NEWS HEADLINES 12/31
STATE POLICE FROM THE MAYFIELD POST ARE INVESTIGATING THE DEATH OF BALLARD COUNTY JAIL INMATE, 21-YEAR OLD DESMOND DUNLOW OF LACENTER, WHO WAS FOUND ''UNRESPONSIVE'' IN HIS CELL EARLY THURSDAY AND PRONOUNCED DEAD AT LOURDES HOSPITAL IN PADUCAH ABOUT 3 A.M..
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THE LARGEST DEPLOYMENT OF COMBAT TROOPS FROM FT. KNOX SINCE WORLD WAR TWO CONTINUES AS MEMBERS OF THE 3RD BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM OF THE ''BIG RED ONE''--THE 1ST INFANTRY DIVISION--DEPART FOR AFGHANISTAN.
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MEANWHILE, WHEN THE FIRST RESIDENTS OCCUPY THE NEWEST VETERANS NURSING HOME IN KENTUCKY WHEN IT'S COMPLETED, THEY'LL BE CLOSE TO THOSE ACTIVE DUTY TROOPERS WITH THE 1ST INFANTRY DIVISION AT FORT KNOX.
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THE NUMBER OF U.S. MILITARY RESERVISTS AND NATIONAL GUARDSMEN ON ACTIVE DUTY CONTINUES TO DIMINISH.
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A MAN WANTED IN KENTUCKY WAS ARRESTED IN CLARKSVILLE WEDNESDAY AS PART OF AN INVESTIGATION WHICH LED TO THE LARGEST SINGLE DRUG BUST IN CLARKSVILLE HISTORY, WITH 29-YEAR OLD DAMEON FORD HELD ON A 175-THOUSAND DOLLAR BOND.
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FOR THE FIFTH CONSECUTIVE YEAR, THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY HAS BEEN NAMED ONE OF NORTH AMERICA'S TOP UTILITIES FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BY ''SITE SELECTION'' MAGAZINE.
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THE JACKPOT FOR THE NEW YEAR'S EVE ''MEGA MILLIONS'' LOTTERY GAME HAS INCREASED TO $242,000,000.
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