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Beth Arnold | Posted 11.26.2009 | Living


Beth Arnold

GROWING UP IN Arkansas, we relished our Thanksgiving turkeys. Mother roasted them until the skin was crispy brown, and even the white meat was juicy. ...

While Senators Denounce Medicaid, The Uninsured Turn To Charity

Blake Rutherford | Posted 11.22.2009 | Politics


Blake Rutherford

This weekend, thousands of Arkansans convened at the Statehouse Convention Center for a mass free health clinic, the first of its kind in Little Rock.

Vince Young Proves Titans' Owner Bud Adams Right; Coach Jeff Fisher Wrong

Lisa Swan | Posted 11.16.2009 | Sports


Lisa Swan

if Fisher had gotten his way, Young would still be holding the clipboard on the sidelines, with Kerry Collins continuing to "lead" the Titans to an 0-9 record.

Majestic 12 Movie Theater: Chattanooga's New Green Cinema

AP | BILL POOVEY | Posted 11.13.2009 | Green


CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — With plush lounge chairs, gourmet appetizers, a VIP auditorium and the latest digital and 3-D equipment, Chattanooga's newe...

Okeedoked in Tennessee: How to Avoid Serious Discussion About Health Care Reform: Southern Style

Molly Secours | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics


Molly Secours

Dr. Stewart, an OB-GYN, recently lost a 40-year old uninsured cervical cancer patient who refused treatment so that her family wouldn't be financially ruined. She died last week.

Friday is LA's EV day -- Nissan's Leaf Hits Dodger Stadium, Santa Monica

Steve Parker | Posted 11.12.2009 | Business


Steve Parker

For its first public showings outside Japan, Nissan's all-new Leaf "pure EV" plug-in electric sedan will see the first light of an American day at a press event this Friday morning at Dodger Stadium.

Rockslide In Tennessee Caught On Tape (VIDEO)

Posted 11.11.2009 | Green


A news crew in Polk County, Tennessee caught this massive rockslide on video. The rockslide closed the highway for at last a week, CNN reports. WA...

Bomb Appalachia (and Face the Music)

Michael Gould-Wartofsky | Posted 11.09.2009 | Green


Michael Gould-Wartofsky

Theirs is a coast-to-coast campaign to save Appalachia's mountains and streams -- and Appalachians' homes, jobs, and culture -- from the devastating coal mining practice known as mountaintop removal.

Coal Plants Creating Landfills In Order To Clean The Air

AP | DUNCAN MANSFIELD | Posted 11.09.2009 | Green


KINGSTON, Tenn. — Smokestack scrubbers will eliminate most of the sulfur emissions from the coal-fired Kingston Fossil Plant, but they will also...

Meet the New Health Care Reform, Same as the Old Health Care Reform

Aaron E. Carroll | Posted 10.27.2009 | Politics


Aaron E. Carroll

We will get the incremental health care reforms we were promised. Things will likely get better in the short term. Then, since we didn't contain costs, we'll need to enact real reform. Or, things will go right back to the status quo.

Congress Gets in the Act on Coal Ash

Rob Perks | Posted 10.21.2009 | Green


Rob Perks

Kudos to Congressman Ed Markey (D-MA) for bird-dogging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on the need to regulate pollution from coal-fired power plants.

Gun Show Loopholes Tracked By New York City; Dealers Allowed Purchase To Undercover Gun Buyers Who Admitted Spotty Records

The Associated Press | Sara Kugler | Posted 10.07.2009 | New York


NEW YORK (AP)-- New York City officials secretly videotaped dozens of firearm purchases they say were illegal at gun shows in states that have not clo...

Sources: Family Tried To Sell Snatched Tennessee Baby

AP | KRISTIN M. HALL and TRAVIS LOLLER | Posted 10.06.2009 | Home


NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A Tennessee newborn kidnapped in a knife attack on his mother was placed in foster care with his three siblings after allegat...

Kidnapped Baby Found: State Reunites Mother And Child, Then Takes Custody Of Kids

The Associated Press | LUCAS L. JOHNSON II | Posted 10.04.2009 | Home


NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP)- A mother whose newborn was kidnapped by a knife-wielding woman posing as an immigration agent was briefly reunited with her bab...

Baby Missing After Mother Is Stabbed By Fake Immigration Officer In Nashville, Tennessee

AP | KRISTIN M. HALL | Posted 11.30.2009 | Home


NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A newborn snatched from a Nashville home was missing and his mother recovering from stab wounds she said she suffered in a st...

The Hanged Census Worker: Why Appalachia Hates Feds

Gail McGowan Mellor | Posted 11.26.2009 | Politics


Gail McGowan Mellor

The U.S. government began its life back in 1791 by shafting the Appalachian area. People have not forgotten it, perhaps because it has yet to stop happening.

DonorsChoose.org Targets High-Poverty Classrooms

Posted 11.25.2009 | Impact


Online hub DonorsChoose.org filters your donations to American schools in need. The "choose" part means you get to select which school or program your...

Atlanta Flooding: 3 Killed, 5 Missing As Storms Drench Southeast

AP | GREG BLUESTEIN | Posted 11.21.2009 | Home


ATLANTA — Surging floodwaters ripped apart a west Georgia trailer home, drowning a 2-year-old boy swept from his father's arms. In Atlanta, stra...

Discussing Gun Violence Prevention in Indiana, Ohio and Tennessee

Paul Helmke | Posted 11.18.2009 | Politics


Paul Helmke

My experiences speaking around the country about gun violence have been the exact opposite of the contentious "town hall" protests we've seen on television over the summer.

EPA Halts Mountaintop Removal Projects

Yahoo! News | Renee Schoof, McClatchy Newspapers | Posted 11.14.2009 | Green


WASHINGTON -- The Environmental Protection Agency announced Friday that 79 applications for surface coal-mine permits in Kentucky , West Virginia , Oh...

Barry Stokes, Convicted Ponzi Schemer, Made Voodoo Dolls Of His Victims In Prison

The Tennessean | Naomi Synder | Posted 10.20.2009 | Business


Financial adviser Barry R. Stokes, who has pleaded guilty to stealing $19 million from victims' retirement plans, spent part of his time in jail makin...

The Old Packard Plant: From the Detroit Stories

Lester Sloan | Posted 09.30.2009 | Living


Lester Sloan

While the old Packard is an image of urban decay, it has nothing to do with the demise of the auto industry as we know it today.

Environmental, Racial Clash In Alabama Over Tennessee Coal Ash

nytimes.com | SHAILA DEWAN | Posted 09.29.2009 | Green


Almost every day, a train pulls into a rail yard in rural Alabama, hauling 8,500 tons of a disaster that occurred 350 miles away to a final resting pl...

Mountaintop Removal: FAIL

Rob Perks | Posted 09.25.2009 | Green


Rob Perks

It remains nearly impossible to functionally replace a mountain whose ecological niche was 400 million years in the making.

Dollywood Boycott Falls Flat

Dave Cooper | Posted 09.21.2009 | Green


Dave Cooper

Raised in the Smoky Mountains of east Tennessee, Dolly Parton is the public face of Smoky Mountain tourism. So why on earth would anyone want to boycott Dollywood?