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    Highland Games: Be Scottish, if only for the weekend. The 2013 Smoky Mountain Highland Games are this weekend on the campus of Maryville College. Gates open at 8:30 a.m. today. The event includes athletic competitions in such events as tossing the caber or haggis, lots of music and activities for tartan-clad children. A worship service scheduled for 9:30 a.m. includes a parade of the attending ...

  • ET Preservation Alliance offers Alexander Inn estate tag sale

    East Tennessee Preservation Alliance The Alexander Inn in Oak Ridge was built by the government as a ';Guest House'; for Manhattan Project ...

  • Tennessee Congressmen struggling with internet sales tax decision

    Gov. Bill Haslam wants states to have the power to collect the tax, arguing it is money that is already owed. Some small businesses in Duncan's Knoxville-based congressional district take the same position and say it's a matter of fairness: They already are required by law to collect the tax and send it to the state, but out-of-state online retailers are ...

  • People and honors May 19

    Comments are the sole responsibility of the person posting them. You agree not to post comments that are off topic, defamatory, obscene, abusive, threatening or an invasion of privacy. Violators may be ...

  • Business bulletins May 19

    Tennessee Small Business Development Center, Roane State: offers a seminar on the Affordable Care Act for businesses 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Wednesday at the Oak Ridge Chamber, 1400 Oak Ridge Turnpike. ...


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The Producers

The Producers

The Producers was Mel Brooks feature film debut back in 1968, and its outrageous satire of questionable show-business scruples announced the full arrival of a major comic talent. Brooks early 1970s films continued that streak, with Blazing Saddles (1974) and Young Franke ... ...

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  • US 11 yard sale continues in East Tennessee

    The US 11 Antique Alley and Yard Sale will continue to weave its way through East Tennessee Sunday. The event, which follows US 11 for more than 500 miles, through five states, was first projected to bring anywhere from 10,000 to 30,000 people to the counties it visits. Robin Zimmerman made the trip to East Tennessee from Georgia. She said she and her husband have traveled for the sale 10 ...

  • Two-time Olympic gold medalist DeeDee Trotter has unique items stolen

    Two-time Olympic gold medalist and former Lady Vol DeeDee Trotter is making headlines once again, but not for her speed. Someone ran off with thousands of dollars worth of Trotter's belonging, including five of her championship rings. The items were stolen from a home in Altamonte Springs, FL. Several reports said the home was that of the athlete, however Trotter said the home was that ...

  • Knoxville hosts national cornhole tournament

    The American Cornhole Organization chose Wild Wing Cafe to host it's Knoxville Cornhole Open on Saturday night. More than one hundred people turned out from seven different states for the chance to take home a $5,000 pot. The ACO is hoping to have another major tournament in Knoxville later this ...

  • Restaurant hosts bands for Butterfly Fund

    Macadoo's Chat & Chew hosted a silent auction and battle of the bands competition for the Butterfly Fund on Saturday night. The families of Emily Barger and Maddie Harrill started the Butterfly Fund after the two girls died from a rare form of cancer in the summer of 2008. The organization supports research and services to help defeat childhood cancer. Saturday night's band ...

  • Knoxville Powerball players explain how they would spend $600 million

    Prior to Saturday's $600 million Powerball jackpot drawing, people in Knoxville were talking about how they would spend that kind of money if they were to ...

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