Provides the latest RSS feeds for Tennessee News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Memphis News.Net http://www.memphisnews.net/ en-us Fri, 21 Nov 2008 02:11:53 -0500 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 02:11:53 -0500 30 Lake County, TN - Fire Departments from Lake County, Samburg, Hornbeak, Tiptonville, and Ridgely all responded to a fire Thursday Night at the Airpark Inn on Reelfoot Lake in Lake County.Someone from ... http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19733568&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 01:08:11 -0500 Eyewitness News http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19733568&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwire - Nov. 20, 2008) - Montello Resources Ltd. ("Montello") (TSX VENTURE:MEO) is pleased to announce the commencement of operations for the testing-completion of the John Bow... http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19733571&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 01:07:43 -0500 Market Wire http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19733571&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 East Tennessee State defeated Wingate 96-66 on Thursday night.Pigram scored 21 points, while dishing out 10 assists and grabbing 10 rebounds to become the second player in school history to record a t... http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19734242&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 01:03:31 -0500 Examiner http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19734242&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Brandon Brown had a game-high 10 rebounds for the Bisons (2-1). Lipscomb out rebounded Southeastern Louisiana (1-2) by a count of 40-17.Lipscomb had 10 steals, while Josh Slater, Brandon Brown and Lus... http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19734239&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 01:03:35 -0500 Examiner http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19734239&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 U.S. Sen. Fred Thompson is going back to the small screen after his foray into Republican presidential politics over the last year.Thompson, best known on TV for his role as a gruff district attorney ... http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19734241&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 01:03:29 -0500 Examiner http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19734241&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Vanderbilt on Thursday.The sophomore guard made a game-high nine baskets, including five 3-pointers. McCamey's game not only produced 23 points, but it also created more room for the IlliniÂ?s big me... http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19734240&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 01:03:32 -0500 Examiner http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19734240&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Doneal Mack scored 19 points and Shawn Taggart notched a double-double for Memphis in an 83-71 win against Chattanooga in the Puerto Rico Tip-Off on Thursday night. http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19732372&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:54:18 -0500 USA Today http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19732372&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 /* Services held at Tennessee Veterans’ Cemetery for Pearl Harbor survivor */ yld_mgr.content_topic_id_list=[ "20276501"]; // [News / Local (NPC)] // no custom categories // []; yld_mgr.content... http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19733573&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:53:04 -0500 Knox News http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19733573&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 /* TSU blocks gossip site */ yld_mgr.content_topic_id_list=[ "20289001"]; // [News / State & Regional (NPC)] // no custom categories // []; yld_mgr.content_type_list=[ "fn_news" ]; yld_mgr.site_... http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19733611&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:52:59 -0500 Knox News http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19733611&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Sophomore Aleksa Akerfelds achieved the NCAA Championships B qualifying standard in the 500 free and the Tennessee women’s swimming team jumped to first place on Thursday at the 2008 Tennessee S... http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19733575&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:12:06 -0500 College Swimming http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19733575&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 (MEMPHIS 11/20/2008) -- Memphis police have a 47-year-old man in custody after they say he tried to break into an apartment in the 300 block of McLemore Wednesday night. Suspect Willie Shye was brough... http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19729782&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:24:01 -0500 News 3 http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19729782&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare is laying off about 100 of its 10,000 employees because of the economic downturn. It operates five hospitals in the Memphis area and one in Fayette County, plus smalle... http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19729784&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:23:35 -0500 WBIR http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19729784&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Booking Photo: 20 year-old Daniel Cowart MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Additional criminal charges have been filed against two white supremacists accused of plotting to kill President-elect Barack Obama and... http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19729788&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:14:51 -0500 Eyewitness News http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19729788&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 amy Holter said: Just to let you know who that gentleman was that fell. He was a Member of the National Guard for 16 years. He was in 3 tours in Irag and served for our country. He was not a construct... http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19730577&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:09:22 -0500 Examiner http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19730577&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Great Smoky Mountains will be replaced by a billowing plume of steamy water vapor.TVA officials said Thursday a $277 million smokestack "scrubber" system is nearly complete at the plant near Oak Ridge... http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19730579&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:09:18 -0500 Examiner http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19730579&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 A Knoxville man was sentenced to three years in prison on Thursday after pleading guilty to identity theft and mail fraud. Christoper M. Ulmer, 35, was arrested in April 2007 after he was caught stea... http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19730575&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:23:40 -0500 WBIR http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19730575&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Austin-East Magnet High School and Knoxville Catholic High School will meet Friday night to play for a spot in the semi-finals, but Austin-East is losing 8 football players for the game. On Wednesday... http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19730576&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:23:34 -0500 WBIR http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19730576&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Tennessee’s unemployment rate dropped slightly in October to 7 percent, the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development announced Thursday. The October rate was down 0.2 percentage ... http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19729825&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:02:10 -0500 Nashville Business Journal http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19729825&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Bristol hopes to open a medical school in 2012.Officials at the private school with an enrollment of 1,500 announced Thursday that they are looking at locations near hospitals in the Tri-Cities area.T... http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19725964&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:52:39 -0500 Examiner http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19725964&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 is laying off 99 employees in “unprecedented times.” A statement by CEO Gary Shorb issued late Thursday claims the hospital system is placing many of the displaced workers into other posi... http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19724532&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:47:03 -0500 Memphis Business Journal http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19724532&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Davidson Hotel Co. has completed a $20 million renovation of the 10-story, 380-room Holiday Inn Stamford Downtown in Connecticut. Davidson and Ohio-based Rockbridge Capital are joint venture owners o... http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19721617&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:46:57 -0500 Memphis Business Journal http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19721617&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Internet ad sales reached almost $5.9 billion for the third quarter of 2008 -- an 11 percent jump over the same period last year. But quarter-to-quarter comparisons are relatively flat, according to ... http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19724536&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:46:49 -0500 Memphis Business Journal http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19724536&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 The Federal Reserve Bank expects the U.S. economy to be in recession until at least mid-2009 as credit and lending troubles bite into business spending and prompt layoffs. Minutes from the Fed’... http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19721489&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:46:45 -0500 Memphis Business Journal http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19721489&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 (NASDAQ: WMGI). Education Realty had the biggest percentage drop, sliding 21.69 percent to close at $2.60. It’s previous 52-week low was $3.21, hit Wednesday. 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The rate actually i... http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19724534&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:46:55 -0500 Memphis Business Journal http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19724534&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 defensive end Kyle Vanden Bosch also practiced as he tries to return after missing three of the past four games.Bulluck cracked some cartilage holding a rib near his chest in the Titans' 19-16 overtim... http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19725965&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:52:37 -0500 Examiner http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19725965&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- The finance chairman of former Tennessee Sen. Fred Thompson's failed presidential bid says the actor turned politician is abandoning a long shot bid to head the Republican Nat... http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19725968&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:34:22 -0500 Associated Press http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19725968&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Losch, 38, replaces former CFO Bryan Jordan, who was named CEO in July and took the position effective Sept. 1. Losch will begin Jan. 1 and will oversee financial activities such as treasury, account... http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19724537&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:46:43 -0500 Memphis Business Journal http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19724537&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 The Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008 passed the U.S. Senate by a vote of 89-6, after passing the House of Representatives last month. Sen. Lamar Alexander voted in favor of the bill, c... http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19724533&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:47:01 -0500 Memphis Business Journal http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19724533&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 defensive tackle Albert Haynesworth ponders the question while sitting at his locker, then answers. No, he doesn't think he's playing better now than he did a year ago.The http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19725963&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:52:41 -0500 Examiner http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19725963&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Faith Hill finally has that Christmas gift she's always wanted.She performed her favorite holiday songs with a 31-piece orchestra, nine-member choir and an elaborate stage set for a new PBS special."I... http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19725966&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:52:35 -0500 Examiner http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19725966&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 NASHVILLE, Tenn. 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The new service will offer flights between Memphis International Airport and McAllen and Lubb... http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19724535&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:46:52 -0500 Memphis Business Journal http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19724535&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 In the next few weeks, thousands of tons of largely invisible smokestack pollutants rising from the Tennessee Valley Authority coal-fired power plant nearest the Great Smoky Mountains will be replaced... http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19725962&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:59:36 -0500 News Channel 9 http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19725962&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 stephanie.scurlock@wreg.com (Memphis 11/20/2008) Robert Lipscomb, chief financial officer for the city of Memphis and other current and past division directors for Mayor Herenton were summoned to the ... http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19724526&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:10:41 -0500 News 3 http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19724526&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 CLEWISTON, Fla. (AP) -- A Tennessee-based farming company made an offer Thursday to acquire U.S. Sugar Corp., its third bid to buy the nation's largest producer of cane sugar. http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19725972&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:34:19 -0500 Associated Press http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19725972&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 At 10:30 am today, Rock City employees worked together to lift the lighted star over the High Falls at Rock City Gardens in preparation for the opening of the Enchanted Garden of Lights. http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19719611&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:49:48 -0500 News Channel 9 http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19719611&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Twitter users can now get instant news updates from www.NewsChannel9.com. Twitter is a social networking site where users can get virtually instant updates from their friends and relatives using thei... http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19719610&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:49:50 -0500 News Channel 9 http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19719610&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 A Chattanooga-based wind turbine construction company has lost the wind in its sails. Aerisyn Inc. has confirmed to NewsChannel9 that Thursday morning company officials told its entire staff to go ho... http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19719612&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:49:47 -0500 News Channel 9 http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19719612&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 The Tennessee Housing Development Agency is administering $49.3 million of the state’s $72.5 million from the Housing and Economic Recovery Act’s Neighborhood Stabilization Program, which ... http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19718504&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:38:17 -0500 Nashville Business Journal http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19718504&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Police in Memphis have captured a teenager who stole a police car and the weapons from it. The Commercial Appeal reported police arrested the 19-year-old burglary suspect, who... http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19718460&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:48:53 -0500 Eyewitness News http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19718460&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Harrah’s Entertainment Inc. is moving all corporate functions and its data center to Las Vegas eliminating 310 jobs in Memphis, the company announced late Wednesday in a news release. Of the 31... http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19718339&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:39:41 -0500 Business Journal http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19718339&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Lawrence Group , one of the nation’s largest owners of farmland, is offering a $300-a-share acquisition proposal to shareholders of the Clewiston, Fla.-based sugar company. “This deal is ... http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19718503&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:38:19 -0500 Nashville Business Journal http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19718503&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 george.brown@wreg.com (Memphis 11/20/2008) One person was killed in a crash at Thomas and Levee around noon. It appears a pick up truck was in an accident, possibly with a truck hauling tires. After t... http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19718457&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:00:10 -0500 News 3 http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19718457&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Illinois ' basketball team is 2-0 after opening the season with a pair of wins over teams they expected to beat.Thursday night, the Illini will face their first real test of the season when they play ... http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19719613&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:42:58 -0500 Examiner http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19719613&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 in Brentwood has been acquired by Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. The Itasca, Ill.-based insurance and risk management services company is a publicly-held company with operations in United States and 1... http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19718505&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:38:12 -0500 Nashville Business Journal http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19718505&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- A nearly $1.2 million federal grant to a Nashville nonprofit will provide free medical care to homeless people through a downtown clinic and a mobile medical van.United Neighborhoo... http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19719609&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:00:23 -0500 WSMV 4 http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19719609&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 The northern Sumner County town of Portland and its 15,000 residents are losing their 38-bed hospital. HCA TriStar Health will close the Portland Medical Center by the end of the year because of &ldq... http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19715770&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:38:10 -0500 Nashville Business Journal http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19715770&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 United Neighborhood Health Services has landed a federal grant for more than $1.1 million to provide primary health care services to Nashville’s homeless population. “For many years, our ... http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19715771&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:38:05 -0500 Nashville Business Journal http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19715771&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 The Shoals Technology Group , a solar panel manufacturer building a $10.5 headquarters in Gallatin, has bought a second production facility in nearby Portland because of an increase in product demand.... http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19718506&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:38:03 -0500 Nashville Business Journal http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19718506&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 /* Chattanooga postal center to close in April 2009 */ yld_mgr.content_topic_id_list=[ "20201501"]; // [Business (NPC)] // no custom categories // []; yld_mgr.content_type_list=[ "fn_news" ]; yl... http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19719614&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:32:08 -0500 Knox News http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19719614&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 McGraw-Hill Construction shows. Starts climbed from $10 billion in 2005 to a range of $36 billion to $49 billion this year and could triple by 2013, reaching $96 to $140 billion, according to the Gre... http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19715625&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:38:20 -0500 Nashville Business Journal http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19715625&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (AP) -- The White House has announced that President George W. Bush will be visiting Fort Campbell next week before the Thanksgiving holiday. http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19719616&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:26:09 -0500 Associated Press http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19719616&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 tom.powell@wreg.com (Memphis 11/19/2007) He's part truck driver, part entrepreneur and part private eye, and we hope he never has to show up at your house. "Looks like he's gonna be hiding fro... http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19712515&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:27:53 -0500 News 3 http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19712515&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Inquiries from companies interested in doing business in Tennessee haven't fallen off despite the economic downturn, but the state probably will not pursue major economic development projects after th... http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19709200&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:27:21 -0500 WBIR http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19709200&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A Nashville woman from El Salvador has sued to block a special election to decide whether all of Nashville's city services should be delivered in English. Rosa A. Quinteros ... http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19712522&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:17:11 -0500 Eyewitness News http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19712522&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 David A. Johnson has been named president and chief executive officer of Chattanooga Neighborhood Enterprise, Inc. (CNE), an agency founded in 1986 with a mission to build strong, sustainable neighbor... http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19713615&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:17:52 -0500 News Channel 9 http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19713615&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Prosecutors say nine people have been sentenced in a black-market tobacco ring in Kentucky, Tennessee, Pennsylvania and North Carolina involving more than $4.5 million. The ... http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19712521&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:17:13 -0500 Eyewitness News http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19712521&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Christopher Alan Ellis was being held in a cell for inmates with medical needs when he climbed into the ceiling Wednesday night.O'Briant said Ellis was unable to get out of the jail in http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19713616&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:10:48 -0500 Examiner http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19713616&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 /* Anderson SWAT team activated in domestic call */ yld_mgr.content_topic_id_list=[ "20289001"]; // [News / State & Regional (NPC)] // no custom categories // []; yld_mgr.content_type_list=[ "fn_... http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19712590&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:59:55 -0500 Knox News http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19712590&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 /* Fire up the barbie: Cops kill hog gone wild */ yld_mgr.content_topic_id_list=[ "20289001"]; // [News / State & Regional (NPC)] // no custom categories // []; yld_mgr.content_type_list=[ "fn_ne... http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19709779&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:59:51 -0500 Knox News http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19709779&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- A former Memphis police officer pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to civil rights charges in the jailhouse beating of a transgender prostitution suspect that was captured on video. ... http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19709059&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:19:11 -0500 Officer http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19709059&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 /* TN guard unit comes home before deploying */ yld_mgr.content_topic_id_list=[ "20289001"]; // [News / State & Regional (NPC)] // no custom categories // []; yld_mgr.content_type_list=[ "fn_news... http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19712589&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:59:53 -0500 Knox News http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19712589&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 /* States disagree greatly on Amber Alert criteria */ yld_mgr.content_topic_id_list=[ "20289001"]; // [News / State & Regional (NPC)] // no custom categories // []; yld_mgr.content_type_list=[ "f... http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19712591&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:59:48 -0500 Knox News http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19712591&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. -- A federal judge sentenced a former sheriff in Tennessee to 14 years in prison on Wednesday for convictions that included shaking down convenience store clerks for protection mo... http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19709064&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:19:06 -0500 Officer http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19709064&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Randall Waldman, chief executive officer of Shepherdsville-based Integrity Manufacturing, told the newspaper General Electric Capital has pulled its $125 million commitment. http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19713618&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:53:35 -0500 Associated Press http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19713618&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- The Department of Energy has approved a major cleanup plan for its nuclear weapons plant and national science laboratory in Tennessee. http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19713619&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:53:35 -0500 Associated Press http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19713619&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 An early morning shooting at an apartment complex off Gleason Dr. in West Knoxville sent one person to the hospital, Knoxville Police said. Officers were called to the Briarcliff Apartments just afte... http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19705828&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:21:37 -0500 WBIR http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19705828&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 State higher education leaders will discuss tuition increases as high as 24 percent at public universities, an unprecedented jump they say signals the direness of Tennessee's economic woes.When the Te... http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19703161&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 03:57:32 -0500 The Tennessean http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19703161&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 /* Corporate jet traffic at McGhee Tyson off */ yld_mgr.content_topic_id_list=[ "20201501"]; // [Business (NPC)] // no custom categories // []; yld_mgr.content_type_list=[ "fn_news" ]; yld_mgr.s... http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19697986&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 01:05:49 -0500 Knox News http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19697986&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 /* Knoxville developers sued over unpaid debt allegation */ yld_mgr.content_topic_id_list=[ "20201501"]; // [Business (NPC)] // no custom categories // []; yld_mgr.content_type_list=[ "fn_news" ]... http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19700469&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 01:05:45 -0500 Knox News http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19700469&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 On day one of the Tennessee Swimming Invitational, the Tennessee relay teams lived up to expectations. UT head men's coach John Trembley said prior to the meet that he expected records to be broke... http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19699694&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:27:00 -0500 College Swimming http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19699694&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 (Credit: Michele Wilson) Truth be told, the state of Tennessee didn't need a lot of prodding from the recording industry to pass a law that requires universities and colleges http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19694786&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:10:21 -0500 CNet http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19694786&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 NFL why the Titans didn't need to sign a big-name player or draft a hotshot kid.The six-year veteran had one of his best games yet last week by catching four passes for a career-high 147 yards. Two of... http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19697095&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:27:06 -0500 Examiner http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19697095&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 (AP Photo/John Russell)Vanderbilt's Christina Wirth, right, and Jence Rhoads, left, pressure Eastern Kentucky's Nadia Mossong during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Nashville, Ten... http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19697096&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:27:08 -0500 Examiner http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19697096&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) -- A former Memphis police officer faces civil rights charges in the jailhouse beating of a transgender prostitution suspect that was captured on video. http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19697098&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:09:20 -0500 Associated Press http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19697098&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 shows housing starts reached an annual rate of 791,000 last month, the lowest level since the department began tracking starts in 1959. The October rate plunged 4.5 percent from the revised reading of... http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19694798&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:23:21 -0500 Nashville Business Journal http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19694798&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 The Dow Jones industrial average dropped below 8,000 for the first time in five years and nearly a half dozen Memphis public companies hit new 52-week lows along with it. One of the largest drops bel... http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19691516&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 19:12:39 -0500 Memphis Business Journal http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19691516&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 LLC, a firm which handles arbitrage compliance for tax-exempt bond issuers and conduit borrowers, has signed a five-year lease for 4,184 square feet at White Station Tower. The company has operated i... http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19689414&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 19:12:37 -0500 Memphis Business Journal http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19689414&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 . News of the subpoena came during an analysts’ call Tuesday with Medtronic (NYSE: MDT) CEO Bill Hawkins. He said the company would comply with the DOJ subpoena and move forward. The FDA appro... http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19691517&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 19:12:33 -0500 Memphis Business Journal http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19691517&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 reported eight condominium units sold Downtown in October, down from 13 in October 2007 and 18 in October 2006. These numbers only reflect sales by MAAR-affiliated agents. The average sales price for... http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19691518&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 19:12:35 -0500 Memphis Business Journal http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19691518&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Gov. Phil Bredesen says he’d support the issuing of $350 million in bonds to repair or replace about 200 structurally deficient bridges in the state and create jobs for Tennesseans. Bredesen ma... http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19691519&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 19:12:32 -0500 Memphis Business Journal http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19691519&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Tennessee officials say they're already working to improve the failing grade the state received from the March of Dimes. Tennessee was among 18 states that got an "F" when the March of Dimes released... http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19686306&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:25:57 -0500 WBIR http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19686306&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 The NorthWest Georgia Trade and Convention Center Authority Board has selected Global Spectrum, a leader in the public assembly management field and a subsidiary of internationally recognized sports a... http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19687410&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:14:23 -0500 News Channel 9 http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19687410&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Nashville native Miley Cyrus is giving Barbie a run for her money. Disney’s Hannah Montana doll, made for the character played by Cyrus, is the No. 2 gift for girls this holiday season, accordi... http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19684234&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:03:34 -0500 Business Journal http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19684234&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 /* Officer uses stun device on 14-year-old at school */ yld_mgr.content_topic_id_list=[ "20289001"]; // [News / State & Regional (NPC)] // no custom categories // []; yld_mgr.content_type_list=[ ... http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19686358&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:54:31 -0500 Knox News http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19686358&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 As a commitment to the health and well-being of its employees and customers, BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee will implement a tobacco-free policy at all of its properties across the state effective ... http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19687409&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:14:24 -0500 News Channel 9 http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19687409&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-TN) on Tuesday attended a Senate Banking Committee hearing with testimony from the CEOs of the Big Three U.S. automakers, Ford, Chrysler and General Motors. The Banking hea... http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19687408&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:14:26 -0500 News Channel 9 http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19687408&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Nissan Motor Co. and Renault SA Chief Executive Carlos Ghosn said Wednesday that he expects the current crisis in the auto industry will soon lead some carmakers to consolidate. http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19687414&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:48:47 -0500 Associated Press http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19687414&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 At the core of the Lady Vols' struggles is their problems on defense, a fast-paced, high-pressure man-to-man scheme that was new to many of the six true freshmen. http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19687413&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:48:47 -0500 Associated Press http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19687413&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Gov. Phil Bredesen insists he wasn't broadcasting mixed signals when he hosted a ceremony last week to re-sign a law clamping down on illegal music downloads at Tennessee coll... http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19687415&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:48:46 -0500 Associated Press http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19687415&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) -- Chattanooga police say a man who fled the scene of a traffic crash that injured his infant son has surrendered to authorities. http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19687416&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:48:45 -0500 Associated Press http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19687416&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) -- After pleading guilty to extortion, money laundering and drug and gun charges, former Hamilton County Sheriff Billy Long asked for leniency at a sentencing hearing where his... http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19687417&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:48:44 -0500 Associated Press http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19687417&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 COVINGTON, Tenn. -- An assistant high school football coach in West Tennessee has resigned over text messages sent to a female student.Tipton County Schools Superintendent Tim Fite told The Commercial... http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19680729&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:41:56 -0500 The Tennessean http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19680729&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 /* Litigation fee hike seen as "user tax" in Erwin */ yld_mgr.content_topic_id_list=[ "20289001"]; // [News / State & Regional (NPC)] // no custom categories // []; yld_mgr.content_type_list=[ "f... http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19680788&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:38:31 -0500 Knox News http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19680788&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Darnell Lindsay came off the bench to score 15 points and lift Tennessee Tech to an 83-72 victory over Lipscomb on Tuesday night. http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19681966&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:32:17 -0500 Associated Press http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19681966&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) -- Stories of alleged beatings and sexual abuse prompted Arkansas child-welfare officials to take custody of 20 more children associated with the Tony Alamo Christian Ministries... http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19681964&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:32:16 -0500 Associated Press http://feeds.memphisnews.net/?rid=19681964&cat=209dc06dd4a5e0e7