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  • Union County DUI stop turns up 300 pounds of pot

    MAYNARDVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Union County Sheriff's Office deputies say the truck appeared to be driven by someone under the influence and they stopped ...

  • Yahoo to buy Tumblr for $1 billion

    David Karp, co-founder of Tumblr Inc. Photographer: Guy Calaf/Bloomberg Yahoo's board of directors reportedly approved buying the Tumblr blogging site in a $1.1 billion cash deal. The Wall Street Journal reported the board's action on Sunday. This is the biggest deal yet for CEO Marissa Mayer, after a series of smaller deals and acqui-hires since she took control last year. Tumblr is a ...

  • Gates takes back worlds richest man title

    Gates Bill Gates has regained his title as the richest person in the world. The founder of Microsoft Corp. passed Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim by a mere $550 million, making Gates the wealthiest person for the first time since 2007, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Gates' fortune is valued at $72.7 billion and was aided by significant rises in Microsoft stock. The stock has ...

  • Chattanooga festival expands smoke-free zone

    Friends of the Festival President Chip Baker saysinforming people of the restrictions will be a process. If someone lights up in a non-smoking area, the smoker will be handed a card explaining the new rules and will be directed to a place where smoking is ...

  • Sports Minute Here is the latest Tennessee sports news from The Associated Press

    Peyton Manning is back at his alma mater this week endorsing new Tennessee coach Butch Jones and preaching patience from the Volunteers' fan base.The Denver Broncos quarterback returned to campus to speak ...

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3:10 to Yuma

3:10 to Yuma

In 3:10 to Yuma, Russell Crowe plays Ben Wade, the Old West version of the contemporary celebrity: charismatic, famous, and rotten to the core. Or is he? That is the central question around which this remake of the 1957 classic revolves, constantly teasing us with the question of w ... ...

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  • Amber Alert issued for 8-year-old Tennessee boy

    An Amber Alert has been issued for 8-year-old Gabriel Swaney, left, after his father Michael, right, assaulted his mother with a knife and took him from his Murfreesboro home. (TBI/Murfreesboro Police ...

  • Georgiana Vines Knoxville chips away at convention center debt

    The city of Knoxville's proposed 2013-14 fiscal budget shows the debt on the Knoxville Convention Center continues to decline, with final a payment still scheduled in 19 ...

  • Americans United for Separation of Church and State IRS Should Investigate Tennessee Church for Pulpit Politicking

    Watchdog Group's Complaint Says Cornerstone Church Pastor Endorsed School Board Candidates From Pulpit WASHINGTON - August 7 - The Internal Revenue Service should investigate a Tennessee church whose pastor endorsed three school board candidates from the pulpit, says Americans United for Separation of Church and State. In ...

  • NBA San Antonio Spurs thump Memphis Grizzlies in series opener

    NBA 's Western Conference finals. Tony Parker scored 20 points and handed out nine assists for the Spurs, whose stifling defence held Grizzlies' top scorer Zach Randolph to only two points. Randolph came in averaging 19.7 points per game in this post-season, but finished just 1-of-8 from the field for a Grizzlies team appearing in the conference finals for the first time. The Spurs, ...

  • Knoxville man faces charges for transporting 335 pounds of pot

    A traffic bust in Union County Saturday morning ended with a major drug bust after deputies found a man driving with 335 pounds of marijuana in his car. Union County deputies pulled over a car Saturday morning on Highway 33 near Maynardville after getting reports of an intoxicated driver. While deputies interviewed the driver, they found several packages in the car containing 335 pounds of ...

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