Tariff blamed for loss of jobs in Rockwood

Associated Press - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

ROCKWOOD, Tenn. (AP) -- An antiquated tariff designed to protect American textile mills from foreign competitors is being blamed for threatening a Rockwood company that manufactures carbon ...

Fitch Affirms Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company Upgrades El Paso Natural Gas Company Outlook Stable

Fitch Ratings - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

Fitch: Recession Concern Dampens European Investor Sentiment An increasing number of investors expect fundamental credit conditions will deteriorate across sectors, according to a Fitch Ratings investor survey. The more circumspect sentiment was most notable for the sovereign segment, where the proportion of survey respondents anticipating worsening conditions more than doubled to 55%, from 24% ...

POLL Tennessee Voters Support Benefits For Same-Sex Couples

ThinkProgress - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

new poll from Vanderbilt University shows that support for legally recognizing same-sex couples continues to grow in Tennessee, but at rates slower than the rest of the country. A 49 percent plurality now support civil unions or marriage equality, while 46 percent remain opposed to both. Still, 62 percent believe that gays and lesbians should receive health insurance and other employee benefits ...

Man charged with faking marriage to visit inmate

Associated Press - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (AP) -- Washington County authorities say a man faked a marriage certificate so he could visit a woman held in the Johnson City Detention ...

Re-opening of welcome center on I-24 delayed

Associated Press - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

OAK GROVE, Ky. (AP) -- An interstate welcome center in southern Kentucky near the Tennessee line won't reopen Wednesday for the Memorial Day holiday as ...

San Antonio Spurs vs Memphis Grizzlies Live Stream Free Watch Online NBA Playoffs Western Conference Final Game 2 Basketball

Christian Post - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

San Antonio Spurs' Tim Duncan gets the slam dunk during the second half of Round 1 of the Western Conference NBA basketball playoffs in San Antonio, Texas, April 17, 2011. San Antonio Spurs vs Memphis Grizzlies takes place in the NBA Playoffs Western Conference finals on Tuesday night with the teams coming together for Game 2 of their series. The game is scheduled to tip off at 9 p.m. ET ...

Documents detail charges against former official

Associated Press - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

http://bit.ly/14wTIJO ) reported documents recently filed in Knox County Criminal Court allege Lowe and two former aides conducted a "continuous larcenous scheme" in which ghost employees were on the ...

Jackson too creepy for Clippers MAY 22

General Sources - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

Lakers executive Jeanie Buss. While the source insisted it wasn't a reflection on Jackson's coaching ability, it would simply be "too creepy" for ...

Broad Avenue district gets grant for outdoor arts venue

Memphis Business Journal - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

An artists rendering of the proposed outdoor arts venue at the Broad Avenue Water Tower Depot. The Binghampton Development Corporation and Historic Broad Business Association has received a $350,000 grant from ArtPlace for the creation of an outdoor arts venue at the Broad Avenue Water Tower Depot. According to the ArtPlace America website, the grant will be used to, "transform an active ...

Hoover expresses interest in Oreck sale

Nashville Business Journal - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

Vacuum giant Hoover is interested in the bankruptcy auction of Oreck, its Nashville-based competitor, The Tennessean reports. In a Tuesday hearing, a judge gave interested bidders until July 1 to submit competing offers for Oreck. The Royal Appliance Manufacturing Co. and its Hoover Inc. affiliate have filed notice demanding to be notified of any actions in the case, The Tennessean ...

Route 25 reopened after rockslide cleared

Associated Press - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- A rockslide in Smith County has been cleared three days ahead of schedule, allowing TDOT to reopen state Rt. 25 at the Cumberland River Overlook at ...

Police charge 3 in transplanted NC womans slaying

Associated Press - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- North Carolina police say they've found no prior connections between a woman killed in her apartment and three people charged with ...

$22000 reward offered in bald eagle shootings

WBIR - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) -- Officials are offering up to a $22,000 reward for information leading to convictions in the shooting of two bald eagles in eastern Tennessee. One of the eagles was shot near Soddy-Daisy in March and the other was shot near Madisonville this month. Both survived and are recovering at the American Eagle Foundation in Pigeon Forge. Bald eagles are protected under ...

W.Va.s local-food movement a model for Appalachia

Lexington Herald-Leader - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. - With eight in 10 farmers making less than $10,000 a year, West Virginia will never rival big Midwestern factory farms in producing food. But creative collaborations with food entrepreneurs are seeding a new kind of economy that federal officials say could become a model for 12 other Appalachian states.Officials with the Appalachian Regional Commission, the U.S. Department of ...