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Will Chris Thieneman get to stay on the ballot this year or won’t he? A judge is supposed to rule on the matter of where he pretends to live today. [WDRB]

Global business leaders have been warned of a “carbon bubble” that will pop as nations accelerate their move into renewable energy and send the value of coal miners and other fossil fuel industries tumbling. Overnight Tuesday, Scotland set a goal of meeting half its electricity demand from renewable sources by 2015, up from 35 per cent last year. It aims to get all its power from clean sources by 2020. [The Age]

Donna Hargens went on the teevee to talk about how horribly Jefferson County Public Schools performed. [WHAS11]

Unfortunately for the spinsters, you can look through the awful scores for yourself on the internets. [WFPL]

Churchill Downs Inc. announced Thursday the official launch of its new online gambling platform, Luckity.com. [H-L]

A shelter in place order has been lifted a day after cleanup of a derailed train in southwest Jefferson County took an explosive turn. The evacuation order for the 1.2 mile radius and community of West Point continues. [WLKY]

A $5,000 grant from the LG&E/KY Plant for the Planet Program will be used to replace trees at Waterfront Park. [C-J/AKN]

Passport Health Plan has filed a formal protest with the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services related to contracts awarded to other Medicaid managed-care organizations. [Business First]

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In a surprise announcement, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg said Thursday that Hurricane Sandy had reshaped his thinking about the presidential campaign and that as a result he was endorsing President Obama. [NY Times]

Things aren’t looking so great for Katie King now that the teevee people have pointed out (this isn’t new, just the first time it’s been on teevee) that she skipped out on nine weeks of work. [WAVE3]

It is a hospital’s nightmare: The power goes out and backup generators don’t kick in, leaving critically ill patients without the mechanical help they need to breathe. [ProPublica]