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Christians in Mauritania Tense after Murder of Aid Worker
47 Edward Ross/ Compass Direct News News - Featured News As funeral services were held in Tennessee for Christian aid worker Christopher Leggett Tuesday, tensions remained high for Christians in the capital of Mauritania, where he was slain last week.

Congressman Dr. Roe Announces Developmental Grant to East Tennessee State University
(Congressional Documents and Publications/ContentWorks via COMTEX) -- WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Phil Roe (TN-1) announced that East Tennessee State University (ETSU) will receive a grant in the amount of $211,225 from the Department of Health and

Charges dropped in alleged Smoky Mountain rape (AP)
AP - Tennessee prosecutors have dropped charges against a Georgia man accused of kidnapping and raping a woman in a Smoky Mountain cabin before a pizza deliveryman called police.

Guns and booze don't mix, lawsuit argues (Reuters)
Reuters - A well-known restaurateur is fighting back against Tennessee's newly enacted law that allows gun owners to bring their weapons into bars and restaurants that serve alcohol.

First Mercantile Adds Steve English to National Sales Team
MEMPHIS, Tenn., July 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Steve English has joined First Mercantile's National Sales Team effective June 15, 2009, as Regional Sales Director for its Mid-Atlantic region. The Mid-Atlantic Region is composed of the District of Columbia, and

EPA allows TVA to dump spilled coal ash in Ala. (AP)
AP - The federal government has approved the Tennessee Valley Authority's plan to dispose of millions of tons of spilled coal ash in a giant commercial landfill in Alabama.

Paisley: 'Hard to ignore' serious themes on new CD (AP)

AP - As much as he enjoys singing about the double lives of computer geeks ("Online") and amorous country boys ("Ticks"), Brad Paisley says there's too much going on in the world to be too lighthearted on his new album, "American Saturday Night."

Mid-America Apartment Communities Announces Date of Second Quarter Earnings Release, Conference Call
MEMPHIS, Tenn., July 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. (NYSE: MAA) announced today that the company expects to release its second quarter results on Thursday, August 6, 2009 and will hold its second quarter conference

Ex-prof gets 4 years for passing military secrets (AP)
AP - A retired University of Tennessee professor has been sentenced to four years in prison for passing sensitive information from a U.S. Air Force contract to two research assistants from China and Iran.

LP Building Products Announces United Kingdom Launch of LP(R) SolidStart(TM) Engineered...
LP Building Products Announces United Kingdom Launch of LP(R) SolidStart(TM) Engineered Wood Products Offering NASHVILLE, Tenn., July 1 /PRNewswire/ -- LP Building Products, a North American manufacturer of a broad range of Engineered Wood Products

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Tennessee became the United States sixteenth state on June 1, 1796. The capital is Nashville. The state's largest city is Memphis. Tennessee is taken from "tanasi", the Cherokee word for "villages". The Grand Ole Opry is the longest running live radio program in the country, broadcast every week since 1925. The nickname, Volunteer State, was given because of the bravery of Tennessee's volunteer soldiers in the Battle of New Orleans in the War of 1812. The state ranks 34th in size with a land area of 41,220 square miles.

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