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5 hrs ago | WHNT-TV Huntsville

Tenn law enforcement officers target rural areas in seat belt crackdown

Law enforcement officers in Tennessee are targeting rural areas for motorists and passengers not wearing seat belts.

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Related Topix: Tennessee Government

13 hrs ago | The Daily News Journal

Murfreesboro Airport receives $10,000 grant

Gov. Phil Bredesen has announced that an Aeronautics Grant in the amount of $10,000 has been approved for the Murfreesboro Municipal Airport.

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Related Topix: Tennessee Government, Murfreesboro, TN

Sat Nov 21, 2009

WHNT-TV Huntsville

Rock City Gardens to feature 1 million lights for holidays

See Rock City and you can see 1 million lights. Rock City Gardens is preparing for its 15th annual Enchanted Garden of Lights beginning Friday and running through Jan.

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WHNT-TV Huntsville

Tenn. veteran sentenced to 12 1/2 years in child porn case

A veteran from Tennessee who admitted sending child pornography on the Internet and asking two Kentucky women to help set up sexual encounters with children has been sentenced to 12 1/2 years in prison.

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Related Topix: Tennessee Government, Kentucky

The Tennessean

Sites remain on list of possible closures by Postal Service

WASHINGTON -- Sixteen Tennessee postal stations remain on the chopping block, according to a newly revised list of possible closings released on Friday by the U.S. Postal Service.

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Related Topix: The Postal Service, Indie

WMC-FM

Pay cuts restored at DENSO in Tennessee

Salaried employees at DENSO Manufacturing Tennessee Inc. will have their pay cuts restored in January.

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Fri Nov 20, 2009

Memphis Commercial Appeal

Expect at least 5 percent tuition increase at Tennessee colleges, universities

Students attending Tennessee's public colleges and universities can plan on a tuition hike of at least 5 percent next fall, plus fewer course offerings, as a result of further cuts in state appropriations for the campuses, higher education officials said today.

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Related Topix: Tennessee Government, University of Tennessee, University of Memphis

WHNT-TV Huntsville

Judge orders details on child welfare checks in Coffee County

A judge in Middle Tennessee ordered all state child welfare workers in his county to show proof of recent home visits and disclose their case loads.

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Related Topix: Tennessee Government

The Leaf Chronicle

Tenn. redoubles efforts to purge dead voters

Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett says he is redoubling efforts to remove dead people from voter registration rolls around the state.

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Related Topix: Tennessee Government

Birmingham News Online

Lawyer: Tennessee suspect in slaying of Alabama woman wrongly detained

The lawyer for a former Knox County motel employee charged in the 2008 murder of a young Alabama woman says he was illegally detained.

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MyEyeWitnessNews.com

Bredesen Calls Unemployment Tax Hike Unavoidable

Phil Bredesen says another tax hike to shore up Tennessee's unemployment trust fund appears unavoidable.

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Related Topix: US Governors, Phil Bredesen, Tennessee Government

Thu Nov 19, 2009

The Knoxville News-Sentinel

Report says Tennessee's tax system among nation's most regressive

Tennessee's consumer-based tax system is fourth most regressive among the states, meaning that lower-income families here pay a higher share of their income in state and local taxes than do more affluent households, according to a new national study released today.

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PhillyBurbs.com

Solar electric system put in service in West Tenn.

A solar design and installation company says it has put in service the largest solar electric system of its kind in the state.

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Related Topix: Tennessee Government, Solar Energy, Alternative Energy, Science / Technology, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy

WAAY-TV Huntsville

Tenn. family says son died from swine flu

The family of a 9-year-old Middle Tennessee boy said he died from complications from the swine flu.

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, Tennessee Government

The Leaf Chronicle

TennCare may have to cut enrollee benefits

TennCare officials say they will be forced to cut some enrollee benefits if Gov.

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Related Topix: US Governors, Phil Bredesen, Tennessee Government

GoVolsXtra.com

Kiffin defends '11 months'

Tennessee first-year coach Lane Kiffin offered an explanation for those questioning his recent claim about his football team's spotless police record.

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Wed Nov 18, 2009

Fort Mill Times

Bill allocates funds for Tenn. military facilities

A spending bill for veterans programs and military construction projects approved by the Senate could bring more than $100 million to Tennessee.

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Related Topix: Tennessee Government

ABC News - Brian Ross

'Twilight' Stars Attend Charity Screening in Tenn.

Actress Kristen Stewart wanted to make the right fashion statement when attending a screening of "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" in Knoxville.

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Related Topix: The Twilight Saga: New Moon, Crime Movies, Drama Movies, Thriller, Mystery Movies, Twilight, New Moon, Adventure, Musical Movies, Tennessee Government, Entertainment

Las Vegas Sun

Tenn. community buries soldier killed at Fort Hood

Defense Secretary Robert Gates gathered with mourners on a cold, windy morning in a tiny northeast Tennessee community to bury Army Spc.

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Related Topix: US Army, US Military, Fort Hood, Tennessee Government

WSMV-TV Nashville

Quit Smoking Line Helps 33,000

State health officials said more than 33,000 calls have been received at a toll-free line created more than three years ago to help Tennesseans quit smoking.

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Related Topix: Smoking, Medicine, Tennessee Government

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