338%2F1008%2Frss01 http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20090703/NEWS01/907030338/1008/rss01 Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:14:54 +0000 Investigators in the federal highway bid-rigging case confronted an ethics dilemma early last year when their undercover witness finished a secretly recorded phone call with road contractor Leonard Lawson, according to a court document that provides a glimpse of the investigation. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Lexington/Louisville_Courier-Journal/SIG=1323lll1d/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.courier-journal.com%2Farticle%2F20090703%2FNEWS0101%2F907030344%2F1008%2Frss01 http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20090703/NEWS0101/907030344/1008/rss01 Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:45:14 +0000 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Lexington/Louisville_Courier-Journal/SIG=131kplbfj/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.courier-journal.com%2Farticle%2F20090703%2FGREEN01%2F907030301%2F1008%2Frss01 http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20090703/GREEN01/907030301/1008/rss01 Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:45:04 +0000 The Kentucky Board of Education has named the four finalists for state education commissioner. It's not clear how quickly the board will move to make its selection, though that could happen later this month. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Lexington/Louisville_Courier-Journal/SIG=1326bt8mn/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.courier-journal.com%2Farticle%2F20090703%2FNEWS0105%2F907030342%2F1008%2Frss01 http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20090703/NEWS0105/907030342/1008/rss01 Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:44:54 +0000 Kentucky's new education commissioner could be chosen as early as next week, the chairman of the state Board of Education said Friday. "We're getting close,'' Joe Brothers said in an interview. "It's been a long process.'' http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Lexington/Louisville_Courier-Journal/SIG=130cqceal/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.courier-journal.com%2Farticle%2F20090703%2FNEWS01%2F907030342%2F1008%2Frss01 http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20090703/NEWS01/907030342/1008/rss01 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:15:00 +0000 In 2006 the key prosecution witness in the federal highway bid-rigging case secretly recorded two conversations with then-Transportation Secretary Bill Nighbert about obtaining confidential bid information, according to prosecutors. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Lexington/Louisville_Courier-Journal/SIG=131he031g/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.courier-journal.com%2Farticle%2F20090702%2FNEWS0101%2F90703005%2F1008%2Frss01 http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20090702/NEWS0101/90703005/1008/rss01 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:59:54 +0000 Churchill Downs ended its experiment with night racing on a high note Thursday, drawing the biggest crowd in modern history outside of the Kentucky Derby, Oaks and Breeders' Cup. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Lexington/Louisville_Courier-Journal/SIG=130a39rmt/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.courier-journal.com%2Farticle%2F20090702%2FNEWS01%2F907020365%2F1008%2Frss01 http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20090702/NEWS01/907020365/1008/rss01 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:29:54 +0000 A federal judge on Thursday halted work to widen the historic Harrods Creek bridge in Prospect amid pending lawsuits over preserving it. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Lexington/Louisville_Courier-Journal/SIG=130bos6uq/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.courier-journal.com%2Farticle%2F20090702%2FNEWS01%2F907020354%2F1008%2Frss01 http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20090702/NEWS01/907020354/1008/rss01 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:15:04 +0000 The state will continue to fund the Kentucky Homeplace health-care program as the new fiscal year begins, leaving in place a lifeline that has helped thousands of the state's sickest and most isolated rural residents. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Lexington/Louisville_Courier-Journal/SIG=12vcj9g52/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.courier-journal.com%2Farticle%2F20090702%2FNEWS01%2F90702029%2F1008%2Frss01 http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20090702/NEWS01/90702029/1008/rss01 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:00:04 +0000 At Thursday's final Downs After Dark night racing event, Churchill Downs honored veterans and celebrated Independence Day. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Lexington/Louisville_Courier-Journal/SIG=131h63a9j/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.courier-journal.com%2Farticle%2F20090702%2FSPORTS08%2F90702028%2F1008%2Frss01 http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20090702/SPORTS08/90702028/1008/rss01 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:59:54 +0000 Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:14:54 +0000