May 19, 2013
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Woman’s meningitis death boosts toll
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A southern Kentucky woman has died at a Nashville hospital of complications from fungal meningitis. Saint Thomas Hospital spokeswoman Rebecca Climer told The Tennessean 71-yea...
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Disbarred state attorney retiring from Ohio office
CINCINNATI — A prominent class-action attorney dubbed the “Master of Disaster” has informed the Ohio Supreme Court that he is retiring in the aftermath of his Kentucky disbarment. Cincinnati att...
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Spring storm brings extremes
ST. LOUIS — A powerful spring storm system stretching from southern Texas to northern Michigan unleashed a wave of weather extremes on the Midwest Thursday and threatened to bring its mix of hard r...
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TBI resumes search for missing woman
PARSONS — The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation sent out search dogs Thursday to look for a young woman who has been missing since she was abducted from her home a little more than two years ago. ...
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Some states dropping GED
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Several dozen states are looking for an alternative to the GED high school equivalency test because of concerns that a new version coming out next year is more costly and will no...
Apr 15, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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Associated Press Illinois Sen. Jim Oberweis, R-North Aurora, speaks with reporters during a session at the Illinois Capitol in Springfield on March 7. The Illinois Republican Party compiled a report Saturday, analyzing the problems behind its serious losses in the November elections. The report, similar to one recently released by the national GOP, comes at a time when the state party is particularly divided and debated ousting Pat Brady as its chairman.
GOP chairman avoids ouster
TINLEY PARK, Ill. — Illinois’ GOP chairman emerged from another ouster attempt Saturday and said his party must be more welcoming of diversity and inclusive of people who disagree if it’s going to...
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Associated Press Grid patterns are drawn on the lawn where Chicago police planned to begin excavating in November 2008 for more possible victims of serial killer John Wayne Gacy. Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart says his officers and the FBI are using high-tech equipment and two dogs trained to sniff out human remains and went to the apartment complex in March finding nothing to indicate the serial killer stashed any bodies there.
Latest search for Gacy victims comes up empty
CHICAGO — If serial killer John Wayne Gacy murdered more young men in the 1970s than the 33 whose bodies he stashed under his house or tossed in a river, detectives now know one thing for sure: He ...
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TVA contractor gets 6 ½ years in fraud case
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — A Louisiana man convicted of lying about worker injuries at Tennessee Valley Authority nuclear facilities, allowing his company to collect $2.5 million in safety bonuses, has b...
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4th Brigade cases colors for Afghan deployment
FORT CAMPBELL — Fort Campbell’s 4th Brigade Combat Team, whose lineage dates back 70 years to the Army’s original parachute infantry units, has cased its colors in a ceremony signifying its coming ...
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Nuclear plant on schedule for 2015 open
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A nuclear plant first begun in 1973, then mothballed, is on schedule to open in December 2015. During a conference call Thursday, Tennessee Valley Authority Senior Vice Presid...
Apr 12, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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