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Virgina College looking for workers
Last Updated: 10:04 PM 02/03/12 - The new Virginia College of Business and Health in Knoxville is looking to hire up to 120 new employees
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A night of music helps local efforts to end Alzheimer's
Last Updated: 10:00 PM 02/03/12 - Folks turned out Friday night in Oak Ridge, to support local efforts to fund Alzheimer's research.
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Some East Tennesseans "disappointed" with Komen for the Cure's decision to restore grant funding to Planned Parenthood
Last Updated: 10:17 PM 02/03/12 - A reversal for Susan G. Komen for the Cure on its stand on Planned Parenthood. The charity will commit giving the group a nearly $700,000 grant after all.
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Ray, Rogero respond to Friday's board meeting
Last Updated: 6:19 PM 02/03/12 - The Knoxville Tourism and Sports Corporation has voted to accept President and CEO Gloria Ray retirement in two weeks, if both sides' lawyers are able to work out terms.
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Could Peyton Manning become QB for the Titans?
Last Updated: 8:58 PM 02/03/12 - Could Peyton Manning become QB for the Titans? Well, two brothers from Nashville started an internet campaign called www.ComeHomePeyton.com and they say it could happen!
New billboard campaign targets Knoxville bank robber
Last Updated: 6:02 PM 02/03/12 - Knoxville authorities are asking for the public's help in identifying a serial bank robber and accomplice active in Knoxville. He is suspected of robbing at least two banks and one local business in Knoxville.
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Despite new openings job seekers still worried
Last Updated: 9:23 PM 02/03/12 - Companies are starting to hire for new positions, as the unemployment rate drops. But, hearing the news, doesn't mean that much for the people looking for jobs.
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Two charged with trying to fix Tellico Plains mayoral elections
Last Updated: 5:08 PM 02/03/12 - Two men are charged with trying to buy votes during the 2011 Tellico Plains Mayoral Race.
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Lorena Estrada shows us some of her moves for Dancing with the Knoxville Stars
Last Updated: 10:11 AM 02/03/12 - Dancing withe the Knoxville Stars is less than two weeks away and Lorena Estrada is practicing her routine with her professional dance partner while raising money for East Tennessee Children's Hospital.
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Four pounds of meth seized in Washington Co., suspects arrested on immigration complaints
Last Updated: 11:15 AM 02/03/12 - Six men were arrested Tuesday after a multi-agency task discovered four pounds of methamphetamine at a rural Washington Co. home, a Dept. of Justice spokesperson announced on Friday.
TN Right to Life Komen's reversal on Planned Parenthood funding decision
Last Updated: 3:51 PM 02/03/12 - After three days of controversy, the Susan G. Komen for the Cure breast-cancer charity says it is reversing its decision to cut breast-screening grants to Planned Parenthood.
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Wear Red for Women
Last Updated: 3:57 PM 02/03/12 - Heart disease is the number one killer of Tennesseans, so it's likely to affect you or someone you love.
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TVA blames mild winter for lower revenues, $173 million loss last quarter
Last Updated: 12:34 PM 02/03/12 - In a statement released on Friday, the Tennessee Valley Authority blamed the relatively pleasant weather for decline in electricity sales and revenue in the first-quarter of its fiscal year.
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Today is National Wear Red Day
Last Updated: 7:31 AM 02/03/12 - The American Heart Association estimates one woman dies every minute from heart disease. So all around country Friday people are going red for women.
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Volunteer Spirit: 4 year old keeps "tabs" on sick children
Last Updated: 1:59 PM 02/03/12 - Like any four year old, Sarah Boswell of halls should be playing with barbies, taking naps and eating snacks. She does, but carries a lot of volunteer spirit along the way.
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Kidnappers free 2 Americans, Egyptian guide
Last Updated: 5:10 PM 02/03/12 - Bedouin tribesmen abducted two female American tourists and their Egyptian guide at gunpoint Friday
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Nearly $25 million investment brings dozens of jobs to Hamblen Co.
Last Updated: 10:24 AM 02/03/12 - A Morristown auto parts manufacturer announced a $24.8 million investment that it says will create 67 new manufacturing jobs in the area.
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Jefferson City cold case: David Warner
Last Updated: 11:37 PM 02/02/12 - Nearly 30 years later, the disappearance of 12 year old David Warner still leaves family and investigators searching for clues and answers.
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Economy adds 243K jobs, unemployment rate drops
Last Updated: 5:15 PM 02/03/12 - Employers went on a hiring spree in January and drove down the unemployment rate for a fifth straight month to 8.3 percent, its lowest point in nearly three years.
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5 car crash sends one to the hospital
Last Updated: 10:28 PM 02/02/12 - A dangerous night on the roads as a multi-vehicle crash sent at least one person to the hospital.
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A Knoxville family sues THP trooper for $10 million
Last Updated: 6:49 PM 02/02/12 - A tennessee Trooper is facing a lawsuit after his dash cam shows he drove past a vehicle as a man lay dying inside.
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KTSC's to meet Friday to discuss future
Last Updated: 10:11 AM 02/03/12 - The Knoxville Tourism and Sports Corporation's President and CEO Gloria Ray's job is in question after her over $400,000 salary has surprised many.
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Growing concern Israel may strike Iran this spring
Last Updated: 5:43 AM 02/03/12 - Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said Thursday that the world is increasingly ready to consider a military strike against Iran if economic sanctions don't halt Tehran's suspected nuclear program.
Both endangered Georgia teenager found safe in Morristown
Last Updated: 11:09 PM 02/02/12 - 16 year old Amber Henry was located in White Plains, Tennessee.
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Knox County breaks ground on new elementary school
Last Updated: 8:31 PM 02/02/12 - Dozens turn out to break ground on new elementary school in Southwest Knox County.
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Knoxville Fire Department has hands full fighting three fires
Last Updated: 6:04 PM 02/02/12 - A busy day for Knoxville Firefighters. They battled not one, not two, but three fires.
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Gamecocks upset Lady Vols, 64-60
Last Updated: 11:51 AM 02/03/12 - S.Carolina snaps 40 game losing streak dating back to 1980 by defeating Tennessee for the first time ever at Thompson-Boling Arena
Worker hurt at I-40 rock slide cleanup
Last Updated: 6:21 PM 02/02/12 - While trying to clean up the rock slide that has I-40 shut down, a rock fell on a piece of equipment and a worker got a gash on his head.
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TBI offering reward for slain couple's killer
Last Updated: 5:18 PM 02/02/12 - The TBI is teaming up with the Johnson County Sheriff's Office to solve the murder of a couple whose baby was left unharmed.
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NC's Heath Shuler won't seek re-election to House
Last Updated: 6:29 PM 02/02/12 - North Carolina Democrat Heath Shuler won't seek re-election to the House.
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Police close four Knoxville "head shops" for selling synthetic pot, paraphernalia
Last Updated: 11:40 PM 02/02/12 - The Knoxville Police Dept. shut down four what-it-described-as "head shops" which authorities claim repeatedly sold illegal synthetic marijuana and drug paraphernalia.
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Pros and cons of a mild Winter
Last Updated: 5:25 PM 02/02/12 - Groundhogs across the U.S. had differing forecasts for the rest of Winter, but it turns out the mild conditions in East Tennessee have been good for some and bad for others.
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Wreck shuts down I-40 EB near I-75; sends driver to hospital
Last Updated: 12:59 PM 02/02/12 - A wreck on Interstate 40 eastbound has shut down a stretch of the Interstate near the I-75 interchange, right before the Watt Road exit.
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KFD: Employees unaware of flames shooting from local Cook Out
Last Updated: 10:32 AM 02/02/12 - Employees at a downtown Cook Out were unaware of the flames shooting from the fast food establishment early Thursday morning, according to the Knoxville Fire Department.
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Bishop Stika calls Health Care Reform a violation of Religious Freedom
Last Updated: 5:20 PM 02/02/12 - Stika warns the rules will force Catholics to violate their conscience or eliminate coverage for their employees and "suffer the penalties for doing so."
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Planned Parenthood files suit to restore funding for HIV screening
Last Updated: 4:48 PM 02/02/12 - Affiliates of Planned Parenthood are suing the state Health Department to have their restore funding.
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Mayor Burchett calls for KTSC board to resign; asks for audit
Last Updated: 6:38 PM 02/02/12 - Knox Co. Mayor Tim Burchett has called on Knoxville Tourism and Sports Corporation CEP Gloria Ray, the KTSC Board leadership, and its executive committee to resign.
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KSCO: Man pleads guilty to Animal Cruelty; 23 animals seized, some left in home
Last Updated: 12:59 PM 02/02/12 - A man who allegedly had nearly two dozens animals in his east Knox Co. home when the Sheriff's Office raided his home in late January pleaded guilty to Animal Cruelty, the Knox Co. Sheriff's Office announced.
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Dirty fireplace sparks attic fire
Last Updated: 1:52 PM 02/02/12 - A dirty fireplace sparked an attic fire in East Knoxville late Thursday morning, according to the Knoxville Fire Dept.
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Work begins on I-40 rockslide
Last Updated: 1:03 PM 02/02/12 - The Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) today awarded an emergency contract to remove debris and unstable rock from Interstate 40 West in Cocke County.
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Comptroller findes accounting problems in Pickett Co.
Last Updated: 11:27 AM 02/02/12 - An audit of Pickett Co.'s accounting and bookkeeping practices found several problems and issues the Comptroller's Office felt needed addressed, according to a recent audit.
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Police still waiting for skeleton to be identified
Last Updated: 11:28 PM 02/01/12 - Police still haven't identified the bones discovered by a man and his nephew in Loudon County.
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Megabus adds more routes to Nashville, Memphis
Last Updated: 3:27 PM 02/02/12 - Megabus is celebrating the adding more routes connecting Knoxville with Nashville and Memphis by offering customers a shot a $1 tickets.
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Knox Co. combining Human Resources, Risk Mgt. Depts.
Last Updated: 3:18 PM 02/02/12 - With the retirement of Human Resources Director Frances Fogerson, Knox Co. Mayor Tim Burchett plans to combine her department with Risk Management.
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Ground to be broken on Knox County school Thursday
Last Updated: 12:51 PM 02/02/12 - The school will be built at 1889 Thunderhead Road, in the southwest part of the county.
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Egypt: 74 killed in clashes after soccer match
Last Updated: 4:26 AM 02/02/12 - The melee broke out after fans of Al-Masry, the home team in Port Said, stormed the field after a rare 3-1 win against Al-Ahly, Egypt's top team.
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Chair of Knoxville Tourism and Sports Corporation resigns, CEO's income released
Last Updated: 11:53 PM 02/01/12 - David Duncan resigns from his position at the board of the Knoxville Tourism and Sports Corporation.
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Two former deputies charged with assault
Last Updated: 6:28 PM 02/01/12 - The Monroe County Sheriff's Department arrested two people for assault charges after an incident at the jail.
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Tennessee National Signing Day 2012
Last Updated: 8:10 PM 02/01/12 - Everything you need to know about Tennessee's 2012 signing class
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Good ol' boy politics in Morristown?
Last Updated: 7:42 PM 02/01/12 - Is something fishy happening in Morristown? Some say a vote over the utilites board has turned into a case of good ol' boy politics.
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