WEST CHESTER, Ohio (AP) — The mother of a Marine killed in Iraq urged mourners Wednesday not to let their anger and sadness turn them against the U.S. fight in Iraq. “Honor me in this way,” Kathy Dyer said during a memorial service for Lance Cpl. Christopher J. Dyer, 19, of the Cincinnati suburb of…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Violence in video games is bad for children’s health. So says the American Psychological Association, which is calling on the industry to cut it back. Research indicates exposure to violence in video games increases aggressive thoughts, aggressive behavior and angry feelings among youth, the association said in a statement issued Wednesday. In…

CHATTANOOGA (AP) — Wireless telephone carrier T-Mobile USA plans to open a $16 million call center in Chattanooga that would create up to 800 new jobs, company officials said Tuesday. Hamilton County officials say the planned 80,000-square-foot facility would become the largest employer in the county when it is fully staffed. “The company is growing…

NASHVILLE (AP) — A steady rain Wednesday night failed to extinguish the candles or the passions of an estimated 300 people gathered at a city park to protest the war in Iraq. Organizers said the 45-minute vigil was to show solidarity with Cindy Sheehan, a California woman who lost her 24-year-old son in Iraq last…

GREENEVILLE (AP) — Greene County residents in favor of keeping the Ten Commandments posted in the courthouse presented petitions with 4,000 signatures to the county commission. The Greene County Commission voted in 1999 to put a plaque bearing the Ten Commandments in the courthouse lobby. Following the Supreme Court’s rulings this summer in two cases…

NASHVILLE (AP) — Officials hope measures outlined in a special report outlawing relationships between employees and inmates will prevent incidents like the one last week in which a former prison nurse shot and killed a guard to free her inmate husband. The June 1 report is the result of one of a number of task…

NASHVILLE (AP) — A former Nashville attorney who moved to Mexico after his wife’s disappearance nine years ago pleaded innocent to second-degree murder charges Wednesday. Perry March, who also pleaded innocent to charges of abusing a corpse and tampering with evidence, was deported by Mexican authorities earlier this month to face the charges. One of…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott blames his fall from power in 2002 on a “personal betrayal” by an ambitious Sen. Bill Frist, his successor, adding in a new book that President Bush, Colin Powell and other GOP associates played a role. Frist, R-Tenn., “didn’t even have the courtesy to call and…

NASHVILLE (AP) — The head of a home health care company was charged Wednesday with drug trafficking. Bill Talley, 42, president and CEO of Tennessee Home Medical Inc. in Nashville, is charged with possession for resale of cocaine, Xanax, Lortab, Lomotil and Klonopin, according to Nashville police. Talley also is charged with unlawful possession of…

NASHVILLE (AP) — Gov. Phil Bredesen said Wednesday he plans to file a federal lawsuit challenging the Department of Defense’s recommendation to relocate the Tennessee Air National Guard’s 118th Air Lift Wing. The governor said the Department has recommended to the Base Closure and Reassignment Commission that major elements of the 118th be relocated to…