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Star-powered California cash from a who's who of Hollywood has poured into an unlikely political race in recent weeks -- the fight for Kentucky's Fourth Congressional District... Indeed, a full two-thirds of Clooney's donations to date come from outside his own home state, according to OpenSecrets.org, a campaign donation watchdog group.

<p>FRANKFORT, Ky. -- A bill to create a crime of ''fetal homicide'' passed the Senate yesterday by a vote of 34-3 and heads to the House, where three similar bills have failed in past years.</p> <p>''The only holdup in the House is the chairman in Judiciary,'' said Sen. Richard Roeding, R-Lakeside Park, sponsor of Senate Bill 41, which allows authorities to prosecute someone who causes a stillbirth or miscarriage during an attack on a pregnant woman.</p>