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Warm humid weather brings out critters

The warmer, humid weather we're having is good news for some animals, but not so good for some plants lovers. Critters such as insects, snakes, and spiders thrive in the more humid weather. The populations have been down the last couple of years due to the relatively dry weather. Our current pattern also means more of the insects that are beneficial such as bees and spiders. Mother ...
Tenn. homecoming queen mom arrested after party

A Hendersonville mother and daughter were arrested June 6 after a party at their home that involved underage drinking. Sara Lamb, 18, was arrested and charged with underage consumption after police were called to a party at her mother's house, according to the arrest affidavit. Lamb, who graduated high school in May, was 2012-13 Hendersonville High School homecoming queen. Police ...
Peyton Manning films ad to support Pat Summitt Foundation

KNOXVILLE - Peyton Manning and Kara Lawson are taking part in a new commercial due out nationally this fall hoping to bring awareness to Alzheimer's and support the Pat Summitt Foundation's push to find a cure. Lawson filmed her scenes in the Lady Vols' locker room on the Tennessee campus Monday, while Manning shot his portion Tuesday at Neyland Stadium in the locker room named ...
Country music singer comes to the rescue after crash

Fans are calling country singer Craig Morgan a hero after he came to the rescue during a serious truck crash. The singer says what he did was "second nature" for him, and should be for everyone. "I think we should all help, anytime we're given the chance to help. If you don't have a special skill set, like I've been very fortunate to go to these schools and ...
Bomb-toting bank robber gets 20 years

Gordon Harold Williams, 49, pleaded guilty to bank robbery in February for holding up the BB&T Bank branch, 7108 Maynardville Highway. He appeared before U.S. District Judge Tom Varlan today for ...

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Au revoir les enfants [DVD]

Louis Malle was 12 years old in 1944 when he had to stand by helplessly and watch as the Gestapo arrived at the Petit-Collge dAvon, the small, Catholic boarding school he was attending, and arrested four children and the headmaster. The children were Jewish and had been ... ...

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Oak Ridge tax bills late but due date the same

So even though they knew the amount wouldn't change they couldn't just send a letter telling everyone that? And even that's questionable since while the rate didn't change the assessed value might have. Three weeks of the time for people to come up with the money to pay their taxes even though they don't know what that amount is have already passed, and all because of ...
Childrens Hospital announces $75M expansion

(WBIR, Knoxville) East Tennessee Children's Hospital has announced it's expanding. The plans include construction of a new five-story building next to the current facility and renovations within the current hospital once the new building is complete, for a total price tag of about $75 million. The proposed site for the new building is on White Avenue between 20th and 21st streets. ...
Record rainfall brings relief to TNs drought-damaged trees

The recent stretch of rainy days on top of one of the wettest springs in years across East Tennessee has made a big impact on the growing season. All of the moisture and cooler temperatures have pushed harvest of several spring crops behind the normal schedule by a couple of weeks. But there is an incredibly bright side to the rain-soaked spring in terms of penetrating a deep-rooted problem in ...
UT trustees panel recommends raises for DiPietro Cheek and Rakes

Don Stansberry, the Board of Trustees'vice chairman, said the best value of a place is good leadership and DiPietro has been that and has the results to show ...
KCSO Gang members arrested in East Knoxville drug raid

KNOXVILLE -- Two reputed gang members and a third suspect were arrested on felony drug charges after authorities seized nearly 2 pounds of marijuana, as well as crack cocaine at an East Knoxville ...

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Our nuclear programmes are completely transparent. But we are ready to show greater transparency and make clear for the whole world that the steps of the Islamic Republic of Iran are completely within international frameworks. The sanctions are unfair, the Iranian people are suffering, and our (nuclear) activities are legal. These sanctions are illegal and only benefit Israel.

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New sulfur-based battery outperforms traditional lithium-ion technology

Scientists at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have designed and tested an all-solid lithium-sulfur battery with approximately four times the energy density of conventional lithium-ion technologies that power today's electronics.

The ORNL battery design, which uses abundant low-cost elemental sulfur, also addresses flammability concerns experienced by other chemistries.

"Our approach is a complete change from the current battery concept of two electrodes joined by a liquid electrolyte, which has been used over the last 150 to 200 years," said Chengdu Liang, lead author on the ORNL study published this week in Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

Scientists have been excited about the potential of lithium-sulfur batteries for decades, but long-lasting, large-scale versions for commercial applications have proven elusive. Researchers were stuck with a catch-22 created by the battery's use of liquid electrolytes: On one hand, the liquid helped conduct ions through the battery by allowing lithium polysulfide compounds to dissolve. The downside, however, was that the same dissolution process caused the battery to prematurely break down.

The ORNL team overcame these barriers by first synthesizing a never-before-seen class of sulfur-rich materials that conduct ions as well as the lithium metal oxides conventionally used in the battery's cathode. ...