 US
States
Tennessee capital:
Nashville
US
Capitals
TN:
Tennessee
Tenn.
State
Abbr.
Tennessee state is bordered
by the states of Kentucky, Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama,
Mississippi, Arkansas, and Missouri.
The Mississippi River runs between Tennessee state and the states
of Arkansas and Missouri.
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TENNESSEE News:
20080829
 John
McCain -  Sarah
Palin -  Science
-  Education
-  Politics
-  Law
-  History
- 2008
Election -  Alaska
- Tennessee
"McCain's
VP Wants Creationism Taught in School." ... "[2008
Election] Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin wants creationism
taught in science classes." ... "In a 2006 gubernatorial debate, the soon-to-be
governor of Alaska said of evolution and creation education, "Teach both.
You know, don't be afraid of education. Healthy debate is so important,
and it's so valuable in our schools. I am a proponent of teaching both.""
... "Asked by the Anchorage
Daily News whether she believed in evolution, Palin declined to
answer, but said that "I don't think there should be a prohibition against
debate if it comes up in class."" ... ""I'm not going to pretend I know
how all this came to be," she said." ... "The battle between evolution
and creationism -- specifically, Christian creationism -- in U.S. classrooms
dates back to the 1925 Scopes trial, when a Tennessee court banned the
teaching of evolution. Since then, state and federal courts have repeatedly
rejected so-called creation science in public schools, calling it religion
rather than science." ... "The latest courtroom defeat came in the 2005
Kitzmiller
v. Dover case, when the superficially religion-neutral theory of intelligent
design was classified as religious creationism. The Supreme Court ruled
in 1987 that teaching creationism violated the separation of church and
state." ... "Nevertheless, pro-creationism education initiatives driven
by Christian conservatives have flourished, and defenders of evolution
-- and, more broadly, scientific integrity -- worry that Palin's pick will
give momentum to this church-over-state push." ... ""It's unfortunate McCain
would pick someone who shares those particular anti-science views, but
it's not a surprise," said Barbara Forrest, a Southeastern Lousiana University
philosophy professor and prominent critic of creationist science. "She's
a choice that pleases the religious right. And the religious right has
been the chief force against teaching evolution."" -By
Brandon Keim -Wired
20080728
 Jim
D Adkisson - Religious
-  Terrorism
- Politics
- Tennessee
-  Police
- Law
"Police:
Killer targeted church for liberal views: 2 people
killed, seven hurt, after man opens fire in Tennessee church." ... "An
unemployed man accused of opening fire with a shotgun and killing two people
at a Unitarian church apparently targeted the congregation out of hatred
for its liberal social policies, police said Monday." ... "Knoxville Police
Chief Sterling Owen IV said a letter had been been recovered from the SUV
of Jim D. Adkisson, 58, by investigators seeking clues about the motive
behind the attack. Authorities said he was an apparent stranger to the
Tennessee church where gunfire punctuated a children's performance based
on the musical "Annie." Two people were killed and seven wounded Sunday."
... ""It appears that what brought him to this horrible event was his lack
of being able to obtain a job, his frustration over that and his stated
hatred of the liberal movement," Owen said at a news conference."
-AP via -Yahoo
Jim
David Adkisson - Terrorism
-  Media
- Politics
-  Radio
-  TV/Channel
- Tennessee
- Religion
- Law
- Police
"Bill
O'Reilly, Michael Savage, Sean Hannity on accused shooter's reading list:
4-page letter outlines frustration, hatred of 'liberal movement'." ...
"Police found right-wing political books, brass knuckles, empty shotgun
shell boxes and a handgun in the Powell [Tennessee] home of a man who said
he attacked a church in order to kill liberals "who are ruining the country,"
court records show." ... "Knoxville police Sunday evening searched the
Levy Drive home of Jim David Adkisson after he allegedly entered the Tennessee
Valley Unitarian Universalist Church and killed two people and wounded
six others during the presentation of a children's musical." ... "Knoxville
Police Department Officer Steve Still requested the search warrant after
interviewing Adkisson. who was subdued by several church members after
firing three rounds from a 12-gauge shotgun into the congregation." ...
"Adkisson targeted the church, Still wrote in the document obtained by
WBIR-TV, Channel 10, "because of its liberal teachings and his belief that
all liberals should be killed because they were ruining the country, and
that he felt that the Democrats had tied his country's hands in the war
on terror and they had ruined every institution in America with the aid
of media outlets."" ... "Adkisson told Still that "he could not get to
the leaders of the liberal movement that he would then target those that
had voted them in to office."" ... "Inside the house, officers found "Liberalism
is a Mental Health Disorder" by radio talk show host Michael Savage, "Let
Freedom Ring" by talk show host Sean Hannity, and "The O'Reilly Factor,"
by television talk show host Bill O'Reilly [the latter two work for Rupert
Murdoch's News Corp subsidiary Fox TV]." ... "The shotgun-wielding suspect
in Sunday's mass shooting at the Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist
Church was motivated by a hatred of "the liberal movement," and he planned
to shoot until police shot him, Knoxville Police Chief Sterling P. Owen
IV said this morning." ... "Adkisson, 58, of Powell wrote a four-page letter
in which he stated his "hatred of the liberal movement," Owen said. "Liberals
in general, as well as gays."" ... "Owen said Adkisson specifically targeted
the church for its beliefs, rather than a particular member of the congregation."
-By Hayes Hickman with contributions by Bob Fowler,
J.J. Stambaugh, Frank Munger and Amy McRary
-KnoxNews.com
Jim
Adkisson -  Jobless
- Politics
- Police
- Tennessee
- Church
- Gays
-  Women's
- Rights
- Desegregation- History
"US
church 'killer' wrote of hate: A man accused of shooting
dead two people in a Tennessee church was motivated by hatred of liberals
and anger at being jobless, US police say." ... "The Tennessee Valley Unitarian
Universalist Church describes itself on its website as working for social
change since the 1950s, including desegregation, racial harmony, fair wages,
women's rights and gay rights." -BBC/News
Jim
Adkisson - Terrorism
- Politics
- Tennessee
- Church
- Gays
- Jobs
-  Government
-  Food
-  Money
"Tennessee
church shooter angry at "liberals"." ... "A man [Jim
Adkisson] who opened fire inside a church, killing two people with a shotgun
hidden in a guitar case, was frustrated at being unable to find a job and
blamed liberals and gays, police said on Monday." ... ""It appears that
what brought him to this horrible event was his lack of being able to obtain
a job, his frustration over that, and his stated hatred of the liberal
movement," Knoxville [Tennessee] Police Chief Sterling Owen told reporters
of Sunday's incident at Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church."
... "Suspect Jim Adkisson...." ... "... described his violent plans in
a four-page letter found at his home, which also explained that his age
and "liberals and gays" taking jobs had worked against him." ... "Another
recent setback was that Adkisson's allotment of government-issued food
stamps had been reduced, Owen said." -By Andrew Stern
with contributions by Michael Conlon and Jackie Frank
-Reuters via -IHT.com
Jim
Adkisson - Terrorism
- Politics
- Tennessee
- Church
-  Children
"Timeline:
Church service marred by gunfire." ... "A neighbor
told 10News [suspected killer, Jim] Adkisson described himself as a "Confederate"
and a "believer in the old South." She says Adkisson self-identified in
this way to her on more than one occasion, but that she didn't know what
he meant by it." ... "The shootings happened at the Tennessee Valley Unitarian
Universalist Church on Kingston Pike." ... "A witness who spoke to 10 News
said police had arrived and one person was being detained at the scene."
... "A children's production of "Annie" was taking place as part of the
normal Sunday service at the time of the shooting, the witness, who is
a member of the church, said. The gunman walked into a packed sanctuary
and opened fire." -WBIR.com
Tennessee
Valley Unitarian Universalist Church - TVUUC.org
Jim
Adkisson - Political
- Terrorism
- Tennessee
- Out-of-Work-  Homeless
- Food
- Gay
- Churchgoers
- Women's
- Rights
- Children
"Police:
Man shot churchgoers over liberal views." ... "An
out-of-work truck driver accused of opening fire at a Unitarian church
[in Knoxville, Tennessee], killing two people, left behind a note suggesting
that he targeted the congregation out of hatred for its liberal policies,
including its acceptance of gays, authorities said Monday." ... "[Jim]
Adkisson, a 58-year-old truck driver on the verge of losing his food stamps,
had 76 rounds with him when he entered the church and pulled a shotgun
from a guitar case during a children's performance of the musical "Annie.""
... "The Unitarian-Universalist church advocates for women's rights and
gay rights and has provided sanctuary for political refugees. It also has
fed the homeless and founded a chapter of the American Civil Liberties
Union, according to its Web site." -By Duncan Mansfield
-AP via -Yahoo
Jim
Adkisson -  People
- Emergency
- Church
- Terrorism
- Politics
- Police
- Law
- Tennessee
"Witnesses
recall Knoxville church shooting horror: ‘He had
gun leveled in our direction,’ says man who helped stop rampage." ... "Jamie
Parkey thought the blast that ripped through the sanctuary of the Tennessee
Valley Unitarian Universalist Church was part of the play his daughter
and other children were putting on. Then he saw blood on another parishioner
behind him and saw a man with a 12-gauge shotgun calmly firing away at
the congregation." ... "“He had the gun leveled in our direction,” Parkey
told TODAY’s Matt Lauer on Monday, one day after the gunman killed two
church members and wounded six others before being wrestled to the ground
by parishioners. “That’s when I pushed my mother and daughter to the floor
and got under the pew. When I saw the men rushing him was when I got up
to join them.”" ... "Parkey was one of the people who tackled 58-year-old
Jim D. Adkisson, kicking the shotgun away and holding the gunman on the
floor with an arm-bar hold. Parkey’s 16-year-old daughter was in the play,
and he had been sitting in the front of the church with his mother and
his 6-year-old daughter when the attack began." ... "“For the situation,
everyone responded phenomenally,” Parkey said. “June and Kevin Spooner
mobilized and got the kids out the back.” Vicki Masters, the director of
the play the children had been rehearsing for all summer, yelled for people
to get out of the building. Another woman ushered children to the Presbyterian
church next door after the gunman was subdued." ... "“Everybody did exactly
what they needed to do,” Broyles added. “There was very little panic, very
little screaming or hysteria. It’s a remarkable congregation of people.
I’ve never seen such a loving response to such an overwhelming tragedy.”"
... "Adkisson is being held in lieu of $1 million bail while local police,
with the assistance of FBI agents, gather evidence and search his home
in a neighboring town. Police say they found a letter in Adkisson’s car
which said that he planned the attack, that he couldn’t find a job, and
“stated his hatred for the liberal movement.”" -By
Mike Celizic -TODAYShow.com
-MSNBC
20080401
-
John
McCain - Race
- History
- Civil
Rights -
 Arizona
- Tennessee
- "McCain's
Memphis Visit Raises Past Opposition To MLK Day."
... "This Friday, [2008 Election Republican Presidential Candidate and
Arizona Senator] Sen. John McCain will head to Memphis, Tennessee to commemorate
the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr." ... "The stop, which
is part of the senator's extended biography tour, is a complimentary gesture
both to the African American community and to King's legacy. But is also
threatens to resurrect an inconsistency McCain has had on one of the more
symbolically important civil rights issues: whether or not to create a
holiday commemorating Martin Luther King." ... "In 1983, McCain voted against
passing a bill to designate the third Monday of every January as a federal
holiday in honor of King. Four years later, then-Arizona Governor Evan
Mecham rescinded Martin Luther King Day as a state holiday, saying it had
been established through an illegal executive order by his Democratic predecessor."
... "McCain said he thought Mecham was correct in his decision." ... "Two
years after that, McCain's viewpoint began to change, but only gradually.
In 1989, he urged lawmakers to make Martin Luther King Jr. day a state
holiday, but said he was "still opposed to another federal holiday."
-By
Sam
Stein -HuffingtonPost.com
20080312
-
 Barack
Obama
-  Hillary
Clinton - 2008
Election - Lawmakers
-  Illinois
-  New
York
-  South
Carolina -  Mississippi
-  Georgia
-  Virginia
-  North
Carolina - Tennessee
-  Alabama
-  North
Dakota -  South
Dakota -  Kentucky
-  West
Virginia - "Eyeing
Obama coattails." ... "Democratic lawmakers are becoming
persuaded that [2008 Election Democratic Presidential Candidate and Illinois
Senator] Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.[Democratic-Illinois]) would have a more
positive impact on other Democrats on the November ballot than [2008 Election
Democratic Presidential Candidate and New York Senator] Sen. Hillary Rodham
Clinton (D-N.Y.[Democratic-New York])." ... "Obama’s advantage over Clinton
would be most pronounced in the Southern and Western states President Bush
carried in 2000 and 2004, say lawmakers interviewed by The Hill. In total,
32 members of Congress from these “red states” have endorsed Obama. Twenty-two
lawmakers from those states have backed Clinton." ... "Obama will “bring
new people into the process in Southern states, there’s no question about
it,” said Rep. James Clyburn, the House Democratic whip from South Carolina.
“In these Southern states he’s bringing out more people, young people,
African-Americans. They’re being energized by him.”" ... "Clyburn, who
has stayed neutral in the primary, said Obama at the top of the ticket
would “certainly” do more to help other Democratic candidates, citing South
Carolina and Mississippi specifically." ... "Obama has picked up congressional
endorsements from Georgia, Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama,
North and South Dakota, Mississippi, Kentucky, and West Virginia. Clinton
has not collected congressional endorsements from any of these states,
according to a tally kept by The Hill." -By Alexander
Bolton with contributions by Sam Youngman -TheHill.com
20080214
-
 Hospital
Corporations -  Pharmaceutical
- Corporations
- Federal
- Investigators
-  New
Jersey - New
York
- Tennessee
-  Ohio
-  Louisiana
-  Pennsylvania
- "Federal
investigators recoup $2.2B in healthcare-fraud prosecutions."
... "The largest recovery came from a settlement with Tenet Healthcare
Corp. [Corporation], one of the largest for-profit hospital chains in the
United States. In a well-publicized case, whistleblowers from inside the
company alerted federal authorities, which uncovered evidence that Tenet
was manipulating Medicare’s payment system to boost revenue and paid kickbacks
to physicians who sent their patients to Tenet facilities. To settle the
charges and avoid a court judgment on the accusations, Tenet agreed to
pay the government $900 million over the course of four years." ... "Other
hospital companies also coughed up millions to the federal government in
fraud and abuse cases in fiscal 2006, including St. Barnabas Health Care
System in New Jersey ($265 million), Beth Israel Medical Center in New
York ($73 million), the Chattanooga-Hamilton County Hospital Authority
in Tennessee ($37 million), University Hospitals Health System in Ohio
($13.8 million), Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center in Louisiana
($3.8 million) and the Milton S. Hershey Medical Center in Pennsylvania
($2.9 million)." ... "The pharmaceutical company Serono paid $704 million
to settle charges that it illegally advised doctors to prescribe an AIDS
medicine called Serostim for uses not approved by the Food and Drug Administration
(FDA), paid kickbacks to cooperative physicians, and conspired with the
diagnostic device maker RJL Sciences to market a device not approved by
the FDA. RJL Sciences pleaded guilty to its role." ... "Schering-Plough,
another drug company, is on the hook for $435 million as a result of several
charges, including allegedly giving false information to the FDA, which
was investigating whether the company’s marketing practices violated the
law." -By Jeffrey Young
-TheHill.com
20080206
-
Emergency
- Tennessee
- Alabama
- Kentucky
-
 Arkansas
- People
- Homes
- History
- "Tornadoes
in South Kill 50 in Rare Winter Strike (Update10)."
... "The deadliest tornado outbreak in almost a decade tore across the
southern U.S. [United States] late yesterday, killing at least 50 people,
sparking a pipeline explosion in Tennessee and destroying homes from Alabama
to Kentucky." ... "The ``extremely dangerous'' tornadoes, spawned by unseasonably
warm temperatures, prompted the first high-risk weather alert issued in
February in 10 years, AccuWeather.com said." ... "``Tornadoes in February,
especially this many and this strong, is a rare event,'' Buddy Rogers,
spokesman for the Kentucky Emergency Management Office, said by phone."
... "The twisters first struck in the late afternoon, killing 26 people
in Tennessee, 13 in Arkansas, seven in Kentucky and four in Alabama, the
Associated Press reported, citing emergency officials." -By
Demian McLean -Bloomberg
20080122
-
 Fred
Thompson
- South
Carolina - Tennessee
-  Actor
- 2008
Election - "Fred
Thompson Bows Out Of '08 Presidential Race: Actor
and former [Tennessee Republican] senator announces his withdrawal following
third-place finish in South Carolina." ... "Former Tennessee Senator Fred
Thompson, who is perhaps best known for his work on "Law & Order,"
has pulled his name out of the proverbial hat, announcing Tuesday (January
22) through his Web site that he won't be seeking the Republican nomination
for president." ... "The 65-year-old thespian was an early favorite for
his party's nomination, but his campaign floundered from the outset, and
Thompson never quite garnered the support he needed to carry on. He was
one of the last candidates to enter the race, after months of speculation
that he'd take a stab at the White House." -By Chris
Harris -MTV.com
20080119
-
 Duncan
Hunter
-  Mitt
Romney
- Fred
Thompson
-  California
-  Nevada
-  Wyoming
-  Massachusetts
- Tennessee
- 2008
Election - "Poor
Showings Push GOP’s Hunter to Quit White House Bid."
... "California [Republican Representative and 2008 Election Republican
Presidential Candidate] Rep. Duncan Hunter dropped his longshot bid for
the Republican presidential nomination Saturday night after drawing minimal
support in the contests so far — including Nevada’s GOP caucuses, in which
he took just 2 percent of the vote." ... "Hunter did win one delegate in
Wyoming’s Republican county conventions on Jan. 5, where former Massachusetts
Gov. [Governor and 2008 Election Republican Presidential Candidate] Mitt
Romney won eight and ex-Tennessee Sen. [Senator and 2008 Election Republican
Presidential Candidate] Fred Thompson won three." -By
Marie Horrigan -CQPolitics.com
20071229
-
Fred
Thompson
- Tennessee
-
 Iowa
- 2008
Election - "Thompson:
'Not particularly interested in running for president'."
... "Republican [2008 Election Presidential Candidate] Fred Thompson has
long faced criticism he lacks motivation to be President of the United
States, but the Tennessee Republican's latest comments Saturday are likely
to spawn fresh heat." ... "“I’m not particularly interested in running
for president," the former senator said at a campaign event in Burlington
[Iowa] when challenged by a voter over his desire to be commander-in-chief."
... "“But I think I’d make a good president," Thompson continued. "I have
the background, capability, and concern to do this and I’m doing it for
the right reasons.”" ... "Thompson took heat for not jumping into the White
House race until September — significantly later than every other candidate
— and has since been criticized for his lax campaign style and often-times
light schedule." -By Alexander Mooney
-CNN
20071211
-
 Mike
Huckabee - Fred
Thompson
- Mitt
Romney
- Employed
- Illegal
- Immigrants
- Enforcement
- Tennessee
- Massachusetts
- Iowa
- 2008
Election - Ad
-  US
-  Cuba
- Money
- "Huckabee
rivals go on the attack." ... "Former Tennessee [Senator
and 2008 Election Republican Presidential Candidate] Sen. Fred
Thompson’s campaign kept up a steady stream of attack, criticizing
[2008 Election Republican Presidential Candidate Mike] Huckabee for everything
from past support for ending the Cuban embargo to allegedly allowing state
hard drives and servers to be destroyed while he was governor." ... "And
CNN’s John King reports that former Massachusetts [Governor and 2008 Election
Republican Presidential Candidate] Gov. Mitt
Romney’s campaign announced that it plans to run a television ad
in Iowa that targets Huckabee’s record on illegal immigration. The spot,
which attacks him by name, hits the airwaves Tuesday." ... "Romney spokesman
Kevin Madden said the ad was intended to highlight the difference between
the former Massachusetts governor’s “pro-enforcement record” – under assault
after recent revelations that he employed illegal immigrants on his property
– and Huckabee’s somewhat softer stance in the past." -By
John King, Alexander Mooney and Rebecca Sinderbrand
-CNN
20071125
-
Fred
Thompson
- TV
- Business
- Politics
- 2008
Election - Tennessee
-
 New
Hampshire - South
Carolina - "Thompson
charges Fox News is biased against his campaign."
... "Former [Tennessee Republican Senator and 2008 Election Republican
Presidential Candidate] Sen. Fred Thompson (R-Tenn.) suggested on Sunday
that Fox News is biased against his campaign, charging that the network
highlights commentators who have been critical of his run for the presidency."
... "In an interview on "Fox News Sunday," host Chris Wallace pressed Thompson
on how some conservatives have lambasted Thompson's campaign and showed
clips of Fox conservative commentators Charles Krauthammer and Fred Barnes
criticizing the former senator." ... "Thompson said, "This has been a constant
mantra of Fox, to tell you the truth." He noted that other conservatives
have praised his bid for the GOP nomination and took issue with a Fox promo
that focused on polling in New Hampshire, where Thompson is registering
in the single digits." ... "He said he is running second in national polls
and has been leading or tied for the lead in South Carolina for "a long,
long time."" ... "Thompson, in a firm, but measured tone, scolded Wallace:
"...for you to highlight nothing but the negatives in terms of the polls
and then put on your own guys who have been predicting for four months,
really, that I couldn't do it, kind of skew things a little bit. There's
a lot of other opinion out there."\" -By Bob Cusack
-TheHill.com
20071120
-
 Rudolph
W Giuliani
- John
McCain
- Fred
Thompson
- Money
- Politics
- Consumer
- New
York
- Arizona
- Tennessee
- 2008
Election - "A
gap in GOP candidates' healthcare proposals: Giuliani,
McCain and Thompson are offering plans to help the uninsured -- but their
aversion to regulations would mean that many of their fellow cancer survivors
would be left out." ... "When [2008 Election Republican Presidential Candidate]
Rudolph W. Giuliani was diagnosed with prostate cancer in the spring of
2000, one thing he did not have to worry about was a lack of medical insurance."
... "Today, the former New York mayor joins two other cancer survivors
in seeking the [2008 Election] Republican presidential nomination: Arizona
[Senator] Sen. John McCain has been treated for melanoma, the most serious
type of skin malignancy, and former Tennessee [Senator] Sen. Fred Thompson
had lymphoma, a cancer of the immune system." ... "All three have offered
proposals with the stated aim of helping the 47 million people in the U.S.
who have no health insurance, including those with preexisting medical
conditions." ... "But under the plans all three have put forward, cancer
survivors such as themselves could not be sure of getting coverage -- especially
if they were not already covered by a government or job-related plan and
had to seek insurance as individuals." ... ""Unless it's in a state that
has very strong consumer protections, they would likely be denied coverage,"
said economist Paul Fronstin of the Employee Benefit Research Institute,
who has reviewed the candidates' proposals. "People with preexisting conditions
would not be able to get coverage or would not be able to afford it.""
(1, 2)
-By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar
-LAtimes
20071117
-
 Gordon
Smith -  Trent
Lott - Racism
- History
- Miss
- South
Carolina -  Oregon
- NH
- Tennessee
- "Smith
supported Lott's leadership bid." ... "[Oregon Republican
Senator] Sen. Gordon Smith was a key backer of [Mississippi Republican
Senator] Sen. Trent Lott's return to a leadership post." ... "Lott, R-Miss.
[Republican-Mississippi], this week won his bid to become the minority
whip, the second-highest Republican post in the Senate. He defeated [Tennessee
Republican Senator] Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn. [Republican-Tennessee],
in a 25-24 vote." ... "During the closed-door election, [New Hampshire
Republican Senator] Sen. Judd Gregg, R-N.H. [Republican-New Hampshire],
nominated Lott, and Smith seconded the nomination, Smith spokesman R.C.
Hammond said. Smith then spoke in support of Lott." ... "Lott had been
the Senate's majority leader - Republicans' top post -- until he stepped
down in four years ago after being criticized for remarks praising [South
Carolina Republican Senator] Strom Thurmond, who ran for president in 1948
on a segregationist platform [separating races]." -By
Jeff Kosseff -Oregonian
20071019
-
 Water
- Emergency
-  Weather
-  Environment
- History
- Farm
- Animals
- Food
- Georgia
- Alabama
- North
Carolina - Tennessee
- Kentucky
- "Southeast
drought hits crisis point." ... "Outdoor watering
bans already cover the northern third of Georgia and dozens of cities,
counties and towns in surrounding states. Farmers are selling cattle because
pastures have dried up. Alabama's Elmore County had to bring in floating
pumps and barges to extend its water intake pipe farther out into shrinking
Lake Martin. Georgia might have to do the same at Lake Lanier, Atlanta's
main water source." ... "Although rain is due today across parts of the
region, it will barely dampen the 16-month drought. Through September,
it is the region's driest year in 113 years of record-keeping. In five
of the six worst-hit states, rain totals this year are close to a foot
below normal." ... "It is the driest year on record for North Carolina
and Tennessee, second-driest in Alabama and third-driest in Kentucky. A
tree-ring study this summer of Tennessee's rainfall history shows this
is the third-driest year for the state in at least 350 years, behind only
1839 and 1708." -By Patrick O'Driscoll and Larry Copeland
with contributions by Jordan Schrader, Marty Roney, Leon Alligood, Ron
Barnett, Jessie Halladay, Matt Reed, and Jennie Coughlin
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Post-Intelligencer
Selmer, TN
IndependentAppeal
Seymour, TN
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Shelbyville, TN
Times-Gazette
Smithville, TN
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Times
Sparta, TN
Expositor
Tiptonville, TN
Banner
Tracy City, TN
Herald
Tullahoma, TN
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Union City, TN
NWTNToday
Winchester, TN
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