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Joseph G. Jarret is Knox County law director, an Army Veteran, and former public risk manager Bud Armstrong, Knox County law director candidate and former county commissioner. Richard "Bud" Armstrong Just under two years ago, then-Knox County Commissione
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Withers had lens-eye view to history: Ernest Withers, who covered many of the major events in the civil rights movement of the 1950s and '60s, in his studio in February 1990. Major changes are expected within the next six weeks in the groups responsible
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One of hundreds of people seeking damages from the Tennessee Valley Authority's coal ash spill, Gilbert Pickel of Kingston, Tenn. , stands Dec. 14, 2011 on his riverside property that he says has been been left devalued by the December 2008 disaster. No... View Photo »
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The seeds for Tennessee's state parks were sown in the early 1900s, a time when Americans had stopped believing in the myth of an endless frontier. The national forest system began with the Forest Reserve Act of 1891. In 1916, the National Park Service w
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The highest compliments being paid President Barack Obama can be found in the way his opponents have chosen to attack him. His challengers in the 2012 election appear to be afraid to run against the real Obama and his actual record as president. Instead,
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Fort Pillow State Historic Park sits atop Chickasaw Bluffs — a 200-foot-thick layer of windblown glacial silt and gravel overlooking the Mississippi River that served as a Union stronghold throughout much of the Civil War. Only in West Tennessee would su
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Tennessee Valley Authority President and CEO Tom Kilgore, left, and TVA spokesman Mike Bradley, are shown leaving the federal courthouse in Knoxville, Tenn. , on Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2011. Kilgore earlier testified at a trial on lawsuits seeking damages... View Photo »
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Dozens of clean energy and anti-nuclear groups including two in Tennessee want evacuation zones around nuclear plants expanded from 10 to 25 miles. Bellefonte Efficiency and Sustainability Team and We the People Inc. are among those that submitted a fo
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Southaven -- City officials concede they stumbled out of the starting gate in trying to limit the noise from low-flying aircraft traveling to and from the nearby Memphis International Airport. But like a thoroughbred race horse that hits its stride in th
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Tennessee Valley Authority President and CEO Tom Kilgore, left, and TVA spokesman Mike Bradley, are shown leaving the federal courthouse in Knoxville, Tenn. , on Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2011. Kilgore earlier testified at a trial on lawsuits seeking damages for the utility's Dec. 2008 coal...
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Preston Swafford, chief nuclear officer with the Tennessee Valley Authority, explains the workings of the control room at the Browns Ferry nuclear facility in Alabama, in this photo taken March 25, 2011. The Browns Ferry nuclear plant, similar in design to the earthquake-hit Fukushima...
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The cooling towers at the Tennessee Valley Authority's Sequoyah Nuclear Plant in Soddy-Daisy, Tenn. , rise above the trees near a residential neighborhood Tuesday, March 15, 2011. TVA said its Sequoyah and Watts Bar nuclear plants in Tennessee are designed for a 5.8 magnitude earthquake.
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In this April 18, 2011 photo, TVA operations training manager John Dalton , left, speaks about safety measures set in place to protect the Watts Bar nuclear power facility from natural disasters while in the control room simulator, in Spring Tenn. The Tennessee Valley Authority for the...
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In this April 18, 2011 photo, the Watts Bar nuclear plant is seen in Spring Tenn. The Tennessee Valley Authority for the first time intends to temporarily sell ownership of a new nuclear reactor, mainly to keep TVA from closing in on its debt limit as it builds a separate $4.8 billion...
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Technicians monitor the refueling process on the number two reactor during a tour of the Browns Ferry nuclear plant in Athens, Ala. , Friday, March 25, 2011. Tennessee Valley Authority executives are showing off the utility's oldest nuclear plant as a safe facility. The utility says...
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Workers gather near the number two reactor which is undergoing re-fueling during a tour of the Browns Ferry nuclear plant in Athens, Ala. , Friday, March 25, 2011. Tennessee Valley Authority executives are showing off the utility's oldest nuclear plant as a safe facility. The utility...
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Tennessee Valley Authority President and CEO Tom Kilgore, left, and TVA spokesman Mike Bradley, are shown leaving the federal courthouse in Knoxville, Tenn. , on Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2011. Kilgore earlier testified at a trial on lawsuits seeking damages for the utility's Dec. 2008 coal...
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