What do the Lincoln Bedroom, your tax dollars and your potential retirement savings have to do with each other? If you’re part of the Kentucky Retirement Systems, you may want to find out. [Page One]

On Saturday, December 4, Jefferson Memorial Forest will host a holiday open house at the welcome center. 10:00 A.M. to 3:00 P.M. Complete with free hot chocolate, cider and cookies. Need a cheap (free) escape for your kids? Here’s your chance. [Jefferson Memorial Forest]

Going-through-the-motions regulation is not enough for strip mining in Kentucky. Ignoring environmental impact is as ignorant as anything we can imagine. [H-L]

Dining Out For Life takes place today. So. Go dine out. For life. [Dine Out For Life]

Haha, so, funny story… a bridge across the Ohio River is getting built on time and under budget. But not in Louisville. [FOX 41]

What the heck is going on in Portland? What’s with this kid getting killed just weeks after his grandfather was arrested for murder? [WAVE3]

We still can’t get over this story of an Elizabethtown high school student dying after being hit by a classmate’s car. [WHAS11 Video]

Steve Beshear wants 81 of his political appointees to keep their high-paying jobs. These folks make $70,000 or $80,000 a year. And many of them just cold sit on their hands “advising” the governor. Clearly, not all of them can lose their jobs. But in these times of economic turmoil, shouldn’t a good deal of them have to look for work elsewhere? [John Cheves]

The East End super-elite who want claim to love parks but want to destroy the Waterfront? Remember those guys? They have some fancy new “study.” Thankfully, at least one publication in town realizes what it’s good for. Do you know what LEO does in that other hand? [LEO Weekly]