These heathen legislators should be ashamed! Trying to force sex ed on our unassuming children. What’s next, marrying our pets? [Joe Gerth]
The Jefferson County Republican Party’s Lincoln Day Dinner will be held on February 19. [Press Release]
Six Flags is closing Kentucky Kingdom. This isn’t exactly, you know, great news for the city. [...]

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Prevent identity theft and get your crap shredded in Louisville. [C-J]
Looking for flu myths and facts? Get them straight from the gubmint. [Flu dot Gov]
The Obama administration hosted the Clean Energy Economy Forum with business leaders yesterday. Dozens, if not hundreds, of businesses and groups were represented at the forum. [...]

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Sun’s out, so the holiday must be over. We’ll skip all the Sarah Palin news (though we recommend Maureen Dowd’s column), the Steve McNair story that’s just beginning, and your need to know details of Michael Jackson’s memorial service, and tell you what’s going on around here.
Mayor’s List:  There’s more speculation on the list of [...]

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Leaping from his Pew: Guess who got the attention of the New York Times writer in town to make fun of, I mean, cover the Open Carry celebration at New Bethel Church? “Doug Hawkins…leapt from his pew to address the other congregants.” Everybody seemed to be worried about something coming that would take away their [...]

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How to Spend the Hot, Hot Weekend. Our suggestions:
Learn About the Loop — The Parks Department is hosting a public event for residents to learn about the proposed Louisville Loop. It’s from 10-1 Saturday at the Farnsley-Moreman Landing. Ride your bike. [Metro]
Cheap Beer — Is it enough to get you back to the track for [...]

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Who’ll Stop the Gun Show? According to a piece on the front page of today’s New York Times, the insurance company covering New Bethel Church smartly canceled the church’s policy for Saturday, and Pagano said if the insurance is not replaced, people won’t be allowed to openly carry their guns. He did get the quote [...]

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Yea, it’s hot. Hope this helps get you through the day.
Fire Away: Good for Cary Stemle, who got another TIME byline on the New Bethel Church Open Carry controversy. It’s Saturday, by the way. Paston Ken Pagano has done tons of interviews, but turned down ABC’s request to cover the event because he thinks the [...]

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Kicking a Dead Horse: At the special session, they killed David Williams’ plan to boost racing purses, as they should have. Julian Carroll told WHAS Radio he thinks maybe only Churchill and Keeneland will survive, and both of those tracks are hurting. [WHAS]
“Failed to Condemn Homosexuality”: That’s basically what got a Texas church booted from [...]

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D-T-V: If you’ve been watching TV news, you probably expected the slew of stories about the 2% of Louisville households not ready for DTV. But WHAS has been having its managers staff a phone line since Friday that won’t stop ringing. Even Mark Pimentel is putting hours in telling people how to set their boxes.
Slots [...]

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Good Morning! We have a busy day ahead. Josh is graduating with 478 classmates from Manual High School at a ceremony at Broadbent Arena at Noon. The C-J has a great section for looking him up, or anyone else graduating from a local high school. So pardon us if things are a little slow here [...]

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