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A plan to use driver’s licenses to seek out criminals was dropped Monday even before it even got off the ground. Kentucky State Police and the Transportation Cabinet decided against the plan after discussing the matter, according to Lt. Lisa Rudzinski, information officer for Kentucky State Police. No reasons were given for dropping the plan. Lawmakers and defense attorneys across the commonwealth had mixed reviews about the plan that would have allowed police to plug into a database physical characteristics of a suspect and then be given a series of driver’s photos that could fit the bill. Those photos would...

The Following is an important E-Lert from HSLDA. Please read carefully. January 18, 2002 Dear Kentucky Members and Friends, We are concerned about Rep. Barbara Ann Colter's newest effort to regulate home schooling. Although her efforts have not gotten very far in previous years, there seem to be people who are agitating in favor of House Bill 54 (H.B. 54) this year. Here, for example, is the text of a letter that was handed out at an Adair County Chamber of Commerce meeting: ***************TEXT OF ADAIR COUNTY LETTER*************** We need your help now! And please tell others. The Adair County ...

CALL TO DEFEND HOMESCHOOLING Insulting homeschool t-shirt sold by JCPenney This was sent to me on Tuesday, July 31, 2001 HOMESCHOOLING MOMENT: I was HORRIFIED to find that our local JC PENNEY'S was selling t-shirts that said "Homeskooled" and had a picture of a trailor on them! I took one over to the counter and asked if there was a manager on duty and wha-lah she was standing right at the counter with some clerks. I held up the shirt and said with a smile "We are homeschoolers, and this is offensive. My family won't be shopping here until these ...

By BARRY SCHWEID, AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - Secretary of State Colin Powell (news - web sites) demanded on Friday ``an unconditional cessation of violence'' in the Middle East and urged all world leaders to support the U.S. appeal. Deploring the rising bloodshed between Israel and the Palestinians, Powell said terrorist groups may be beyond control. But he said: ``What we need now, more than anything else is a cessation of violence by all.'' Powell said leaders in the Middle East and elsewhere should speak out against violence more directly and ``do everything they can to control passions'' in ...

Foals, Fetuses Mysteriously Dying By Steve Bailey Associated Press Writer Wednesday, May 9, 2001; 3:50 p.m. EDT LEXINGTON, Ky. –– Scientists are trying to figure out why pregnant Kentucky mares are losing foals at a staggering rate this spring in a mystery that has sent fear through the state's $1.2 billion thoroughbred horse industry. "It's got a lot of people spooked, no doubt about it," said Steve Johnson, president of the Kentucky Thoroughbred Farm Managers Club. "I've talked to a lot of farm owners who aren't going to sleep very much until they find out what is going on with ...

Protect mothers; Save the infants -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Discovery of a newborn boy at Leitchfield’s flea market and arrest of a university student on charges she killed her newborn in her dorm room are tragic. In a day when you can drop off babies at local police departments or wherever and they will more likely than not go to a good family, two high-profile cases this week have us shaking our heads. A man cleaning outhouses at a Leitchfield flea market found the body of a newborn boy Monday, and a 19-year-old college student is in jail on a $50,000 cash bond ...

Home School Legal Defense Association February 13, 2001 EMERGENCY APPEAL IN KENTUCKY Home schooling is perfectly legal in Kentucky, but on Tuesday, February 13, 2001, a district court judge found a home schooled teenager guilty of habitual truancy and ordered her to attend public school every single day until she graduates. HSLDA Attorney David Gordon, who represented the family at the trial, has filed an emergency petition to block this order while the family appeals this shocking verdict. HSLDA asks for your prayers for an immediate response from the appeals court. Sarah Dukes was accused of being absent from the ...

Subject: What Was I To Do? Out for a walk one afternoon I came upon a fence around a cow pasture. On this fence was a sign that stated, "Beware of the Bull". Now I am not one to doubt the warnings on signs but it did seem to be a shortcut across the pasture to where I wanted to go. I looked very carefully in every direction and no bull did I see. Weighing the decision extremely well, it seemed that crossing this cow pasture was a safe thing to do, since I could see no bull. Anyway this ...

TROUBLE IN THE HOLY LAND New dates for Temple ceremony Israelis plan to lay cornerstone in December © 2000 WorldNetDaily.com Gershon Salomon of the Temple Mount Faithful says he was not discouraged when Jerusalem police blocked his plans to anoint and lay a cornerstone for the Third Temple during an annual Succot march -- and will renew his efforts in December. Citing reasons of public safety earlier this month, the police allowed the group to hold a gathering only at the Western Wall plaza. In years past, police had also rejected members' requests to ascend the Mount as a group, ...

Mentor group accepts gays Homosexuals can serve as Big Brothers-Big Sisters counselors in BG Big Brothers-Big Sisters of Bowling Green will continue to allow homosexuals to serve as counselors, despite some chapters’ struggle with the issue, group leaders said this week. “It’s really just a question of whether the parent is comfortable with it,” Executive Director Amy Evans said. “Our primary concern is for the safety and well-being of the children, and we don’t feel that homosexuals necessarily threaten that.” According to Big Brothers and Big Sisters of America’s by-laws, information on “affectional preference” may be used to determine matches, ...

No Deal Is Reached in Talks to Quell Fighting in Mideast By JANE PERLEZ ARIS, Thursday, Oct. 5 -- After more than 12 hours of stormy talks and with clashes continuing in the Middle East, the Israeli and Palestinian leaders and Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright struggled into the early morning today to find a way to stop the violence, but failed to reach an overall agreement, a senior Clinton administration official said. Prime Minister Ehud Barak of Israel headed home from Paris this morning, declining an invitation from President Hosni Mubarak to hold further negotiations in Egypt. An ...