By MATT SLAGLE / AP Technology Writer A visitor takes a swing at QMotions-Baseball video game at the Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles Friday, May 20, 2005. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon) LOS ANGELES — There’s an old saying in the video game business: just because a game looks good doesn’t mean it’s fun to play.…

Amateur singer David Glauber, right, is examined by Dr. Gaelyn Garrett, medical director of the Vanderbilt Voice Center in Nashville, Tenn., Wednesday, May 18, 2005. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey) NASHVILLE (AP) — For a town where so many people earn their living with a clear voice and a keen ear, Nashville sure is a lousy place…

NASHVILLE — Toby Keith got an early lesson in showmanship from a Detroit rocker — and fellow truck enthusiast. “Bob Seger in Oklahoma City, ‘Against the Wind’ tour. Two and a half hours of sing-along and over-the-top rockin’,” Keith recalled when asked to name his favorite concert of all time. These days Keith does most…

NASHVILLE (AP) — The head of an advocacy group says the organization’s state grant was canceled in retaliation for his criticism of the governor’s plan to cut benefits and enrollees from TennCare. “There’s no doubt this is retaliation,” said Tony Garr, executive director of the Tennessee Health Care Campaign, which runs an outreach program called…

FRIENDSVILLE (AP) — With diamond-tipped saws and gushing jets of water, the last active quarries for a distinctive pink and reddish-brown marble exclusive to eastern Tennessee are being mined for a massive addition to the U.S. Capitol. Eleven-ton blocks are being quarried from outcroppings in the southern Appalachian hills, formed from the beds of ancient…

CHATTANOOGA (AP) — A Tennessee Valley Authority report says that land, water and wildlife at Nickajack Lake would be protected if the utility trades away 578 acres to a developer. But the developer, John “Thunder” Thornton, will pay for the report, and critics complain it’s biased. “That’s TVA saying there is not going to be…

NASHVILLE (AP) — Lt. Gov. John Wilder’s plan to expand the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Commission so that he can make good on a promise to a friend is drawing fire and has prompted the most powerful man in the Senate to now say he doesn’t know what he will do. Hunters are upset with Wilder’s…

NASHVILLE (AP) — Tennessee’s deputy finance commissioner spent 13 hours stuck in an elevator at the state Capitol after no one paid the phone bill. Jerry Adams, who oversees Tennessee’s $25 billion budget, was working alone last weekend when he stepped into an elevator, which promptly broke and left him stranded between floors. Adams picked…

NASHVILLE (AP) — One of the construction companies accused of improperly installing guardrail posts along some state roads says it met Tennessee Department of Transportation standards. In a letter to TDOT, Lu Inc. said it abided by the department’s specifications when it allowed crews to install guardrail posts lesser than the required 44 inches on…

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