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Pamela Reeves is a partner in the Knoxville law firm Reeves, Herbert & Anderson P.A. Because factual situations vary, competent legal counsel should be consulted for individual ...
Middle-schoolers already practicing their job interviewing skills

"I want them to recognize," she said, "that the future is a reality" and be aware that gaining the personal skills necessary to obtain employment need not wait until the job search actually ...
David Moon Delighting customers equals increased sales

The store had a turnover of almost one person per second. More customers came and went from that Apple store in 15 seconds than from the Knoxville Sprint store in more than an ...
Man dies after car catches fire falls off bridge

One Maryville man is dead, after his vehicle caught on fire and fell off a bridge into a creek early Saturday morning, according to a Tennessee Highway Patrol accident ...
A little rain doesnt dampen Biscuit Festival

Lenoir City's Adam Waller had a different spin on the threat of inclement weather keeping the crowd and long lines down at the International Biscuit Festival today in downtown ...

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Kandahar

With the recent toppling of the Taliban regime in Afghanistan, it may be that the central hope of Afghan women as expressed in writer/director Mohsen Makhmalbaf's Kandaharthat they be seenmay become a reality. ...

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Michelle Obama to give commencement address in Nashville

Martin Luther King Jr. Magnet High seniors finally are filing into the Gentry Center after coming hours early for a very special graduation -- marked by a speech from First Lady Michelle Obama. "I feel like this is an honor and a privilege and it is because of all of our hard work. It's paying off," graduate Shanese Brown said. The students are going through airport-style ...
Driver killed in fiery Maryville crash

Tennessee Highway Patrol confirmed one person died in a fiery single-vehicle crash in Maryville early Saturday morning. Blount County dispatchers said around 3 a.m. crews responded to East Lamar Alexander Highway, between Helton Road and Tucklaleechee Pike for a car on fire. Two pictures emailed to 10News from a viewer show massive flames coming from the vehicle. THP Sgt. Randy Huckeby said ...
Flames erupt in Maryville crash

Flames erupted in a Maryville car crash early Saturday morning. Blount County dispatchers said around 3 a.m. crews were called out to East Lamar Alexander Highway, between Helton Road and Tuckaleechee Pike. Two pictures emailed to 10News from a viewer show massive flames coming from the vehicle. Blount County fire crews, the rescue squad, and Tennessee Highway Patrol responded to the scene, ...
Mega Millions jackpot won Powerball at $600M

Two winning jackpot tickets were sold in Friday's $190 million Mega Millions drawing, but even if you aren't holding those magic numbers in your hand, you have a chance at an even bigger prize tonight.The winning tickets in the Mega Millions drawing were bought in New Jersey and Virginia, according to a news release on the lottery's website. The winning numbers were: 11, 15, 35, ...
My Village Child Development Center celebrates in face of closure

Haley Green gets help with her graduation cap from Danielle Aranas at the My Village Child Development Center’s last pre-K graduation on Friday. JaQuan Glasper, center, holds his cap up waiting on help. My Village began as a daycare for residents of nearby Montgomery Village but eventually served children from throughout South Knoxville. (MICHAEL PATRICK/NEWS ...

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Gregg was speaking about her father Ariel Castro who allegedly kidnapped, raped and held captive for a decade, three young women in Cleveland, Ohio.

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U.S. Senate puts paid to gun reform amendments

Of the forty five U.S. senators who voted down Wednesday's gun reform bill, 42 have received funding from arms manufacturers or their agents.

The London newspaper The Guardian revealed the statistic on Thursday citing a study dating back to 1990.

On Capitol Hill, 45% of the Senate was able to derail a proposal that polls say is supported by roughly 90% of Americans.

"Everyone who voted yesterday knows after reading that bill, in their heart of hearts, that the bill would have made America safer," MSNBC's co-host Mika Brzezinski said on Thursday's Morning Joe. "We are the 90%," his co-host Joe Scarborough added. "And 90% will not be ignored."

Forty one Republicans voted against the bill, as did four Democrats.

"All in all this was a pretty shameful day for Washington," President Barack Obamai, in company with victims of gun violence, told a press conference in the Rose Garden Wednesday.

Seven amendments were put up, covering assault weapons, high-capacity magazines and straw purchases. All 7 amendments were defeated.

The senators who opposed the bills were:

1. Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN)

2. Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-NH)

3. Sen. ...