Kentucky is one of the most aggressive states in the nation for rooting out pharmaceutical fraud, according to a report released Thursday by a non-profit watchdog group. [H-L]

Here’s yet another look at how Andy Barr is losing to Republican Ben Chandler as he lies and lies and lies about health care and, well, everything. It’s time for him to get new consultants. [CN|2]

Doris White is a Republican. She’s also 67 and on Medicare and so far she hasn’t made up her mind how she’ll vote in the 6th Congressional District race between incumbent Democrat Ben Chandler and Republican challenger Andy Barr. [Ronnie Ellis]

An actress who said she was duped into appearing in an anti-Islam film that stoked violent protests across the Muslim world took her legal bid to federal court on Wednesday in a renewed effort to force it off YouTube. [Reuters]

After burning through more than $13 million from a property sale and a one-time state funding boost, the Kentucky State Fair Board’s revised 2012-2013 budget shows a $5.4 million deficit. [C-J/AKN]

Police arrest a man after responding to a bizarre call from his neighbors. Georgetown police received calls complaining about an intoxicated man waving a samuri sword. [WKYT]

Let’s not forget the thousands who have fallen off the jobless rolls and the tens of thousands who are severely underemployed. Unemployment rates fell in 98 of Kentucky’s 120 counties in August, according to data released by the state Office of Employment and Training. Twenty counties saw their rates increase compared to August 2011, while two stayed the same. [H-L]

Former New Hampshire Gov. John Sununu had harsh words for President Obama on Thursday, implying that the president’s administration is responsible for the death of a U.S. ambassador that happened “on its watch.” [HuffPo]

Perhaps you thought Mittens Romney’s time in France, in 1968, while raking in Dick Cheney-level numbers of military deferments from serving in Vietnam, was all sunshine and brie. Spoiler alert: it was. [Wonkette]

The Labor Department says a Thursday settlement in the 2007 Crandall Canyon mine disaster clearly leaves mine owner Murray Energy with “acknowledged responsibility for the failures that led to the tragedy.” [WFPL]

Have you been keeping up with the 99 problems at Kentucky Educational Television that the Beshear Administration swept under the rug? [Page One]