CLARKSVILLE (AP) — Austin Peay State University police are investigating the disappearance of 1,500 school newspapers that reported on this season’s leading basketball scorer being charged with simple possession of marijuana. Anthony Davis, who led the Governors with 15.5 points, was charged March 22 after a resident assistant found what he thought was marijuana and…

By DUNCAN MANSFIELD / Associated Press Writer KNOXVILLE — The Tennessee Valley Authority said Thursday that spent fuel at nuclear plants in Tennessee and Alabama is “well protected,” but the agency is looking into further safeguards after scientists suggested such pools are vulnerable to terrorist attack. “We are assessing the potential to effectively augment our…

ALCOA, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee woman is forever linked in history to Pope John Paul II by a would be assassin’s bullet. Rose Hall was shot in the arm in a 1981 assassination attempt on the Pope. Both survived the shooting and the pontiff later publicly forgave Mehmet Ali Agca for trying to kill…

CHATTANOOGA (AP) — State lawmakers who have their sights on federal offices are exempt from Tennessee’s ban on fund-raising by members of the General Assembly while they are in session. “The state cannot prohibit a federal candidate from collecting money during session,” said Drew Rawlins, executive director of the Tennessee Registry of Election Finance. The…

By ROSE FRENCH / Associated Press Writer NASHVILLE — Members of a House committee which will look into the creation of an independent ethics commission were announced Thursday by House Speaker Jimmy Naifeh, though the committee’s recommendations are likely months away. Naifeh appointed two of the members, Ulysses Jones Jr., D-Memphis, and Russell Johnson, R-Loudon,…

By Nat Hentoff / Columnist On March 16, the House of Representatives, in a stunning 420-to-2 vote, passed an amendment to the emergency Iraq supplemental appropriation by Rep. Edward Markey (D-Mass.) forbidding the use of any funds that violate the legal obligations of the international Convention Against Torture, which this nation signed. Congressman Markey has…

By Cokie & Steven Roberts / Columnists ROME, ITALY — In the prayerful and pomp-filled days following John Paul II’s death, the cardinals assembled in Rome take temporary control of the Vatican, sharing limited responsibility until they elect the next pope. For all but one of them, this will be the only time they hold…

The (Murfreesboro) Daily News Journal As Tennessee cracks down on production of methamphetamine, some consumers are finding themselves a bit inconvenienced.Many common cold remedies were removed from the shelves of convenience stores or any other retail outlet that doesn’t have a pharmacist on staff.Specifically, the stores can’t sell any tablets that contain either ephedrine or…

Kingsport Times-News As far as the federal government is concerned, Gov. Phil Bredesen has amply made his case for reform of TennCare, the beleaguered $8.7 billion health care program for 1.3 million poor, chronically ill and uninsured Tennesseans.There’s no doubt that the reforms Bredesen seeks will work an economic and emotional hardship on hundreds of…

By James Clark / Columnist I always enjoy reading the Southern Standard and I don’t say that just because I work here.Just the other day I was looking for something to do on Saturday night so I picked up the paper and discovered there’s a bluegrass concert tomorrow at the Rocky River Community Center. According…