Provides the latest RSS feeds for Tennessee News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Knoxville News.Net http://www.knoxvillenews.net/ en-us Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:30:15 -0500 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:30:15 -0500 30 Work on the connector between Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg, commonly called the Gatlinburg-Pigeon Forge Spur, was completed two weeks early, allowing the opening on Tuesday. http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32984383&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:08:51 -0500 Knox News http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32984383&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - The maker of Jack Daniel's whiskey and Korbel champagne says its fiscal third-quarter profit slipped, pinched by higher expenses. Brown-Forman Corp. also narrowed its full-year... http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32984846&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:31:15 -0500 WKRN Nashville http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32984846&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is investigating what led a police officer to shoot a man early Wednesday morning. The shooting happened on Monthemer Cove Drive north of Interstate 40. Police told... http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32984847&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:31:13 -0500 WKRN Nashville http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32984847&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 A new Nashville entertainment company and a veteran midway operator have been selected to run the Tennessee State Fair this year as a private venture, with Metro government guaranteed to get at least ... http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32981591&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:49:07 -0500 WBIR http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32981591&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 According to legend, Guinness Stout was inspired by God. The story goes that Arthur Guinness, inventor of the famed brew, was praying one day, asking God to do something about alcohol abuse in his ho... http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32981616&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:49:06 -0500 WBIR http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32981616&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Most SEC schools sold all of their 2010 tournament tickets before the first tip-off. But there are a few choice seats available - for a few thousand dollars. As Thursday's games approach, fans who m... http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32981617&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:49:06 -0500 WBIR http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32981617&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 At that point, he grabbed clothes, shoes, his passport and some cash, then took the stairs to the lobby, where he met UT lecturer Jack Mills and Tara Mohrfeld, UT MBA program manager of operations and... http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32980988&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:31:22 -0500 Knox News http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32980988&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Farmer faces 72 counts of animal cruelty SPEEDWELL, Tenn. - The owner of farms in Claiborne and Union counties is facing misdemeanor charges of animal cruelty after authorities found dozens of dead ... http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32981614&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:31:21 -0500 Knox News http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32981614&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- A Tennessee Department of Transportation official has been selected to lead a group that's been pushing for an overhaul of mass transit in Middle Tennessee. http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32982027&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:07:35 -0500 Associated Press http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32982027&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) - A former Louisiana hospital executive has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for embezzling nearly $200,000 from her employer's student loan repayment program. A federal judg... http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32979382&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:23:11 -0500 WKRN Nashville http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32979382&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennesseans who live in rural areas and small towns are going to find it a lot easier to visit and work in the state's big cities. Vice President Joe Biden announced that the s... http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32979383&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:23:10 -0500 WKRN Nashville http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32979383&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 COOKEVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Juvenile Court officials say offenses of children raping other children are epidemic in Putnam County. In three current cases, a 16-year-old boy is charged with two counts of... http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32979384&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:23:08 -0500 WKRN Nashville http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32979384&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 PARIS, Tenn. (AP) - It's not "Pants on the Ground" but something else. Seventh-graders from Diane Lowry's music class at Henry School have been performing their song, "Trash on the Ground." The song ... http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32979385&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:23:08 -0500 WKRN Nashville http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32979385&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - More than 14,300 tires have been turned in as part of Memphis' redemption program. Residents get $1 for every tire turned over, and some people waited overnight Monday to partic... http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32979386&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:23:07 -0500 WKRN Nashville http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32979386&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Designers from Gustafson Guthrie Nichol, a Seattle-based landscape architectural firm selected to oversee Centennial Park's renovation plan, left a two-hour public meeting with more than 70 comments f... http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32976810&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:13:17 -0500 The Tennessean http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32976810&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 A Nashville doctor who lost his medical license after a drug conviction is scheduled to appear in court today in an effort to once again get permission to practice medicine. http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32976813&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:13:13 -0500 The Tennessean http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32976813&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 The story goes that Arthur Guinness, inventor of the famed brew, was praying one day, asking God to do something about alcohol abuse in his hometown of Dublin, Ireland. As he prayed, God spoke to Guin... http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32976814&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:13:09 -0500 The Tennessean http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32976814&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Brunswick Commercial and Government Products . It is Bohan’s first office outside of Nashville and will have four employees. “We are very accustomed to working with clients in other citi... http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32975388&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:56:14 -0500 Business Journal http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32975388&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 NASHVILLE, Tennessee, March 4. THE first night of short course yard swimming at the USA Swimming Sectionals held in Nashville put distance events in the spotlight.Marlins of Raleigh's Victoria Mit... http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32974344&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:05:27 -0500 Swimming World http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32974344&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Independent Knox County mayoral hopeful Lewis Cosby portrayed himself during a radio forum Tuesday morning as a financial handyman who can repair a rickety budget and refurbish broken trust in the may... http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32974343&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:55:09 -0500 Knox News http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32974343&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Nearly 200 East Tennessee soldiers leave home later this month on their way to Iraq. Members of the 253rd Military Police Company, based in Lenoir City with a detachment in Bristol, will head out Marc... http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32970992&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:31:55 -0500 Knox News http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32970992&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 See all13 photosat full size Galapago Amigo has logged 700 miles in competitions and is ranked nationally with the American Endurance Riding Conference, but the gelding's most heralded performance may... http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32971786&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:31:50 -0500 Knox News http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32971786&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Knoxville City Council on Tuesday approved $650,000 to complete the rehabilitation project along the 100 block of Gay Street with no discussions or questions from council members. http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32971787&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:31:47 -0500 Knox News http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32971787&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Then, the 53-year-old man walked into the woods behind his house and used bungee cords to secure a loaded 12-gauge Remington pump shotgun to a tree at head level, officials said. http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32971788&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:31:42 -0500 Knox News http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32971788&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 The city of Knoxville contends the more than $35,000 it already has paid Robert Reagan should be enough, but a federal judge counters a jury might well find otherwise. http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32971789&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:31:39 -0500 Knox News http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32971789&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 NASHVILLE - Legislation that grew out of a construction manager's dispute with the Public Building Authority of Knoxville and Knox County was shelved for the year on Tuesday with the concurrence of th... http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32971790&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:31:33 -0500 Knox News http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32971790&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 C HATTANOOGA, Tenn. - A Tennessee woman pleaded guilty yesterday to faking breast cancer in a scam that netted thousands of dollars worth of sick leave donated by her City Hall co-workers and money fr... http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32970966&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:01:57 -0500 Boston Herald http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32970966&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Metro Police arrested two Nashville men they say were involved in making Methamphetamine Tuesday night. Police received a call from witnesses about an "incident" at a Wal-Mart supe... http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32972565&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:55:45 -0500 WKRN Nashville http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32972565&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Former Marianna resident files federal complaint Accuses West Memphis officer of beating him after a police chase West Memphis says they haven't received the lawsuit yet (West Memphis 3/9/2010) A for... http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32969606&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:31:40 -0500 News 3 http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32969606&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - The Kentucky Republican Party chairman is criticizing state Finance Secretary Jonathan Miller for sending out invitations to a fundraiser for Gov. Steve Beshear. GOP Chairman St... http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32970041&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:18:51 -0500 WKRN Nashville http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32970041&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Firefighters responded to the call just before 9 p.m. tonight. KFD personnel at the scene said the residents of the house were able to flee the home and there were no immediate reports of injuries. http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32967489&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:17:57 -0500 Knox News http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32967489&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 FAST FACTS: Christopher askew under investigation for allegedly soliciting a teen for sex Mother says he even offered to pay No charges have been filed. Askew says he didn't do it (Hernando, ... http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32967448&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:55:15 -0500 News 3 http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32967448&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Individuals who violate an order of protection in Tennessee could face a fine of up to $500 under a proposal advancing in the Senate. http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32965568&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:19:08 -0500 Associated Press http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32965568&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 (Memphis 3/9/2010) Memphis Police are investigating the possible rape involving an East High School student at this hour. A police spokesman says the incident did not occur on campus but took place... http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32964971&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:18:26 -0500 News 3 http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32964971&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Voter ID seen as a way to eliminate fraud Legislators refuse to pass Citizens demand a vote through referendum process dennis.turner@wreg.com (Southaven, MS 3/9/2010) Next fall, voters in Mississi... http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32964973&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:18:25 -0500 News 3 http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32964973&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Vehicle Inspection Station Wait Is Reportedly Getting Shorter City Council & Wharton Administration Say They've Heard The Complaints Possible Solutions Are Being Studied (Memphis 3/9/2010) Pull up to... http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32964972&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:18:24 -0500 News 3 http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32964972&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Higher occupancy rates helped push revenue to $76.1 million for the fourth quarter, an increase of 2.9 percent over the same period a year earlier. But a 1 percent cut in Medicare rates that took effe... http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32963027&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:09:13 -0500 Nashville Business Journal http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32963027&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Tennessee revenue officials are drafting legislation that would tax hotels for the food it gives away in complimentary continental breakfasts. The meals are offered at hotels... http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32965565&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:04:06 -0500 WKRN Nashville http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32965565&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 ASHLAND CITY, Tenn. – Ashland City is reaching out to surrounding communities to help recruit volunteer firefighters. Right now, the department has only nine paid firefighters and the other 40 ... http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32965567&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:04:06 -0500 WKRN Nashville http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32965567&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 NASHVILLE, Tenn. – St. Thomas Health Services is expanding its outpatient rehabilitation services to serve those in more rural areas, who aren't located near any of their current facilities.... http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32965566&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:04:05 -0500 WKRN Nashville http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32965566&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 the mavs have won 12 straight and i'm wondering which team is going to end the streak? regardless.... dallas looks to be doing outstanding after the trade deals and it looks like they could be the wes... http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32964737&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:50:35 -0500 General Sources http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32964737&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Houston, 48, sits behind bars in Roane County, nearly a week after an appellate court threw out the double-murder case against him in the deaths of a deputy and ride-along. He still faces charges that... http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32961324&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:53:42 -0500 Knox News http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32961324&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Incident report for fire at Super 8 Motel on Merchants KNOXVILLE - One man was listed in critical condition at the University of Tennessee Medical Center today following a North Knoxville motel fire... http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32961325&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:53:39 -0500 Knox News http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32961325&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Giant retailer Dollar General Corp. has filed a federal lawsuit against rival discount chain Fred's Inc., claiming the smaller company is using Dollar General's trademark yell... http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32962124&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:30:37 -0500 Associated Press http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32962124&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Former Grizzlie Player Allen Iverson is making the headlines again Reports of gambling and alcoholism Now Iverson is responding to the reports (Memphis TN 3/9/2010) Reports of alcoholism and an extrem... http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32961284&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:29:58 -0500 News 3 http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32961284&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Tennessee’s budget hole just keeps getting deeper. Revenue collections for February were $47.1 million less than what the state budgeted. Sales tax collections have been in decline since Januar... http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32961283&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:20:23 -0500 Memphis Business Journal http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32961283&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A man already serving a 25-year sentence has been convicted by a Nashville jury for aggravated assault in the 2007 attack of a teenager after a high school graduation ceremony.... http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32962121&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:16:04 -0500 WKRN Nashville http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32962121&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Several months of blasting began Tuesday for the largest public project in the history of the state of Tennessee. Explosives shook the earth just after 6 a.m. at the site of ... http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32962122&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:16:03 -0500 WKRN Nashville http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32962122&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 CHARLOTTE, Tenn. – Agents with the Tennessee Department of Safety and Tennessee Highway Patrol spent the day Tuesday at Creek Wood High School in Dickson County, educating students about the imp... http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32962123&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:16:02 -0500 WKRN Nashville http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32962123&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Consolidation Services signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) to acquire an interest in thirteen gas wells located in Tennessee in an all stock transaction with an unaffiliated party. The Parties to the LOI ... http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32958094&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:07:54 -0500 Rigzone http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32958094&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 OAK RIDGE - Herb Mook, a senior research scientist at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, is the 2010 recipient of the Clifford G. Shull Prize from the Neutron Scattering Society of America. http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32958155&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:00:39 -0500 Knox News http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32958155&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 The Tennessee National Guard's 253rd Military Police Company, based in Lenoir City with a detachment in Bristol, will leave March 28 for training at Fort Dix, New Jersey, according to a news release. ... http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32958154&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:00:35 -0500 Knox News http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32958154&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 http://www.tn.gov/finance/newsrel/030910Februaryrevenues.shtml" target="_blank">http://www.tn.gov/finance/newsrel/030910Februaryrevenues.shtml ">continued to drop last month, led by another decline in... http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32958089&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:45:52 -0500 The Tennessean http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32958089&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Ford Motor Credit Co. will cut 200 jobs at its Franklin location as a nationwide round of layoffs unfolds. The company announced recently that it would cut 1,000 jobs nationwide, and spokeswoman Marg... http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32956238&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:24:17 -0500 Nashville Business Journal http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32956238&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Next stop for the National Folk Festival? All signs point to Nashville. Mayor Karl Dean has called a press conference for 11 a.m. Wednesday “to announce a new, free music and arts event startin... http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32958153&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:24:11 -0500 Nashville Business Journal http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32958153&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Greater Nashville Association of Realtors , the fifth consecutive month of year-over-year increases. According to GNAR, 1,308 home closings were reported in February, an increase of 3.2 percent over ... http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32958152&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:24:09 -0500 Nashville Business Journal http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32958152&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 have won arbitration hearings and been awarded more than $3.6 million. Jupiter, Fla., investor Andrew Stein was awarded $2.5 million by a FINRA arbitration panel in Boca Raton on Feb. 19. FINRA is th... http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32958087&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:24:03 -0500 Memphis Business Journal http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32958087&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - General fund tax collections missed projections by about $44 million in January. General fund collections were $196 million below expectations through the first seven months o... http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32958838&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:19:27 -0500 WKRN Nashville http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32958838&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The Tennessee National Guard says military police units from Bristol and Lenoir City will deploy to Iraq at the end of March. The deployment of the 253rd Military Police Compa... http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32958837&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:19:26 -0500 WKRN Nashville http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32958837&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 LAVERGNE, Tenn. – A Borders Books and Music spokesperson has officially notified Tennessee labor officials it plans to cut 120 workers from its Tennessee Distribution Center in LaVergne. Border... http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32958836&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:19:24 -0500 WKRN Nashville http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32958836&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 NASHVILLE, Tenn. – A constitutional amendment permanently banning an income in Tennessee passed the Senate Finance Committee Tuesday. The 7-3 vote is the first time that such an amendment has e... http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32958835&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:19:23 -0500 WKRN Nashville http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32958835&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 A federal bankruptcy judge in Delaware has approved the Chapter 11 reorganization plan of Freedom Communications, owner of The Orange County Register in California and other media properties, includin... http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32955352&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:19:26 -0500 News Channel 9 http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32955352&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 RUTLEDGE - Rutledge Police Chief Jeff Daniel has been placed on administrative leave pending an investigation into claims he assaulted two men early Sunday morning, Mayor Danny Turley said today. http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32954538&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:15:12 -0500 Knox News http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32954538&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 More chief financial officers in the U.S. anticipate an increase in the hiring of full-time accounting and financial employees in the second quarter, according to a new survey from http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32952964&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:02:23 -0500 Business Journal http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32952964&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 e-mail sent by a Nashville hospitality executive comparing First Lady Michelle Obama to a chimpanzee, Tennessee's tourism industry has started to feel the fallout. http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32952676&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:57:57 -0500 The Tennessean http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32952676&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Sheriff's Sgt. Brian Durham said he saw 19-year-old William Brian Deel III climbing a bank after getting his car stuck in a field next to the burglarized house. http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32955359&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:47:17 -0500 Associated Press http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32955359&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 KINGSTON, Tenn. (AP) -- The Roane County prosecutor says the death of a man whose body was found in a woods fire killed himself in an "elaborate suicide." http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32955360&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:47:16 -0500 Associated Press http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32955360&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 MIAMI (AP) -- Toyota owners claiming that massive safety recalls are causing the value of their vehicles to plummet have filed at least 89 class-action lawsuits that could cost the Japanese auto giant... http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32955361&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:47:15 -0500 Associated Press http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32955361&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 (Southaven , MS 3/9/2010) Two Southaven city employees have been fired after being arrested. We've learned former information technology director Jason Grant was arrested for possession of prescrip... http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32954494&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:46:34 -0500 News 3 http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32954494&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A new Ohio State University custodial employee who received a bad job evaluation shot two co-workers in a campus maintenance building, killing one of them, and then fatally... http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32954495&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:46:34 -0500 News 3 http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32954495&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 More chief financial officers in the U.S. anticipate an increase in the hiring of full-time accounting and financial employees in the second quarter, according to a new survey from http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32954496&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:38:29 -0500 Business Journal http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32954496&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 More chief financial officers in the U.S. anticipate an increase in the hiring of full-time accounting and financial employees in the second quarter, according to a new survey from http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32952801&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:37:07 -0500 Business Journal http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32952801&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 More chief financial officers in the U.S. anticipate an increase in the hiring of full-time accounting and financial employees in the second quarter, according to a new survey from http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32954493&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:36:15 -0500 Memphis Business Journal http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32954493&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 KINGSTON, Tenn. (AP) - The Roane County prosecutor says the death of a man whose body was found in a woods fire killed himself in an "elaborate suicide." The Knoxville News Sentinel reported the man ... http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32955353&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:31:26 -0500 WKRN Nashville http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32955353&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Opponents of mountaintop removal coal mining are drawing on some star power to make their case for banning the practice in Tennessee. Country singer Kathy Mattea spoke before ... http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32955356&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:31:24 -0500 WKRN Nashville http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32955356&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Testing that verifies state prison inmates have job skills as they complete their sentences is aimed at keeping them from returning behind bars. The Tennessean reports that 4,... http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32955357&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:31:23 -0500 WKRN Nashville http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32955357&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 LAWRENCE CO., Tenn. – A grand jury has indicted a former high school band director in Lawrence County on charges he had sex with a student. The Circuit Court Clerk's office in Lawrenceburg ... http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32955355&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:31:21 -0500 WKRN Nashville http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32955355&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The driver of a tanker truck was injured Tuesday morning in an explosion at a Donelson Pike gas station. The incident happened at about 8:30 a.m. near the Racetrack gas stati... http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32955358&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:31:21 -0500 WKRN Nashville http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32955358&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 SPEEDWELL, Tenn. - An autopsy on a 2-month-old Claiborne County baby that died over the weekend is completed, but authorities are not ready to release the results. http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32951268&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:24:58 -0500 Knox News http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32951268&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- The sponsor of a measure that would declare an income tax and payroll tax unconstitutional in Tennessee says it's necessary because of the poor state of the economy. http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32951928&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:58:08 -0500 Associated Press http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32951928&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- The Tennessee Emergency Management Agency is having drills this week on improving communications among local, state and federal agencies during a major disaster. http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32951929&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:58:07 -0500 Associated Press http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32951929&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Transit Alliance of Middle Tennessee . The alliance was created by a regional caucus of mayors last year to help build private sector support behind efforts to develop and fund a http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32951267&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:46:28 -0500 Nashville Business Journal http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32951267&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Southeastern Asset Management in 1975. Before that, he worked in commercial lending and credit analysis in the banking industry. He also serves on the board of Two Harbors Investment Corp. and http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32950457&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:46:23 -0500 Memphis Business Journal http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32950457&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 purchased in June by Smith & Wesson Holding Corp., provides security barriers for high-risk facilities such as military bases and oil refineries. Willingham comes to USR from http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32951265&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:46:23 -0500 Nashville Business Journal http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32951265&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 SCOTTSBORO, Ala. (AP) - The Scottsboro City Council has unanimously adopted a resolution urging the Tennessee Valley Authority board of directors to finish Bellefonte Nuclear Plant near here or build ... http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32951919&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:41:53 -0500 WKRN Nashville http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32951919&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Wildlife officials say fog, not foul play, is likely what caused the deaths of dozens of birds in a Clarksville neighborhood. The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency investi... http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32951921&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:41:52 -0500 WKRN Nashville http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32951921&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) - Regional banking company Iberiabank Corp. says it received $329 million from a public offering of just under 6 million shares of its common stock. The stock was priced at $57.75... http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32951920&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:41:51 -0500 WKRN Nashville http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32951920&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 JACKSON, Tenn. (AP) - A 66-year-old Jackson woman has been fatally shot at a rest stop along Interstate 40 in Benton County and police have arrested the victim's estranged husband. John Mehr, special... http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32951925&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:41:48 -0500 WKRN Nashville http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32951925&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) - A federal judge in Chattanooga says government prosecution of 9 illegal immigrants on criminal charges is an "Alice in Wonderland scenario." U.S. District Court Judge Harry ... http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32951926&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:41:48 -0500 WKRN Nashville http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32951926&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 WHITE BLUFF, Tenn. – The man suspected of fatally shooting a Dickson County woman and severely beating her grown son surrendered to authorities at his brother's home on Wolfe Road in White B... http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32951923&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:41:47 -0500 WKRN Nashville http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32951923&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 LAWRENCEBURG, Tenn. (AP) - A former Lawrence County teacher has been indicted on charges of having sex with a student. The Circuit Court Clerk's office in Lawrenceburg confirmed Tuesday that a grand ... http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32948709&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:03:05 -0500 WKRN Nashville http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=32948709&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7