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LOCAL

Joe Denning, a former city commissioner and mayor pro tem, is Bowling Green’s next mayor effective Feb. 15.

National Signing Day brought the Sun Belt’s top recruiting class to WKU. That and notes from Willie Taggart are here.

Congressman Brett Guthrie stopped in Bowling Green on Wednesday to talk about the budget.

NATIONAL

Journalists became targets for Egyptian protestors yesterday, notably CNN’s Anderson Cooper, who was punched in the face.

More than 100,000 Americans are without power after a crippling snowstorm hit the midwest.

Florida State’s recruiting class signed yesterday is No. 1 by ESPN. Click for the top 25.

The astronaut husband of U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords could head to space in April. He has a choice to make.

Urban Meyer has been hired as an analyst at ESPN, and the ramifications of journalistic ethics meant he had to cut all ties with Florida.