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The Family Foundation of Kentucky yesterday asked Attorney General Greg Stumbo to review the University of Kentucky's latest plan for offering domestic-partner benefits to its employees.

Stumbo's office ruled earlier this month that partner-benefit health plans being offered by UK and the University of Louisville were unconstitutional. It said they violated a 2004 amendment to the state constitution that defined marriage as the union between one man and one woman.

However, Stumbo said the universities could meet constitutional muster if they broadened eligibility to include more people.

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Faced with a crumbling business model, the TV Guide Network is reinventing itself -- as one of the channels that it has traditionally covered.

TV Guide channel reinvents itself as yet another reality TV venue, reports The Journal's Sam Schechner. See clips of a new show by producers of "America's Top Model."

The channel, known for decades for its scrolling bars of TV listings, is kicking off its most aggressive programming slate ever this summer. Earlier this month, it launched "Making News: Texas Style," its first original reality series, about a local news channel in Texas. Next week, it will debut its run of "The Surreal Life," VH1's series in which past-their-prime celebrities live together in the same McMansion. And on July 18, it will launch "America's Next Producer," the channel's biggest pro...

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The musical genius of Prince was immediately apparent when the teenaged artist released his 1979 hit tune, "I Wanna Be Your Lover."

The world was just getting a peek at the young man who would blossom into an award-winning performer, a man whose artistry and influence would span the globe. Prince's music has spanned myriad styles - from his early material, rooted in R&B, rock, and soul - and he has constantly expanded his musical palette throughout his career, absorbing many other genres, including funk, New Wave, pop, rock, blues, jazz and hip-hop.

Born June 7, 1958 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Prince Rogers Nelson honed the circumstances of heritage as the background for his hit movie and Oscar-winning soundtrack, 1984's "Purple Rain." Although wildly popular before that point, from there, Prince's superstardom was lunched.

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As a society we have to ask ourselves: what are we feeding our children? This is not intended to be a discussion about mechanically separated chicken or high-fructose corn syrup. No, another kind of food: music. It is, after all, the singular most powerful expression of the human soul.

MUSIC REVIEW

FALL OUT BOY with +44, The Academy is ..., Cobra Starship and Paul Wall

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Michael Jackson’s siblings — including Janet — and his parents are so worried about the failing pop star that they’ve sent out an emergency 911 call.

Sources tell me that the Jacksons are in the process of contacting Thomas Mesereau, the superstar criminal lawyer who won Jackson an acquittal two years ago in his child molestation trial.

The word from the Jacksons is that they’ve met several times as a family and discussed bringing Mesereau in for an intervention to save Michael.

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