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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: Tennessee

Tennessee stories: 58 news summaries

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 Fred Stumps for Acting Roles 

Former candidate turns to Hollywood

Mar 25, 08 8:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - He won't be president next year, but maybe he'll play one on TV. Fred Thompson, the former US senator whose folksy run for the White House failed to galvanize support, is returning to acting. He has signed with Hollywood's William Morris Agency to seek new movie and television roles, reports... More »

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White House • Sicko • Law and Order • Tennessee • Michael Moore • Election 2008 • Fred Thomspon • acting career • William Morris • No Way Out • In the Line of Fire

2 Toddlers,
4 Adults
Shot Dead in Memphis Home

Worst mass killing
in city in 35 years

Mar 4, 08 7:39 AM CST
(Newser) - Memphis police found two toddler girls and four adults shot dead in a home in the city's Binghamton neighborhood yesterday. Three other young children have been taken to a local hospital with gunshot wounds and are said to be critically injured, reports the Commercial Appeal. Police say the shootings... More »

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children • homicide • Tennessee • Memphis • shooting • gunshots • Memphis killings

Tornadoes Put FEMA on Spot

Agency that botched Katrina response is under close scrutiny

Feb 7, 08 5:32 PM CST
(Newser) - As the full extent of the damage from this week's deadly tornadoes comes clear, survivors and lawmakers are united in one sentiment: FEMA better come through this time. The agency that botched the Katrina recovery is under close scrutiny, the New York Times reports. “FEMA must not use bureaucratic... More »

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tornado • Kentucky • Michael Chertoff • FEMA • Tennessee • natural disaster

Tornado Survivors Recall Horror

54 dead as FEMA steps in to begin cleanup

Feb 6, 08 8:00 PM CST
(Newser) - As FEMA teams mobilized rescue efforts in the Southern states ravaged by yesterday's tornadoes, survivors combed through the wreckage today, sharing survival stories and clutching their faith. “It looks like the Lord took a Brillo pad and scrubbed the ground,” said Tennessee’s governor. The twisters, possibly spawned... More »

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tornado • Arkansas • Kentucky • FEMA • twister • Alabama • Tennessee • Mississippi

Tornadoes Kill 54 in South

Twisters rip through Arkansas, Kentucky, Tennessee

Feb 6, 08 7:24 AM CST
(Newser) - At least 54 people are dead and 100 injured in a series of tornadoes that tore across the South last night and early this morning, and rescue teams fear that the full extent of the storms' destruction remains to be seen. The twisters, which closed polls early in some states,... More »

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tornado • severe weather • Arkansas • Kentucky • storm • Alabama • Tennessee

Huckabee Storms Back In

Huckabee's strong Southern showing complicates GOP race

Feb 6, 08 2:28 AM CST
(Newser) - Mike Huckabee was expected to win his home state of Arkansas on Super Tuesday, but his wins in West Virginia, Alabama, Tennessee and Georgia on top of that have put the supposed "third wheel" back in the race for the GOP nomination, the Washington Post reports. "Sometimes one... More »

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Mitt Romney • John McCain • Republican • Super Tuesday • Arkansas • conservative • Georgia • Mike Huckabee • Alabama • Tennessee • West Virginia

Would-Be Teen Hijacker
Was Suicidal, Cops Say

Boy had handcuffs, other items aboard flight from LA to Nashville

Jan 25, 08 3:14 PM CST
(Newser) - A California teenager who planned to hijack a flight from Los Angeles to Nashville is in state custody in Tennessee, the Tennessean reports. The 16-year-old had handcuffs and other suspicious items when he was detained, and authorities believe he was suicidal. The FBI dismissed reports he planned to crash the... More »

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California • terrorism • FBI • homeland security • Tennessee • Hannah Montana • juveniles • Nashville

Tenn. Man, 94, Kidnapped, Murdered, Mutilated

Man was kidnapped, held for $3K ransom, found with hand cut off

Jan 22, 08 1:18 PM CST
(Newser) - A 94-year-old Tennessee man was found dead with his hand cut off after a relative ran afoul of drug dealers who kidnapped him in retaliation, the Citizen Tribune of Morristown reports. "No one deserved to die like he did," the sheriff said of Willie Morgan. "This poor... More »

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drugs • kidnapping • murder • Tennessee • ransom

Tenn. Dems Seek  Alexander Foe

Likely candidate drops out of 2008 race

Nov 28, 07 9:41 AM CST
(Newser) - Tennessee Democrats are seeking a new challenger for Lamar Alexander's Senate seat after prospective candidate Mike McWherter dropped out. The race is important because Tennessee is one of the few Southern states where the Democrats are still strong, reports Congressional Quarterly. Former Democratic chairman Bob Tuke and Nashville attorney Kevin... More »

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Tennessee • Lamar Alexander • Senate race • Mike McWherter • Bob Tuke • Kevin Doherty • Lincoln Davis • Bill Purcell • Kim McMillan

Harper Lee Awarded Medal of Freedom

Civil rights pioneer Hooks also receives highest civilian honor

Nov 6, 07 4:50 AM CST
(Newser) - Author Harper Lee and NAACP pioneer Benjamin Hooks yesterday received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, America's highest civilian honor, for their work for racial equality. Lee, 81, wrote the 1960 Pulitzer-winning classic To Kill a Mockingbird, which challenged racism and was made into a powerful movie featuring Gregory Peck. The... More »

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Tennessee • civil rights • Ellen Johnson Sirleaf • Presidential Medal of Freedom • Harper Lee • Benjamin Hooks • To Kill A Mockingbird • NAACP • civil rights movement

Water Runs Out In Tenn. Town

Drought forces Orme to borrow from nearby town's hydrant

Nov 2, 07 7:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - If the Southeast drought’s effects on Orme, Tenn., are a sign of things to come, folks in Atlanta should start scheduling their showers. The rural home to 145 people has run completely dry, and what water gets trucked in can be used only between 6 and 9 pm. This... More »

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Southeast • Atlanta • drought • water • Alabama • Tennessee • emergency funding • Orme

States Pick Up Dropped Broadband Ball

US still lags behind in high-speed Internet availability

Nov 1, 07 11:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - With the federal government dropping the ball on broadband Internet deployments, many states are picking it up, the Wall Street Journal reports. A Kentucky program has brought wireless to 95% of the largely rural state, and imitation programs have sprung up in West Virginia and Tennessee. Liking what he sees,... More »

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FCC • broadband Internet • Kentucky • Tennessee • West Virginia • Zack Space

Bar Association Seeks to Halt Executions

Rampant inequities & sloppy cases demand moratorium, says group

Oct 29, 07 5:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - After a three-year study of the death penalty in eight states, the American Bar Association is calling for a nationwide moratorium on executions until prevalent problems in the system are rectified. Defense attorneys nationwide are under-qualified and underfunded, cases are plagued by sloppy evidence gathering, and race influences sentencing, the... More »

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death penalty • Florida • Arizona • Ohio • Georgia • Pennsylvania • Alabama • Tennessee • legal defense • American Bar Association • National District Attorneys Association

Escaped Con Busted After
35 Years

Husband killer raised new family
in Tennessee

Oct 18, 07 4:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - An escaped Indiana inmate convicted of murdering her husband has been arrested after living 35 years in Tennessee, where she remarried and raised a family. The 64-year-old woman escaped while serving a life sentence in 1972.  She was living with her third husband and two of her seven children... More »

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Indiana • Tennessee

It Wasn’t
Fred's Truck

Legend of Thompson
as scrappy, itinerant candidate may be
just that

Sep 18, 07 12:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - Banish the legend of Fred Thompson as the down-home, Chevvy-driving election slayer, says a journalist who covered Thompson's 1994 Tennessee Senate race.  Much is made of his come-from-behind victory over Democratic Rep. Jim Cooper, who led  by 21 points nine months before Voting Day. But it's bogus, says Politico’... More »

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Fred Thompson • Senate • Bill Frist • Tennessee • Chevrolet • Election Day • Contract With America

Fattest States in America

Aug 27, 07 8:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Trust for America's Health has come out with its fourth annual report on obesity.  And the losers are:
  1. Mississippi
  2. West Virginia
  3. Alabama
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obesity • health • childhood obesity • South Carolina • Arkansas • Kentucky • fat • Louisiana • weight • Michigan • Indiana • America • Alabama • Tennessee • Mississippi • Oklahoma • West Virginia

Nuclear Screw-Ups Hushed Up

Tenn. plant that supplies Navy fuel wasn't fined for uranium leak

Aug 21, 07 2:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - In the name of national security, the NRC has held back from reporting serious violations at a Tennessee nuclear plant, including a 9-gallon uranium spill for which the facility was not fined. In balancing public safety against counterterrorism measures, an agency exec tells the AP, "The pendulum maybe swung... More »

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nuclear power • Navy • counterterrorism • Tennessee • uranium • NRC

Nashville Doesn't Take to the Ice

Canadian billionaire may move
Predators north of the border

May 25, 07 4:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - BlackBerry magnate Jim Balsillie will pay $220 million for the Nashville Predators, one of the NHL's best and lowest-revenue teams, and likely move them out of Tennessee. Possible new homes include Kansas City, which is courting teams for its new arena, and Kitchener-Waterloo and Hamilton in Ontario, threatening the theft... More »

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NHL • Pittsburgh Penguins • Kansas City • Nashville Predators • Jim Balsillie • BlackBerry • hockey • Tennessee • Craig Leipold

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