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	<title>Breaking News &#187; Chattanooga</title>
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		<title>Tenn. boy caught with beer and stolen gifts; Mom says he wants to follow daddy to jail</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:38:33 +0000</pubDate>
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Tenn. boy, 4, caught with beer, stolen gifts

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Tennessee investigators say a 4-year-old boy was found roaming his neighborhood in the night, drinking beer and wearing a little girl&#8217;s dress taken from under a neighbor&#8217;s Christmas tree.
The child&#8217;s mother, 21-year-old April Wright, tells WTVC-TV the boy &#8220;wants to go to jail because that&#8217;s  [..] <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/tenn-boy-caught-with-beer-and-stolen-gifts-mom-says-he-wants-to-follow-daddy-to-jail-245681/">Read the original article: here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>TVA says repair work will kill fish at mountaintop reservoir near Chattanooga, Tenn.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 22:52:32 +0000</pubDate>
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TVA says repair work will kill fish at Tenn. site

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — A Tennessee Valley Authority repair project will kill fish at Raccoon Mountain near Chattanooga following maintenance work last month that also killed fish in the same mountaintop reservoir.
TVA is repairing a damaged seal at Raccoon Mountain. A statement Monday said the damage was ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/tva-says-repair-work-will-kill-fish-at-mountaintop-reservoir-near-chattanooga-tenn-241184/">Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : TVA says repair work will kill fish at mountaintop reservoir near Chattanooga, Tenn.</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Praise Lord, pass ammo: Tennessee church&#8217;s gun class seen as safety tool, evangelism effort</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:19:39 +0000</pubDate>
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Praise Lord, then pass ammo at church gun class

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — The issue this week at a Chattanooga church isn&#8217;t just sanctification, but safety — gun safety. Pastor Fred Smith at the East Chattanooga Church of God says about 40 people have been taking a safety course on firearms. &#8220;We&#8217;re not a pistol-packing church, by ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/praise-lord-pass-ammo-tennessee-churchs-gun-class-seen-as-safety-tool-evangelism-effort-228784/">Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : Praise Lord, pass ammo: Tennessee church&#8217;s gun class seen as safety tool, evangelism effort</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Carmike piles on plush for moviegoers, seeks environmental certification at new theater</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:47:30 +0000</pubDate>
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New movie theater mixes plush with enviro-friendly

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — With plush lounge chairs, gourmet appetizers, a VIP auditorium and the latest digital and 3-D equipment, Chattanooga&#8217;s newest movie theater complex doesn&#8217;t need toilets that flush rain water to sell tickets.
Carmike Cinemas Inc. and the RiverCity Co. went beyond creature comforts and high-tech gadgetry to build .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/carmike-piles-on-plush-for-moviegoers-seeks-environmental-certification-at-new-theater-228444/">Read the original article &nbsp;: Carmike piles on plush for moviegoers, seeks environmental certification at new theater</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Groups challenge discharge of heavy metals from TVA&#8217;s Kingston Plant into Clinch River</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:41:51 +0000</pubDate>
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Groups challenge TVA river discharge from plant

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Environmental activists are trying to stop the Tennessee Valley Authority from starting a daily 1 million gallon discharge of water that contains mercury, selenium and other pollutants into the same river where coal ash was spilled at its Kingston Plant.
Representatives of Earthjustice and other groups told ... Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/groups-challenge-discharge-of-heavy-metals-from-tvas-kingston-plant-into-clinch-river-227581/">Groups challenge discharge of heavy metals from TVA&#8217;s Kingston Plant into Clinch River</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Unum 3Q profit doubles, as year-ago qtr included $109M investment loss; company backs outlook</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:30:47 +0000</pubDate>
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Unum profit doubles as investment results improve

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Employee benefits and disability insurance provider Unum Group said Tuesday its third-quarter profit more than doubled because its investments performed better than they did a year ago.
Unum reported a profit of $221.1 million, or 66 cents per share, compared with $108 million, or 32 cents per .... Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/unum-3q-profit-doubles-as-year-ago-qtr-included-109m-investment-loss-company-backs-outlook-216697/">Unum 3Q profit doubles, as year-ago qtr included $109M investment loss; company backs outlook</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Tennessee-based EPB gets $111 million of smart grid money from federal stimulus program</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:24:22 +0000</pubDate>
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Tenn.-based EPB gets big chunk of smart grid tech

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — The Electric Power Board based in Chattanooga is getting a big chunk of federal stimulus money, $111 million that will pay for expanding a smart electric grid in its service area.
Knoxville Utilities Board was awarded about $3.6 million and Memphis Light, Gas and Water ... Read this article on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/tennessee-based-epb-gets-111-million-of-smart-grid-money-from-federal-stimulus-program-209864/">Tennessee-based EPB gets $111 million of smart grid money from federal stimulus program</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Volkswagen to start accepting applications for production jobs at new Chattanooga plant</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:47:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Volkswagen will start accepting applications Oct. 26 for about 1,200 production jobs at its new plant in Chattanooga, with the first hiring set early next year.

Ryan Rose, a spokesman for the $1 billion plant where workers will build a new mid-sized sedan starting in 2011, said applicants from the Chattanooga area will ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/volkswagen-to-start-accepting-applications-for-production-jobs-at-new-chattanooga-plant-198232/" title="Volkswagen to start accepting applications for production jobs at new Chattanooga plant">Read more &raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Tenn. man swept into culvert, Atlanta-area commuters bogged down as storms soak Southeast</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 12:07:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — A man swept away by floodwater in Chattanooga is presumed drowned as heavy rain and thunderstorms spawned flood warnings from eastern Tennessee and western North Carolina into north Georgia, including the Atlanta area.

In Chattanooga, WRCB-TV said rescuers found two men clinging to a chain-link fence in fast-moving water late Sunday. One of ... Read : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/tenn-man-swept-into-culvert-atlanta-area-commuters-bogged-down-as-storms-soak-southeast-174194/">Tenn. man swept into culvert, Atlanta-area commuters bogged down as storms soak Southeast</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>A 2-minute drill: Tenn. firm to build portable shelters that set up quickly by pushing button</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 17:28:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — A defense contractor said Tuesday it will start building portable shelters for natural disasters and war zones that quickly unfold like a Transformer toy.

The shelters come with an onboard diesel generator to power heating, ventilation and air conditioning and unfold with the push of a button. They can also have showers and .... Source article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/a-2-minute-drill-tenn-firm-to-build-portable-shelters-that-set-up-quickly-by-pushing-button-156498/">A 2-minute drill: Tenn. firm to build portable shelters that set up quickly by pushing button</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Tenn. police justify 59 shots from 6 officers as &#8217;suicide by cop&#8217;; man&#8217;s family wants probe</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 17:39:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Poovey</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Alonzo Heyward carried a rifle around his low-rent neighborhood one day last month, ranting about suicide and ignoring the pleas of friends for hours before six Chattanooga police officers surrounded him on his front porch and decided it had to end.

His father says Heyward told the officers, &#8220;I&#8217;m not out here to ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/tenn-police-justify-59-shots-from-6-officers-as-suicide-by-cop-mans-family-wants-probe-143548/" title="Tenn. police justify 59 shots from 6 officers as &#8217;suicide by cop&#8217;; man&#8217;s family wants probe">Read more &raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Veterans who may have been exposed to infectious body fluids prepare to file claims against VA</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 02:11:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — An attorney is preparing to ask the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to pay disability benefits and damages for hospital mistakes that may have exposed veterans to infectious body fluids — a complaint that he said could ultimately multiply into many more such demands.

The attorney, Mike Sheppard of Nashville, said he is ... Original article on  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/veterans-who-may-have-been-exposed-to-infectious-body-fluids-prepare-to-file-claims-against-va-122129/">Veterans who may have been exposed to infectious body fluids prepare to file claims against VA</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Lawyer says veterans waiting, but VA silent on any compensation for colonoscopy mistakes</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:40:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — An attorney for veterans potentially exposed to HIV and other infections by colonoscopies at three Department of Veterans Affairs hospitals said his clients are waiting to hear if they will be compensated for mistakes that led to congressional hearings and new VA spending on patient safety.

A spokeswoman for the VA declined to .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/lawyer-says-veterans-waiting-but-va-silent-on-any-compensation-for-colonoscopy-mistakes-98288/">Original source &nbsp;: Lawyer says veterans waiting, but VA silent on any compensation for colonoscopy mistakes</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>VA to tell House panel about mistakes with equipment used for colonoscopies, other procedures</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 02:38:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — A congressional panel is pressing the Department of Veterans Affairs to disclose on Tuesday whether non-sterile equipment that may have exposed 10,000 veterans to HIV and other infections was isolated to three Southeast hospitals or is part of a wider problem.

&#8220;Somebody is going to have to take responsibility,&#8221; said U.S. Rep. Phil ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/va-to-tell-house-panel-about-mistakes-with-equipment-used-for-colonoscopies-other-procedures-81423/" title="VA to tell House panel about mistakes with equipment used for colonoscopies, other procedures">Read more &raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>US House panel to hear how equipment mistakes were made at 3 VA hospitals, risking infections</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 00:04:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — After months of health worries for more than 10,000 veterans, officials at the Department of Veterans Affairs are expected to face a congressional panel Tuesday and explain how mistakes at three hospitals in the Southeast may have exposed patients to HIV and other infectious diseases.

&#8220;Somebody is going to have to take responsibility,&#8221; ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/us-house-panel-to-hear-how-equipment-mistakes-were-made-at-3-va-hospitals-risking-infections-81347/">Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : US House panel to hear how equipment mistakes were made at 3 VA hospitals, risking infections</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Congressional panel to analyze VA hospital mishaps that put patients at risk of HIV, hepatitis</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2009 01:04:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Poovey</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — A congressional panel will question Department of Veterans Affairs officials about mistakes that put patients at risk of possible exposure to HIV and other infectious body fluids at three VA hospitals.

The VA recommended more than 10,000 former VA patients in Miami, Murfreesboro, Tenn., and Augusta, Ga., get follow-up blood checks. Five have ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/congressional-panel-to-analyze-va-hospital-mishaps-that-put-patients-at-risk-of-hiv-hepatitis-67186/">Original article on  : Congressional panel to analyze VA hospital mishaps that put patients at risk of HIV, hepatitis</a>.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 19:53:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Poovey</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Volkswagen AG executives celebrate raising the first walls of their $1 billion assembly plant Thursday in Chattanooga, Tenn., giving them a chance to smile amid the auto industry&#8217;s global despair.

When construction is finished and VW starts making a new mid-size sedan in 2011, Chattanooga&#8217;s biggest catch will be 2,000 jobs at the ... Original article on  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/vw-kia-rev-up-new-assembly-plants-in-the-south-while-auto-industry-wallows-in-red-ink-62668/">VW, Kia rev up new assembly plants in the South while auto industry wallows in red ink</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>NCAA to review Chattanooga complaint about loss from hosting tourney games with no local teams</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2009 10:27:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Chattanooga has complained to the NCAA, saying it lost money hosting women&#8217;s tournament games because the teams had no local ties.

The Greater Chattanooga Sports and Events Committee sent a letter to the NCAA saying organizers lost about $60,000 hosting games with North Carolina, Purdue, UCF and Charlotte. Chattanooga had guaranteed the NCAA ... Read more : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/ncaa-to-review-chattanooga-complaint-about-loss-from-hosting-tourney-games-with-no-local-teams-57178/">NCAA to review Chattanooga complaint about loss from hosting tourney games with no local teams</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>VA reports a 4th positive HIV test in wake of dirty hospital equipment, vets grow frustrated</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2009 05:13:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Thousands of veterans were at first shocked to learn they should get blood tests for HIV and hepatitis because three hospitals might have treated them with unsterile equipment. Now, just a couple of months after the Department of Veterans Affairs issued the dire warnings, veterans are growing frustrated by the lack of .... Original source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/va-reports-a-4th-positive-hiv-test-in-wake-of-dirty-hospital-equipment-vets-grow-frustrated-37887/">VA reports a 4th positive HIV test in wake of dirty hospital equipment, vets grow frustrated</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>VA: 4th patient tests positive for HIV since agency said vets were exposed to dirty equipment</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2009 04:25:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — The Department of Veterans Affairs says a fourth person exposed to dirty equipment at its hospitals has tested positive for HIV.

The test result revealed Friday is the second positive HIV test from a patient who was treated at a VA hospital in Miami. The VA is investigating problems with cleaning medical equipment ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/va-4th-patient-tests-positive-for-hiv-since-agency-said-vets-were-exposed-to-dirty-equipment-37799/" title="VA: 4th patient tests positive for HIV since agency said vets were exposed to dirty equipment">Read more >></a>.]]></description>
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