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Charles Bertram | Staff

Joe Milam, with the University of Kentucky physical plant division, used a painting machine to stripe the parking lot Tuesday across from Commonwealth Stadium on Alumni Drive in Lexington.

    TOM EBLEN | Herald-Leader columnist

    • State Games approach No. 25

      Tom Eblen

      The Bluegrass State Games have always been a place to see up-and-coming Kentucky athletes, such as sprinter Tyson Gay, who competed in the Olympics last week, and javelin thrower Dana Pounds, who just missed a trip to Beijing.

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    MERLENE DAVIS | Herald-Leader columnist

    • Commentary

      Pancreatic cancer claims my big brother

      By Merlene Davis

      Whenever I saw ­interviews ­featuring Randy Pausch, the ­Carnegie Mellon ­University ­computer science professor who became the public face of p­ancreatic cancer, I would breathe easier.

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    TOP LOCAL STORY

    • Jury hits Ragland with $63.3 million verdict

      Amount second-largest ever in Kentucky

      By Brandon Ortiz

      A Lexington jury today hit Shane Ragland with a $63.3 million verdict for fatally shooting University of Kentucky football player Trent DiGiuro in 1994. The jury deliberated for less than an hour and punished Ragland with $60 million in punitive damages and $3.3 million for lost income and funeral expenses.

    • City to hear proposal to close Cheapside street

      By Beverly Fortune

      Merchants and property owners on Cheapside have asked the city to close the street during the summer and fall for a more pedestrian-friendly area around the old courthouse.

    LEXINGTON DEVELOPMENT STORIES

    • Master plan called failure

      By Beverly Fortune

      A $500,000 master plan for downtown Lexington was labeled a failure Tuesday for its lack of influence on the CentrePointe high-rise project.

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    PROPERTY TRANSFERS

    • Corrections

      The time for the Cheetah Girls concert at Rupp Arena was incorrect on Page A2 Tuesday. The concert will be at 4 p.m. Nov. 29. Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday through Ticketmaster, (859) 281-6644 or www.ticketmaster.com.

    STATE NEWS FROM THE HERALD-LEADER

    • Judge halts parole program

      By Bill Estep

      A circuit judge in southern Kentucky has temporarily barred the state from releasing some convicted felons from prison or parole supervision.
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    NEWS OBITUARIES

    • Jerry wexler: 1917-2008

      Famed record producer helped shape R&B music

      By Hillel Italie

      NEW YORK — Legendary record producer Jerry Wexler, who helped shape R&B music with influential recordings of Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles and other greats, and later made key recordings with the likes of Bob Dylan and Willie Nelson, has died, said his son, Paul. He was 91.

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