Madison resident and Warren County native Flavil Hall Patton, 97, died Sept. 24 at NHC Healthcare.A retired banker with City Bank & Trust Company and a member of the Church of Christ, he was the son of the late Frank and Alice Green Patton; and was preceded in death by son, Charles Patton; and brother,…

SHOCKLEY Morrison resident and Hamilton County native Barbara Anne Shockley, 59, died Sept. 23 at Centennial Medical Center in Nashville after a short illness.A transportation officer with the sheriff’s department for 15 years and a member of the Church of Christ, she was the daughter of Hershel and Ollie Coakley Hittson; and was preceded in…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — When someone dials Leah Balecha’s mobile phone, it doesn’t ring. It jams with the sounds of 50 Cent, OutKast, Gwen Stefani and Kelly Clarkson. Like a growing number of mobile phone users, the 30-year-old videographer and student has taken to customizing her handset, sometimes paying more than $3 for just a…

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — He wears a black case around his torso looking like a gunslinger, ready to whip out a little four-string ukulele in case a song comes into his head. Later, he’s standing in front of a cafeteria window strumming a new tune as raindrops fall behind him, drawing polite smiles from…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Military families and other defenders of the war in Iraq were claiming their turn to demonstrate, responding to a huge war protest with a rally of their own on the National Mall. Organizers hoped to draw several thousand people to their noontime event near the National Air and Space Museum. They acknowledged…

SAN ANTONIO, Texas (AP) — President Bush is on a three-state trip, meeting with military and emergency officials, to show himself as a leader engaged in federal efforts to recover from twin hurricanes that have struck the Gulf Coast in less than a month. Bush, who is to be briefed here Sunday by Lt. Gen.…

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Even with new floodwaters lapping at the high-water marks set by Katrina less than a month ago, Mayor Ray Nagin pushed a plan to bring people back to storm-ravaged New Orleans soon is possible. Federal officials said Saturday it will take two to three weeks to pump out floodwaters created by…

By FRAZIER MOORE / AP Television Writer NEW YORK — “The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan,” released in 1963, has one of the era’s most memorable album covers. Gracing the album that features such folk anthems as “Blowin’ in the Wind” and “A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall” is a photo of the 21-year-old Dylan tripping through a…

BEAUMONT, Texas (AP) — Rattled by Hurricane Rita, residents along the Texas and Louisiana coasts began clearing away debris as power crews worked to restore electricity to more than 1 million customers in four states. They also breathed a sigh of relief that the devastation caused by the once-dreaded storm was less severe than that…

By LINDA A. JOHNSON / AP Business Writer When menopausal hot flashes caused sweat to run down Donna Cook’s face during business meetings, she joked to concerned colleagues, “I’m having my personal summer.” But for executives like Cook, menopause symptoms such as profuse sweating, nasty mood swings and memory lapses aren’t funny. Cook, 54, felt…