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  • Abandoned special needs woman inspires new Tennessee law

    Last June, authorities were called to a Campbell County bar when a young woman walked in. She couldn't tell anyone her name, where she was from, or how she got there. Investigators finally identified her as Lynn Cameron, 19, of Illinois. She is mentally disabled, with the mental capacity of a two-year-old. Her mother, they learned, was no longer able to care for her, so simply dropped her ...

  • Nashville man files false taxes sentenced to prison

    A Nashville resident will serve 13 months in prison for filing false tax returns. James Robert Sanford, 53, formerly of Clarksville, TN, was sentenced Monday in federal court. He pleaded guilty to filing false tax returns on Jan. 14, 2013, and admitted that for tax years 2006 and 2007 he had prepared and filed false income tax returns on behalf of himself and his spouse. Sanford also said ...

  • Tennessee sends help to Oklahoma so can you

    A number of Tennesseans are on their way to Oklahoma to help with search and rescue and recovery efforts after Monday's devastating tornado. Early Tuesday, a Red Cross Emergency Response Vehicle left Chattanooga with a Knoxville volunteer for the 13 hour drive to Moore. Once there, they will provide hot meals and other relief supplies to tornado victims. Louie Crowe from Knoxville and ...

  • Powerful thunderstorms may rake East Tennessee this afternoon

    KNOXVILLE -- A line of thunderstorms packing 60 mph winds with the potential for large hail is making its way across Middle Tennessee and should hit East Tennessee later this afternoon, according to the National Weather ...

  • OK Gov Still in rescue recovery after deadly tornado

    Rescuers worked all night at Plaza Towers Elementary, where they hope survivors can still be found alive after a deadly tornado destroyed the school. (Source: ...


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Movie Review

The Proper Care & Feeding of an American Messiah [DVD]

The Proper Care & Feeding of an American Messiah [DVD]

Before writing a word about Chris Hansen's The Proper Care & Feeding of an American Messiah, I must in all good faith provide a large caveat, one that I have never had to provide in more than a decade of film criticism: I know the writer/director. Not ... ...

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  • New craft beer choices in Nashville A flight with Yazoo and Turtle Anarchy

    There are longtime favorites here, but some new micro-breweries are popping up in taverns everywhere. It seems quite suddenly that more than a dozen worthy craft brewers have appeared on the scene in Middle Tennessee. It feels a little like the recent cupcake store craze, only wetter. A comparison of a long-time favorite brewery and one of the new kids on the block was in order. Who is in the ...

  • Six historic Knoxville homes offer free admission for Tennessee Statehood Day

    Tennessee became the sixth state to join the union on June 1, 1796. The day marked the first time that an area known as a territory was allowed to become a state. To commemorate the occasion, ...

  • More women arrested for pain pills stresses jails

    http://bit.ly/13HXKj6 ) three of the four counties in his district have overcrowded jails, largely because of an increase in women being arrested. Johnson is the state prosecutor in Roane, Morgan and Meigs ...

  • Protests being held outside IRS buildings

    Conservative groups across the country, including one here in Nashville, on Tuesday will protest on the IRS controversy unfolding in Washington, D.C. The Tea Party Patriots are encouraging people to protest outside their local IRS offices. This comes after the agency admitted earlier this month to targeting several conservative groups, including many with the words tea party in their name. ...

  • Nashville Zoo welcomes clouded leopard cubs lynx

    The Nashville Zoo announced Tuesday they are welcoming the recent births of a female Eurasian lynx and two female clouded leopard cubs. The leopard cubs were born on April 30 to parents Lom Choy and Luk. On May 4, a female Eurasian lynx cub was born to the Zoo's exhibit pair, Ilvy and Udo. Eurasian lynx are the largest of the lynx species and are native to Central Asian, European and ...

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