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  • Gunman robs pizza delivery man in East Knox

    Not that any criminal is smart or anything,but risking a felony w a gun to rob a pizza guy? What,do they love pizza that much or really expect a guy delivering pizza for a living to be carrying lots of big money? I guess if this brainiak was going to steal a car from a car dealer,he would order the salesman to gas up the used 79 ...

  • Destination Imagination wraps Saturday

    Doug Borrman of Coon Rapids, Minn., lets the students on the town's Destination Imagination team spray paint his beard during the ...

  • Knox Know-It-All Whatever happened to the White Pages

    AT&T phased out standard residential delivery of the White Pages to Knoxville households in February 2012, having already ended the service in Memphis, Nashville and Chattanooga as part of its Residential White Pages Consumer Choice program, according to AT&T spokeswoman Cathy ...

  • Red Cross sends 2 more East TN volunteers to Moore OK

    (WBIR-Louisville/Knoxville) Those affected by the deadly tornado in Moore, Okla. are in need of almost everything, from food to shelter. This past week, 10 American Red Cross volunteers from East Tennessee traveled to Moore. Don Barker and Rachel Dunne left from McGhee Tyson Airport on Saturday morning. It will be Dunne's first deployment with the Red Cross. "You're meeting ...

  • Make-A-Wish whisks local teen to Disney World

    (WBIR-Knoxville) Make-A-Wish Foundation whisked a local teen battling heart issues to the most magical place on earth. Garrett, 14, has had several surgeries in the past on his heart. His one wish was to travel to Orlando and visit Disney World, Universal and all the other theme parks. On Saturday, he took off from McGhee Tyson Airport to Florida. His mother, Connie Metcalf, said ...


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Movie Review

Batman and Robin

How does the old adage go? Two's company, three's a crowd, and four is really pushing it? Such is the case with "Batman and Robin," proof positive that only a select few movie series can survive past a third installment without going stale. Director Joel Schumacher (who reinvented the series in 1995 with "Batman Forever") pours on the same tricks thicker and heavier than ever, but all to no avail. ... ...

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  • IRS audits thousands of adoptive families

    A report from the IRS's Taxpayer Advocate Service says that 90 percent of families who claimed the adoption tax credit during the 2012 filing season had their returns flagged for further review. Nearly 70 percent had at least a partial audit of their tax return. / File / Getty ...

  • March Against Monsanto protesters rally in Knoxville

    "We've had a lot of people come up and talk to us that didn't know what this was or the dangers they are proposing not only to our children and to our families, but to the earth," said Jennifer Bullard, host of the Knoxville March Against ...

  • Alexander Inn estate sale funds renovations to historic structures

    (WBIR- Oak Ridge, Tenn.) Several unique pieces of East Tennessee and US Cold War History were on the market Saturday morning. Dozens of items from the Alexander Inn, better known as the "Guest House" for the Manhattan Project, were apart of an estate sale. It was an effort by the East Tennessee Preservation Alliance to raise money to protect historic structures throughout the ...

  • David Moon If you need a hammer dont buy a screwdriver

    That is a terrible reason to buy stocks. It is a lot like going to the hardware store to buy a hammer, and when learning that the hammers are too expensive, deciding to buy a screwdriver ...

  • Teen bicyclist killed in crash

    Upon arrival, officers found the bicyclist in critical condition. He was later pronounced dead at the University of Tennessee Medical Center, Knoxville Police Department Lt. David Powell ...

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