November 12, 2009 – 5:29 pm
Donald Giles, a 41-year-old Louisville man with an IQ of 61, will stand trial for the 2003 slaying and robbery of Charles Goodlett, a Fairdale resident, and could — if the jury accepts the judge’s outlying interpretation of a Kentucky law that prohibits the execution of felons with an IQ below 70 — face the [...]
November 12, 2009 – 2:28 pm
Seriously: News chopper pilot Bill DeReamer was struck in the eye by one of those really cool high-intensity laser-things that you normally bring to music concerts or Shia LeBeouf movies. It is a serious offense, because DeReamer could have crashed into the swine-flu vaccine-getting crowd that he was covering, far below at Papa John’s Cardinal Stadium. So whoever did this is in [...]
November 12, 2009 – 1:55 pm
A question that every Louisville resident asks themselves at least once is, “Can I really take a dip in the Ohio without turning into a mutant/contracting tetanus/dying?” If you’ve got your shots and own a kevlar wetsuit, then the answer is probably “go for it.” However, The C-J’s James Bruggers would like to inform you [...]
November 11, 2009 – 6:52 pm
Oh Jesus: it’s really come down to this, hasn’t it? I mean, it’s one thing to be named the most perverted city in the country, quite another to be labeled as one of the dumbest, too… but telling us that we are among the saddest bastards in this nation? Pass the shotgun shells, please, and [...]
November 11, 2009 – 6:04 pm
As the recession continues without a real, job-filled end in sight, here is some interesting news about that other victim of the profit-motive, the newspaper industry. Specifically, the case of The Washington Times, a newspaper owned by the church of Rev. Sun Myung Moon, which is insane in its own right. In fact, every facet [...]
November 11, 2009 – 12:29 pm
Indicted: Former state lawmaker Steve Nunn was indicted yesterday on a murder charge in connection with the death of ex-fiancee Amanda Ross, who was shot to death outside her Lexington townhouse on Sept. 11. The Fayette County grand jury also charged Nunn with violating a protective order, which is considered an aggravating circumstance, making him eligible [...]
November 10, 2009 – 5:22 pm
Recently, we informed you that WLKY ran a story about how Louisville is the number-one city in these United States for dirtiest internet keyword searches: Because this information is useful. Now we are proud to report that we’ve managed to dodge another auspicious title, this time being the county with the second-most reported swine flu [...]
November 9, 2009 – 2:03 pm
While it is very fun — and popular — to regard the folks of People for Ethical Treatment of Animals as a kind of Scientology-esque performance art cult, let’s keep in mind that their hearts are in the right place. I mean, who doesn’t love furry, cuddly, adorable animals? And boobs? We can’t say as [...]
November 6, 2009 – 12:01 pm
Let the voters decide: A Republican state lawmaker has pre-filed a bill that proposes letting Kentucky voters consider a constitutional amendment to legalize slots. Under Georgetown Sen. Damon Thayer’s proposal, the referendum — if approved — would allocate at least $100 million of slots revenue to the state’s struggling horse industry. At this point, however, [...]
November 4, 2009 – 5:12 pm
A little over a week ago, the University of Kentucky and Alliance Coal announced plans to name a new men’s basketball dormitory after a dirty, planet- and culture-killing fossil fuel known as “coal,” sparking campus protests that have elicited virtually no response from the university’s board of trustees and its figurehead, UK President Lee Todd, despite [...]
