News 2008-06-01 Andanh.com

I-40 closure going smoothly as traffic adjusts to changes Sun, 01 Jun 2008 04:00:01 -0000
Every weekday thousands of vehicles displaced by the closure of Interstate 40 disappear like phantoms onto city streets. While road officials can pinpoint a few streets that have seen increased traffic since I-40 closed, no one has determined exactly where nearly 70,000 vehicles that aren't using an interstate are going.

Teens nabbed in watercraft thefts Sun, 01 Jun 2008 04:00:00 -0000
Officers from the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency and Knox County Sheriff's Office have arrested a group of teenagers in connection with a series of watercraft thefts.

Books the star attractions Sun, 01 Jun 2008 04:00:00 -0000
No more pencils, no more books, no more teachers' dirty looks. Well, two out of three ain't bad. More than 12,000 people young and old gathered in World's Fair Park on Saturday for a midday, out-of-this world adventure at the fourth annual Children's Festival of Reading. For many it was their first taste of freedom since the school year - and studying - ended.

Name has endured, much to surprise of 'Katy' herself Sun, 01 Jun 2008 04:00:00 -0000
Kathryn Howard is the "Katy" of Katy's Kitchen fame. She's proud, yes, but almost embarrassed to have her name on such a historic facility in Oak Ridge.

Red-light cameras topic for workshop Sun, 01 Jun 2008 04:00:00 -0000
OAK RIDGE - An overview of the city's proposal to install red-light cameras at up to 10 major intersections will be given Monday at an Oak Ridge City Council workshop. The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. in the municipal building courtroom, and the public is invited. As planned, the city would install cameras to monitor intersections and vehicle speeds.

Buried treasure Sun, 01 Jun 2008 04:00:00 -0000
OAK RIDGE - In a town where nuclear history is always on display, Katy's Kitchen is a rare find. You won't find it in tour guides of the Atomic City, and it's not available for public visits

Taxpayers' money can't be used to defend judge Sun, 01 Jun 2008 04:00:00 -0000
A temporary restraining order has been filed against numerous Cocke County officials that prevents them from spending taxpayer dollars to defend a local judge who faces disciplinary action for alleged misconduct.

State celebrates 212 years Sun, 01 Jun 2008 04:00:00 -0000
Adults and children alike had a chance to appreciate their roots - as well as modern technology - Saturday while touring historic sites participating in the Tennessee Statehood Day Heritage Festival

Saturday blogging: If an asteroid fell in the forest ... Sat, 31 May 2008 15:02:00 -0000
Glenn Reynolds is deep into space.

Priority: public parks Sat, 31 May 2008 04:00:01 -0000
When it comes to acreage devoted to parks, Knoxville and Knox County lag behind their regional peers. Eighty percent of Knox residents surveyed want more public parks, and a new study by local planners proposes creative tax-free strategies for creating more parks and recreation opportunities. The study by the Metropolitan Planning Commission assesses the city and county's growing parkland and calls for several recreation centers.

New alliance strives to save state's vistas Sun, 01 Jun 2008 04:00:00 -0000
CHATTANOOGA - A new alliance says saving Tennessee and Chattanooga's scenic vistas is an urgent priority in the face of development that is making unavoidable changes to the landscape.

Nurse touts airline safety practices Sun, 01 Jun 2008 04:00:00 -0000
MEMPHIS - When Gary L. Sculli left his job as a Northwest Airlines pilot to return to his earlier career, nursing, he experienced a culture shock.

State Briefs: June 1 Sun, 01 Jun 2008 04:00:00 -0000
CHATTANOOGA - Authorities say they are investigating the death of a 2-month-old baby

State workers' buyout delayed Sun, 01 Jun 2008 04:00:00 -0000
NASHVILLE - More than 11,700 state employees will have to wait 1 1/2 weeks longer to receive a buyout plan expected to save nearly $64 million amid a shortfall in the upcoming budget year, Finance Commissioner Dave Goetz said Friday.

Rash of crimes thought work of 1 man Sat, 31 May 2008 04:00:00 -0000
MEMPHIS - Memphis police believe the same man is responsible for nine home invasions in the past 11 days and up to five sexual assaults.

Kingston seeks 5-cent rise in property tax rate Sat, 31 May 2008 04:00:00 -0000
KINGSTON - Property tax rates in two of Roane County's top three cities are expected to remain unchanged next fiscal year, with only a 5-cent increase projected for the county seat.

Lobbyist costs up 30% Sat, 31 May 2008 04:00:00 -0000
NASHVILLE - While legislators dealt with cuts in overall state spending this year, spending on efforts to influence them was increasing, according to reports filed with the Tennessee Ethics Commission.

State Briefs: May 31 Sat, 31 May 2008 04:00:00 -0000
State environmental officials are investigating after someone set fire to piles of chipped auto tires in North Knoxville.

Tennessee traffic deaths down in 2007 and still dropping Fri, 30 May 2008 20:23:00 -0000
CHATTANOOGA — Tennessee’s traffic deaths in 2007 dropped to the lowest level since 2003, preliminary records show.

Venable: The best kind of hot air Sun, 01 Jun 2008 04:00:00 -0000
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. - Let the record show that I have seen Old Faithful.

Venable: A clash between cultures Fri, 30 May 2008 04:00:00 -0000
CROW AGENCY, Mont. - At strategic locations in the Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument, the National Park Service has posted small signs telling visitors they are walking sacred ground.

Obama 'clean' except smoking Fri, 30 May 2008 04:00:01 -0000
Barack Obama's doctor said Thursday the presidential candidate was in excellent health at the time of his last checkup 16 months ago, but he has a family history of cancer and a big, obvious risk - a smoking habit that he's trying, again, to break.

Houston brothers to be tried separately Sat, 31 May 2008 04:00:01 -0000
KINGSTON - They've waged legal war together. They've aired claims of corruption together. They're even accused of killing together.

Kingsport man convicted in 2004 slaying Sat, 31 May 2008 04:00:00 -0000
LOUDON - A Loudon County jury deliberated just more than an hour Friday afternoon before convicting a 54-year-old Kingsport man in the 2004 murder of Adwinna Pamela Hughes.

Group urges talks on global warming bill Sat, 31 May 2008 04:00:00 -0000
OAK RIDGE - Environmentalists joined the mayor and others Friday to ask Tennessee's two U.S. senators to open debate on a sweeping bill to address global warming.

E-911 worker stable after burst aneurysm Sat, 31 May 2008 04:00:00 -0000
A Knox County E-911 communications director was in stable condition Friday night after collapsing at work with a ruptured aneurysm in his aorta, and his family credits the quick reactions of his co-workers with saving his life.

New bulletproof vest OK'd Sat, 31 May 2008 04:00:00 -0000
Knoxville Police Chief Sterling P. Owen IV told City Council members Friday that he recently approved a new sleeveless "bulletproof vest carrier" for departmental use that officers can wear over their uniform.

Officers, firefighters, faculty train for worst at Karns Sat, 31 May 2008 04:00:00 -0000
A week after classes ended for the year, eight Knox County sheriff's officers, four Karns volunteer firefighters and four Karns High School faculty members met at the school to prepare for a situation they hope they never encounter.

Doctor enters guilty plea Sat, 31 May 2008 04:00:00 -0000
A Knoxville doctor was led from a federal courtroom in handcuffs Friday after pleading guilty to conspiring to illegally distribute 30,000 tablets of the narcotic painkiller OxyContin.

Detention facility rates high Sat, 31 May 2008 04:00:00 -0000
An independent committee of jail inspectors has given the Knox County Detention Facility a nearly perfect grade.

Mayor pays portion of fees Sat, 31 May 2008 04:00:00 -0000
Knox County Mayor Mike Ragsdale and ex-staffers made more than $2,000 in additional reimbursements Friday for questionable purchasing-card charges as the county law director prepared legal action to be filed Monday against anyone who doesn't pay.

3 men found dead in vehicle ID'd Sat, 31 May 2008 04:00:00 -0000
SPEEDWELL - Authorities on Friday identified three Claiborne County men found dead in a crashed Land Rover on a rural county road.

Bush calls on Furman grads to be responsible Sun, 01 Jun 2008 04:00:00 -0000
GREENVILLE, S.C. - President Bush, ignoring faculty members who stood in silent protest of his commencement speech, admitted Saturday that when he left college, thinking about how to be a "model citizen" was the furthest thing from his mind.

Fla., Mich. delegates will receive half-votes Sun, 01 Jun 2008 04:00:00 -0000
WASHINGTON - Democratic Party officials agreed Saturday to seat Michigan and Florida delegates with half-votes, ruling on a long-running dispute that has threatened the party's chances in November and maintaining Barack Obama's front-runner status as he moves closer to the nomination.

Forecasting uncertainty Sun, 01 Jun 2008 04:00:00 -0000
RALEIGH, N.C. - Each April, weather wizard William Gray emerges from his burrow deep in the Rocky Mountains to offer his forecast for the six-month hurricane season that starts June 1. And the news media are there, breathlessly awaiting his every word.

U.S. deaths in Iraq way down in May Sun, 01 Jun 2008 04:00:00 -0000
BAGHDAD - U.S. military deaths plunged in May to the lowest monthly level in more than four years, and civilian casualties were down sharply, too, as Iraqi forces assumed the lead in offensives in three cities and a truce with Shiite extremists took hold.

Discovery, crew blast into orbit Sun, 01 Jun 2008 04:00:00 -0000
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Space shuttle Discovery and a crew of seven blasted into orbit Saturday, carrying a giant Japanese lab addition to the international space station along with something more mundane - a toilet pump.

News briefs: June 1 Sun, 01 Jun 2008 04:00:00 -0000
INDIANAPOLIS - Residents cleaned up Saturday after a tornado plowed a trail of destruction through the east side of Indianapolis, but they gave thanks that nobody was killed and that the only injuries were minor

Drug helps fight spread of breast cancer Sun, 01 Jun 2008 04:00:00 -0000
CHICAGO - A drug to prevent bone loss during breast cancer treatment also substantially cut the risk that the cancer would return, results that left doctors excited about a possible new way to fight the disease.

Panel will decide on Fla., Mich. delegates Sat, 31 May 2008 04:00:00 -0000
WASHINGTON - Democratic Party officials struggling with the question of what to do with delegates from Michigan and Florida are grappling with a more complicated issue: how to resolve an election when front-runner Barack Obama wasn't even on the ballot.

Rising costs pinch fantasies of rebate shopping sprees Sat, 31 May 2008 04:00:00 -0000
CHICAGO - Many Americans allowed themselves to fantasize about large-screen TVs, European vacations and other luxuries when they learned of the federal rebates they'd be getting this spring and early summer.

Collapse of crane kills two in N.Y. Sat, 31 May 2008 04:00:00 -0000
NEW YORK - A construction crane snapped and smashed into an apartment building Friday, killing two workers in the city's second such tragedy in 2 1/2 months and renewing fears about the safety of hundreds of cranes towering over the New York skyline

Dems, GOP squabble over troop numbers Sat, 31 May 2008 04:00:00 -0000
MILWAUKEE - Republican John McCain's estimate of U.S. troop levels in Iraq touched off squabbling with Democrat Barack Obama on Friday, the latest turn in the presidential rivals' escalating disagreement over the war.

News briefs: May 31 Sat, 31 May 2008 04:00:00 -0000
IN BRIEFWorldGates says obstruction in Myanmar cost lives

Snag hit in deal to return Texas sect kids to parents Sat, 31 May 2008 04:00:00 -0000
SAN ANGELO, Texas - Parents' hopes of quick reunions with more than 400 children removed from a polygamist sect's ranch were dashed Friday after their attorneys and a judge clashed over proposed restrictions. A decision by Texas District Judge Barbara Walther means that to regain custody, the 38 mothers who filed the complaint that led the Texas Supreme Court to reject the state's massive seizure must personally sign an agreement their attorneys and state child-welfare officials have proposed.

Soldier suicides spike Fri, 30 May 2008 04:00:05 -0000
WASHINGTON - Army soldiers committed suicide in 2007 at the highest rate on record, and the toll is climbing ever higher this year as long war deployments stretch on.

Pa. police link rigged pickup truck trailer to stolen diesel fuel Fri, 30 May 2008 04:00:03 -0000
HERMITAGE, Pa. - Police said they have linked large quantities of diesel fuel stolen from a western Pennsylvania convenience store to a specially equipped pickup truck trailer with a trap door and a vacuum hose.

Sect children must be returned to parents Fri, 30 May 2008 04:00:00 -0000
SAN ANTONIO - In a crushing blow to the state's massive seizure of children from a polygamist sect's ranch, the Texas Supreme Court ruled Thursday that child welfare officials overstepped their authority and the children should go back to their parents.

Nation and world briefs: May 30 Fri, 30 May 2008 04:00:00 -0000
CHENGDU, China - A stockpile of chemicals being used to disinfect an earthquake-shattered Chinese town ignited Thursday and injured scores of soldiers doing relief work, adding to a day of problems for urgent recovery efforts.

More pressure heaped on Olmert Fri, 30 May 2008 04:00:00 -0000
JERUSALEM - Prime Minister Ehud Olmert suffered another blow Thursday when a key rival for power in his political party suggested the embattled leader should be replaced because of a widening corruption investigation.

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