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- Officers serving warrant find body in Anderson Co. home
Officers serving an arrest warrant at an Andersonville home Friday discovered human remains inside the house, and have requested the assistance of the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and the Knox County Sheriff's Department bomb squad to recover them, according to supervisory U.S. Marshal Warren Mays. - Judge rules TN 'guns in bars' law unconstitutional
A Nashville judge has ruled a law that allows handguns in Tennessee bars and restaurants is unconstitutional.
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- Candidates begin picking up petitions to run for county office
Friday is the first day individuals planning to run for office in Knox County in 2010 can pick up a nominating petition for the office they're seeking.
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- Tenn. school says student killed on missionary trip
School officials from a Tennessee university say a 20-year-old student doing missionary work in Micronesia was killed.
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- Miley Cyrus tour bus overturns in Virginia, killing 1
Virginia State Police said one person was killed when a tour bus belonging to Miley Cyrus overturned, but the 16-year-old "Hannah Montana" star was not on board.
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- 2 from E Tenn. killed in south Fla. commuter train crash
Two East Tennesseans were killed and a third was seriously injured Thursday morning when they collided with a commuter train in South Florida.
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- Monroe County man killed in fatal wreck
A Monroe County man was killed Thursday afternoon when he lost control of his pickup truck.
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- Darius Rucker visits WIVK, discusses change of tune
It’s been more than 15 years since Hootie & The Blowfish released Cracked Rear View, the band’s debut album that rocketed them to stardom. On Thursday the now broken up band’s lead singer was in East Tennessee, where he found himself in the midst of a career revival in country music.
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- Athens Doctor, 3 patients arrested in sexual for prescriptions scam
A McMinn County doctor and three of his patients have been arrested on various prescription fraud charges.
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- Thanksgiving savings: best prices on the bird
It's one of the biggest meals you'll eat all year. So how can you protect your pocketbook and still keep all your favorites on the menu?
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- Catholic beats TSD to take first annual UT High School ethics bowl
The University of Tennessee Philosophy Department hosted the first annual East Tennessee High School Ethics Bowl on Thursday Evening.
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- Michigan fugitive busted in Anderson County
Anderson County authorities arrested a fugitive from justice Wednesday night in Clinton.
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- DJ wins annual Mr. Knoxville charity competition
Goodwill Industries of Knoxville held its annual Mr. Knoxville fundraiser Thursday night at the Downtown Hilton.
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- Oprah to announce plans to end show
Oprah Winfrey's production company says Winfrey will announce Friday that her talk show will end in 2011 after its 25th season on the air.
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- How you count determines how many jobs stimulus saves, creates
So far, the Feds claim, the $787 billion stimulus has created or saved more than 640,000 jobs, ,more than 9,500 in Tennessee. Nineteen states are getting more stimulus money than Tennnessee, but two of the ten largest awards are in our back yard; UT-Batelle and Babcock-Wilcox, for major efforts to expand research into alternative energies. They'll split more than $500 million, but by their own reports, they've created only 170 jobs so far. Sub-contractors say, it's all in how you count them. but many question how those numbers add up.
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- Keeping holiday shopping safe
'Tis the season for shopping and shoplifting. Police agencies across East Tennessee say shoplifting increases during the holiday season.
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- Overqualified workers flooding seasonal job market
Getting a job, any job right now, is not easy for many. And when you throw in the amount of exceptional candidates who are willing to do just about anything to pay the bills, it might have you saying "Bah Humbug" this holiday season.
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- KCSO IDs suspect shot by deputy outside Farragut Kroger
Knox County Sheriff's Office investigators have identified the man shot by Deputy Grayson Fritts Wednesday afternoon as Alfred Compton, 46.
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- Quit smoking cold turkey
Health officials blame smoking for over 9-thousand deaths in Tennessee each year- nearly half of which are due to lung cancer. In honor of today being the Great American Smoke-Out, Volunteer TV's Rebecca Solomon found out one fulfilling way that you can quit smoking.
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- 4 Nashville firefighters injured in house blaze
Four firefighters were injured and taken to the hospital while battling a house fire in Nashville.
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- Flight delays affect Knoxville due to nat'l computer glitch
Even into early Thursday evening there were still flight delays into and out of Knoxville's McGhee Tyson Airport, nearly 12 hours after an FAA computer glitch in Atlanta caused U.S. airtraffic to come to a halt.
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- Share a book, change a child’s life through Girl Scouts' Reading Rocks
Story time is one of the most precious times a parent and child can spend together. In those moments, children learn important values from role models - whether that role model is on the page or sitting right beside them.
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- Obama nominates Ashe to Broadcasting Board of Governors
President Barack Obama has nominated Knoxville’s former mayor to the Broadcasting Board of Governors.
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- Man witnesses Sheriff's Deputy shooting at shoplifters
Authorities now have one of their suspects, after an afternoon shoplifting at a West Knox County grocery store, turned into a deputy shooting at the suspects in the parking lot.
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- Small quake rattles Monroe County
A small earthquake struck Monroe County on Monday night.
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- Blount County man killed after head on collision
A Blount County man was killed Wednesday morning after losing control of his car in North Knox County.
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- Group says beware of lead in some popular Christmas toys
With the holiday shopping season just around the corner, one consumer group is issuing a word of caution for parents.
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- Kiffin addresses Oliver's shoplifting incident
Tennessee coach Lane Kiffin addressed freshman football player Nyshier Oliver's shoplifting citation for the first time Wednesday after practice.
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- Interim mountaintop mining permit procedures OK'd
The Interior Department is establishing new federal interim procedures for reviewing permits for mountaintop coal mining.
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- TennCare may have to cut enrollee benefits
TennCare officials say they will be forced to cut some enrollee benefits if Gov. Phil Bredesen asks them to make a 9 percent reduction in spending.
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- UPDATE: Driver in officer involved shooting found in Jefferson Co. hospital
The Knox County Sheriff’s Office has confirmed they’ve located one of the men wanted in connection with Wednesday afternoon’s officer involved shooting in Farragut.
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- Jury picked to hear George Thomas' double murder trial
A jury of 12 has been picked to hear the double murder trial of George Thomas for the January 2007 carjacking, kidnapping, rape and murder of Channon Christian, 21, and Christopher Newsom, 23, Volunteer TV's Mike McCarthy reports from Chattanooga, where the jury is from. Alternate jurors have not yet been picked.
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- Woman shot, killed in Sevierville apartment
An 18-year-old woman was murdered at a Sevier County apartment Tuesday, and investigators says she was killed by the man who lived at the Murrell Meadows Dr. apartment where she was found dead, according to a SCSO news release.
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- Woman dies after crashing into E. Tenn. lake
A young Powell mother is dead after her car crashed into Cove Lake in Campbell county, late Tuesday night. 21-year old Courtney Ford died Wednesday morning at UT Medical Center.
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- Morristown cuts 2 firefighters, orders city-wide furloughs
High unemployment and high sales tax rates mean Morristown finds itself $2 million short compared to two years ago. City departments have had to cut budgets 4 percent, buying unpaid time off for everybody, and layoffs for two firefighters.
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- How you can prevent COPD
The University of Tennessee Medical CEnter is holding free lung screenings in response to the fact that Tennessee has a high smoking rate.
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- Tenn. community buries soldier killed at Fort Hood
About 200 family and friends gathered on a cold windy cemetery hillside in a tiny northeast Tennessee community to bury Army Spc. Fred Greene, one of 13 soldiers killed in the massacre at Fort Hood.
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- Truck plows into Greeneville Waffle House
A pickup truck slammed into a Greeneville, Tenn., Waffle House Wednesday morning, sending five people to the hospital, according to The Greenville Sun and GreenevilleSun.com.
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- AAA: Thanksgiving travel to go up, air travel down
A leading auto organization is projecting a 1.4 percent increase in Thanksgiving travel this year, although fewer people will travel by air due to budget concerns, reduced airline capacity and added charges.
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- Disney on Ice presents: Finding Nemo
Get ready to plunge into the ocean with the cast of Finding Nemo!
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- Chick-fil-A Bowl to visit Knoxville for Vanderbilt-Tennessee game
Chick-fil-A Bowl representative George Haney will visit Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, Tenn. on Saturday to scout the Vanderbilt-Tennessee game. The Volunteers are being scouted as a potential representative in the 2009 Chick-fil-A Bowl on Dec. 31.
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- Twilight sequel, New Moon, premieres in Knoxville
Millions world-wide are fans of the Twilight series, but twihard fans in East Tennessee got their opportunity to see their favorite stars as thousands showed up Tuesday night. All for an event that raised hundreds of thousands of dollars.
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- OFFICIALS: Morristown near bankruptcy, city council approves cuts
The City of Morristown is desperately looking for ways to save money from its budget. To do so, they are going to have to make cuts that could affect some city provided services.
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- Sneak peek inside new breast cancer facility
It is one of the only freestanding breast centers of its kind - and it's right here in your backyard. Now, the Knoxville Comprehensive Breast Center is bigger and better than before and saving the lives of East Tennessee women, every day. We take you inside for a sneak peek of the new facility.
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- Tennessee could release 4,000 inmates to cut costs
The Tennessee Department of Corrections has been asked by Governor Phil Bredesen to cut nine percent, or more than $50 million from its annual budget.
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- Feds raid Nashville Gibson guitar plant
Federal agents have raided a Gibson guitar manufacturing plant and seized guitars amid concerns about where the Nashville-based company obtains the fine woods that go into its instruments.
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- $1 million bond set for Knoxville man on child pornography charges
A Knoxville man has been arrested on child pornography charges.
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- Pearl gets 100th win, Vols rout UNC-Asheville 124-49
The coach gets his 100th win in orange, meanwhile Scotty Hopson pumps in a career high 25 points as tenth-ranked Tennessee set a school record for points in a game.
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- Out-of-town juries add taxpayers' costs
The final jury pool for accused killer George Thomas has grown. So has the price tag for collecting the out-of-town jury, which includes transportation costs, hotel expenses for the judge, court staff, and attorneys.
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- UT attempted robbery victims have faced charges of their own
We're also learning new details about the victims in the alleged attempted robbery case that put three UT players behind bars. The victims: Corey Zickefoose, Corey Smith, and Benjamin Everett are no strangers to police in Blount County.
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