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	<title>Breaking News &#187; Tenn.</title>
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		<title>Police: Tenn. man accused of abusing daughter kills her, foster dad who lived 2 doors down</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 15:09:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Travis Loller</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[DYERSBURG, Tenn. — Neighbors in Tennessee are asking why a teenage girl fatally shot by her father was placed with a foster family just two doors down after he was accused of abusing her.

Christopher Milburn, 34, killed the 15-year-old and her foster father and wounded her foster mother before taking his own life Sunday, authorities [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tenn. state senator opposed to sex outside marriage has affair with intern, resigns</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 04:31:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erik Schelzig</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Tennessee state senator said he was opposed to sex outside marriage, but his private life told a different story: He was having an affair with his 22-year-old intern.

When an extortion plot exposed married Republican Sen. Paul Stanley&#8217;s illicit relationship, he said he would be &#8220;clearing up&#8221; misimpressions later. He&#8217;s now clearing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Police: Tenn. man accused of abusing teenage daughter kills her, foster dad before his suicide</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 00:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[DYERSBURG, Tenn. — A northwest Tennessee man accused of abusing his teenage daughter shot her to death, police said Monday, and killed a neighbor acting as her foster father before turning the gun on himself.

Christopher Milburn, 34, also shot his 15-year-old daughter&#8217;s foster mother during the Sunday rampage just two houses down the street from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Minor earthquake, 3.2, rattles mountainous area in parts of Tennessee, North Carolina, Georgia</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2009 00:59:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[DUCKTOWN, Tenn. — A minor earthquake rattled the mountainous area of southeastern Tennessee, western North Carolina and northern Georgia on Saturday morning. No damage or injuries were immediately reported.

The U.S. Geological Survey said the 3.2-magnitude temblor happened about 11 a.m. Saturday. Its epicenter was located about 55 miles east of Chattanooga, near the town of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TVA raises coal ash spill tab to $1.2B; blames disaster for $167M loss in 3rd quarter</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 08:09:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Duncan Mansfield</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The Tennessee Valley Authority raised its estimates for cleaning up a massive coal ash spill to $1.2 billion on Friday, and partly blamed its third-quarter loss of $167 million on that cleanup.

Officials also suggested a rate increase could be looming.
The nation&#8217;s largest public utility said in a filing to the Securities and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Memphis Mayor Willie Herenton officially resigns to focus on run for congressional seat</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 05:22:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lucas L. Johnson Ii</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The first elected black mayor of Memphis has officially resigned after a record 18 years in office to focus on his run for Congress.

Willie Herenton submitted his resignation letter Thursday. He says he wants to focus on the race against U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen in the August 2010 Democratic primary.
Herenton was the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Future of ex-NFL QB McNair&#8217;s work helping at-risk teens, hurricane victims is questionable</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 02:09:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kristin M. Hall</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Former NFL quarterback Steve McNair trained thousands of kids at youth football camps and collected truckloads of donations for hurricane relief before he was killed, and it&#8217;s unknown whether his foundation can continue similar charity work after his death.

Fans took solace in remembering McNair&#8217;s constant involvement in communities in his home state [...]]]></description>
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		<title>International Paper&#8217;s 2nd-qtr profit falls 40 percent</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 19:45:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[International Paper Co.&#8217;s second-quarter net income slid 40 percent as lower sales and a slew of one-time charges hurt results for the top North American producer of cardboard box parts.

The company said its net income fell to $136 million, or 32 cents per share, down from $227 million, or 54 cents per share, a year [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Federal judge in Nashville, Tenn., dismisses lawsuit over German art seized by the Nazis</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 07:58:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A federal judge in Nashville has dismissed a lawsuit by a Holocaust survivor and his family against the German government over an extensive art collection seized by the Nazis.

Retired Vanderbilt University economics professor Fred Westfield sought unspecified damages for some 400 pieces of lost art including paintings by El Greco and Peter [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tenn. senator who had extramarital affair with 22-year-old intern resigns from Legislature</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 07:10:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erik Schelzig</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A Tennessee lawmaker resigned from the state Senate on Tuesday after his extramarital affair with a 22-year-old intern was revealed by an investigation into an extortion case.

&#8220;Due to recent events, I have decided to focus my full attention on my family and resign my Senate seat effective August 10,&#8221; Republican Sen. Paul [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Inspector general: TVA lawyers limited $3M report on cause of Tenn. ash spill</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 22:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Duncan Mansfield</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The head of the Tennessee Valley Authority acknowledged a &#8220;larger cultural problem&#8221; at the agency as an inspector general&#8217;s report says it allowed its lawyers to stifle a $3 million study into the cause of a massive coal ash spill to limit its legal liability.

The report also said the nation&#8217;s largest public utility [...]]]></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>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ala. Sen. Jeff Sessions reaches decision on Sotomayor, but not ready to make choice public</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2009 09:20:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erik Schelzig</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The senior Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee says he has made up his mind on Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor, but he&#8217;s not ready to make his decision public.

Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama said before the Tennessee Republican Party&#8217;s annual fundraiser on Saturday that he expects the vote on Democratic President [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Grand jury transcripts show FBI agents were targeted for ambush during 1962 Jimmy Hoffa trial</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2009 01:56:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe Edwards</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Associates of the late Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa plotted to ambush a group of FBI agents during his 1962 trial in Nashville, newly released transcripts of federal grand jury testimony indicate.

Walter J. Sheridan, a Justice Department official, told the Nashville grand jury in March 1963 that Hoffa&#8217;s supporters planned to trap the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Grand jury transcripts show FBI agents were targeted for ambush during 1962 Hoffa trial</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 23:25:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe Edwards</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Newly released grand jury transcripts say associates of late Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa plotted to ambush a group of FBI agents during his 1962 trial in Nashville.

Walter J. Sheridan, a Justice Department official, told the Nashville grand jury in 1963 that Hoffa&#8217;s supporters planned to trap the agents in an alley &#8220;and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Inspector general finds federal DOE sites fail to turn down thermostats in off-hours</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/inspector-general-finds-federal-doe-sites-fail-to-turn-down-thermostats-in-off-hours-119144/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 06:39:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Duncan Mansfield</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The U.S. Department of Energy is wasting enough electricity to power more than 9,800 homes a year by failing to turn down the heat or air conditioning when its workers leave for the day, auditors said Thursday.

&#8220;In spite of its energy conservation leadership role, we found that the department and its facility [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US attorney general tells black prosecutors Civil Rights Division &#8216;back and open for business&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/us-attorney-general-tells-black-prosecutors-civil-rights-division-back-and-open-for-business-117697/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 04:57:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Poovey</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MEMPHIS, Tenn. — U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder used a Southern civil rights landmark as a backdrop Wednesday as he told hundreds of black prosecutors that the Justice Department&#8217;s Civil Rights Division is &#8220;back and open for business.&#8221;

Speaking at a National Black Prosecutors Association conference in Memphis, not far from where the Rev. Martin Luther [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Consultants hired by TVA after spill find widespread problems with utility&#8217;s coal ash storage</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 07:32:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Duncan Mansfield</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Consultants hired by the Tennessee Valley Authority after a major coal ash spill found widespread problems with how the nation&#8217;s largest public utility runs and maintains its coal ash storage operations, the consultants said in a report issued Tuesday.

More than 5 million cubic yards of ash breached earthen dikes last Dec. 22 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tenn. investigators: 2-state rampage targeted wife; others killed to clear way for attack</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 06:13:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Poovey</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[FAYETTEVILLE, Tenn. — A man accused of fatally stabbing and bludgeoning six people in Tennessee and Alabama was targeting his wife and first killed her father and brother so they couldn&#8217;t stop him, authorities said Tuesday.

Jacob Shaffer, 30, is charged with six counts of homicide. He bought two stun guns Friday, the day before the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sheriff: Suspect in 6 slayings in 2 states bought stun guns; DA says indicates attacks planned</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 05:44:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Poovey</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[FAYETTEVILLE, Tenn. — Authorities say a man accused of fatally stabbing and bludgeoning six people in Tennessee and Alabama over the weekend had bought two stun guns.

District Attorney Charles Crawford said at news conference Tuesday in Fayetteville, Tenn., that the purchase Friday indicated the attacks were planned.
Thirty-year-old Jacob Shaffer is charged with six counts of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TVA consultants find coal ash storage program lacks procedures, training, communication</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 04:07:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Duncan Mansfield</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Consultants hired by the Tennessee Valley Authority after a disastrous coal ash spill found widespread problems with how the nation&#8217;s largest public utility is running and maintaining its coal ash storage operations.

Overall, the consultants said in the report Tuesday to the TVA board of directors, the &#8220;necessary systems, controls and culture were [...]]]></description>
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		<title>After massive Tenn. spill, consultants find problems with utility&#8217;s coal ash storage program</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 03:40:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Duncan Mansfield</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Consultants hired by the Tennessee Valley Authority say they found widespread problems with how the nation&#8217;s largest public utility is running and maintaining its coal ash storage operations.

The report presented Tuesday by McKenna Long and Aldridge of Atlanta follows the massive spill of more than 5 million cubic yards of coal ash [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Agents think 2-state rampage targeted wife, others killed to clear way for attack on her</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 01:22:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Poovey</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[FAYETTEVILLE, Tenn. — The man accused in a two-state rampage that left six dead was targeting his estranged wife and killed the others first so they couldn&#8217;t stop the attack on her, Tennessee authorities said Tuesday.

Tennessee Bureau of Investigation spokeswoman Kristin Helm said agents believe 38-year-old Traci Shaffer was the last person to die and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Investigators: Man accused in 2-state rampage targeted wife, killed others first to clear way</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:35:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[FAYETTEVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee authorities say the man accused of killing six people was targeting his estranged wife and killed the others first so they couldn&#8217;t stop the attack on her.

Tennessee Bureau of Investigation spokeswoman Kristin Helm said Tuesday that agents believe 38-year-old Traci Shaffer was the last person to die.
Her husband, 30-year-old Jacob Shaffer, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cargo shipper Forward Air gives third-quarter outlook below Wall Street expectations</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 05:37:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[GREENEVILLE, Tenn. — Forward Air Corp., which provides air freight services to cargo carriers and airlines, gave a third-quarter outlook Monday that was below Wall Street expectations.

The company said third-quarter revenue would decline between 15 percent and 20 percent from a year ago, and earnings would be between 8 cents and 14 cents per share.
Analysts [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cargo shipper Forward Air reports that second-quarter profit plummeted 76 percent</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 05:31:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[GREENEVILLE, Tenn. — Cargo shipper Forward Air Corp. said Monday that second-quarter profit plunged 76 percent due to the recession and predicted that third-quarter earnings would be below Wall Street expectations.

Chairman and CEO Bruce A. Campbell said that the tough freight market lasted through the second quarter due to the recession but that volumes in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iowa trucker dies after being crushed by load of pipe at TVA coal ash spill site in Tenn.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 04:33:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Duncan Mansfield</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — An Iowa truck driver died Monday after being crushed by a load of pipe he was delivering to the cleanup site of a massive coal ash spill in Tennessee, authorities said.

Larry LaCroix, 55, of Fort Madison, Iowa, died at University of Tennessee Medical Center in Knoxville, Tennessee Valley Authority spokeswoman Barbara Martocci [...]]]></description>
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		<title>5 stabbed multiple times in Tenn. during deadly rampage; another in Ala. beaten to death</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 02:26:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Travis Loller</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[FAYETTEVILLE, Tenn. — A man accused in a bloody weekend rampage that killed six in two states was a quiet, burly drywaller who authorities say started the attacks by beating an acquaintance to death in Alabama.

He then headed north to two homes in the small rural town of Fayetteville in Tennessee, where the violence escalated [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Police: Rampage that killed 6 in two states began with deadly beating in Huntsville, Ala.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 22:57:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kristin M. Hall</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[FAYETTEVILLE, Tenn. — The man accused in a rampage that killed six people first beat an acquaintance to death at an Alabama business before moving north into Tennessee to kill his wife, her family and a neighbor, an investigator said Monday.

Jacob Shaffer&#8217;s first victim was Sidney Wade Dempsey, Sgt. Mark Roberts of the Huntsville, Ala., [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Friend: Slain Tenn. woman, husband accused in 6 killings had split; 4-year-old daughter unhurt</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/friend-slain-tenn-woman-husband-accused-in-6-killings-had-split-4-year-old-daughter-unhurt-114804/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 20:06:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kristin M. Hall</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[FAYETTEVILLE, Tenn. — A family friend said he&#8217;d seen fights between a slain southern Tennessee woman and the estranged husband accused of killing her and five other people.

Jason Shaffer, 30, is charged with six counts of homicide in the deaths of his 38-year-old wife, Traci Shaffer, her father, brother, teenage son and a neighbor in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Friend: Slain Tenn. woman, husband accused in 6 killings had split; had 4-year-old daughter</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/friend-slain-tenn-woman-husband-accused-in-6-killings-had-split-had-4-year-old-daughter-114408/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 07:15:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kristin M. Hall</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[FAYETTEVILLE, Tenn. — A family friend said he&#8217;d seen fights between a slain southern Tennessee woman and the estranged husband accused of killing her and five other people.

Jason Shaffer, 30, is charged with six counts of homicide in the deaths of his 38-year-old wife, Traci Shaffer, her father, brother, teenage son and a neighbor in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tennessee man charged with killing wife, her brother, father, teen son, 2 others in 2 states</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/tennessee-man-charged-with-killing-wife-her-brother-father-teen-son-2-others-in-2-states-114381/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 05:09:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kristin M. Hall</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[FAYETTEVILLE, Tenn. — A southern Tennessee man faces homicide charges in the slayings of his wife, her father, brother and teenage son, along with two other people in two states, authorities said Sunday.

The bodies of the relatives, along with a teenage neighbor, were found Saturday in two rural homes near Fayetteville in southern Tennessee, said [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Authorities: Tenn. man accused of killing wife, 3 of her relatives, neighbor in 2-state spree</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/authorities-tenn-man-accused-of-killing-wife-3-of-her-relatives-neighbor-in-2-state-spree-114355/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 03:26:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kristin M. Hall</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[FAYETTEVILLE, Tenn. — A Tennessee man is accused of killing his wife and three of her relatives, along with two others in a two-state spree, authorities said Sunday.

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation identified the five people found dead Saturday in two neighboring rural homes near Fayetteville in southern Tennessee. A sixth body discovered at a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Authorities: Man on porch charged after 6 people, many related, found slain in Tenn., Alabama</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/authorities-man-on-porch-charged-after-6-people-many-related-found-slain-in-tenn-alabama-114024/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2009 15:14:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kristin M. Hall</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[FAYETTEVILLE, Tenn. — The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation says a man is accused of killing his wife and three of her relatives, along with two others in a two-state spree.

TBI spokeswoman Kristin Helm says in a news release that investigators have identified five of the six victims. Authorities have charged 30-year-old Jacob Shaffer with homicide [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Authorities: Man charged after 6 people, many related, found slain in Tenn., Alabama</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/authorities-man-charged-after-6-people-many-related-found-slain-in-tenn-alabama-113974/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2009 13:15:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kristin M. Hall</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[FAYETTEVILLE, Tenn. — A 30-year-old man was charged with homicide Saturday in the slayings of six people, most believed to be from the same family, in two communities about 30 miles apart in Tennessee and Alabama.

Investigators said the victims were four adults and two juveniles, but their names and ages were not being released until [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Authorities: 6 slain, 5 in southern Tennessee, another in northern Ala.; suspect in custody</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/authorities-6-slain-5-in-southern-tennessee-another-in-northern-ala-suspect-in-custody-113839/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2009 05:19:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[FAYETTEVILLE, Tenn. — Six slayings in two communities about 30 miles apart in Tennessee and Alabama are linked, and a suspect who was sitting on the front porch of a home where some the bodies were found was being questioned, authorities said Saturday.

Five people, including members of the same family, were found dead in two [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bureau of Investigation spokeswoman: 5 slain in southern Tennessee; suspect in custody</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/bureau-of-investigation-spokeswoman-5-slain-in-southern-tennessee-suspect-in-custody-113818/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2009 04:26:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[FAYETTEVILLE, Tenn. — A suspect is being held in the slayings of five people found dead Saturday in two homes in southern Tennessee, investigators said.

TBI spokeswoman Kristin Helm said in an e-mail that the bodies were found in Lincoln County and some of the victims were related.
The killings took place either Friday night or early [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tenn. jury convicts sex offender in 1975 killing of Girl Scout who vanished delivering cookies</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2009 01:45:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A jury has convicted an imprisoned sex offender of murder in the 1975 strangulation death of a Girl Scout in Tennessee.

Nine-year-old Marcia Trimble disappeared while delivering Girl Scout cookies in her Nashville neighborhood, and her body was found near her home 33 days later.
A jury on Saturday convicted 62-year-old Jerome Barrett of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Feds arrest convicted murderer for selling gun in Steve McNair killing</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2009 03:36:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Travis Loller</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Federal prosecutors announced gun charges Friday against a convicted murderer who admitted he sold the pistol that was used to kill ex-NFL quarterback Steve McNair.

Adrian J. Gilliam Jr., 33, of LaVergne, Tenn., was arrested by agents of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives.
He is charged with being a convicted felon [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Norfolk Southern to build intermodal rail hub in Western Tenn.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 23:06:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Norfolk Southern announced it will build a sprawling $129 million terminal in Fayette County where cranes will transfer containers between trucks and trains.

The intermodal rail hub will be built on a former cattle ranch in Rossville, about five miles east of Collierville.
The Commercial Appeal reported the facility is expected to open in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TVA raises hazard potential for coal ash sites, though no &#8216;imminent&#8217; risk of failure</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 07:14:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Duncan Mansfield</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The Tennessee Valley Authority on Thursday significantly raised the hazard potential for several of its coal ash sites in a self-assessment to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, suggesting people living near four sites could die if an ash pond ruptured.

The Associated Press reported Monday, based on interviews and documents obtained from TVA, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tenn. man arrested after police find him walking along highway with panties hanging from pants</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/tenn-man-arrested-after-police-find-him-walking-along-highway-with-panties-hanging-from-pants-109378/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 04:17:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ATHENS, Tenn. — A man has been charged with public intoxication after authorities said he was walking along Highway 11 with a pair of panties hanging out from his unzipped pants. According to The Daily Post-Athenian, 31-year-old man told deputies he had been at a pool party and stole them from a nearby home early [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pilot Travel to provide $100M financing; framework for Flying J to exit bankruptcy protection</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/pilot-travel-to-provide-100m-financing-framework-for-flying-j-to-exit-bankruptcy-protection-109199/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 00:47:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Pilot Travel Centers LLC and Utah-based Flying J Inc. have agreed to a merger that will combine two of the country&#8217;s largest truck stop companies.

The privately held companies announced Tuesday they have reached a preliminary agreement to combine Flying J&#8217;s 270 travel centers and Pilot&#8217;s more than 300 travel centers in a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Great Smoky Mountains National Park wants oral history from people who lived there</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 00:29:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[GATLINBURG, Tenn. — The National Park Service hopes people who have firsthand accounts of living in the Smokies or attending the national park dedication will share those memories.

Park Service spokesman Bob Miller in Gatlinburg said the memories of hundreds of Civilian Conservation Corps workers who built the park are also being sought.
Park officials hope those [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Concrete form collapses at Tenn. construction site, buries 2 workers, killing 1</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/concrete-form-collapses-at-tenn-construction-site-buries-2-workers-killing-1-101310/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 07:46:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[LENOIR CITY, Tenn. — Authorities say one of two workers buried in concrete at a Tennessee construction site has died and the other has been taken to a hospital in critical condition.

Police Lt. Mike Tinnel tells The Knoxville News Sentinel that a form for a 30-foot wall collapsed during a concrete pour Monday afternoon at [...]]]></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>
		<dc:creator>Bill Poovey</dc:creator>
		
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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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Prosecutors drop charges in alleged rape, say credibility of victim in doubt</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/prosecutors-drop-charges-in-alleged-rape-say-credibility-of-victim-in-doubt-98119/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:52:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Duncan Mansfield</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee prosecutors have dropped charges against a Georgia man accused of kidnapping and raping a woman in a Smoky Mountain cabin before a pizza deliveryman called police.

Assistant District Attorney Steven Hawkins told The Associated Press on Thursday that the credibility of the alleged victim was in doubt. He said that based on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nissan reports 23.1 percent drop in June sales in U.S.; Maxima model shows growth</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/nissan-reports-231-percent-drop-in-june-sales-in-us-maxima-model-shows-growth-96993/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 01:52:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[FRANKLIN, Tenn. — Nissan North America Inc. said Wednesday that June sales of Nissan and Infiniti vehicles in the U.S. slid 23.1 percent compared with the same period a year ago, though its Maxima sedan showed solid growth.

The Japanese automaker reported combined sales of 58,298 units, compared with last June&#8217;s sales of 75,847.
Nissan North America [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ex-Tenn. prof gets 4 years for passing military data to student researchers from China, Iran</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:37:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — A retired University of Tennessee professor has been sentenced to four years in prison for passing sensitive information from a U.S. Air Force contract to two research assistants from China and Iran.

J. Reece Roth, a plasma physics expert at the school in Knoxville, Tenn., was found guilty in September on all 18 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tenn. boy accused of stealing medical supplies from ambulance while paramedics treated his mom</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:24:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ELIZABETHTON, Tenn. — A boy was arrested over the weekend on charges of stealing from an ambulance while paramedics were treating his mother. The Johnson City Press reported the boy, who was not named because he is a juvenile, was charged with stealing $5,000 in medical supplies. That includes an oxygen tank and an oxygen [...]]]></description>
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