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Ohio utility accord cuts AEP rate increase request

Posted: 6:52 PM Ohio regulators on Wednesday approved a $300 million base-rate increase for American Electric Power to generate electricity, about half of what the Columbus-based company had asked for.

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GOP's Paul Ryan has a new plan for Medicare

Posted: 6:11 PM WASHINGTON (AP) - Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan says he has a new plan for Medicare. This time his co-author is Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon.

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NYC-paid investigators buy guns online across US

Posted: 6:09 PM NEW YORK (AP) - New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg says private investigators hired by the city found that most private gun sellers they approached online illegally agreed to sell weapons to buyers who said they couldn't pass background checks.

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TVA says fuel cost 3.1 percent lower in January

Posted: 6:07 PM KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A 3.1 percent decrease in the Tennessee Valley Authority's fuel cost will bring down average residential electric bills in January by between $2 and $4.

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New test for high schoolers sparks controversy

Posted: 11:10 PM It's a debate that's always controversial some education leaders in the Bluegrass say they're concerned about a new test that will appear in high school classrooms next spring. The test involves Biology, specifically evolution. And one superintendent is asking the state to reconsider.

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Pipeline protest held outside Boehner's OH office

Posted: 6:04 PM WEST CHESTER, Ohio (AP) - Protesters upset over U.S. House Speaker John Boehner's support for a proposed continental pipeline demonstrated outside his office in southwest Ohio.

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Strangers pay lunch bill for a special needs class

Posted: 11:16 PM "We were just in awe because usually when we go into the community, we're not accepted a lot. We get stared at and different things tend to happen. So it was such a blessing," adds Case.

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Newspaper to take case for records back to court

Posted: 5:31 PM A newspaper says it is asking a judge to hold officials with the Cabinet for Health and Family Services in contempt for redacting files related to child deaths before releasing them.

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Gambling foes ready for next round in casino fight

Posted: 5:29 PM Gov. Steve Beshear's inaugural day push for a constitutional amendment to allow more kinds of gambling in Kentucky has run into immediate opposition from conservative pastors who are promising a fight.

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Analysis: President Obama can't say it enough: Iraq war over

Posted: 5:01 PM WASHINGTON (AP) - Over and over, the Iraq war is over. President Barack Obama, who opposed the war all the way to the White House, can't remind people enough that he is the one ending the conflict and getting every last troop home.

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Middlesboro organization overcoming flood devastation

Updated: 1:00 AM Six months has passed since flooding tore through the area destroying many homes and businesses. Although many places are still rebuilding one organization is not letting their renovations stand in the way of spreading a little Christmas cheer.

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Time names 'The Protester' as 'Person of Year'

Posted: 11:27 PM The magazine cited dissent across the Middle East that has spread to Europe and the United States and says these protesters are reshaping global politics.

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