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Steel company expands in Knoxville adds 40 new jobs

An international steel company is expanding its business in Knoxville. On Monday, state officials joined representatives from Gerdau to announce they were adding a facility in the WestBridge Business Park where workers will take steel rebar manufactured at the current Lonsdale mill and apply finishing services for original equipment manufacturers. The new facility will create approximately 40 ...
San Antonio Spurs beat Memphis Grizzlies in Western Conference Finals Game 1 – video

the San Antonio Spurs beat the Memphis Grizzlies 105-83 in Game 1 of their NBA Western Conference Finals at the AT&T Centre in San Antonio, Texas. Spurs coach Greg Popovich says his team did well to negate the impact of Grizzlies players Zach Randolph and Marc ...
Armed robber flees with Knoxville bank deposit

Police were alerted at 11:12 p.m. Sunday of the heist at 4935 Millertown Pike, Knoxville Police Department spokesman Darrell DeBusk said Monday ...
I-65 southbound shut down in Robertson County

Both southbound lanes were closed Monday morning in Robertson County, affecting traffic heading for Nashville from Kentucky and northern Middle Tennessee. The site is at mile marker 111, north of White ...
Union County DUI stop turns up 300 pounds of pot

MAYNARDVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Union County Sheriff's Office deputies say the truck appeared to be driven by someone under the influence and they stopped ...

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3:10 to Yuma

In 3:10 to Yuma, Russell Crowe plays Ben Wade, the Old West version of the contemporary celebrity: charismatic, famous, and rotten to the core. Or is he? That is the central question around which this remake of the 1957 classic revolves, constantly teasing us with the question of w ... ...

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Yahoo makes Tumblr deal official vows not to screw it up

This is a screenshot of on an animation that ran on Marissa Mayer's Tumblr about buying Tumblr for $1.1 billion, which included a promise to run the blogging service as a separate business and "not to screw it up." Click the next panel to see the rejoinder to this acknowledgment about Tumblr users' unease over the deal. Yahoo confirmed that it will pay $1.1 billion for Tumblr on ...
Yahoo to buy Tumblr for $1 billion

David Karp, co-founder of Tumblr Inc. Photographer: Guy Calaf/Bloomberg Yahoo's board of directors reportedly approved buying the Tumblr blogging site in a $1.1 billion cash deal. The Wall Street Journal reported the board's action on Sunday. This is the biggest deal yet for CEO Marissa Mayer, after a series of smaller deals and acqui-hires since she took control last year. Tumblr is a ...
Gates takes back worlds richest man title

Gates Bill Gates has regained his title as the richest person in the world. The founder of Microsoft Corp. passed Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim by a mere $550 million, making Gates the wealthiest person for the first time since 2007, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Gates' fortune is valued at $72.7 billion and was aided by significant rises in Microsoft stock. The stock has ...
Chattanooga festival expands smoke-free zone

Friends of the Festival President Chip Baker saysinforming people of the restrictions will be a process. If someone lights up in a non-smoking area, the smoker will be handed a card explaining the new rules and will be directed to a place where smoking is ...
Sports Minute Here is the latest Tennessee sports news from The Associated Press

Peyton Manning is back at his alma mater this week endorsing new Tennessee coach Butch Jones and preaching patience from the Volunteers' fan base.The Denver Broncos quarterback returned to campus to speak ...

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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. ...