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  1. Cheaper, time-saving alternatives to East-End tunnel dismissed

    Building an overland roadway — rather than a tunnel — through a historic Jefferson County property en route to a new East End bridge would save more than $200 million. Another approach would save about $82 million. But a recent environmental analysis dismissed those cheaper options. Also see: Document outlining construction options, links to previous stories, and Facebook discussion.

  2. Comic Steve Hofstetter knows how to handle hecklers (w/video)

    For comedians, hecklers are kind of an occupational hazard — but also sometimes a rite of passage. New York-based comic Steve Hofstetter (who calls Louisville his adopted home city) got more than he bargained for when he dealt with a particularly aggressive heckler recently at a Long Island comedy club he owns.

    • May 31, 2012
  3. Cards and Cats head to NCAA baseball regionals

    What's in store for the University of Kentucky and University of Louisville baseball teams as they head into the NCAA tournament? Kyle Tucker (@kyletucker_cj) looks at what the Wildcats are up against with Kent State in Gary, Indiana. Louisville heads to Tucson, Arizona, to play New Mexico State, and Jody Demling (@jdemling) outlines what the Cards will face.

  4. Unsolved murder leaves family searching for answers year after slaying

    Kevin Bell hasn't slept peacefully in a year. The image of his brother, shot dead in his house with the front door wide open, the fear for his family's safety and a possible reprisal, the thought that whoever brought this on the Bell family is still loose. These are what have been keeping Bell awake since May 31, 2011.

  5. Album review | Tim Krekel, 'Sings Up the Sun'

    The late Louisville musician's “Sings Up the Sun” will be released Saturday, and is being celebrated with a radio performance at noon today on “Live Lunch” on WFPK (91.9-FM), and a full-blown concert Saturday at the Rudyard Kipling, one of Krekel’s favorite haunts.

    • May 31, 2012
  6. The sunroom showcases wall-to-wall windows, the sofa with cream cushions and pillows, black-and-white checkered floors, an accent chair with stool and an Oriental-style coffee table. PHOTOS BY Scott Utterback/The Courier-Journal

    Highlands home is taken to new heights

    Lisa and Keith Morley love the Highlands, so when the Roseheights historic home came on the market, they grabbed the opportunity to purchase this treasure. With a lot of hard work and creative vision, this home has a new life and tons of charm.

    • May 31, 2012
  7. The Reuben burger Photos by Michael Clevenger/The Courier-Journal

    Dining review | Bud's Tavern Good Food & Barbecue

    When you find a true bar and grill — a place that’s clean and well lighted, a place where the staff and customers are as friendly as can be, a place where the beer is cold and cheap, and a place where the food is fresh, affordable, varied and attractively presented — then you’ve found yourself a genuine American gem.

    • May 31, 2012
  8. Late Louisville musician Tim Krekel's friends and family finish album left in limbo

    In 2008, well before he knew about the cancer that would ultimately take his life, Tim Krekel convened in a Nashville studio to make a record with some old friends. More than friends, really. He considered them family.

    • May 31, 2012
  9. This film image released by Universal Pictures shows actress Charlize Theron in a scene from 'Snow White and the Huntsman.' (AP Photo/Universal Pictures, Alex Bailey) AP

    Classic Grimm fairy tale Snow White gets high-octane approach

    Despite many casualties, the charging “Snow White and the Huntsman” army was determined to storm the castle of the evil Queen Ravenna, who not only can suck the beauty out of young women but also transmogrify into a murder of crows.

    • May 31, 2012
  10. The Beatles — Ringo Starr, John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison — dressed the part for Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.

    Tracks | A salute to Sgt. Pepper

    'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band' turns 45 tomorrow, and for many it remains the defining album of The Beatles' career and of an era. Era, definitely. But career?

    • May 31, 2012
  11. The Winehouse house AP

    The Buzz | The Bieb on TV

    The Justin Bieber celebrity train isn't slowing down. The pop singer's new album comes out June 15, and one week later, he's set to star in his first prime-time network TV special: 'Justin Bieber: All Around the World' on NBC.

    • May 31, 2012
  12. Michael Paley, shown in the kitchen at Proof on Main, has been a star on the Louisville dining scene. File photo

    Louisville Restaurant News | Chef Michael Paley is moving to Cincy's 21c

    Proof on Main chef Michael Paley will move to Cincinnati this fall to head up the restaurant at the 21c under construction there.

    • May 31, 2012
  13. Steve Hofstetter courtesy of Steve Hofstetter

    Comic Steve Hofstetter knows how to handle hecklers

    New York-based comic Steve Hofstetter (who calls Louisville his adopted home city) got more than he bargained for when he dealt with a particularly aggressive heckler recently at a Long Island comedy club he owns.

    • May 31, 2012
  14. Drew Cash and Betsy Huggins in Theatre 502's produciton of Jordan Harrison's 'Futura.'

    Best Bets | Theatre [502] season

    Last year, Theatre [502] marked its inaugural season with acclaim but also by staging productions in somewhat nontraditional venues — the Land of Tomorrow art gallery, Flanagan's Ale House and the Parkside Studio in the Iroquois Amphitheater.

    • May 31, 2012
  15. A painting by Adam Horton.

    Best Bets | Nature meets industry in painter's works

    While tonight's First Friday Trolley Hop presents an array of art in gallery exhibits downtown, on Saturday Revelry Boutique-Gallery, 980 Barret Ave., is welcoming visitors between 7 and 10 p.m. for the opening of a new show called 'Elements of Nature.'

    • May 31, 2012
  16. 'The Exorcist'

    Best Bets | Reel classics

    Cinemark, the Steven Spielberg of movie theater chains, will be showing eight digitally restored classic films from the Warner Bros. catalog for the next eight Wednesdays, so cancel those plans to see 'Battleship.' You'll thank me later.

    • May 31, 2012
  17. Voces Novae File photo

    Best Bets | Tales of wonder

    Voces Novae, the semi-professional choral ensemble, finishes its season with a concert of songs devoted to the telling of tall tales, fairy tales, nursery rhymes and stories about gypsies at 3 p.m. Sunday.

    • May 31, 2012
  18. Patrick Wensink

    Best Bets | Patrick Wensink celebrates book

    Patrick Wensink had me at Lothario Speedwagon, the name of the band in which the protagonist of his new book, 'Broken Piano for President,' more or less sings.

    • May 31, 2012
  19. Album review | Tim Krekel, 'Sings Up the Sun'

    Listening to old Tim Krekel albums never makes me sad. They bring back too many fine memories of late nights, friends and Krekel's easy smile as he leaned into another song. His music is far too alive to think of him as being dead.

    • May 31, 2012
  20. Album review | Regina Spektor, 'What We Saw From the Cheap Seats'

    “The piano is not firewood yet,” Regina Spektor declares not long into her new album, and indeed it’s hard to imagine this New York City songstress running out of better applications for her instrument anytime soon.

    • May 31, 2012
  21. Album review | Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeroes, 'Here'

    Everything you might find slightly askew or vaguely wrong about Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes can be traced to singer Alex Ebert's recovery from a chemical addiction that had derailed his life.

    • May 31, 2012
  22. Kristen Stewart stars in the 'Snow White' remake.

    Movie review | Snow White and The Huntsman

    The Grimm fairy tale returns to its gray and gory origins in 'Snow White and the Huntsman,' the second 'Snow White' remake of 2012.

    • May 31, 2012
  23. Andy Garcia and Eva Longoria in 'For Greater Glory' MCT

    Movie review | For Greater Glory

    Give this to the mostly gripping, old-school historical epic “For Greater Glory”: The movie will have viewers looking up the history of the Mexican Revolution. Once you do, you’ll encounter a whole cast of interesting characters — and not only Porfirio Diaz, Emiliano Zapata and Pancho Villa.

    • May 31, 2012
  24. Christopher Denham and Nicole Vicius star in 'Sound of My Voice.' AP

    Movie review | Sound of My Voice

    'Sound of My Voice' is creepy, confounding and more than a little curious. It's also quietly compelling.

    • May 31, 2012
  25. Emilien Neron, left, and Sophie Nelisse are part of a strong cast of children. Gannett

    Movie review | Monsieur Lazhar

    Among the many gifts that arrive by way of 'Monsieur Lazhar' is an introduction to Mohamed Fellag, a well-known actor in Algeria making his North American breakout cinematic performance here.

    • May 31, 2012
  26. Brandon Routh as Joe Logan in 'Crooked Arrows.'

    Movie review | Crooked Arrows

    It’s billed as the first movie about lacrosse, the country’s fastest growing sport and also the continent’s oldest, played by the six nations of the Iroquois confederacy going back a thousand years.

    • May 31, 2012
  27. MARC MURPHY, COURIER-JOURNAL CONTRIBUTING CARTOONIST

    Marc Murphy | Executions in Syria

    Marc Murphy | Executions in Syria

    • May 31, 2012
  28. Editorial | Support Crusade, kids with your donations

    Though Kentuckiana often tops national lists for reasons we may not be proud of, we do beat the rest of the country with one amazing thing: the annual WHAS Crusade for Children, the most successful local telethon in America.

    • May 31, 2012
  29. President Barack Obama awards the Medal of Freedom to former basketball coach Pat Summitt during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is the nation's highest civilian honor. It's presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the national interests of the United States, to world peace or to other significant endeavors. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) AP

    Editorial | Pat Summitt, at the USA's peak

    She shoots, she scores — a Medal of Freedom. Former Tennessee women's basketball coach Pat Summitt was awarded the nation's highest civilian honor from President Barack Obama on Tuesday.

    • May 31, 2012
  30. Reader Letters | McConnell 'untruths'

    On March 23, Sen. Mitch McConnell threw down the gauntlet about the Affordable Care Act in his Courier-Journal op-ed piece. This article appeared at the time the Supreme Court was debating the specifics of ACA, and his op-ed contained numerous distortions and inaccuracies.

    • May 31, 2012
  31. SCOTT COFFMAN, COURIER-JOURNAL CONTRIBUTING CARTONIST

    Scott Coffman | 'Doc' Watson

    Scott Coffman | ‘Doc’ Watson

    • May 31, 2012
  32. Sen. Mitch McConnell notes that 'not a single one of the Fortune 100 companies has contributed a cent' to any of the eight super PACS. AP

    George Will | 'Reformers' push to ration free speech

    Montana uses an interesting argument to justify defiance of a Supreme Court decision: Because the state is particularly prone to political corruption, it should be trusted to constrict First Amendment protections of political speech.

    • May 31, 2012
  33. Matt Miller | Romney vs. teachers unions: the inconvenient truth

    Now that he’s clinched the GOP presidential nomination, Mitt Romney has discovered we face a “national education emergency,” and that emergency has a villain. Romney is taking aim at teachers unions, charging that President Barack Obama is “unable to stand up to union bosses.”

    • May 31, 2012
  34. Musical artists such as Maroon 5, with singer/frontman Adam Levine, are helping Rock the Vote again in the election cycle. AP

    Young will overcome to be force in election

    Young people aren't going to show up in November. They're not motivated. They're not going to make a difference this time. What makes those statements so troubling is not only how cynical they are, but also how patronizing they are to the next generation of Americans eager to shape their country’s future.

    • May 31, 2012
  35. Eliza Gilkyson

    Ask The Incredible Inman | 'The Finder' of song titles

    Dear David Inman: On the May 11 episode of 'The Finder,' there was a song played that included the lyrics 'how did it come to this.' Performer and title, please?

    • May 31, 2012
  36. Calendar | Where to go

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  37. Calendar | Family fun

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  38. Calendar | Theater

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  39. Red HotChili Peppers AP

    Calendar | Concerts

    • May 31, 2012
  40. Calendar | Dining

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  41. Highlands home is taken to new heights

    Lisa and Keith Morley love the Highlands, so when the Roseheights historic home came on the market, they grabbed the opportunity to purchase this treasure. With a lot of hard work and creative vision, this home has a new life and tons of charm.

    • May 31, 2012
  42. JCPS may alter student assignment plan

    For the third time in four years, officials with Jefferson County Public Schools are proposing a major overhaul of the district's controversial student-assignment plan, saying the changes would further reduce the time some students spend on buses.

    • May 31, 2012
  43. New Orleans Hornets likely to pick Kentucky's Anthony Davis

    The New Orleans Hornets, recently sold by the NBA to Saints owner Tom Benson, won the NBA's draft lottery Wednesday night and the No. 1 pick overall — which they almost certainly will use to pick NCAA champion Kentucky's Davis.

    • May 31, 2012

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