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For Louisvillians, the top domestic travel destination next year should be Fairbanks, Alaska, says Lonely Planet, the big travel guide publisher.For everyone else, go to Louisville.Lonely Planet cites the food and drink on NuLu, the shopping on Bardstown Road and the gobs and gobs of available bourbon in putting Louisville atop its 2013 list of top U.S. travel destinations. "Could it be that the new Portland is in... Kentucky?" the travel guide asks.Lonely Planet adds:Bourbon reigns in Louisville. This is the traditional jump-off for the Bourbon Trail; with bourbon’s current wave of popularity, new upstart microdistilleries, including some in and around Louisville like the small-batch Angel’s Envy, are giving the old names in bourbon a run for their money. "Our 2013 picks are literally all over the map: once-in-a-lifetime northern lights, new top-tier museums, moose trails, Polynesian paradise and barrels of bourbon." said Lonely Planet's U.S. Travel Editor Robert Reid in a statement announcing Louisville's selection.Lots of Bourbon, which is true.1. Louisville2. Fairbanks, Alaska3. San Juan Islands, Wash.4. Philadelphia, Pa.5. American Samoa6. Eastern Sierra, Calif.7. Northern Maine8. Twin Cities, Minnesota9. Verde Valley, Ariz.10. Glacier National Park, Mont.In the statement, Reid said these are places people should "add to their wish lists" once the new year hits.About Fairbanks. Why, no, Lonely Planet, we haven't seen the aurora borealis. A pub paddle? That sounds great. But getting there is not cheap.

Beck is back in the limelight with a fantastic slew of upcoming records. Kind of. His newest concept is called the Beck Record Club, where he is to jump…

Take one part Ra Ra Riot and one part Vampire Weekend, and apparently you get Discovery, the new project from lead man Wes Miles from Riot and the…

Democrat Gary Clemons, a U.S. Army veteran and president of United Steelworkers Local 1693, won the vacant southwest Louisville Senate seat.

by Stephanie CrosbyThe Kentucky Department of Education is submitting the state’s new application for federal Race to the Top dollars today. A new aspect…

In college football, the Louisville Cardinals overcame a 17-12 halftime deficit to defeat Southern Mississippi Saturday night in a rain-soaked game in Hattiesburg. U of L running back Senorise Perry scored the go-ahead touchdown late in the fourth quarter and the Cards held off a final Southern Miss scoring drive to improve to 5-0 on the season. The Golden Eagles fell to 0-4. U of L has next weekend off before returning to action the following Saturday at Pittsburgh. In Lexington, the Kentucky Wildcats led number six South Carolina 17-7 at halftime but the Gamecocks came back with 31 unanswered points to defeat UK 38-17. Kentucky falls to 1-4 on the season. South Carolina is 5 and 0. The Wildcats host Mississippi State next Saturday. Indiana dropped its second straight game Saturday, losing at Northwestern 44-29. The 2 and 2 Hoosiers host Michigan State next weekend.

Months after the Environmental Working Group found what it declared an unsafe level of the carcinogenic chemical compound hexavalent chromium (chromium 6), the Louisville Water Company has confirmed the substance's presence in city water. But, company officials say the water is still safe to drink.

The Indiana General Assembly convenes Wednesday for its short,30-day session. The calendar will be dominated by heated debate over the power of labor…

For over 25 years, the Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence has believed in the education system in Kentucky. This has been no easy feat considering Kentucky was ranked near the bottom when they started. Now, our schools are in the middle of the pack nationally and KERA made us a model for reform. But the Prichard Committee doesn't want Kentucky schools to rest comfortably in the middle, so they've come up with a plan. Achieiving the Top 20 by 2020 sets out goals and objectives to boost Kentucky schools to the top twenty in the nation by the year 2020. Can we do it? Listen to the Show

The state will expand a child care subsidy to cover an estimated 6,000 more low-income working families starting in August, Gov. Steve Beshear announced...

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Kentucky was on the list of 16 finalists the U.S. Department of Education announced today in the running for more than $4 billion in Race to the Top…