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05/08/2013 - 2:27pm
Extended family of Amanda Berry looking forward to seeing her again

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 - 1:56pm
Jury selection for Thomas retrial set for Thursday in Nashville

Jury selection for the retrial of one of the suspects previously
convicted in the brutal murders of a Knox County couple will begin
Friday morning in Nashville.

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05/08/2013 - 1:42pm
Your Stories: Stephen Lyn Bales

The phrase "he is one with nature" truly applies for one local man. He is always outside. He writes about the outdoors and there are few things that make him happier than a singing bird.

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05/08/2013 - 1:16pm
Sarah Moore Greene teachers re-applying for positions

Around 60 staff members at Sarah Moore Greene Elementary must re-apply for their positions.  It's part of a full, school reconstitution for the upcoming school year.

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05/08/2013 - 12:54pm
TN Truth or Tall Tale: The Cocaine Parachutist

WBIR archive video from 1985 tells the story of a drug
dealer who fell to his death after his parachute failed to open. A
South Knoxville homeowner found the man's body in his yard surrounded by millions of dollars in cocaine. 

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05/08/2013 - 12:38pm
Crews find evidence someone may have fallen into rock quarry

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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05/08/2013 - 12:19pm
UT's inaugural FUTure class graduates
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05/08/2013 - 12:10pm
KUB contractor fined for electrocution death

27-year-old Michael Tallent of Powell was electrocuted on New Year's
Eve, at KUB's wastewater treatment plant on Neyland Drive.  He worked
for W and O Construction Company, Incorporated.

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05/08/2013 - 11:44am
Jury deliberating in Y-12 protestors trial

Closing arguments are expected to begin after lunch on Wednesday, in the
federal trial of three protestors charged with breaking into and
vandalizing the Y-12 complex last year.

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05/08/2013 - 11:36am
Emergency drill going on at Knoxville's main post office

Wednesday afternoon, starting at 3:05 pm, the U.S. Postal Service, along with Knoxville first responders, will hold an Emergency Evacuation and Response Exercise at the Knoxville Mail Processing & Distribution Center on Weisgarber Road.

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