Four accused of charging hundreds of dollars in fuel on company's credit card
      Three men and one woman have been charged with fraudulently using a credit card to buy hundreds of dollar' worth of diesel fuel in the name of a Letcher County laboratory which specializes in coal sampling. One of the four, 24-year-old Jesse Grover Burke Jr.
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Woman airlifted to Tenn. hospital after wreck here
      A Hindman woman was airlifted to a Kingsport, Tenn., hospital for treatment of injuries she suffered Monday morning in a one-vehicle accident on the Whitesburg bypass.
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Military deaths at 3,691 in Iraq
The Associated Press
      As of Monday, Aug. 13, 2007, at least 3,691 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes seven military civilians. At least 3,030 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.
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Company rewards employees
      TOP PRIZE - Sapphire Coal Company miner Craig Abbinanti (center) posed with company president John L. Cline Jr. (left) and United Coal president and CEO Mike Zervos (right) at Isom Saturday after Abbinanti won this new Harley-Davidson motorcycle that was given away as a door prize as part of Sapphire Coal's employee appreciation day.
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Talks on energy tax incentive plan progressing, leaders say
By JOE BIESK Associated Press Writer
      FRANKFORT Legislative leaders, on the day they had once intended to convene the General Assembly in a special session on the matter, instead began closed-doors talks late Monday aimed at luring a coal gasification plant to Kentucky.
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Blood Center has shortage
      Officials at the Kentucky Blood Center in Lexington, a nonprofit organization serving 62 Kentucky counties, report that the blood supply at the center has reached emergency status. Hospitals have enough blood to meet current patients needs, but supplies at the blood center have dwindled and will worsen without a rise in blood donations.
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Beshear appears at campaign event held here
By WILLIAM FARLEY
      A large crowd of Letcher County Democrats were in Whitesburg last week to show their support for the Beshear/ Mongiardo ticket in this fall's gubernatorial race.
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Rescuers moving to back of mine
By PAUL FOY Associated Press Writer
      HUNTINGTON, Utah With the drilling of another hole, the search for six missing miners moved Tuesday toward the back of a mine where officials hoped the men sought refuge in search of an air pocket.
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