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  • 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 ...

  • Triology tour Author Atkinson talks World War II in Knoxville visit

    Pulitzer prize-winning author Rick Atkinson speaks to guests Sunday at the Bijou Theater. Atkinson was in Knoxville as part of a national book-signing tour for the final installment of his "The Liberation Trilogy." (Photo by Wade Payne, Special to the News ...

  • Haslam to highlight bills during ceremonial signings in East Tennessee

    Gov. Bill Haslam officially signed scores of bills into law last week, ranging from a $32.8 billion state budget to an overhaul of liquor manufacturing laws, and this week he will take part in ceremonial signings on the road to focus attention on selected ...

  • 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 ...

Movie Review

People on Sunday (Menschen am Sonntag) [Blu-Ray]

People on Sunday (Menschen am Sonntag) [Blu-Ray]

Were it not for the men involved behind the camera, People on Sunday (Menschen am Sonntag), a low-budget, mostly improvised experiment in mixing documentary aesthetics with a fictional narrative, would likely be a forgotten film. Made independently in the shadow of ... ...

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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 ...

  • 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 ...

  • 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. ...

  • 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 ...

  • 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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