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  • 2 dead in drugstore shooting in Tenn.

    BEAN STATION, Tenn. (AP) -- An East Tennessee pharmacy owner was killed along with a customer during a robbery Thursday that left a pharmacy tech and another employee wounded, authorities ...

  • Warrant for rapper Tim Dog despite death reports

    JACKSON, Miss. -- Lack of a death certificate or of a burial site and sparse obituary information led to talk in hip-hop circles that rapper Tim Dog, who owes thousands of dollars to women he was convicted of swindling, faked his own death in February.The 46-year-old, whose real name is Timothy Blair, is best known for a 1990s song "F-- Compton" that criticized West Coast ...

  • Services set for Knoxville educator community leader James H. Robinson

    Born in Alabama 1929 and raised in Burlington, Mr. Robinson graduated from Knoxville College and taught for five years at the former Austin High School. He later become the first black person to hold an administrative post with the school system. He served 26 years as an administrator until retiring in ...

  • Norfolk Southern Opens Bulk Transfer Facility in Tennessee

    has unveiled its new $5.9 million Thoroughbred Bulk Transfer terminal in Knoxville, Tenn., which will allow customers to transfer a large array of commodities between railcars and trucks.The Class I railroad's new terminal, adjacent to its railyard, is near Interstate 275, I-40 and I-75. The facility, which features 48 car spots and a truck scale, can handle dry and liquid bulk commodities ...

  • Prince Edward presents Edinburghs awards in Tenn.

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Queen Elizabeth's youngest son, Prince Edward, is visiting Tennessee to promote one of the British royal family's charities, the Duke of Edinburgh's ...

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JCVD [Blu-Ray]

JCVD [Blu-Ray]

The opening shot of Mabrouk El Mechris JCVD is an astonishing long take in which the camera tracks the eponymous action star Jean-Claude Van Damme as he does what we expect him to be doing: taking out bad guys with round-house kicks, rescuing a hostage, and leaving a lot of fiery explosions and ... ...

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  • Tennessee Smokies raise money for tornado victims

    KODAK, Tenn. (AP) -- The Tennessee Smokies of the Double-A Southern League plan to help Oklahoma tornado victims by presenting a check to the American Red Cross on behalf of outfielder Ty Wright, a former Oklahoma State ...

  • 2 charged in slayings of 6 on Tenn.-Ala. border

    FAYETTEVILLE, Tenn. -; Authorities say two men have been charged in six killings, including a toddler and unborn baby, near the Tennessee-Alabama border last fall during a dispute over drug ...

  • VW Plant Reaches Production Milestone

    CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) — Volkswagen has reached another production milestone at its assembly plant in Chattanooga.The Chattanooga Times Free Press reports that the 250,000 Passat midsize sedan has rolled off the assembly line.The milestone announced Thursday comes barely more than two years since production began at the Tennessee plant.The Chattanooga plant completed its first customer ...

  • Is Conservative Sate Tennessee Shifting Towards Marriage Equality Vanderbilt Poll Says ‘Yes’

    Vanderbilt University in Nashville recently conducted a poll that shows the highly conservative RED state of Tennessee is having a positive change of heart towards legalized marriage for same-sex couples. ...

  • Rep. DesJarlais reprimanded for having sex with patients

    By ERIK SCHELZIG Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Rep. Scott DesJarlais, a licensed physician, was reprimanded and fined by the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners for having sex with patients before he was elected to Congress, according to documents released Thursday. The Republican won re-election last year despite revelations he had affairs with patients and once urged 1 of ...

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