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Pioneers in HPC, Preview of Next Generation GPU Products, RealityServer Demos To Be Featured.

Knoxville Police Department officers investigate a shooting and suspected robbery at Hardee's on Western Ave., on Tuesday, Nov.

Gov. Phil Bredesen said Tuesday that a private investment deal is back on track following discussions between the company and the head of a legislative panel that questioned a state-backed biofuels initiative in East Tennessee.

KNOXVILLE - An apartment tower for college students in Knoxville will not be renamed in honor of comedian Stephen Colbert, but he'll get a parking spot there.

KNOXVILLE a ' State Rep. Stacey Campfield was escorted from a University of Tennessee football game after a dispute with police over a Halloween mask.

Leading University and Research Institution Joins Network of Seven Other Institutions Focused on Parallel Computing.

Call for Proposals, MLA Academic Libraries 2010 Save the date for "Academic Libraries 2010: Explore, Discover, Connect," the Michigan Library Association's first two-day event highlighting trends and issues in academic libraries.

Michael Smith gets teased on a weekly basis by his friends for a personal decision he made two years ago.

CB Richard Ellis Memphis is continuing its aggressive expansion by landing the marketing and leasing contract for a 28-building, 1.2 million-square-foot portfolio at Nonconnah Corporate Center in the airport submarket.

The University of Tennessee's flagship campus is riding a green wave that is sweeping across campuses nationally.

Gov. Phil Bredesen says a legislative staff member who attacked a state-backed initiative to turn switchgrass into ethanol is playing politics and endangering chances to land a large investment for East Tennessee.

" Authorities are searching for an East Tennessee man accused of brutally beating another over the weekend in Anderson County.

Intensive care technician Leslie Wereszczak tends to Little Brown Dog, who allegedly was dragged behind her owner's truck.

Some state lawmakers say they were misled in approving $70 million for an initiative to turn switchgrass into ethanol and have delayed approval on part of the project.

Lawmakers said they feel they were duped into spending $70 million of taxpayer money on a plant that isn't living up to its promises.

Carotenoidsa 'fat-soluble plant compounds found in some vegetablesa 'are essential to the human diet and reportedly offer important health benefits to consumers.

The transition zone can be one of the most challenging places to maintain high-quality turfgrass; changeable growing conditions in these regions often prove too hot for some grasses and too cold for others.

Lincoln Memorial University students may get a chance to shadow Knox County school nurses through a potential first-time partnership that will provide extra assistance to school nurses while giving students clinical experience.

By Duncan Mansfield Associated Press Posted Nov 02, 2009 @ 09:00 AM KNOXVILLE, Tenn.

Nov 2, 2009 11:00 AM, By Daryll E. Ray, Agricultural Policy Analysis Center, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN The jump in prices of agricultural commodities in 2008 was devastating not only for US dairy and livestock producers-its repercussions could be felt around the world with food riots in many countries and trade restrictions in a number ...