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  • Official Va. driver likely had medical condition

    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 Damascus, Va., Saturday, May 18, 2013. Witnesses said the car drove into a crowd at the parade and hurt several people, but the nature of their injuries wasn't immediately known. (AP Photo/Bristol Herald Courier, Earl ...

  • 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 ...

  • 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 ...

  • 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 ...

  • 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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Dogville

Dogville

Note: This review contains some spoilers, particularly about the end of the film. Proceed at your own risk if you havent already seen it. Lars von Triers Dogville is aesthetically sparse and thematically audacious, the searing work of a genuine provocateur. Von Trier is a filmmake ... ...

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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 ...

  • 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 ...

  • 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 ...

  • 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 ...

  • 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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