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Hungry TennCare eating more of state budget

Lillard noted the state budget that goes into effect July 1 contains $391 million in new revenue and more than $300 million of that will be consumed by ...
Southeastern Assets Hawkins moves investment money around

As Memphis-based Southeastern Asset Management Inc. and activist investor Carl Icahn kick off an estimated $7 billion capital campaign to bolster a bid for Dell Inc. (Nasdaq: DELL), Nasdaqs GuruFocus blog has shined a little light on Southeastern chair and CEO Mason Hawkins stock positions through the first quarter. The blog reported Hawkins gained positions in seven stocks, reduced holdings in ...
Destination Imagination competitors descend on Knoxville from across the globe

Milan High Red Eye team members get the first look at their invisible "Phantom of the Opera" member, who appears to them at the end of the skit, at the Destination Imagination competition Friday, May 24, 2013. DI is an interactive academic competition held annually in Knoxville that features over 1,200 teams and 16,500 competitors from over 15 countries. Team Milan team members, left ...
Court rules against man who lost handgun permit

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- The Tennessee Appeals Court has ruled against a man who claimed state law regulating the carrying of firearms was ...
Knoxville man killed in single vehicle crash

(WBIR- Knoxville) Police say 54-year-old Roger E. Welchel was killed when the Corvette he was driving flipped over after running off Chapman highway and hitting a ditch. According to a press release from the KPD, the accident happened around 10:45 p.m. Thursday near Gwinfield Road. Police say Welchel was driving the 2013 Corvette fast heading south on Chapman Highway. After leaving the ...

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An American Werewolf in London [DVD]

In the opening credits sequence of An American Werewolf in London, writer/director John Landis makes it clear that this is not going to be your typical werewolf movie. As the plain credits unspool over shots of the Yorkshire moors at dusk, the soundtrack fills with the gentle rhythms of Bobby Vinton crooning "Blue Moon." It's a disarming opening sequence in a disarming horror movie, and it ... ...

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Tennessee couple killed in Central Ky. crash

ELIZABETHTOWN, Ky. - Emergency responders in central Kentucky had cleared the scene of a crash that killed a Tennessee woman when they found the body of her husband nearly 1,000 feet away.According to The News-Enterprise (http://bit.ly/12B2DHU) in Elizabethtown, Kentucky State Police identified the victims as Claire R. Kahane, 75, and Charles S. Kahane, 78, of Nashville.Troopers said the ...
Solar panels that obscure school might be moved

The panels are part of an ambitious project under which solar collection panels have been installed at 20 Hawkins County school facilities to cut utility costs and sell back power to ...
Police man who fired at them then killed himself

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Pipeline work can continue at state natural area

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Tennessee environmental officials have given Piedmont Natural Gas permission to resume drilling on a Nashville pipeline ...

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Knicks, Pacers, Grizzlies, Thunder in semis

New York, Oklahoma City, Indiana and Memphis all won their first-round NBA playoff series with Game 6 victories, reaching the Conference semifinals.

The New York Knicks got the staggers Friday and almost gave up a 26-point lead but steadied to beat the Boston Celtics 88-80 while Oklahoma City Thunder booked its spot in the last eight for the third straight season by downing the Houston Rockets 103-94, reports Xinhua.

The Indiana Pacers withstood a big final-quarter comeback from Atlanta and beat the Hawks 81-73, and the Memphis Grizzlies completed a comeback from a 0-2 series deficit by beating the Los Angeles Clippers 118-105. With Miami, San Antonio and Golden State already into the next stage, the last spot will be decided when Brooklyn host Chicago in their Game 7.

Boston cut a 49-75 deficit to four points but Carmelo Anthony made a jumper to give New York an 81-75 lead and then sank a 3-pointer. Then J.R. Smith converted a three-point play to restore the double-digit lead the Knicks had nursed most of the game.

Anthony finished with 21 points for the Knicks, who won a playoff series for the first time since the Patrick Ewing era in 2000. They will host the Pacers in Sunday's opening game of their Conference semifinal series. ...