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Tennessee: Murfreesboro police chase, kill 600-pound hog
MURFREESBORO - Murfreesboro police have fatally shot a 600-pound hog that ran loose in the city.
Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2008 , 6:32 p.m.
Tennessee: 9 sentenced in multistate tobacco ring
NASHVILLE - Prosecutors say nine people have been sentenced in a black-market tobacco ring in Kentucky, Tennessee, Pennsylvania and North Carolina involving more than $4.5 million.
Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2008 , 6:28 p.m.
Dow falls below 8,000, S&P at 5-year low
Wall Street hit levels not seen since 2003, with the Dow Jones industrial average falling below the 8,000 mark, as the fate of Detroit's Big Three automakers and the economy disheartened investors.
Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2008 , 4:39 p.m.
Tennessee: Governor calls for ‘breather’ on luring major businesses
Gov. Phil Bredesen said today he intends to call a “breather” on Tennessee’s efforts to lure major business investments, but not until the state finishes with one or two large prospects comparable to the $1 billion Volkswagen deal in Chattanooga.
Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2008 , 2:51 p.m.
Bredesen: No mixed signals on Tennessee downloads law
NASHVILLE - Gov. Phil Bredesen insists he wasn't broadcasting mixed signals when he hosted a ceremony last week to re-sign a law clamping down on illegal music downloads at Tennessee colleges and universities.
Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2008 , 2:41 p.m.
Chattanooga: BlueCross to ban employee smoking beginning Jan.1
Tennessee’s biggest health insurance company will ban smoking from all of its properties next year.
Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2008 , 1:45 p.m.

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Chattanooga: Foster turns himself in to police
Attenro Foster, the father wanted by police for failing to report the injury of his 8-month-old son following a car accident two days ago, turned himself in to police earlier this morning, according to Sgt. Jerri Weary, public information officer with the Chattanooga Police Department.
Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2008 , 1:10 p.m.
Chattanooga: Two Hixson High School students arrested, one tased
Two Hixson High School students were arrested this morning and one had to be subdued by a taser, according to the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Department.
Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2008 , 11:53 a.m.
Hamilton County Commission votes to demand documents from WWTA
Hamilton County commissioners voted 7-1 Wednesday to demand that the county’s Water and Wastewater Treatment Authority provide attorney John Anderson’s legal bills.
Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2008 , 10:52 a.m.
Hamilton County: Schools face even bigger budget shortfall this year
It’s deja vu all over again for school board members and Hamilton County Schools’ officials as they face a budget that could force school closures and layoffs as early as next year.
Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2008 , 9:58 a.m.

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University of Tennessee simplifies admission
KNOXVILLE - With more high school graduates seeking admission to the University of Tennessee, the state's flagship university is simplifying its process.
Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2008 , 9:54 a.m.
Tennessee Vols beat UT-Martin
Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2008 , 9:58 p.m.
Chattanooga: Father wanted after child injured in car wreck
Chattanooga police are asking for the public’s help in locating a man wanted on domestic violence warrants
Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2008 , 8:46 p.m.
Chattanooga lawyer on short list for state Court of Appeals
The Tennessee Judicial Selection Commission has recommended a Chattanooga lawyer and three others for consideration to fill a vacancy on the Tennessee Court of Appeals
Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2008 , 8:01 p.m.
Buttram chosen Athens, Tenn., mayor
Councilman Hal Buttram is the city’s new mayor.
Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2008 , 7:18 p.m.
Highlights

Local/Region

Chattanooga’s relations with Germany celebrated
It was just this summer that Volkswagen announced it would build an assembly plant in Chattanooga, but the city’s ties to Germany go back much further than that.

Columnists

Retiree’s home life may affect benefits
Q: Mrs. M, of Sale Creek, writes: I’m writing concerning the article you wrote in the paper Nov. 6. A woman asked about drawing her ex-husband’s Social Security.

Politics

Bredesen: Budget cuts get ‘bloody’
Gov. Phil Bredesen on Wednesday began ordering department heads to cut their operating budgets by as much as 15 percent, and he conceded services will suffer as he grapples with a budget shortfall expected to hit $800 million.

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