KINGSTON (AP) — Thirteen days after a prison inmate and his wife fled a Tennessee courthouse in a hail of gunfire that left a guard dead, the couple returned to the same courthouse Monday under heavy security. George and Jennifer Hyatte were brought by U.S. Marshals to Tennessee from Columbus, Ohio, where they had been…

JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — Former Tennessee receiver James Banks has enrolled at Division II Carson-Newman and plans to play next season, school officials announced Monday. Banks was dismissed from Tennessee last season after being suspended several times for a variety of incidents. “We are pleased to have James as part of the Carson-Newman family,” Carson-Newman…

KNOXVILLE (AP) — A Tennessee reserve linebacker was beat up by a group of men and then cited for underage drinking after university police arrived to investigate. Sophomore Ryan Karl became the team’s eighth player to have a brush with the law since January when he was cited on July 9. Six other players were…

KNOXVILLE (AP) — Tennessee coach Phillip Fulmer said Monday he hasn’t decided who will be starting quarterback but hopes to know in time for next week’s practice. There are several second-string spots up for grabs but only a handful of starting positions — the quarterback being the most obvious — still undecided with less than…

NASHVILLE (AP) — Blame it on Antonio Gates. Gregg Guenther is in training camp with the Tennessee Titans as a tight end even though he spent his senior season at Southern California playing basketball for the Trojans. The Titans signed him three days before camp opened, and he has been impressive so far. “It has…

NASHVILLE (AP) — The Tennessee Titans shuffled their competition for their No. 3 quarterback Monday by releasing undrafted free agent Gino Guidugli and signing Chris Redman in time for practice. Redman was a third-round pick by Baltimore in 2001 and spent three seasons with the Ravens. He went 3-3 in six career starts but was…

Tennessee Titans Adam “Pacman” Jones carries a teammate’s pads off the field following practice in Nashville, Tenn., Monday, Aug. 22, 2005. (AP Photo/John Russell) NASHVILLE (AP) — Tennessee’s top draft pick, Adam “Pacman” Jones, finally signed his five-year contract Monday and joined the Titans in practice after a holdout in which he missed 31 practices.…

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Old-fashioned CPR is getting a makeover. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation is crucial when people collapse with cardiac arrest, but it’s hard to perform correctly. Now major efforts are under way to improve how doctors, paramedics and average bystanders do the job: New CPR guidelines are due this fall, and high-tech machines that promise to…

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A national summer program that has provided free sports activities, meals and medical exams to low-income children for four decades could be in jeopardy: It has been dropped from the proposed federal budget. Lawmakers could still decide to restore the money before the Senate votes on the budget next month, but…