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05/09/2013 - 7:26am
Search for possible drowning victim called off

According to Captain D.J. Corcoran with the Knoxville Fire Department, KFD,
the Knoxville Volunteer Rescue Squad, Rural/Metro, Knoxville Police
were called to a reported drowning at the quarry at Ft. Dickerson Park
in South Knoxville around 12:30 on Wednesday.

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05/09/2013 - 6:45am
Federal agents serve search warrant to West Knoxville clinic

Several federal agencies served a federal search warrant to the Complete Family Care clinic Thursday morning.

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05/09/2013 - 5:54am
Clarksville Boy Scout leader resigns over gay ban

A longtime Clarksville Boy Scout leader has resigned, saying he cannot
support a policy that forces openly gay boys out of Scouting.

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05/09/2013 - 5:39am
KPD: Masked armed robber targets Broadway Burger King

According to a KPD spokesman, a suspect armed with a small handgun
wearing a white hockey mask made off with an undisclosed amount of money
from a north Knoxville restaurant Wednesday night.

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05/09/2013 - 5:14am
Black vote gaining power in Tennessee, U.S.

Blacks voted in greater proportion than whites - both nationwide and in
Tennessee - during the 2012 election, helping carry President Barack
Obama to a second term.

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05/09/2013 - 4:35am
DCS records for eight children who died aren't available

The Department of Children's Services has conducted no
investigations into the deaths of eight children for whom it had some
oversight in recent years and will produce no records documenting DCS'
interaction with those children, according to a recent court filing.

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05/08/2013 - 8:26pm
Amanda Berry's East TN family remembers her childhood visits

The attention of the world has been focused on Cleveland, Ohio, this week, after three women who had been kidnapped more than a decade ago, were found alive

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05/08/2013 - 8:01pm
Y-12 Trial: Trio found guilty, judge schedules new hearing

A jury has found the trio accused of breaking into the Y-12 complex last summer guilty on all counts.

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05/08/2013 - 7:31pm
On the record: Dispatchers face tough job

A Blount County 911 dispatcher talks about the criticism levied against a dispatcher who took the call from Amanda Berry in Ohio.

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05/08/2013 - 4:59pm
TN offering $7K teacher bonuses to recruit talent

Priority schools are the schools that perform in the bottom 5 percent in
the state in terms of academic achievement. They are located in
Memphis, as well as Davidson, Hamilton, Hardeman and Knox counties.

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