News 2008-05-21 Andanh.com

Neighbor downplays effort that chief says saved officer's life Wed, 21 May 2008 19:54:00 -0000
Tim Hall shied away from authorities' thanks for his heroic actions Tuesday, when he was the first person to aid Knoxville Police Officer Norman Rickman in the moments after he was shot while responding to a burglary alarm at a Northwest Knoxville home.

Suspect in shooting of KPD officer claims he 'was framed' Wed, 21 May 2008 12:48:00 -0000
The last remaining suspect in the shooting of a Knoxville police officer headed to jail in handcuffs this afternoon, denying he did it. "I ain't shot nobody," Cleven "Cleveland" J. Johnson, 26, said. "I was framed. Just don't let KPD kill me."

Sheriff orders internal affairs probe of suspended KCSO counsel Wed, 21 May 2008 11:19:00 -0000
Knox County Sheriff Jimmy "J.J." Jones said this afternoon his office will investigate the circumstances of State Board of Professional Responsibility action against the law license of attorney Carleton E. "Butch" Bryant, who also represents the Sheriff's Office.

Search ongoing for suspects in shooting Wed, 21 May 2008 04:00:50 -0000
A routine burglar alarm call Tuesday ended with a veteran Knoxville police officer being shot for the second time in his career, eight black men being taken into custody and a community being sent into lockdown.

Officer shot second time in 19-year career Wed, 21 May 2008 04:00:40 -0000
Knoxville Police Department Officer Norman Rickman doesn't need to wear a uniform to prove his service to the cause of justice.

Mayor wants wider inquiry Wed, 21 May 2008 04:00:30 -0000
Knox County Mayor Mike Ragsdale says he'll pay nearly $5,000 in questionable purchasing-card charges, but he said he would like an investigation into the use of the cards extended to every other county employee.

Suspect charged in slaying Wed, 21 May 2008 04:00:25 -0000
After charging one man in the slaying of a 72-year-old East Knoxville woman, police investigators said others were involved, and more charges may be filed.

UT professor indicted by grand jury Wed, 21 May 2008 04:00:25 -0000
A University of Tennessee professor emeritus is accused of giving two graduate research assistants - one from Iran and another from the People's Republic of China - unfettered and unauthorized access to sensitive military arms information and lying about it.

Riverside park wins approval Wed, 21 May 2008 04:00:15 -0000
Knoxville City Council members unanimously approved more than a half-million dollars Tuesday for the design of a planned 5-acre riverside park along the South Waterfront.

Helping-hand need increases Wed, 21 May 2008 04:00:14 -0000
A downturn in the economy is pushing more Knoxville residents to seek emergency meals and shelter from the city's largest provider.

Senate passes state budget with $468 million in cuts Thu, 22 May 2008 00:59:00 -0000
NASHVILLE - The Senate has passed a $27 billion state budget that cuts spending next year by nearly half a billion dollars.

3 teens arrested in golf cart joyride, $14k in damage Wed, 21 May 2008 16:39:00 -0000
SEYMOUR, Tenn. - Three Seymour teenagers are accused of hot wiring golf carts and taking them for a joyride that ended with about $14,000 worth of damage.

Lottery scholarship GPA continues to snarl House, Senate Wed, 21 May 2008 15:58:00 -0000
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Sweeping legislation that includes loosening requirements for students to maintain lottery-funded scholarships passed the Senate on Wednesday but is likely headed for a House committee.

Tenn. officials stopping highway work for long weekend Wed, 21 May 2008 15:36:00 -0000
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Tennessee Transportation Commissioner Gerald Nicely has cleared the highways of construction work for the Memorial Day weekend.

Punch drunk? Man says he didn’t know fight club was illegal Wed, 21 May 2008 11:55:00 -0000
JACKSON, Tenn. — A West Tennessee man charged with operating an illegal fight club said he didn’t know it was against the law.

It's on to overtime as money issues remain Wed, 21 May 2008 04:00:10 -0000
NASHVILLE - Legislators on Tuesday said "yes" to strengthening the state's open records law and "no" to continuing the current judge selection system, but ended the day undecided on the big money issues - a scaled-back state budget and a lottery spending.

Tennessee 2nd in U.S. for texting and driving Wed, 21 May 2008 04:00:05 -0000
Almost nine of 10 Americans agree that texting while driving spells trouble, yet South Carolina and Tennessee lead the nation in those who admit to sending or receiving text messages while behind the wheel. A national survey of nearly 5,000 cell-phone users, released this week by Common Knowledge Research Services for the Vlingo Corp., revealed that Tennessee's text-messaging motorists are topped only by those in South Carolina.

UT likely to raise tuition Wed, 21 May 2008 04:00:00 -0000
NASHVILLE - Parents and students at the University of Tennessee's main campus will pay about $154 more per semester in the coming academic year under a tuition increase that President John Petersen said could be as high as 6 percent.

Mid-South Fair moving from Memphis to Mississippi Wed, 21 May 2008 04:00:00 -0000
MEMPHIS - The Mid-South Fair, which traces its history at Memphis to before the Civil War, is moving to northern Mississippi near Tunica County's casino complex.

Legislative briefs: May 21 Wed, 21 May 2008 04:00:00 -0000
Antifreeze bill gets approval in House NASHVILLE - The House joined the Senate Tuesday in voting to require that antifreeze sold in Tennessee after Jan. 1, 2010, include a bittering agent to make it taste bad.

With win, Obama near primary victory Wed, 21 May 2008 04:00:01 -0000
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Barack Obama stepped to the brink of victory in the Democratic presidential race Tuesday night, defeating Hillary Rodham Clinton in the Oregon primary and moving within 100 delegates of the total he needs to claim the prize at the party convention this summer.

Obama outraises McCain in April Wed, 21 May 2008 04:00:00 -0000
WASHINGTON - Democratic Sen. Barack Obama, his presidential money apparatus slowed only slightly, raised more than $31 million in April, outdistancing Republican John McCain, who nevertheless enjoyed his best fundraising month yet.

McCain, Obama trade foreign policy shots Wed, 21 May 2008 04:00:00 -0000
WASHINGTON - Sen. John McCain stepped up his assault on Sen. Barack Obama's foreign policy credentials at a rally in Miami Tuesday, criticizing Obama's willingness to talk to Cuban president Raul Castro and other hostile foreign leaders without preconditions.

McCain lashes Obama on Iran Tue, 20 May 2008 04:00:01 -0000
CHICAGO - Republican John McCain accused Democrat Barack Obama of inexperience and reckless judgment for saying Iran does not pose the same serious threat to the United States as the Soviet Union did in its day.

Campaign briefs: May 20 Tue, 20 May 2008 04:00:00 -0000
Clinton tells Obama he hasn't clinched it yet MAYSVILLE, Ky. - Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton on Monday said her opponent Barack Obama may be getting a little ahead of himself in acting like the party's nominee before the final contests of the primary season.

Republican draws fire over bill on veterans Tue, 20 May 2008 04:00:00 -0000
WASHINGTON - Democrats are ready to convert Sen. John McCain's stance on college aid for military veterans into a presidential campaign cause. McCain opposes a bill that would significantly expand the breadth of education benefits for veterans.

Iraqis enter Sadr City Wed, 21 May 2008 04:00:01 -0000
BAGHDAD - Some 10,000 Iraqi troops fanned out in Baghdad's Sadr City on Tuesday, taking positions on main roads, rooftops and near hospitals in an attempt to establish government control in the Shiite militia enclave for the first time since Saddam Hussein's ouster.

11 police recruits die in ambush Tue, 20 May 2008 04:00:00 -0000
BAGHDAD - Suspected Sunni insurgents ambushed a minibus carrying Iraqi police recruits near the Syrian border Monday, killing all 11 passengers, Iraqi officials said - the first deadly attack since Iraqi forces launched a major sweep against al-Qaida fighters in the region.

Event brings in kids from all over the world Wed, 21 May 2008 04:00:10 -0000
The creative problem-solving program Destination ImagiNation is expected to bring more than 8,000 of the world's brightest students to Knoxville this week for a final tournament.

Music man to set market mood Wed, 21 May 2008 04:00:08 -0000
OAK RIDGE - Charley Pride's right-hand man for 31 years will be drumming up business for area farmers Saturday while playing the keyboard.

Judge's order baffles lawyers Wed, 21 May 2008 04:00:07 -0000
MARYVILLE - Members of the Blount County legal community are scratching their heads over a recent court order - unattached to any docketed criminal or civil case - demanding that four lawyers produce documents having to do with local court procedures.

Roane funding approved Wed, 21 May 2008 04:00:06 -0000
CLINTON - Anderson County commissioners have agreed to a $500,000 contribution to a college's plans to expand in Oak Ridge.

Child care operator takes plea deal Wed, 21 May 2008 04:00:06 -0000
LOUDON - Parents of a 4-year-old whose bowel was perforated when struck in the stomach by an unlicensed day care center operator displayed an "amazing show of grace" Tuesday, Loudon County District Attorney General Russell Johnson said.

Standoff ends with police's use of nonlethal gas Wed, 21 May 2008 04:00:05 -0000
TELLICO PLAINS, Tenn. - A domestic assault call that led to a standoff with police from three agencies early Tuesday morning ended when officers flushed the barricaded suspect out using a nonlethal gas.

Series: Caught in the web Wed, 21 May 2008 04:00:00 -0000
This week the News Sentinel and WBIR, Channel 10, examine the proliferation of online predators and child pornography here in East Tennessee and globally in a series of reports called "Caught in the Web."

Anderson / Blount briefs: May 21 Wed, 21 May 2008 04:00:00 -0000
City attorney wins praise, raise OAK RIDGE - With high marks on a City Council evaluation, City Attorney Ken Krushenski has won a retroactive raise and had his contract extended to March 2013.

Indictment: Retired UT prof shared military secrets with Chinese Tue, 20 May 2008 22:31:00 -0000
A professor emeritus at the University of Tennessee was indicted this afternoon by a federal grand jury on charges he knowingly shared restricted military technology information with two People’s Republic of China foreign nationals.

Liberal icon is facing cancer Wed, 21 May 2008 04:00:05 -0000
BOSTON - Sen. Edward M. Kennedy was diagnosed with a cancerous brain tumor Tuesday in what could be the grim final chapter in a life marked by exhilarating triumph and shattering tragedy. Some experts gave the liberal lion less than a year to live.

FBI agents refused to use harsh questioning tactics, audit says Wed, 21 May 2008 04:00:00 -0000
WASHINGTON - A Justice Department audit of terror interrogations at three military bases overseas concluded Tuesday that FBI agents refused to participate when detainees were questioned under harsh and potentially illegal methods.

Former Carter aide Hamilton Jordan dies Wed, 21 May 2008 04:00:00 -0000
ATLANTA - Hamilton Jordan, a political strategist from south Georgia who helped propel Jimmy Carter to the White House and served as his chief of staff, died Tuesday after a long battle with cancer.

White House dismisses unsourced report Bush plans attack on Iran Wed, 21 May 2008 04:00:00 -0000
WASHINGTON - The White House on Tuesday denied a published report in Israel that said President Bush intends to attack Iran before the end of his term in January.

Bush sends condolences Wed, 21 May 2008 04:00:00 -0000
WASHINGTON - President Bush and first lady Laura Bush took a rainy motorcade ride to the Chinese Embassy on Tuesday to sign a condolence book extending U.S. sympathy to those killed in the massive earthquake there.

High court upholds online law Tue, 20 May 2008 04:00:05 -0000
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court ruled Monday that leading someone to believe you have child pornography to show or exchange is a federal crime, brushing aside concerns that the law could apply to mainstream movies that depict adolescent sex, literature or even e-mails that describe pictures of grandchildren.

3-month T-bill rates see upswing Tue, 20 May 2008 04:00:00 -0000
WASHINGTON - Interest rates on short-term Treasury bills rose in Monday's auction to the highest levels in nearly three months.

Kennedy still hospitalized Tue, 20 May 2008 04:00:00 -0000
BOSTON - Sen. Edward M. Kennedy's hospitalization after a seizure stretched to a third day Monday, raising questions about the severity of his illness.

Sen. Corker asks Tenn. GOP to pull Michelle Obama video Tue, 20 May 2008 19:25:00 -0000
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Republican U.S. Senator Bob Corker has asked the Tennessee GOP to pull its Michelle Obama online video that her Democratic presidential candidate husband criticized.

State briefs: May 21 Wed, 21 May 2008 04:00:00 -0000
Knox woman killed in Morristown wreck A Knoxville woman was killed in a Tuesday afternoon traffic wreck involving a reported stolen car in Morristown, according to the city's police department.

Corker asks state GOP to pull Obama video Wed, 21 May 2008 04:00:00 -0000
NASHVILLE - Republican U.S. Sen. Bob Corker has asked the Tennessee GOP to pull its Michelle Obama online video that her presidential candidate husband criticized.

Smokies lets anglers keep all the rainbow trout they catch Tue, 20 May 2008 19:47:00 -0000
The National Park Service will temporarily remove the limit on rainbow trout caught in Lynn Camp Prong as it works to restore native brook trout.

House passes measure mandating bittering agent in antifreeze Tue, 20 May 2008 18:59:00 -0000
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Antifreeze sold in Tennessee must include a bittering agent under a measure passed by the state House.

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