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    ‘Indian Head’ boulder sparks Kentucky-Ohio rift

    by Joe Biesk
    Frankfort, Kentucky (AP)

    When an Ohio historian helped pull a massive sandstone boulder from the bottom of the Ohio River this summer, he didn’t think it would set off a charged dispute between Kentucky and Ohio.

    It did. One Kentucky legislator is demanding the 8-ton rock’s return, and another believes the matter will ultimately be decided in the courts.


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