Tennessee

GRAVE SITUATION: Why Are 20 Tombstones Buried In This Man's Backyard?

Huffington Post | David Moye | Posted 05.24.2012

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Digging up a backyard can kill your back, but finding 13 tombstones are buried there could scare someone to death. That's the grave situation that ...

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Tea Party, Conservatives Clash In Key State

Reuters | Posted 05.19.2012

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By Nick Carey NASHVILLE, May 17 - When conservative Tea Party activists helped Republicans extend their majority in Tennessee's legis...

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Birther Gets Jail Time For Planning To Take Over Courthouse

AP | Posted 05.15.2012

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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- A Georgia man who boasted of a plan to take over a Tennessee courthouse in his quest to oust public officials has been sentenced t...

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GOP Gov Acts On Controversial Bill That Targets 'Gateway Sexual Activity'

Reuters | Posted 05.13.2012

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(Updates with details) * Targets "gateway sexual activities" like touching genitals * Critics fear limitations will hamp...

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ADAM MAYES DEAD: Police Find Alleged Kidnapper And Missing Girls

HuffingtonPost.com | David Lohr | Posted 05.11.2012

Adam Mayes, the Mississippi fugitive accused of kidnapping and double-homicide, died Thursday night from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. The two young...

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Alleged Kidnapper Thought Victims Were His Daughters, Mother-In-Law Says

AP | ADRIAN SAINZ and HOLBROOK MOHR | Posted 05.11.2012

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GUNTOWN, Miss. — As a SWAT team closed in, a fugitive accused of killing a Tennessee mother and daughter before disappearing for nearly two week...

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FBI'S MOST WANTED: Alleged Kidnapper Of Woman, Her Three Daughters Added To Top 10

AP | ADRIAN SAINZ | Posted 05.10.2012

GUNTOWN, Miss. (AP) -- A Mississippi man charged with kidnapping a Tennessee mother and her three daughters and killing two of them was added Wednesda...

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Man Allegedly Locked Woman In Camper, Tortured Her With Torch, Stun Gun

AP | Posted 05.09.2012

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HOT SPRINGS, Ark. — Arkansas authorities say a woman who was allegedly held against her will and tortured before escaping went with her alleged ...

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High School Yearbook Profile Of Gay Student Shakes Community, Angers School Board Member

Posted 05.04.2012

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A Tennessee high school journalism instructor has infuriated locals, including one school board member, after publishing a pro-gay profile of a gradua...

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Tennessee Guv Vetoes Bill Targeting College Religious Groups

AP | Posted 05.02.2012

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam plans to veto a measure that tried to force Vanderbilt University to exempt student religious grou...

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'Don't Say Gay' Bill Gets The Axe

Posted 05.01.2012

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A controversial bill in Tennessee meant to restrict public school discussion of sexuality and LGBT issues is set to die without a vote after the key G...

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Top 10 Most Dangerous Cities For Women

The Huffington Post | Hilary Tuttle | Posted 04.27.2012

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In only the first four months of 2012, almost 300 rapes and four serial rapists have been reported in Detroit, and a 2011 survey found 37 percent of w...

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Bill Would Require 'Maturity Test' For Thousands To Enter Kindergarten

Posted 04.26.2012

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Thousands of Tennessee children would be required to pass a "maturity test" every year to enter kindergarten under a new bill passed by the state Hous...

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WATCH: Tennessee Representative Says Bad Parenting, Not Bullying, Leads Teens To Suicide

Posted 04.25.2012

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A Tennessee-based lawmaker raised more than a few eyebrows this week after suggesting that children who were committing suicide were doing so because ...

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Dad Runs Marathon In Honor Of 6-Year-Old Daughter Battling Rare Disease

Marshall Stanger | Posted 04.23.2012

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As we sat in the emergency room late one night last September, I kept thinking back to all of the ways in which our oldest daughter Audrey, 6, hadn't ...

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Pat Summitt To Receive Presidential Medal Of Freedom

AP | Posted 04.19.2012

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WASHINGTON -- The White House says former Tennessee women's basketball coach Pat Summitt will receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's ...

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'Green News Report' - April 12, 2012

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 04.12.2012

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Sent Back By Adoptive Mom, Boy Slowly Adapts To Life In Russia

AP | MANSUR MIROVALEV | Posted 04.12.2012

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TOMILINO, Russia -- Two years after Artem Saveliev's American adoptive mother put him alone on a plane back to his homeland, the towheaded 9-year-old ...

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New 'Monkey Law' Imperils Science In Tennessee

Cara Santa Maria | Posted 04.17.2012

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We live in the 21st century, the century of biotechnology. Without an appropriate understanding of evolution, students will be at a disadvantage in the workforce. And without an understanding of anthropogenic climate change, how can we expect Tennessee children to grow up to become members of an informed electorate?

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PHOTOS: Monkeys Question Tennessee Anti-Evolution Law

Posted 04.11.2012

(Disclaimer: We're aware that the animals below aren't all actually "monkeys." Most of them are great apes, but they're very inquisitive nonetheless.)...

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Tennessee Volunteers for Creationism

Steven Newton | Posted 04.11.2012

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Tennessee's new law invites creationist teachers to interject religion into science classrooms -- and forbids administrators from stopping them.

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Controversial Tennessee 'Monkey Bill' Becomes Law

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 04.11.2012

A Tennessee bill meant to protect teachers who allow students to question and criticize "controversial" subjects such as evolution and climate change ...

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GOP Governor Urged To Veto Controversial 'Monkey Bill'

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 04.06.2012

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Gov. Bill Haslam (R-Tenn.) is facing a new round of pressure this week to veto controversial legislation that critics argue would open the floodgates ...

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Judge Was Buying Pills And Having Sex During Court Breaks, Officials Claimed

AP | SHEILA BURKE | Posted 04.04.2012

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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- A Tennessee judge was so addicted to prescription drugs during his final two years on the bench, he was having sex and buying pill...

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Critics Accuse Gov Of Rolling Clock Back To 1925 With 'Monkey Bill'

AP | LUCAS L. JOHNSON II | Posted 04.03.2012

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee, where the nation's first big legal battle over evolution was fought nearly 90 years ago, is close to enacting a la...

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