Lori Devins poses with some of the T-shirts for sale in her Extreme Christian Clothing store, March 1, 2005, in Lawrence, Kan. The store is targeting the youth market. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Walk into Lori Devins’ downtown shop and it’s clear this isn’t a typical Christian retail store. First of all,…

NASHVILLE (AP) — Tennessee’s unemployment rate for March was the same as February’s at 5.9 percent, Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development James Neeley announced Thursday. The March rate was slightly higher than the 5.2 percent national unemployment rate, which was down from 5.4 percent in February. The rate for March 2004 was 5.4 percent.…

NASHVILLE (AP) — A state senator sponsoring a constitutional amendment aimed at “solemnizing the relationship of one man and one woman” is accused in a divorce case of cheating on his wife. State Sen. Jeff Miller, a Republican from Cleveland, is accused in a Feb. 25 divorce complaint of “inappropriate marital conduct.” The senator’s March…

NASHVILLE (AP) — Women hold only 7.3 percent of the seats on corporate boards at Tennessee’s 105 public companies, according to a study by a major businesswomen’s group. “Though this information is not surprising, it is moderately depressing,” said Laura Smith, chairwoman of the Women on Boards committee for CABLE, one of Tennessee’s largest and…

Doyle resident and London, Ky., native Pauline Owens, 74, died April 9 at NHC after an extended illness.A member of the United Baptist Church, she was preceded in death by her parents, Milton and Bertha Overby; sons, Curtis Wayne Owens and Danny Milton Owens; grandson, Harvey Dillard; and brothers, Clifford Overby, Steve and James Overby.She…

McMinnville resident and Van Buren County native Dave Lane Miller, 61, died unexpectedly April 13 at his home.A retired SMSGT with the U.S. Air Force, serving his country in the Vietnam War, a member of VFW Post 5064 and an avid bowler, he was preceded in death by parents, Thomas Virgil and Margie Miller; halfbrothers,…

By LINDA A. JOHNSON / Associated Press Writer People with mild asthma may not need daily medicine to prevent flare-ups, as doctors now recommend. A study found that patients who take medicine only when asthma attacks occur fare about as well as those who swallow a pill or use inhaled steroids every day. If a…

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — If you’re black and belly up to a bar on Bourbon Street, be forewarned: You run a 50-50 chance of either being charged more or being forced to order a minimum number of drinks. Those are the findings of a study done for the city in the wake of the death…

By ROBERT TANNER / AP National Writer State revenues are coming in stronger than predicted nearly everywhere but costs are zooming ahead of forecasts in more than half the states, leaving legislators in an awkward spot — pleased with the latest finances but worried about the future. So far, the healthier revenues are allowing states…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Rupert Murdoch urged newspaper editors Wednesday to embrace the Internet, saying print news executives have “sat by and watched” as a new generation of digital consumers has turned away from newspapers. The chief executive of News Corp. cited a recent report commissioned by the Carnegie Corporation, a philanthropic foundation, showing 44 percent…