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Four medical buddy pairs enter Nashville Kids Triathlon
Natalie Young looks at her little brother and sees joy. The gleeful squeals that brighten the redhead's freckled face. The vibrant eyes that shine out from behind his glasses. "It's amazing to see him smile with everything he does," Natalie, 13, said of her brother, Dylan, 9. Particularly when everything he does is such a challenge. Dylan was born with one side of his ...
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Tenn. Powerball ticket worth $1 million
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- A Powerball ticket sold in Tennessee barely missed winning a share of an estimated $590.5 million prize. But the ticket has a nice consolation prize worth $1 ...
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Chattanooga adding hundreds of hotel rooms
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) -- The Chattanooga market will add hundreds of hotel rooms in the coming year, following four years of booming revenues for its hotel ...
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The Shed wins big at Memphis in May
MEMPHIS, TN (WLOX) - A South Mississippi BBQ joint is bringing home top honors from a prestigious competition. The Shed in Ocean Springs won first place in both the Whole Hog and Poultry categories this weekend at the Memphis in May World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest. More than 250 barbecue teams from around the world travel to Memphis each year to compete in the championship. ...
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Official Va. driver who injured dozens of parade hikers likely had medical condition
View results DAMASCUS, Va. (AP) - Authorities believe the driver who plowed into dozens of hikers marching in a Virginia mountain town parade suffered from a medical condition and did not cause the crash intentionally, an emergency official said Sunday.Officials did not have a formal confirmation or any specifics on the condition, but based on the accounts of authorities and witnesses on the ...
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Afghan pilots learn air assault tactics from 101st
BAGRAM AIR FIELD, Afghanistan - With Afghan troops increasingly leading combat operations on the ground, the Afghan Air Force's fledgling helicopter fleet based in Kabul has learned new techniques to support them from the air.The U.S. Army's 101st Combat Aviation Brigade started a new training program at Bagram Air Field for Afghan helicopter pilots to learn how to perform air assault ...
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Henderson receives tenure at Maryville College
Barbara Wells, who is vice president and dean of the college, said Henderson has leadership skills that will make a positive difference on the ...
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Loan program for soldiers extended
The Leaf-Chronicle (leafne.ws/10MampM) reports officials gathered recently at Fort Campbell to announce that the Tennessee Homeownership for the Brave program will be permanently ...
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Planners looking at convention center growth
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Leaders of Nashville's convention center already are mapping out a possible future expansion of a center that spans six downtown blocks and sits on 19 ...
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Rimes Instagrams Nashville Photos LeAnn Rimes Promotes 2013 New Album Spitfire
LeAnn Rimes has posted Instagram photos of her recent Nashville visit to promote her new album, Spitfire. LeAnn Rimes has posted Instagram photos of her recent Nashville visit, as she visited the city to promote her upcoming album.The singer was in Nashville on Friday to promote her new album, Spitfire, which is scheduled for release on June 4.To help connect her wider fan base to her ...
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Tennessee Congressmen struggling with internet sales tax decision
Gov. Bill Haslam wants states to have the power to collect the tax, arguing it is money that is already owed. Some small businesses in Duncan's Knoxville-based congressional district take the same position and say it's a matter of fairness: They already are required by law to collect the tax and send it to the state, but out-of-state online retailers are ...
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Medical emergency eyed in Va. parade crash
View Photo Associated Press/Bristol Herald Courier, Earl Neikirk - Emergency personnel respond to one of the people hit by a car, at right, during the beginning of the Hikers Parade at the Trail Days festival in ...
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Record-high 647 students graduate from Union during spring commencement
Rachel Carbonell was the winner of this year's Elizabeth Tigrett Medal, announced during Union's spring commencement ceremony May 18. (Photo by Morris ...
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US 11 yard sale continues in East Tennessee
The US 11 Antique Alley and Yard Sale will continue to weave its way through East Tennessee Sunday. The event, which follows US 11 for more than 500 miles, through five states, was first projected to bring anywhere from 10,000 to 30,000 people to the counties it visits. Robin Zimmerman made the trip to East Tennessee from Georgia. She said she and her husband have traveled for the sale 10 ...
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Knoxville hosts national cornhole tournament
The American Cornhole Organization chose Wild Wing Cafe to host it's Knoxville Cornhole Open on Saturday night. More than one hundred people turned out from seven different states for the chance to take home a $5,000 pot. The ACO is hoping to have another major tournament in Knoxville later this ...
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Two men arrested for slaying of Knoxville man
Shields, Fooks and Griffin were inside a Knoxville home shortly before 4:30 a.m. Friday, and Griffin wanted to buy heroin, according to a police complaint. Shields and Fooks drew guns, and Shields took some money from Griffin, police said. A witness inside the home told police that after a brief argument, Fooks shot Griffin. Police also charged Fooks with illegal firearms ...
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Knoxville celebrates biscuit fest
Downtown Knoxville transformed into a southern kitchen Saturday to celebrate the fourth annual biscuit festival. The smell of freshly baked bread filled the air. Thousands of people enjoyed a staple of southern cuisine, sweet and savory biscuits. A wide array of flavored biscuits filled Market Square. Flavors ranged from garlic and cheese "bo-nuts", a biscuit take on doughnuts, and ...
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Michelle Obama gives graduation speech at Nashville HS
NASHVILLE (AP) - First lady Michelle Obama has some advice for some Tennessee high school graduates: strike your own path in college and life and work to overcome inevitable failures with determination and grit. Mrs. Obama spoke for 22-minutes to the Martin Luther King Jr. Academic Magnet High School in Nashville in her only high school graduation speech this year. The first lady told the 170 ...
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Up to 60 injured after car drives into Virginia parade
Hiker "Quinoa" talks about being given credit for saving the lives of Carson Balckburn, Dalton Thomason, and Faith Ritchie after he ran them and others off the road with a water gun during a festival parade in Damascus, Va., on Saturday. Just as the children ran off the street, a car came down the road and struck several ...
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Witnesses Car drives into crowd at Va. parade
Days after bursts of gunfire brought a chaotic and bloody end to a Mother's Day neighborhood parade in New Orleans, news of now seven arrests gave an organizer of the traditional event reason to celebrate ...
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Single Game Tickets for Games 3 and 4 of Western Conference Finals are sold out
The Memphis Grizzlies have announced that single game tickets for Games 3 and 4 of the 2013 Western Conference Finals vs. the San Antonio Spurs at FedExForum have sold out. This marks the 16th and 17th consecutive home sellout for Grizzlies playoff games dating back to the beginning of the 2011 NBA Playoffs. The 2013 Grizzlies Playoffs are presented by Memphis Toyota Dealers, First Tennessee ...
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Grizzlies announce expanded coverage of Western Conference Finals
SportSouth and FOX Sports Tennessee (FS TN) will expand their coverage of the Memphis Grizzlies and the 2013 Western Conference Finals with special playoff editions of Grizzlies Live after every game on SportSouth and pregame shows before Games 2, 3, 4 and ...
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Victims advocate now helps rehabilitate offenders
For more than two decades, she has been an advocate for crime victims in Middle Tennessee. Working through the victims' organization You Have the Power, she has demanded tough sentencing and helped victims navigate the often-confusing and intimidating judicial system. She served as the organization's executive director for more than 10 ...
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Alexander TVA to help fish hatchery stay open
ERWIN, Tenn. (AP) -- U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander says the Tennessee Valley Authority will help keep a federal fish hatchery in East Tennessee stay open for at least three more ...
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Michelle Obama to give commencement address in Nashville
Martin Luther King Jr. Magnet High seniors finally are filing into the Gentry Center after coming hours early for a very special graduation -- marked by a speech from First Lady Michelle Obama. "I feel like this is an honor and a privilege and it is because of all of our hard work. It's paying off," graduate Shanese Brown said. The students are going through airport-style ...
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Tennessee faces future following flood
Tennessee suffered in May 2010 when floods displaced thousands of people and killed several dozen, creating heartache and anxiety across the state and destroying infrastructure and communities. Now, as the state begins to recover, the events of May will play an important part in how the state prepares for the future.
Tennessee’s Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations (TACIR) has declared that tens of billions of dollars are needed in investment to the state’s public infrastructure in order to prepare for the demands of the future, even as vast sections of the state continue to feel the effects of the devastating floods that hit Tennessee early in 2010. Read more
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