Associated Press

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - A judge has been appointed to Kentucky's longest-running death row case after an Associated Press inquiry into why it had been pending 16 months without a judge.

GEORGETOWN, Ky. - Kentucky State Police have released the name of a deputy who fatally shot a suspect after he pointed a gun at officers.

BURKESVILLE, Ky. - A southern Kentucky coroner says a toddler has been accidentally shot and killed by her 5-year-old brother, who was playing with a rifle he received as a gift.

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) _ Pressure is beginning to mount to call lawmakers back to Frankfort this year for a special legislative session on political redistricting.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - Three-time Kentucky Derby winner Calvin Borel has been elected to the National Museum of Racing's Hall of Fame.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The Kentucky Supreme Court has ordered state child welfare officials to publicly release records of child abuse cases resulting in death or serious injury.

The court released the 3-3 vote Thursday in a brief order on whether to halt a lower-court decision ordering the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to open the cases. The tie vote let the lower court's decision stand.

WASHINGTON - U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell and U.S. Rep. Hal Rogers are praising the Food and Drug Administration's decision requiring generic versions of OxyContin to be tamper-resistant.

FRANKFORT, Ky. - The Federal Bureau of Prisons is moving forward with plans to build a prison in Kentucky, commissioning an environmental impact study on two potential sites in the southeastern part of the state
 
U.S. Rep. Hal Rogers said Monday that both locations are in Letcher County. One site is 584 acres in Roxana and the other 753 acres in Payne Gap.
 
The plan to build a federal prison in Kentucky has been in the works since 2006, when when Rogers secured $5 million in Congress to begin the planning process.  
 

ATLANTA - Rick Pitino capped the greatest week of his life with the prize he wanted most of all.

Luke Hancock produced another huge game off the bench, scoring 22 points, and Pitino became the first coach to win national titles at two schools when relentless Louisville rallied from another 12-point deficit to beat Michigan 82-76 in the NCAA championship game Monday night.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Federal mining regulators say 2012 had the lowest injury and fatality rates on record.

The Mine Safety and Health Administration says the number of U.S. mines fell by about 120 last year, but the number of miners working was actually up by about 6,500.

In all, MSHA says 35 miners died on the job in 2012, tying the record low set in 2009.

Nineteen deaths occurred at coal mines, the second-lowest number ever.