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04/11/2013 - 7:17am
TODAY: Senate to hear welfare penalty for parents

The measure would cut Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, or TANF,
benefits by 30 percent if a child fails to advance to the next grade.

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04/11/2013 - 6:18am
Line of strong storms approach East Tenn.

The plateau may see some severe storms. The
main threats will be stronger winds, larger hail and possibly an
isolated tornado.

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04/11/2013 - 5:32am
Update: Foul play involved in death of homeless man

Police say foul play was involved in the death of a homeless man in his late 20's whose body was found Tuesday near downtown Knoxville.

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04/11/2013 - 5:06am
Full Senate to hear welfare penalty for parents

A proposal that would dock the welfare payments of parents whose
children fail school is scheduled to be heard by the full Senate on
Thursday.

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04/11/2013 - 4:11am
Scott Co. soldier uses Skype to see daughter's birth

An East Tennessee soldier serving in Afghanistan got a special treat Tuesday night.

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04/11/2013 - 3:31am
Oak Ridge soldier uses Skype to see daughter's birth

An East Tennessee soldier serving in Afghanistan got a special treat Tuesday night.

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04/10/2013 - 8:15pm
Woman with cancer relives wedding for 20th anniversary

For months, friends and family have organized and gathered donations to give a cancer patient a wedding ceremony to remember.

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04/10/2013 - 7:57pm
Volunteers vital to Weather Service during severe storms

With the forecast calling for possible severe weather Thursday, the National Weather Service expects to call on its team of weather spotters.

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04/10/2013 - 7:32pm
TVA responds to possibility of privatization

The Obama administration's 2014 budget is calling for a strategic review of TVA, opening the possibility that the federally owned utility could be sold.

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04/10/2013 - 7:25pm
Teen hurt by soda can hurled at head

A girl walking down a Jefferson City street around 5:30 Tuesday
afternoon wound up in the hospital with a concussion after someone
hurled a full can of soda at her head.

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