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Apple's Cook faces Senate questions on taxes

...according to the panel.The tone of the hearing turned tense before the Apple executives appeared, as Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., an anti-tax hawk who reflects tea party sentiment, insisted that the subcommittee apologize to Apple for unfair scapegoating...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2013-05-21/apples-cook-faces-senate-q
SRS hosts National Guard troops for response training

...Support Team and Weapons of Mass Destruction unit out of West Columbia, S.C.The unit, along with teams from Alabama, Kentucky and North Carolina, used the U.S. Energy Department nuclear site for a series of evaluations involving two scenarios...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2013-05-22/srs-hosts-national-guard-troo
Cleveland Cavaliers secure No. 1 overall pick

...opportunity to help speed up the rebuilding process since his departure to Miami in 2010.The potential No. 1 pick this year, Kentucky freshman Nerlens Noel, is no James. But he could be a nice addition for the Cavs once he's recovered from a torn ACL...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/nba/2013-05-22/cleveland-cavaliers-secure-no
Ramblin' Rhodes: The Whiskey Gentry part of Banjo-B-Que musical feast

...hired member, Rurik Nunan playing fiddle.The band's name comes from writer Hunter S. Thompson describing patrons of the Kentucky Derby as "the whiskey gentry" comprised of "a pretentious mix of booze, failed dreams and a terminal identity crisis...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/things-do/applause/2013-05-21/ramblin-rhodes-whiske
Kentucky Derby winner Orb a disappointment in Preakness

NOTESBALTIMORE - Orb came up short in the Preakness, frustrating everyone who made the Kentucky Derby winner a 3-5 favorite ? no one more than trainer Shug McGaughey."I'm disappointed," McGaughey said after Orb finished...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/other-sports/2013-05-18/kentucky-derby-winne
Dogwood colt Palace Malice will run in Belmont

...Palace Malice bolted to the lead in the Kentucky Derby two weeks ago before fading to...The blinkers that jazzed him up in the Kentucky Derby come off and we anticipate no problem...hands with Mike Smith."Orb won the Kentucky Derby, but was upset by Oxbow in Saturday's...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/latest-news/2013-05-20/dogwood-colt-palace-malice-w
Lukas, Stevens 'steal' Preakness

...Oxbow and Will Take Charge had finished sixth and eighth in the Kentucky Derby two weeks before. Lukas' remaining entry had been fourth...offense. Twenty-five years ago, they teamed up to steal a Kentucky Derby with Winning Colors, albeit with a slight distinction...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/other-sports/2013-05-20/lukas-stevens-steal-
McDuffie wreck kills S.C. man

...Felicia Jacobs of Dearing, Ga., was flown to Georgia Regents Medical Center, and the truck driver, William Croft of Kentucky, was uninjured.The intersection and a portion of the highway ? from Harrison Road to the bypass/Wire Road intersection...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2013-05-21/mcduffie-wreck-kills-sc-man
Orlando Magic look to lottery to turn fortunes around

...four-team deal.That gives them a 25 percent chance at winning the rights to choose first in a draft that appears uncertain. Kentucky's Nerlens Noel is considered the top choice, though he could miss the first two months of the season while recovering from...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/nba/2013-05-20/orlando-magic-look-lottery-tu
All eyes on Orb entering Preakness

...BALTIMORE - Everything's a go for Orb.The Kentucky Derby winner was in a playful mood the...growing up at Claiborne Farm in Paris, Ky., and ran around together in the same field...Florida Derby before he ran off with the Kentucky Derby. The colt is co-owned by racing...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/other-sports/2013-05-17/all-eyes-orb-enterin