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N.C. joins investigation into Tennessee drug compounder

North Carolina health officials joined federal agencies in an investigation of drugs prepared by a drug compounding manufacturer in Tennessee. The investigation specifically involves the pharmaceutical compounding facility Main Street Family Pharmacy of Newbern, Tenn. ...
Union grad receives degree while volunteering at prison

Art Rorheim (center), co-founder of Awana, and Jack Eggar, president and CEO of the ministry, surprise Lindsey Blackwood, media communications major, with her degree May 17 at the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, La. (Photo by Brittney ...
FDA warns of infections tied to Tennessee pharmacy

WASHINGTON -- Government health officials are investigating several complications reported with potentially contaminated medications made by a Tennessee specialty pharmacy.The Food and Drug Administration said Friday that the investigation involves seven reports from patients who received steroid injections from Main Street Family Pharmacy, a compounding pharmacy in Newbern, Tenn.The injections ...
County to ponder school building use by suburbs

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) -- The issue of what to do with some Shelby County school buildings is re-emerging, now that a new statute will allow suburbs to form their own school ...
Trial wraps up in international custody battle

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- A federal trial involving two 13-year-old twin boys at the center of an international child custody dispute has concluded without a decision yet made on the children's ...

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An American Werewolf in London [DVD]

In the opening credits sequence of An American Werewolf in London, writer/director John Landis makes it clear that this is not going to be your typical werewolf movie. As the plain credits unspool over shots of the Yorkshire moors at dusk, the soundtrack fills with the gentle rhythms of Bobby Vinton crooning "Blue Moon." It's a disarming opening sequence in a disarming horror movie, and it ... ...

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Tennessee awarded $698K for exceeding federal workforce goals

The Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development has been awarded $680,000 for exceeding federal performance goals in 2011, according to a news release. According to the release, 15 states qualified for the incentive grant. Of those states, Tennessee's award was the fifth largest. States are awarded for exceeding performance goals in workforce development and education ...
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Hungry TennCare eating more of state budget

Lillard noted the state budget that goes into effect July 1 contains $391 million in new revenue and more than $300 million of that will be consumed by ...
Southeastern Assets Hawkins moves investment money around

As Memphis-based Southeastern Asset Management Inc. and activist investor Carl Icahn kick off an estimated $7 billion capital campaign to bolster a bid for Dell Inc. (Nasdaq: DELL), Nasdaqs GuruFocus blog has shined a little light on Southeastern chair and CEO Mason Hawkins stock positions through the first quarter. The blog reported Hawkins gained positions in seven stocks, reduced holdings in ...
Destination Imagination competitors descend on Knoxville from across the globe

Milan High Red Eye team members get the first look at their invisible "Phantom of the Opera" member, who appears to them at the end of the skit, at the Destination Imagination competition Friday, May 24, 2013. DI is an interactive academic competition held annually in Knoxville that features over 1,200 teams and 16,500 competitors from over 15 countries. Team Milan team members, left ...

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We must define the nature and scope of this struggle, or else it will define us. Neither I, nor any President can promise the total defeat of terror. What we must do is dismantle networks that pose a direct danger.

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The U.S. president was speaking on his administration's counter terrorism policy.

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Thistle Marble Arch Hotel

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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. ...