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FDA Finds Fungus In Tennessee Pharmacy Drugs
Federal health officials say they have found bacteria and fungus in drug vials from a Tennessee specialty pharmacy that recalled all of its injectable medicines...
Moonshine Is Growing in the U.S., and Big Whiskey Wants a Taste
Moonshine, the outlaw hooch made famous in backwoods Appalachia, is now regulated by the government and is sold at Walmart. The spirit has grown so popular that...
University of Tennessee Decides Not to Use State Tax Dollars to Fund ‘Sex Week’
Taxpayer dollars should not be used for events like a "golden condom scavenger hunt," university officials said.
Patti Page: The Oklahoma Thrush With ‘The Tennessee Waltz’
The most popular female vocalist of the 1950s is dead at 85
Tennessee Kidnap-Murder Suspect Thinks Girls Are His, Says Mother-in-Law
A Mississippi man on the run from the law, suspected of the double-homicide of a mother and daughter, thinks he may be the father of the woman’s two younger...
Manhunt on for Alleged Tennessee Kidnapper
Law enforcement officials have intensified their search for a man they believe abducted a Tennessee mother and her daughters after they found the woman and her...
Tennessee Passes Abstinence-Based “Gateway Sexual Activity” Bill
Hugging? You better not be doing that in Tennessee. The state has passed a long-mocked bill allowing parents to sue teachers and other outside parties for...
Are We Sliding Backward on Teaching Evolution?
Tennessee was the center of the national debate when it prosecuted John Thomas Scopes for the crime of teaching evolution. Now, 87 years after the Scopes “monkey...
Adam Mayes: Homicide-Kidnap Suspect Kills Self; 2 Surviving Sisters Safe
Adam Mayes, the man hunted by the FBI for the alleged killing of a mother and daughter and the abduction of two younger children shot himself to death Thursday,...
In The Presence of Tennessee Basketball Coach Pat Summitt
It’s somewhat bittersweet that the phenomenal career of University of Tennessee women’s basketball coach Pat Summitt, who is stepping down almost a year after...
Learning to Love the Housing Bailout
Tennessee senator bob corker is not in a forgiving mood when it comes to people whose home loans are underwater, particularly if they borrowed beyond their...
JPTV Jr.: Tennessee Tuxedo, the iPad and Magic
A prescient '60s cartoon showed that, even when computers were giant industrial machines that scientists used, we knew that handheld knowledge screens would...
Taxing Jack: Tennessee County Seeks Levies from Famed Distillery
Moore County, Tenn. is suffering even while its most historic resident, Jack Daniel, and his eponymous distillery continue to rake in profits. So what's a little...
Tennessee Veggie Lover's Vanity License Plate Banned for 'Vulgarity'
A Tennessee woman just wanted to share her love of vegetarian eating. The state thought she was expressing her love for a more explicit activity. It's a battle...
Just Like High School: Tennessee Lawmaker Carves Initials Into State House Desk
Remember that time that you got really bored in class and carved your initials into the desk? Well, it turns out that's not such a good idea if you are a member...
'Don't Say Gay' Bill May Ban Tennessee Teachers From Discussing Homosexuality
Because if you don't talk about something, it doesn't exist, right? A committee in the Tennessee state senate has green-lighted a bill that, if passed, would...
Tennessee County Expands Its Pay Firefighting Policy
Tempers flared inside a northwestern Tennessee courtroom Monday night as residents and local firefighters argued about the expansion of a local subscription-only...
Should Tennessee Firemen Have Let the House Burn?
It was one of the stranger news stories in a long time — and one of the most polarizing. Firefighters in rural Tennessee looked on as a house burned because the...
A Tennessee Waltz Through the World's Longest Yard Sale
It's just a little past lunchtime in Dunlap, Tenn., and Patsy and Larry Hagood are already in heaven. Only a few hours into the first day of a four-day yard-sale...
