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It was a game many predicted would be over before it even started. As it turns out, it only took a quarter before things were decided. To be precise, it took a field goal, two touchdown runs by Florida quarterback Tim Tebow, a blocked punt recovered in the end zone, and a 44-yard spiral down [...]

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[SLIDESHOW] UK vs. Florida live blog

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The Cats take on the No. 1 Gators at 6 p.m. Saturday, with plenty of questions in the balance. Is Tim Tebow 100 percent healthy? Will the rain play a factor? Follow beat writer Ben Jones and columnist Kenny Colston below as they provide commentary and updates through the game, broadcast on ESPN 2. UK [...]

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What Derrick Locke starts, Derrick Locke finishes. UK’s speedy junior tailback set the tone for the Cats in Saturday’s 31-27 win over archrival Louisville on Saturday at Commonwealth Stadium. From his 100-yard kickoff return to his special teams fumble to a go-ahead touchdown in the fourth quarter, the Cats went as Locke did. “I can [...]

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“Downtown Lexington is now your dance floor” were the first words on the instructions participants received as they arrived at Bike Prom on Saturday evening. Prom participants were asked to start at the Living Arts and Science Center on North Martin Luther King Boulevard for a race around downtown Lexington. Each participant was given a [...]

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[SLIDESHOW] UK ROTC honors 9/11 victims

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While 2,974 American flags waved in the slight breeze Friday in front of the Main Building, 2,974 names were read in honor of the victims who lost their lives Sept. 11, 2001. The Pershing Rifles, a group of cadets in the Army and Air Force ROTC, began the commemoration at 9 a.m. and read the [...]

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[SLIDESHOW] Cadets dive into training

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By Roy York A figure in dripping fatigues shuffles toward the edge of the diving platform 30 feet above the water. A wool cap pulled low over his eyes turns clear morning to midnight, and the cadet is expected to take one giant blindfolded step into nothingness with only a seven-pound rifle to hold. Adrenaline [...]

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[VIDEO & SLIDESHOW] Buster’s opens with a bang

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The lost dog has found it’s home on Manchester Street. Buster’s Billiards & Backroom celebrated its grand reopening Friday night with a concert featuring Lexington’s Chico Fellini, These United States and Louisville’s Wax Fang. Buster’s was originally located on the downtown block razed to make room for the CentrePoint project. When the previous owner could [...]

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By Robert Baker When a bell rang at UK Coldstream Research Park on Saturday morning, firefighters started running, but not to put out a fire. Almost 150 Lexington Fire Department members and civilians began the 4.03 mile “Run to Remember” during the second annual Week of Giving to honor the 403 New York City firefighters [...]

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CINCINNATI — The offense is cured! At least that’s what it looked like, right? Junior quarterback Mike Hartline zipped passes all over the field, limiting mistakes and the helped the Cats hang 42 points on Miami of Ohio. Sophomore wide receiver Randall Cobb scored a rushing and receiving touchdown.  Junior wide receiver Chris Matthews went [...]

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By Garrett Wymer A world record was broken as a rainbow of balloons flew over the Johnson Center Fields late Friday night. Officially, 3,902 participants took part in the World’s Largest Water Balloon Fight, sponsored by the UK Christian Student Fellowship. In six minutes, 119,411 balloons were thrown, more than five times the seating capacity [...]

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