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Louisville earns tops seed in NCAA Tournament
The Louisville Cardinals have shown that they are comfortable being front-runners in their season-long quest to go farther than last year's Final Four ...
Ole Miss upsets No. 13 Florida 66-63 for SEC title
The Mississippi Rebels now have two very big items on their resume that nobody can take away. Murphy Holloway scored 23 points and Marshall Henderson ...
No. 4 Louisville wins Big East title
There was so much to reflect on just minutes after the last championship game of the Big East tournament as we know it. Louisville became just the ...
Syracuse, Georgetown set for 1 more Big East clash
Syracuse and Georgetown, one more heavyweight clash in Madison Square Garden. Two original Big East titans toe-to-toe on the New York stage.
Louisville beats Villanova to reach Big East semis
Russ Smith figured the best way he could honor Jack Curran on Thursday night was by leading Louisville to a win. Smith scored 28 points in a ...
McConnell seeks to capitalize on attacks on wife
It isn't Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell who comes out swinging in his first TV ad of his 2014 re-election campaign. It's his wife, former U.
Sen. McConnell to begin airing first TV, radio ads
U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell, facing a potential challenge from actress Ashley Judd and taking no chances even with his re-election more than 18 months ...
Georgetown has Big East coach, player of the year
John Thompson, the first of the Georgetown coaches with that name, was sitting on a raised area just feet from where John Thompson III was accepting ...
Notre Dame to join ACC next season
Goodbye Madison Square Garden, Georgetown and Villanova. Hello Greensboro Coliseum, North Carolina and Duke. A year from now, Notre Dame men's ...
Police: Smoke inhalation killed 7 in Ky. fire
An engaged couple and five children killed in a weekend house fire in southern Kentucky died from smoke inhalation, investigators said Tuesday as they ...
Money, funeral services given for Ky. fire victims
Under rainy skies on Monday, fire investigators sifted through the charred remains of a house where seven people died in a weekend fire, while offers ...
No. 8 Louisville beats No. 24 Notre Dame 73-57
Peyton Siva and Gorgui Dieng added another major achievement to their impressive legacy at Louisville. Siva and Dieng, who helped the Cardinals win ...
Big East completes football-basketball breakup
When the Big East divorce was complete, the basketball schools got the early separation they wanted, the name of the conference many of them founded ...
Struggling Kentucky set to host No. 11 Florida
Kentucky has been knocked on its heels again after two straight road losses, a major blow to the defending national champion's postseason hopes.
40 hikers rescued; were lost on Ky. mountain
More than three dozen Pennsylvania college students spending spring break in Kentucky on a mission trip were safe Friday after becoming lost for hours ...
Humana spends $323K on commuting costs for new CEO
Health insurer Humana Inc. spent about $323,000 last year letting incoming CEO Bruce Broussard use company aircraft to commute to work.
Kellie Pickler drummer among injured in Ky. crash
The drummer for country music star Kellie Pickler was in serious condition Sunday as one of five people hospitalized in two crashes that happened ...
Pair of Ky. highway crashes kills 6, injures 5
Kentucky State Police were investigating whether distracted driving caused a tractor-trailer to plow into an SUV carrying eight people on Saturday, ...
McConnell takes on group for criticizing wife
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell lambasted a liberal group on Saturday for criticizing the Asian heritage of his wife, former Labor Secretary ...
Resilient Ind. town moves ahead year after tornado
Shaan Singh is back in business running a newly rebuilt convenience store and sandwich shop. A once-wrecked elementary and high school complex is back ...
Top-ranked teams keep falling in crazy season
The top spot in The Associated Press Top 25 is the last place any team wants to be this season. When Indiana lost at Minnesota on Tuesday night, it ...
Counties cope as indigent burials increase
Kate Hopkins didn't know the man in the casket, never met him or his family. Yet, Hopkins stood watch over 48-year-old Francisco Carmona's funeral on ...
No. 10 Louisville downs Seton Hall 79-61
Gorgui Dieng scored a career-high 23 points to help No. 10 Louisville pull away from Seton Hall for a 79-61 victory on Saturday. Dieng, a 6-foot-10 ...