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Red Nose Day returns to NBC for fifth year with a special night of programming

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NEW YORK (NBC Universal | Dec. 13, 2018) – Today it was announced that Red Nose Day, the national fundraising campaign to end child poverty, will return to NBC in 2019 with a night of special primetime programming on Thursday, May 23. Leading up to the star-studded night of programming, celebrations for Red Nose Day engage millions of Americans across the country. The campaign’s iconic Red Noses will once again be available…
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Kentucky Supreme Court rules Senate Bill 151 constitutionally invalid

Kentucky's "Pension Bill" ruled invalid because it did not comply with a state requirement that bills be read three times.
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FRANKFORT, Ky. – In a decision rendered Thursday, the Kentucky Supreme Court declared a state pension reform bill, Senate Bill 151, constitutionally invalid because it did not comply with a state requirement that bills be read three times. The bill started out as an 11-page wastewater bill and was passed during the 2018 legislative session. The original form of the…
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Woman arrested, charged after baby found dead in trash bag

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Warning: some of these details may be disturbing to some viewers. MANCHESTER, Ky. – An arrest has been made in connection to an infant found dead in a trash bag. Kentucky State Police say Amber Bowling, 21, was taken into custody yesterday afternoon. According to the coroner, the autopsy of the baby showed that it died from injuries related to blunt…
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Throwback Thursday – Riley’s Bakery

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BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Tea cookies. Blondie brownies. Cream horns. Hungarian coffee cakes. These are a just few of the favorites from Bowling Green’s oldest local bakery. This week we’re taking in 75 years of history at Riley’s bakery on the bypass. In 1922, a young William Riley graduated from Berea College with a baking degree. He took baking jobs…
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Recall on certain lots of 9 Lives cat food

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(NBC NEWS) There’s another pet food recall to warn consumers about. This time it involves certain types of 9 Lives cat food. According to the Food and Drug Administration, some specific lots of 9 Lives canned cat food may have low levels of thiamine, or Vitamin B-1. The items being recalled are 9 Lives Protein Plus with tuna and chicken,…

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