May 18, 2013
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Computer glitches derail school tests in 4 states
INDIANAPOLIS — School districts across several states are rescheduling high-stakes tests that judge student proficiency and even determine teachers’ pay because of technical problems involving the ...
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Illinois House OKs pension-reform plan
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Illinois House approved a plan Thursday that would tackle the $97 billion shortfall in the state’s retirement system by increasing employee contributions and decreasing bene...
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Associated Press A poster with the face of missing Tennessee nursing student Holly Bobo hangs on a fence in front of her house on April 19 in Parsons, Tenn. Investigators searched on Thursday an area near the home after authorities said her purse was found by neighborhood dogs, two years after her disappearance.
Private investigator aids Bobo family
PARSONS, Tenn. — The brother of a young West Tennessee nursing student who was last seen walking into the woods with a man two years ago says he has been maligned. Holly Bobo disappeared on Apri...
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Celebrities join fight against bill
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Celebrities are joining the opposition to an animal abuse bill in Tennessee that is waiting for the governor’s signature. Nashville singer Emmylou Harris penned a letter to Te...
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Boy Scouts retrace Lincoln’s steps on hike
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — More than 1,000 Boy Scouts are helping to clean up a 20-mile trail in central Illinois as they retrace steps taken by a young Abraham Lincoln. The Boy Scouts are participatin...
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Store manager won’t be charged in killing
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — A state prosecutor will not seek charges against a Dollar General store manager who shot and killed a fleeing robber in the back. Knox County District Attorney General Randy N...
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Memphis needs fix for airport
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Officials are set to discuss options to replace dead landscaping at the doorstep of Memphis International Airport. The Commercial Appeal reports a plan to replace hundreds of d...
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Associated Press From left, Tennesseans' Lynn Burnett, Vicki Schmidt, Abigail Johnson and Vance Poss, who was in last week's Boston Marathon, show support at the Nashville Convention Center in Nashville on Thursday. All four ran in Saturday's Country Music Marathon.
Heavy security on streets for Nashville
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — With a SWAT team parked near the starting line, Scott Wietecha of Hendersonville, Tenn., won the St. Jude Country Music Marathon on Saturday after missing the Boston Marathon bec...
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Tainted water scandal offers differing claims
CHICAGO — A prosecutor told jurors before they began deliberations Friday that a one-time suburban Chicago water official lied about drawing village water from a well tainted with a cancer-causing ...
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170 Fort Campbell soldiers return from Afghanistan
CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. — Another 170 Fort Campbell soldiers have returned to the sprawling post on the Kentucky-Tennessee line after a 9-month deployment to Afghanistan. The Leaf-Chronicle reports t...
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