WEST JORDAN, Utah (AP) — The mother of the woman accused of killing a Tennessee prison guard in a daring escape from a courthouse with her robber husband said she believes her daughter has been brainwashed by the man she met and married behind prison bars. “We realize that what she has allegedly done is…

KINGSTON (AP) — George Hyatte must have been thinking about freedom as he was led away in shackles, handcuffs and chains from the old red-brick courthouse in this little Southern town. The 34-year-old Hyatte, a native of nearby Rhea County with a history of holdups and at least five escapes, pleaded guilty Tuesday morning to…

By DUNCAN MANSFIELD / Associated Press Writer Corrections officer Larry “Porky” Harris, shown Thursday, Aug. 11, 2005, at his home in Petros, Tenn., holds a picture of himself and his late partner Wayne “Cotton” Morgan and friends. (AP Photo/Wade Payne) KNOXVILLE — Corrections officer Wayne “Cotton” Morgan “didn’t have a chance” when he was gunned…

A passenger on the Washington Metro talks on his cell phone Monday, Aug. 8, 2005 in Washington. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari) WASHINGTON (AP) — The complaints are familiar and frequent: People on cell phones talk too loud, they use them at inappropriate times, and they just don’t seem to care if they are bothering anyone.…

JACKSON (AP) — The Jackson-Madison County school system will have to borrow money to pay its employees over the next five months, officials said. Finance Director Mike Nichols told the school board on Monday that the system will have to take monthly loans because of cash flow problems with reimbursements from the state. The figure…

FRANKLIN (AP) — A new arrest warrant for country singer Mindy McCready, who is recovering from an apparent suicide attempt and facing other criminal charges in Arizona, says she violated her probation on a Tennessee drug charge. A judge signed off on the warrant Monday because McCready left Tennessee without getting permission from her probation…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The organizers of “Justice Sunday II” plan to pay expenses for several bloggers to attend and publicize this weekend’s rally in Nashville. At least eight Internet writers have agreed to watch the event from a wireless internet-enabled “blogger’s row” overlooking the 3,400-seat sanctuary at Two Rivers Baptist Church. Those from outside Nashville…

MURFREESBORO (AP) — A man pumping gas into his vehicle was killed when a tractor-trailer crashed into a market and gas station Wednesday morning, state officials said. The accident happened at C&E Market in the community of Christiana, about 40 miles southeast of Nashville, Tennessee Highway Patrol spokeswoman Melissa McDonald said. The truck, driven by…

MEMPHIS (AP) — The second of two accused bagmen in the Tennessee Waltz investigation plans to plead guilty to seeking bribes for state lawmakers, his lawyer said Wednesday. Charles Love, a Chattanooga lobbyist, is charged with passing along payoffs from undercover FBI agents to state Sen. Ward Crutchfield, D-Chattanooga, and to state Rep. Chris Newton,…

KINGSTON (AP) — Prison nurse Jennifer Forsyth got fired last year for sneaking food to an inmate. A few months later, she got permission from the warden to marry that inmate, George Hyatte, a man with a long and violent criminal record. Now the 31-year-old woman from Utah who had never been in trouble with…