NASHVILLE, Tenn. Copyright 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. – An attorney for the Republican who lost to Democrat Ophelia Ford in a special election for the 29th District seat contends thousands of voters may have been unaware they had been moved to the…

PARIS, Tenn. Copyright 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. – Mohon International, whose plant was severely damaged by a tornado last month, will close the facility and leave more than 300 people without a job. Company officials said the cost to rebuild was not…

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. Copyright 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. – The mother of a girl who saw graphic pictures during a school presentation of her father’s death in a drunken-driving wreck is suing the school district, city and Knox County over the display. The…

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. Copyright 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. – A federal agency sided with a planned limestone quarry and its jobs in a standoff against a rare snail in the tranquil southern Cumberland Mountain community of Sherwood. Lee Barclay, supervisor of the Tennessee…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. Copyright 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. – Country singer Carly Goodwin says she’ll deliver a 15-mile-long letter of support to U.S. troops in the Middle East in January. The scroll contains signatures and messages from U.S. congressmen, senators, country music celebrities…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. Copyright 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. – Deputy Gov. Dave Cooley intervened last year to arrange a new job for a state official without telling the man’s new supervisors of sexual harassment accusations against him, The Tennessean reported Wednesday. Cooley asked…

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. Copyright 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. – President Bush has pardoned two Tennesseans convicted decades ago of moonshine charges. “It’s a good Christmas present,” said Charles E. McKinley, 75, of Pall Mall. Also pardoned was Carl E. Cantrell, 57, of Monteagle,…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. Copyright 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. – TennCare enrollees will be able to receive health care at home or in a community setting instead of a nursing home under a new policy announced by the state Wednesday. The presumptive eligibility policy…

NEW YORK Copyright 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. – The New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox got extra bills Wednesday. The Yankees were hit with a $34 million luxury tax and the Red Sox were told they owe $4 million to the…

NEW YORK Copyright 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. – While the Yankees celebrated their acquisition of Johnny Damon and the Red Sox ruminated their loss, the St. Louis Cardinals gave troubled pitcher Sidney Ponson a second chance. Other teams kept making moves ahead…