Killer comfort: two death-row inmates force a moratorium on capital punishment.
ABOUT 7 o'clock on the morning of April 9, 1990, Tina Earley was dropping off her husband, Edward, at a dry-cleaning business they owned in Lexington, Ky., when a car driven by Thomas Clyde Bowling slammed into her vehicle. For reasons that remain unclear, Bowling jumped out of his...

Money could help keep racial balance.
Byline: Clive McFarlane COLUMN: CLIVE MCFARLANE Some are worried that Worcester will run into trouble over its racial integration program for its public schools. Ten schools are currently outside the enrollment range, created by a mathematical formula that sets the minority student enrollment...

Screening efforts target Delta States.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Of the 999 people who underwent free biometric screening for diabetes at Wal-Marts in five small towns between late September of 2007 and early March of 2008, many were found to be at high risk for the disease. In fact, 78% of the...

Parkinson's patch recall poses problems for some.
The recent recall of the rotigotine patch used to treat early Parkinson's disease has been difficult for some patients, according to Dr. Irene Litvan, director of the movement disorder program at the University of Louisville (Ky.). Although she knows of some practices in which the transdermal formulation...

Race tilts schools' balance; De-isolation rules stymie Worcester.
Byline: Jacqueline Reis WORCESTER - Nine years ago, the School Department was trying to figure out how to bring more white students into Worcester Arts Magnet School, which was only 38 percent white. The School Committee split a nearby housing complex, Lincoln Village, among three...

Walgreens Completes Purchase of CuraScript Infusion Pharmacy.
HEALTH AND BEAUTY CLOSE-UP-3 July 2008-Walgreens Completes Purchase of CuraScript Infusion Pharmacy(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Walgreen Co., through its subsidiary Option Care Enterprises, has completed its acquisition of CuraScript Infusion Pharmacy, a subsidiary of Express Scripts CuraScript Infusion Pharmacy is a provider of infusion...

Kroger and The Little Clinic to Offer Healthcare Centers Inside Stores.
FOOD AND BEVERAGE CLOSE-UP-29 May 2008-Kroger and The Little Clinic to Offer Healthcare Centers Inside Stores(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com The Kroger Co. and The Little Clinic announced a partnership aimed at bringing walk-in medical clinics and consumer health solutions to stores across the country. ...

First-timers to the top usually don't linger.
Byline: The Associated Press Tennessee fans really shouldn't have been shocked that the Volunteers are expected to have a short stay after moving to No. 1 in The Associated Press' college basketball poll for the first time. The last five teams to enjoy a No....

4RIVERS BIOENERGY TO ACQUIRE MIDWEST RENEWABLE ENERGY.
4Rivers BioEnergy Inc. (OTCBB: FRBE), Calvert City, Ky, has reached a preliminary agreement under a letter of intent to acquire the existing business and assets of Midwest Renewable Energy LLC ("MRE") together with the Phase II expansion project at the site in Sutherland, Nebraska. Gary Hudson, president...

Preliminaries Over, the Nation Begins to Look to November.
Pro-abortion Sen. Hillary Clinton quasi-exited from the presidential contest with all the lack of grace that we've come to expect from the Clintons. (Technically, she "suspended" her campaign.) There will be more books written about the amazing presidential contests in the Republican and Democratic primaries than the...