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Hit REFRESH or RELOAD for the latest updates | December 24, 2010

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Retailers See Best Holiday
Shopping Season Since 2007
Holiday procrastinators are preparing to zoom through picked-over stores, grabbing discounted sweaters and can't-go-wrong gift cards. If they can get a parking spot, that is. But you won't hear retailers complaining.

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Holiday Travelers Brace for
Snow, Ice in Midwest, South
Holiday travelers in the Midwest braced for snow and ice from a storm Friday that was expected to deliver a rare white Christmas to Nashville before rolling into the Northeast.

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Ark park seeks
better interchange
Developers of a creationism theme park have asked the state Transportation Cabinet to improve an Interstate 75 interchange in Grant County to accommodate the projected 1.6 million visitors per year.

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Ky. may limit
high-caffeine drinks
Kentucky may consider a ban on sales of high-caffeine energy drinks to anyone under 18 years old.

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Smoke ban: New
officials' views mixed
The three incoming members of the Kenton County Fiscal Court have varied feelings when it comes to the non-comprehensive smoking ban passed Dec. 21.

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Covington's 2 art titans
Nine decades after their deaths, two titans of the late-19th- and early-20th-centuries art world gained heartfelt recognition in Covington -- one with a bronze statue, the other with a small park near his former studio.

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Graeter's, Aglamesis to
appear on Food Network
Graeter's and Aglamesis Brothers Ice Cream will battle it out on "Food Feuds," a new show on the Food Network. The taste-off competition is scheduled to air at 10 p.m. on Dec. 30.

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Bank of Kentucky
repays half of TARP funds
Bank of Kentucky repurchased $17 million of the $34 million in outstanding TARP funds following the bank’s recent common equity offering, which raised $28.1 million.

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Zach Wells delighted
to settle in at 19
Wells was told in March by WXIX-TV managers they were eliminating his weekend sports anchor position - just weeks after he was assured his contract would be renewed.

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  Elsewhere Headlines
Kentucky, Cincinnati and USA news headlines

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GOP's Lisa Murkowski
truly going rogue
Murkowski is already showing a fierce independent streak, becoming the only Republican to cast votes on all four items on President Barack Obama’s wish list: a repeal of “don’t ask, don't tell,” a tax-cut compromise, the START deal and cloture for the DREAM Act.

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3 restaurants
set for Banks
Jason Doyle, CEO of Doyle Restaurant Group, expects to sign leases early next week for La Crepe Nanou, a French-style bistro; the Wine Loft, an upscale wine bar; and Huey’s 24/7 Diner, an upscale diner open 24 hours serving New Orleans-style fare.

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The 10 Worst
Predictions for 2010
From the price of gold, to unemployment, to Google Wave, prognosticators got more than a few major items wrong in their predictions lists.

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Alert Issued on Beverage
Containers on Planes
The Homeland Security Department has alerted air carriers to a potential terror tactic involving insulated beverage containers like thermoses.

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Obama Plans to Overturn
Bush Environmental Policy
Some of America's most beautiful, untamed spaces are now poised to stay that way.

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Rahm Emanuel Cleared to
Run for Mayor in Chicago
The Chicago Board of Election Commissioners ruled Thursday that Rahm Emanuel meets residency requirements to run for mayor. The main challenger immediately said he will appeal the finding to the Cook County Circuit Court.








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