The Tennessee House of Representatives rejected a plan to redraw the
state's judicial districts, dealing a rebuke to Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey on
what is expected to be the last day of the legislative session.
The city and its suburbs remain in lockdown Friday afternoon as a
massive manhunt intensifies for the surviving suspect in the Boston
Marathon bombings. The search comes just hours after the suspect's older
brother died following a dramatic shootout with police in nearby
Watertown.
A watered down version of a proposal that originally sought to lift a
ban on switchblades and knives with blades longer than 4 inches is
headed to the governor for his consideration.
