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State capital: Nashville
Entered Union: June 1, 1796
Population: 5,900,962 (2004 estimate)
Area 41,217 sq mi. (106,752 sq km)
Governor: Phil Bredesen (Democrat)
U.S. Representatives: 9
State nickname: Volunteer State

Tennessee Headlines

  • Firm admits allowing foreign student access to military information

  • Report: Tennessee ranks sixth in obesity

  • TVA board considering largest rate hike in decades

  • CDC to Tennessee: You Suck at Getting Drunk

  • Tenn. trooper suspended, accused of improper background checks on media, country music figure

  • Report: Pre-K Advantages Wane Quickly

  • High school athletics: TSSAA doesn't increase title count outside football

  • Man charged with rape, HIV exposure in West Tennessee

  • Tennessee Human Services lays off workers

  • Tenn. official disputes appraisal records

  • State briefs: Aug. 13

  • Atheists get church discount at Midstate fair

  • Appeals judge has come full circle

  • Democrats call on Obama to specify his plans

  • Two Tennessee Mayors Want Community College Free

  • Charges pending after body found in Ardmore well

  • Court reinstates child neglect charges against East Tenn. minister

  • Truckers Targeted For Cargo Thefts

  • Mistrial in Tenn. student's Confederate flag suit

  • Tri-State theft ring broken

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    Firm admits allowing foreign student access to military information

    <p>A Knoxville technology firm admitted today to allowing a foreign national University of Tennessee graduate student access to information on the inner workings of military defense devices.</p>

    Report: Tennessee ranks sixth in obesity

    <p>Obesity among adults has increased in 37 states, including Tennessee, according to a report issued Tuesday by Trust for America's Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation .</p>

    TVA board considering largest rate hike in decades

    <p>Pending TVA board approval, customers can expect a 20 percent rate increase on their October electric bills - the largest jump in several decades.</p>

    CDC to Tennessee: You Suck at Getting Drunk

    <p>Hammered. Smashed. Blotto. Call it what you want. But according to the Centers for Disease Control, our fair state ranks dead last when it comes to heavy consumption .</p>

    Tenn. trooper suspended, accused of improper background checks on media, country music figure

    <p>Officials with the Tennessee Highway Patrol declined to name the people who were checked.</p>

    Report: Pre-K Advantages Wane Quickly

    <p>An outside study has found the advantages of participating in Tennessee's public pre-kindergarten program wane by the time students reach the second grade.</p>

    High school athletics: TSSAA doesn't increase title count outside football

    <p>HERMITAGE - Six championships may be OK for football, but not for other sports. The Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association's Board of Control approved a motion to maintain three titles for several ...</p>

    Man charged with rape, HIV exposure in West Tennessee

    <p>Memphis police say a community center employee is charged with sexually assaulting a teenager and exposing her to the virus that causes AIDS.</p>

    Tennessee Human Services lays off workers

    <p>The Tennessee Human Services Department has laid off a dozen workers, months before the forced separations Gov.</p>

    Tenn. official disputes appraisal records

    <p>Tennessee's Real Estate Appraiser Commission is disputing a federal agency's records showing the state failed to revoke the licenses of rogue appraisers within the last 14 years.</p>

    State briefs: Aug. 13

    <p>A state investigation has found no corroboration of sexual harassment allegations against a high-ranking Tennessee Highway Patrol officer.</p>

    Atheists get church discount at Midstate fair

    <p>The Wilson County Fair will offer atheists a God &amp; Country Day discount admission on Sunday.</p>

    Appeals judge has come full circle

    <p>A former state and federal prosecutor says life has been frantic since she became the youngest member of the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals.</p>

    Democrats call on Obama to specify his plans

    <p>As Senator Barack Obama prepares to accept the Democratic presidential nomination next week, party leaders in battleground states say the fight ahead against his Republican opponent, Senator John McCain, looks ...</p>

    Two Tennessee Mayors Want Community College Free

    <p>Shelby County Mayor A.C. Wharton and Knox County Mayor Mike Ragsdale want residents to be able to attend Tennessee's public community colleges free.</p>

    Charges pending after body found in Ardmore well

    <p>ARDMORE, Tenn. - It may be two weeks or longer before authorities release the identity and the cause of death of a woman found in a well Thursday north of Ardmore, an official said.</p>

    Court reinstates child neglect charges against East Tenn. minister

    <p>KNOXVILLE - The Tennessee Supreme Court says a minister accused of contributing to the cancer death of a 15-year-old girl can be charged with child neglect.</p>

    Truckers Targeted For Cargo Thefts

    <p>An organized crime operation with ties across the country and overseas may have hit Middle Tennessee.</p>

    Mistrial in Tenn. student's Confederate flag suit

    <p>Lawyers for a Tennessee teenager and the Anderson County School Board are both claiming victory, after a mistrial in the teen's free speech lawsuit.</p>

    Tri-State theft ring broken

    <p>A Moore County man is facing a number of charges for theft of property in three states.</p>


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