Kentucky

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - A Kentucky man who recounts his son's lost battle with drug addiction in a TV commercial for Democrat Jack Conway says he was insulted when Republican Rand Paul termed the Senate campaign ad "creepy." Mike Donta, who is shown standing at his son's grave in the ad, told The Associated Press that "it's a shame that Rand's reaction is to attack me instead of focus on solutions" to Kentucky's drug problems.

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Some executions in the U.S.

NEWPORT, Ky. - A Kentucky man has been convicted of murder in his wife's death after a jury rejected defense claims that his statements to police were made under high stress fueled by large amounts of caffeine and a lack of sleep.

NEWPORT, Ky. - The lawyer for a Kentucky man accused of strangling his wife argued at trial Monday that excessive caffeine from sodas, energy drinks and diet pills left the defendant so sleep-deprived and mentally unstable that he falsely confessed to the killing.

NEWPORT, Ky. - A Kentucky man accused of strangling his wife is poised to claim excessive caffeine from sodas, energy drinks and diet pills left him so mentally unstable he couldn't have knowingly killed her, his lawyer has notified a court.