News 2008-05-18 Andanh.com

Blogging gun porn at the NRA convention Sun, 18 May 2008 11:54:00 -0000
Popular Knoxville blogger SayUncle is blogging the National Rifle Association's Convention in Louisville, Ky., and he says this is the first NRA convention where attendees have been allowed "to pack" on the convention floor.

Local, national and global efforts track sex offenders who prey on children Sun, 18 May 2008 04:00:10 -0000
The advent of the Internet has, in the words of a veteran federal prosecutor, "exploded" sexual crimes against children into a societal issue so huge that it requires a host of agencies and a litany of initiatives to combat.

54 teams face off at fourth annual barbecue festival in Sevierville Sun, 18 May 2008 04:00:08 -0000
SEVIERVILLE - Only one thing's harder than judging the best barbecue - putting down the top contenders.

Fires at dump turn into never-ending headache Sun, 18 May 2008 04:00:07 -0000
A big stack of brush, concrete, tree trimmings and dirt, piled up in a ravine off a West Knox County road. That was what Bill Blackman said he saw in 2006 when he visited the site of an illegal landfill on Tedford Road.

Problem after problem has cost dollar after dollar Sun, 18 May 2008 04:00:05 -0000
So far, Knox County has incurred about $288,000 in costs associated with the illegal landfill off Tedford Road. That is nearly all of the Department of Engineering and Public Works Department's $300,000 contingency budget.

Mugsy, leader of zoo's apes, dies Sun, 18 May 2008 04:00:04 -0000
Mugsy, the Knoxville Zoo's leader of the ape troupe, was euthanized Friday. He was a favorite among zoo workers and visitors.

Park expecting a lot of baby elk Sun, 18 May 2008 04:00:03 -0000
Officials with Great Smoky Mountains National Park are predicting a bumper crop of baby elk this year.

Local unit set up thanks to federal grant Sun, 18 May 2008 04:00:02 -0000
The Knoxville Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force was created in 2000 thanks to federal grant money.

House is total loss after fire Sun, 18 May 2008 04:00:02 -0000
MARYVILLE - Firefighters from three Blount County departments fought a stubborn blaze at a home at 4339 Mint Road on Saturday morning, but the house appeared to be a total loss.

McMinn NAACP plans Juneteenth festivities Sun, 18 May 2008 04:00:00 -0000
ATHENS, Tenn. - A Juneteenth celebration is being planned for next month by the McMinn County NAACP to kick off the summer with a family event.

They're back! New brood of cicadas of emerging noisily in 13 states Sun, 18 May 2008 19:07:00 -0000
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The periodic cicadas of Brood XIV are emerging with their buzzing, clicking mating songs in parts of 13 states from Georgia northward through Pennsylvania.

Cheaper gas drives man to Model T Sun, 18 May 2008 04:00:00 -0000
BARTLETT, Tenn. - Bill Butner has reached into the past to save money on gasoline.

State briefs: May 18 Sun, 18 May 2008 04:00:00 -0000
Knoxville police continued searching Saturday for the men who shot up a home in Lonsdale and sent three people to the hospital.

Colonel titles curtailed Sun, 18 May 2008 04:00:00 -0000
FRANKFORT, Ky. - Col. Elvis Presley, Col. Muhammad Ali and Col. Pope John Paul II all have received ornate certificates to accompany the honorary rank that Kentucky bestows on thousands of people each year.

Georgia law creates charter school commission Sun, 18 May 2008 04:00:00 -0000
ATLANTA - Georgia passed its first law allowing charter schools more than a decade ago, touting the schools as an innovative technique that would revive the state's failing public education system.

Technical corrections bill OK'd Sat, 17 May 2008 04:00:00 -0000
NASHVILLE - The House and Senate have given final approval to the Department of Revenue's "technical corrections" bill, which in its final form is expected to add about $13.9 million to state tax collections in the coming year.

Commission rejects Bible Park rezoning Sat, 17 May 2008 04:00:00 -0000
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. - Rutherford County commissioners have rejected a rezoning needed to build a Bible-themed park.

Theft case may go to FBI Sat, 17 May 2008 04:00:00 -0000
ATHENS, Tenn. - Evidence against a former Athens chief detective may be turned over to federal authorities to determine if prosecution is possible under federal laws.

Fossilized dung exhibit educates on excrement Sat, 17 May 2008 04:00:00 -0000
GRAY, Tenn. - Researchers at the Gray Fossil Site in northeast Tennessee know there were hickory trees in the region eons ago. They found hickory nuts while examining fossilized feces in long-extinct animals.

State briefs: May 17 Sat, 17 May 2008 04:00:00 -0000
Hamblen County authorities said an 18-year-old man who fell into Cherokee Lake while fishing with friends from a dock Thursday drowned.

Carville star of Dem dinner Sat, 17 May 2008 04:00:00 -0000
National political consultant James Carville was the star of the Democratic show, but state and local officeholders and candidates had their own moments at the East Tennessee Truman Day dinner.

Clinton presses on despite long odds Sun, 18 May 2008 04:00:00 -0000
LORETTO, Ky. - The day of campaigning had barely begun and Hillary Rodham Clinton was already eyeing the whiskey.

Florida, Michigan can't save Clinton campaign Sat, 17 May 2008 04:00:00 -0000
WASHINGTON - Michigan and Florida alone can't save Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign.

Iraqi court rulings stop at U.S. detention sites Sun, 18 May 2008 04:00:00 -0000
BAGHDAD - In the eyes of Iraqi justice, Yahya Ali Humadi is a free man.

Almost 1,000 detained in crackdown Sun, 18 May 2008 04:00:00 -0000
BAGHDAD - Nearly 1,000 people have been detained in a sweep to break al-Qaida's sway in Iraq's third largest city, Mosul, but many of the fighters have fled to nearby areas, where troops are hunting for them, Iraqi officials said Saturday.

Chimp Mugsy dies at Knoxville Zoo Sat, 17 May 2008 13:37:00 -0000
Mugsy, the hand-raised ape who recently asserted himself as leader of the Knoxville Zoo’s chimpanzee troupe, has died. He would have been 18 next month.

Budget cut means no UT raises Sat, 17 May 2008 04:00:08 -0000
There will be no raises for University of Tennessee employees this fiscal year as the state's flagship university seeks ways to meet a 5.7 -percent cut in base state funding.

Boundaries of defense: Man reprimanded for shooting at thieves trying to steal metal Sat, 17 May 2008 04:00:07 -0000
After repeated thefts of copper and aluminum from his business and future home, Lonnie Harris decided he needed an armed guard to protect his interests. For the next two weeks, the 65-year-old North Knox County man spent the night sitting in a patio chair draped with a layer of foam rubber.

Boy, 17, held in attack Sat, 17 May 2008 04:00:06 -0000
The boy showed up at Amy Clabough's door asking how to get rid of a body. When he opened the car trunk, something moved - the bloody arm of a beaten and burned 86-year-old woman.

12 students graduate from second-chance program with GEDs Sat, 17 May 2008 04:00:05 -0000
All Eric Bevins thought he would amount to was a high school dropout with a dead-end job.

Former residents of Clinton to sing, play at concert Sat, 17 May 2008 04:00:04 -0000
CLINTON - They didn't know it at the time, but their lives intertwined during a turbulent chapter in Southern history.

Man guilty in wife's death Sat, 17 May 2008 04:00:02 -0000
MARYVILLE - Attorneys for Stanley Blair Hill say they are "exploring his options" for appealing his conviction Friday for killing his wife, Vickie, on the last day of 2003.

Mayor's remarks 'made in jest' Sat, 17 May 2008 04:00:00 -0000
MARYVILLE - In a terse public statement issued Friday, Blount County Mayor Jerry Cunningham has apologized for remarks he made at a Lincoln Day Dinner last week in which he likened a County Commission meeting to a monkey show.

Anderson Blount briefs: May 17 Sat, 17 May 2008 04:00:00 -0000
LAKE CITY - Adam White sprang into action when a neighbor came running down Henson Lane yelling for help Thursday night.

Former aide at school charged Sat, 17 May 2008 04:00:00 -0000
SWEETWATER, Tenn. - A former Sweetwater High School suspension attendant has been charged with statutory rape of a 17-year-old girl in Loudon County and sexual battery by an authority figure in Monroe County. Sweetwater Detective Marty Kyle said 31-year-old Cedrick Lamont Holmes came into police offices and asked about allegations being made about him in the community.

Woman comforts victims of crime Sun, 18 May 2008 04:00:00 -0000
RICHMOND, Va. - Hospitals make the healer nervous, and before her lies a long institutional hallway. But she pushes forward - like she always does - because she has to. The man who needs her help is waiting.

Ted Kennedy in hospital after suffering seizure Sun, 18 May 2008 04:00:00 -0000
BOSTON - Edward M. Kennedy holds the title of "senator," although he could equally lay claim to the moniker "survivor."

Immigrant spies in demand Sun, 18 May 2008 04:00:00 -0000
McLEAN, Va. - The U.S. is its own worst enemy when it comes to the desperately important task of recruiting immigrants as spies, analysts and translators in the war on terror, new Americans are telling intelligence officials. The government's policies raise suspicions and fear in the immigrants' home countries and disturb potential recruits here who might otherwise want to help.

Nation world briefs: May 18 Sun, 18 May 2008 04:00:00 -0000
BALTIMORE - The NAACP chose 35-year-old activist and former news executive Ben Jealous as its president Saturday, making him the youngest leader in the 99-year history of the nation's largest civil-rights organization.

Ex-FLDS woman's book may taint jury Sun, 18 May 2008 04:00:00 -0000
SALT LAKE CITY - A book and promotional tour by a woman who helped convict polygamist leader Warren Jeffs could taint the jury pool in a rape case against her cousin and former husband, the husband's attorney said.

Find cat that's your purr-fect match Sun, 18 May 2008 04:00:00 -0000
People come in and say, 'I had a black-and-white tuxedo cat before, so that's what I want,' " says Jim Monsma of the Washington Animal Rescue League in Washington, D.C. "But cats are not all the same. They have widely divergent personalities."

Man shoots 3 outside church Sun, 18 May 2008 04:00:00 -0000
LOS ANGELES - A man with a semiautomatic rifle opened fire at a church festival Saturday, wounding his ex-wife and two bystanders before festivalgoers grabbed him and held him for police, authorities and a church official said. Gunfire rang out on a grassy field where the festival was being set up at the St. John Baptist de la Salle Roman Catholic parish shortly before 11 a.m., said police Capt. Steven Ruiz.

Ailing fugitive heads back to Maryland Sun, 18 May 2008 04:00:00 -0000
RALEIGH, N.C. - An ailing 81-year-old North Carolina man who escaped from a Maryland prison 43 years ago was taken into custody Friday to face extradition, a move his attorneys decried as a waste of time because he is ill and aging.

Chertoff accused of unfair land-owner deals Sat, 17 May 2008 04:00:00 -0000
WASHINGTON - Texas mayors and business leaders filed a class-action lawsuit Friday alleging Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff hoodwinked landowners into waiving their property rights for construction of a fence along the Mexican border.

Nation world briefs: May 17 Sat, 17 May 2008 04:00:00 -0000
NEW YORK - American Civil Liberties Union President Nadine Strossen announced Friday that she will step down in October after leading the group for nearly two decades.

Bredesen reassures lawmakers on layoffs Sat, 17 May 2008 04:00:00 -0000
NASHVILLE - Gov. Phil Bredesen says lawmakers should trust the administration to flesh out a reasonable buyout package for the 2,000 employees he plans to cut from the state work force.

Winkler says visits with daughters going well Sat, 17 May 2008 04:00:00 -0000
HUNTINGDON, Tenn. - A minister's wife convicted of killing her husband said Friday that court-ordered visits with her three young daughters are going well.

Legislative briefs: May 17 Sat, 17 May 2008 04:00:00 -0000
Bills seek punishment for fake weapons

Mental competency of killer before judges Sat, 17 May 2008 04:00:00 -0000
NASHVILLE - Nashville and Clarksville judges heard arguments on the mental competency of a death row inmate convicted in a series of slayings at fast food restaurants.

Judge censured, this time for bias Sat, 17 May 2008 04:00:00 -0000
NASHVILLE - A Dickson County juvenile court judge who was censured last year for drunken conduct has been censured again, this time for bias directed at illegal immigrants.

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