SUMMERTOWN (AP) — A ’70s experiment in communal living persists in Middle Tennessee, though not in the form of tents housing multiple families and members making tofu ice cream. The Farm near Summertown now boasts permanent housing and businesses — some of which compete globally. The inspiration for The Farm came from San Francisco State…

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) — Forget Christmas. This is the busy holiday season for Angie Bartlett and her ghost-hunting buddies. Bartlett is president of the Alabama Foundation for Paranormal Research, which travels the Southeast looking for orbs, EVPs, and vortexes — all supposed signs of ghosts lurking in the misty shadows somewhere between this world and…

CAMP SHELBY, Miss. (AP) — Ann Miko sat on the grass outside the barracks at this quiet military training post on a windy afternoon last week, waiting for her son, Adam Maley, to finish turning in his military rifle. Maley, of Athens, Tenn., a corporal in the 278th Regimental Combat Team, was 19 and “just…

HAMPTON, Ga. (AP) — Lap after lap, Carl Edwards flirted with the outside walls on his way to another victory at Atlanta Motor Speedway. While just about everyone else in the 43-car field for Sunday’s NASCAR Nextel Cup race tried to run well below those unforgiving walls, Edwards purposely hugged the concrete at speeds approaching…

By RALPH D. RUSSO / AP Sports Writer As the college football season makes the final turn toward the bowls, the margin of error for teams vying for titles — from conference crowns to the national championship — goes from little to none. With five Saturdays remaining, here’s what to look for, how it’ll shake…

By RALPH D. RUSSO / AP Sports Writer Tennessee has gone from preseason No. 3 to not even receiving a vote in The Associated Press Top 25. The Volunteers (3-4) fell from the rankings Sunday for the first time in three years after losing 16-15 to South Carolina and old nemesis Steve Spurrier. No. 1…

KNOXVILLE (AP) — Tennessee coach Phillip Fulmer has seen the Volunteers at their finest as Southeastern Conference and national champions. He’s now witnessing the lowest point of his tenure, and it could get worse. Steve Spurrier’s South Carolina beat the Vols 16-15 Saturday night, extending their losing streak to three for the first time under…

By The Associated Press Look who moved to the top of their NFC divisions: the Panthers, Giants and Bears? The Bears? The team that lost its starting quarterback in the preseason and was projected as a bottom feeder in the NFC North? The Giants, coming off a 6-10 season in which they lost eight of…

NASHVILLE (AP) — For a change, the yellow flag fell in favor of the oft-penalized Oakland Raiders. A personal foul call wiped out Tennessee’s 82-yard punt return for a touchdown, and Warren Sapp sacked Steve McNair three plays later, forcing a fumble that Jarrod Cooper recovered in the end zone, lifting the Raiders to a…