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Marines posed with Nazi SS symbol in Afghanistan
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Last Updated: 5:08 PM 02/09/12 - A Marine Corps scout sniper team in Afghanistan posed for a photograph in front of a flag with a logo resembling that of the notorious Nazi SS, a military official said Thursday. (Full Story) |
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Uncle Sam, birthday balloons greet soldiers
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Last Updated: 11:53 AM 02/09/12 - Another planeload of 101st Airborne Division soldiers have been welcomed back to Fort Campbell. (Full Story) |
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Group wants Supreme Court to save war memorial
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Last Updated: 9:51 AM 02/09/12 - Supporters of a war memorial cross deemed unconstitutional last year by a federal court plan to ask the Supreme Court to reverse the decision. (Full Story) |
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Hold the mystery meat: Military food gets upgrade
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Last Updated: 9:48 AM 02/09/12 - Hold the mystery meat: Military bases will soon be serving more fruits, vegetables and low-fat dishes under the first program in 20 years to improve nutrition standards across the armed services. (Full Story) |
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Sen. Wyden seeks opinion used in al-Awlaki killing
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Last Updated: 5:34 PM 02/08/12 - Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon says he's been trying for more than a year to get the legal analysis from the intelligence community without success. (Full Story) |
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US, Japan closer to moving many Okinawa Marines
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Last Updated: 11:57 AM 02/08/12 - Japan and the United States agreed Wednesday to proceed with plans to transfer thousands of U.S. troops out of the southern Japanese island of Okinawa. (Full Story) |
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US searches for strategy to halt Syria violence
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Last Updated: 10:56 AM 02/08/12 - The Obama administration says it is not considering invading Syria or arming its rebels to remove President Bashar Assad from power. (Full Story) |
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Special ops teams first in, last out in Afghan war
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Last Updated: 10:50 AM 02/08/12 - The top U.S. special operations commander said his troops could be tapped to lead the mission in Afghanistan, while also increasing their numbers in places like Africa and the Pacific. (Full Story) |
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Last known WWI veteran dies at 110
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Last Updated: 11:49 AM 02/07/12 - Florence Green, the world's last known veteran of World War I, has died at the age of 110, the care home where she lived said Tuesday. (Full Story) |
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US admiral: Afghan special operations to expand
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Last Updated: 11:32 AM 02/07/12 - A U.S. admiral said Tuesday that special operations forces in Afghanistan are preparing for a possible expanded role as American forces begin to withdraw after a decade of war. (Full Story) |
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Afghan war vet fatally shot in Kentucky
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Last Updated: 6:42 PM 02/06/12 - A soldier who was found shot to death outside Fort Campbell, Ky., had recently returned from his second tour to Afghanistan with the 101st Airborne Division. (Full Story) |
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- Teen finds dead man behind East Knoxville home
A 14-year-old boy on his way home from school found a dead man near his East Knoxville home. - Vote for one county-wide tax increase in two weeks
No one likes to pay taxes but we all gotta do it. - Keep your teens from texting and driving
Texting and driving is deadly. - McGhee Tyson sees record year, money for international gate study
McGhee Tyson Airport served 1,774,252 passengers in 2011 making it the third busiest year in the airport's history. - Knox County woman charged with TennCare Fraud
A Knox County woman is charged with fraud for using TennCare to pay for bogus pain pill prescriptions in Anderson County. - State bill to ensure funds to help foster children transition into adulthood
The legislation, sponsored by Senator Doug Overbey, would help bridge the gap for those in foster care from the teenage years to adulthood, by assuring the Transitioning Youth Act continues for future years. - Man was shot and faces charges, after argument over a car
The Knoxville Police Department said a man was shot several times Tuesday evening, but he is the one facing charges. - 2,500 call special TennCare hotline Tuesday
The Tennessee Department of Human Services reports receiving 2,500 calls Tuesday to a special hotline.
- Keep your teens from texting and driving
Texting and driving is deadly. - State bill to ensure funds to help foster children transition into adulthood
The legislation, sponsored by Senator Doug Overbey, would help bridge the gap for those in foster care from the teenage years to adulthood, by assuring the Transitioning Youth Act continues for future years. - Wildlife group donates 63 tons of venison in 2011
The Tennessee Wildlife Federation reports donating about 63 tons of venison to hungry Tennesseans in 2011. - ETSU students robbed in campus apartment
East Tennessee State University officials are investigating the robbery of two students in a campus apartment. - Johnson City rethinking ban on chickens
Chickens could become urban dwellers in Johnson City, after all. - Chattanooga approves assessment of street gangs
The Chattanooga City Council has approved funds for a study of street gangs in the city. - Guard at girls' facility indicted on sex charge
A former guard at a state lockup for girls has been charged with statutory rape. - Mother's boyfriend charged with child abuse
A Hawkins County man faces child abuse and neglect charges, after deputies discovered evidence of abuse on an 18-month-old girl.
- 2 shot, 1 dead at Va. Wal-Mart distribution center
Authorities say an employee of a Wal-Mart Stores Inc. distribution center in Virginia shot and wounded his manager and then killed himself after deputies approached him. - Brady Quinn apologizes for Tim Tebow jabs
Brady Quinn is apologizing to Tim Tebow for unflattering comments Quinn made about the Denver Broncos' starting quarterback in a GQ article. - Welch: Obama on right path, but GOP still better
Former General Electric CEO Jack Welch says President Barack Obama is moving in the right direction on corporate taxes and there's "no question the economy is picking up," but he will still support whoever wins the Republican nomination in November's general election. - El Paso woman hit by stray bullet from Mexico
A woman shopping on a busy downtown El Paso street became the first victim of bullets flying across the border from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, on Tuesday when she was hit in the calf and wounded, authorities said. - Mom visits ex-Marine sentenced to death in Iran
The mother of a former U.S. Marine sentenced to death in Iran on a spying conviction has visited her son in an Iranian prison, a spokesman for the Michigan family said Tuesday. - GOP debate comes at crucial moment
The race for the Republican presidential nomination is about to turn national, and the candidates Wednesday night have their last, best opportunity to make their case to the country's conservatives. - White House wants election year fight over taxes
The Obama administration is set to propose an overhaul of the federal tax code for corporations, cutting both their tax rates and the loopholes available to them. - Police: Ga. spa shooting is "probably domestic related"
Police in Georgia are describing a mass shooting at a spa outside Atlanta as a murder-suicide that was "probably domestic related."
- El Paso woman hit by stray bullet from Mexico
A woman shopping on a busy downtown El Paso street became the first victim of bullets flying across the border from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, on Tuesday when she was hit in the calf and wounded, authorities said. - Mom visits ex-Marine sentenced to death in Iran
The mother of a former U.S. Marine sentenced to death in Iran on a spying conviction has visited her son in an Iranian prison, a spokesman for the Michigan family said Tuesday. - Divers find 4 more bodies on Costa Concordia
Divers searching the capsized Costa Concordia cruise ship found four more bodies Wednesday, including that of a missing 5-year-old Italian girl, authorities said. - Iran leader: Having nuclear weapons "a sin"
Iran's top leader insisted on Wednesday that his country is not seeking nuclear weapons, saying that holding such arms is a sin as well as "useless, harmful and dangerous". - Anti-U.S. protests turn deadly in Afghanistan
Afghan officials say seven people have been killed in clashes between Afghan security forces and protesters demonstrating over what the U.S. has said was the inadvertent burning of Muslim holy books at a NATO military base. - American, French journalists killed in Syria
Two Western journalists, including veteran American reporter Marie Colvin, were killed in intense shelling by President Bashar Assad's regime in the central town of Homs on Wednesday, according to Syrian activists and the French government. - 3 killed, U.S. Embassy on lockdown amid protests
The U.S. Embassy in Kabul was locked down - nobody being allowed in or out - over concerns for security of the staff amid the violent protests. - Oil at 9-month high after Iran cuts supply
Oil prices jumped to a nine-month high above $105 a barrel on Monday after Iran said it halted crude exports to Britain and France in an escalation of a dispute over the Middle Eastern country's nuclear program.
- Teen finds dead man behind East Knoxville home
A 14-year-old boy on his way home from school found a dead man near his East Knoxville home. - Man was shot and faces charges, after argument over a car
The Knoxville Police Department said a man was shot several times Tuesday evening, but he is the one facing charges. - 2 shot, 1 dead at Va. Wal-Mart distribution center
Authorities say an employee of a Wal-Mart Stores Inc. distribution center in Virginia shot and wounded his manager and then killed himself after deputies approached him. - Prosecutors drop cases involving fired trooper
Knox County prosecutors were forced to dismiss cases against 95 people for crimes ranging from felonies to misdemeanors after the state fired a former Tennessee Highway Patrol trooper for failing to stop at a fiery crash. - Burglar caught in act by victim, held until police arrive
Two people were arrested early Monday morning after a man pins the suspected burglar on the ground and holds on to him until officers arrive. - Jury in Jim Mullins murder trial goes home
The jury in the Jim Mullins murder trial couldn't reach a verdict Thursday. - Another charge against Unicoi Co. Sheriff
The Grand Jury charged Unicoi Co. Sheriff Kent Harris with additional count of Official Misconduct on Thursday based on new evidence presented by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation. - Drug dealer testifies he has lied under oath
An acknowledged cocaine dealer who testified that he was shot by a Memphis man charged with being a contract killer for a drug trafficking ring says he lied under oath in a previous court proceeding.
- Sex-changing treatment for kids: It's on the rise
An 8-year-old second-grader in Los Angeles is a typical patient. Born a girl, the child announced at 18 months, "I a boy" and has stuck with that belief. - Hospitals moving to change culture, admit mistakes
More than a dozen serious medical errors were reported at Middle Tennessee hospitals over the past three years -- and federal statistics indicate probably 80 more were not reported. - Medicare puzzle: Big rise in artificial feet costs
What's wrong with this picture? Medicare's bill for artificial feet rose nearly 60 percent in recent years, although foot and leg amputations due to diabetes continued a dramatic decline. - First lady teams up with chefs for tasty lunches
The first lady and "Top Chef" judge Tom Colicchio acted as judges Friday. Dallas school kids and Cowboys players divided into three teams to see who could whip up the tastiest lunch in 30 minutes. - Survey shows NH WIC participants eating healthier
A national survey shows that low-income New Hampshire women and children have been eating healthier since the federal government made changes to the food benefits they receive. - LA abuse charges prompt awkward talks for parents
Sinister allegations of abuse by at least two teachers in a Los Angeles school have forced awkward discussions as parents warn youngsters that people they trust might do things that could hurt them. - Hold the mystery meat: Military food gets upgrade
Hold the mystery meat: Military bases will soon be serving more fruits, vegetables and low-fat dishes under the first program in 20 years to improve nutrition standards across the armed services. - Study finds MDs not always honest with patients
Trust your doctor? A survey finds that some doctors aren't always completely honest with their patients.
- Oil at 9-month high after Iran cuts supply
Oil prices jumped to a nine-month high above $105 a barrel on Monday after Iran said it halted crude exports to Britain and France in an escalation of a dispute over the Middle Eastern country's nuclear program. - Colo. bill would legalize gold, silver currency
Colorado State Senators will consider a bill that would allow people to use gold and silver as currency. - Greece awaits bailout decision but issues remain
Eurozone governments are due to sign off on Monday a long-awaited rescue package for Greece, saving it from a potentially calamitous bankruptcy next month, senior officials said. - IRS releases list of most common tax scams
The Internal Revenue Service today issued its annual “Dirty Dozen” list of tax scams, including those most common in Tennessee. - Creditors spell out Greece austerity measures
Greece's international creditors spelled out the detailed spending cuts and reforms that Athens has to introduce before it can receive vital bailout cash. - US retail sales disappointment weighs on markets
Weaker than expected U.S. retail sales figures dented market confidence Tuesday after another mass downgrade of the creditworthiness of European countries had little impact. - LA co. challenges Kodak move to dump theater deal
CIM Group of Los Angeles has filed an objection in U.S. Bankruptcy Court opposing Kodak's move to get court approval to terminate its naming rights deal for Kodak Theatre. - Trade deficit widens to $48.8 billion in December
The Commerce Department says the trade deficit increased to $48.8 billion, the largest imbalance since June. Exports rose 0.7 percent. Imports rose a faster 1.3 percent.
- Welch: Obama on right path, but GOP still better
Former General Electric CEO Jack Welch says President Barack Obama is moving in the right direction on corporate taxes and there's "no question the economy is picking up," but he will still support whoever wins the Republican nomination in November's general election. - GOP debate comes at crucial moment
The race for the Republican presidential nomination is about to turn national, and the candidates Wednesday night have their last, best opportunity to make their case to the country's conservatives. - Romney: Obama has "fought against religion"
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said Tuesday that President Barack Obama's administration has "fought against religion" and sought to substitute a "secular" agenda for one grounded in faith. - Bill to freeze Tenn. lawmaker expenses delayed
A proposal to freeze Tennessee lawmakers' expense reimbursements rates has been delayed in the state Senate amid concerns about rising gas prices. - Rally for Romney
East Tennessee supporters for one GOP candidate for President turned out in force. - Santorum remark on Obama "theology" draws ire
The latest Gallup tracking poll of Republican voters finds Santorum leading Mitt Romney by eight points. - Congress sends payroll tax cut bill to Obama
Congress has passed legislation renewing a payroll tax cut for 160 million workers and jobless benefits for millions more, backing the main items on President Barack Obama's jobs agenda in a rare burst of Washington bipartisanship. - President Obama 2012 raises $29.1 million in January
President Barack Obama's re-election campaign raised $29.1 million in January in conjunction with the campaign and the Democratic National Committee (DNC), the campaign announced Friday.
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