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Alexander TVA to help fish hatchery stay open

ERWIN, Tenn. (AP) -- U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander says the Tennessee Valley Authority will help keep a federal fish hatchery in East Tennessee stay open for at least three more ...
Michelle Obama to give commencement address in Nashville

Martin Luther King Jr. Magnet High seniors finally are filing into the Gentry Center after coming hours early for a very special graduation -- marked by a speech from First Lady Michelle Obama. "I feel like this is an honor and a privilege and it is because of all of our hard work. It's paying off," graduate Shanese Brown said. The students are going through airport-style ...
How the San Antonio Spurs match up against Memphis Grizzlies in NBA playoffs | Hunter Felt

The San Antonio Spurs will face the Memphis Grizzlies in the Western Conference Finals. We look at the matchups to decide which team has the ...
Woman sentence to diversion in hot oatmeal attack

http://leafne.ws/10YZSDz ) reports Judge John H. Gasaway handed down the sentence for 52-year-old Karen Jeffries after a hearing during which friends and neighbors testified that she had a moral character, a strong faith and a passion for helping ...
Work beginning on Civil War park in Knoxville

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- A Civil War landmark in East Tennessee will soon become a low-impact park that allows public access and preserves the area's historical ...

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The Pornographers (Jinruigaku nyumon) [DVD]

Director Shohei Imamura loved outcast characters, so its no surprise that he made a film like The Pornographers (Jinruigaku nyumon), which is about a man who makes illegal 8mm stag films for a living, but uses the money to support a widow and her weird family. Imamuras films are often dark, but funny, and he is fond of shining lights in the darkest corners of postwar Japanese societ ... ...

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Will Boy Scouts accept gay youth Vote is imminent

Minnesota appears poised to legalize gay marriage, as the Democratic speaker of the state House said Tuesday that a gay marriage bill endorsed by the governor and likely to pass in the state Senate also now has enough backing in his ...
Use of red-light cameras debated in Murfreesboro

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (AP) - A group in Murfreesboro has started a petition to end the use of red-light cameras, but police say the traffic enforcement measure has improve safety. Middle Tennessee State University student Axl David, who heads Citizens Against Photo Enforcement, says he plans to submit the petition to City Council after 1,000 people have signed it. The group complains that the ...
TBI criticizes Nashville reports on Holly Bobo case

The TBI is criticizing a series of reports by a Nashville TV station in the Holly Bobo disappearance case. News media statewide have reported extensively on the search for the 20-year-old, who went missing from her Decatur County home two years ago. The NBC station in Nashville, WSMV, recently aired a series of reports that appeared to update the investigation and the circumstances ...
Ky. veteran killed in Afghanistan blast

FORT THOMAS, Ky. - A Kentucky veteran who was working as a civilian contractor in Afghanistan has died in an explosion in Kabul that killed at least 15 people including six Americans.The father of Michael Robert Bradford, 26, of Fort Thomas and Augusta, Ga., said his son was smart, good in different sports and about to become a father.Gary "Moose" Bradford, also of Fort Thomas, told ...
Hollywood animator inspires kids in East Tennessee

Some Scott County kids got a special treat on Friday, straight from Hollywood! The man behind a pretty well-known kids show visited students in Oneida, showing off his talents to an appreciative audience at both the high school and elementary school. Bob Boyle created Nickelodeon's animated series "Wow Wow Wubbzy". Boyle talked to the kids about his work, how he got into ...

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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. ...