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  • NBA San Antonio Spurs push Memphis Grizzlies to brink

    The San Antonio Spurs shook off a sluggish start and dominated overtime to beat the Memphis Grizzlies 104-93 on Saturday and move within one game of reaching ...

  • Spurs triumph in overtime over Memphis

    The San Antonio Spurs shook off a sluggish start and dominated overtime to beat the Memphis Grizzlies 104-93 on Saturday and move within one game of reaching the NBA finals.The Spurs posted their second straight overtime victory to take a commanding 3-0 lead in the best-of-seven Western Conference final series.The winners of the set will face either Miami or Indiana for the NBA title, and the ...

  • Vandy routs Mississippi State 16-8 in SEC semis

    HOOVER, Ala. - Tony Kemp, Conrad Gregor and Zander Wiel each drove in three runs to power Vanderbilt to a 16-8 victory over Mississippi State Saturday in the Southeastern Conference tournament semifinals.The top-seeded Commodores (51-8) will face LSU Sunday in their third straight trip to the championship game. Vandy is 0-3 in the title game since winning the 2007 championship.The Commodores had ...

  • IBM team tackled $5 million Knoxville problem drafty homes

    Emergency utility payments for the city's poor go to almost 10,000 households annually. The money and the problem reach across public funds, the Knoxville Utilities Board, nonprofits, the city and other agencies while dollars get tossed into a figurative ...

  • A lesson to remember Knoxville Scouts decorate graves in memory tribute for holiday

    7 year-old Matthew Gray with Troop 131 pays respect after placing flags on graves at the Knoxville National Cemetery for Memorial Day Saturday, May 25, 2013. (Photo by Wade Payne, Special to the News ...

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Beowulf & Grendel [DVD]

Beowulf & Grendel [DVD]

Just dont take any courses where they make you read Beowulf, Woody Allen quipped in Annie Hall (1977), essentially summarizing most peoples appreciation of the anonymously penned eighth-century epic poem that is now required reading in most high school and college ... ...

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  • Take-out beer allowed again

    http://bit.ly/Zl8y7f ) reports the new regulations mean the Smoky Mountain Brewery in Maryville is now serving "growlers" again. Growlers are jugs filled with draft beer that customers can take with them when the ...

  • Body found in Percy Priest Lake

    A body was found in Percy Priest Lake on Saturday, according to authorities. Officials with Metro Police, the Office of Emergency Management and Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency responded to Hole In The Wall Island around 11 a.m. Metro Police said detectives coordinated with OEM officials to put in a boat to recover the remains. TWRA officials confirm the deceased man was a boater who ...

  • Memphis suburbs to hold school referendum July 16

    http://bit.ly/11jsNCA ) reports the Shelby County Election Commission approved the date during a meeting on Friday. The action came after all six suburbs passed ordinances calling for a referendum on the issue on that ...

  • Mike Conley finally coming into his own for Memphis Grizzlies

    Mike Conley could hand him the ball, take a step back and watch him create something from nothing. It wasn't often ideal -- usually a mid-range pull-up jumper -- but it was better than a three-second violation or a tipped entry pass. Conley came to depend on Gay, like a 6-foot-8 security blanket, willing to go one-on-one and rise over a defender in a way Conley never would. Memphis ...

  • Courthouse in line for repairs updates

    County officials and the Coffee County Historical Society want to jump on repairs and start looking to possible updates to make the old structure last until the next century, county maintenance director Robert Gilliam said ...

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