NASHVILLE, Tenn. Copyright 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. ? A federal jury on Monday convicted a Crossville doctor of overcharging health insurance programs by nearly $500,000 and lying to federal authorities. Prosecutors said oncologist Dr. Young Moon shortchanged her patients’ chemotherapy drugs from…

GREENEVILLE, Tenn. Copyright 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. ? A Cocke County Sheriff’s deputy pleaded guilty Monday to depriving a drug suspect of his civil rights, but will still be able to carry his service weapon, a judge ruled. Christopher Smith, 28, pleaded…

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. Copyright 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. ? A recent informal survey conducted by bottle bill proponents suggests that more than half of Tennessee’s roadside trash consists of beverage containers. About 150 volunteers for the Tennessee Bottle Bill Project for Scenic Tennessee…

SPARTA, Tenn. Copyright 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. ? A bullet-riddled body found along a county road still has not been identified since its discovery Sunday morning, authorities said Monday. White County Sheriff’s Detective Thomas Simmons said the body appears to be an…

WASHINGTON Copyright 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. ? While working in the Reagan administration’s Justice Department in the mid-1980s, Samuel Alito argued that a Memphis police officer was justified in shooting an unarmed 15-year-old trying to avoid arrest after a burglary. The opinion…

MEMPHIS, Tenn. Copyright 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. ? A resilient national economy and the continuing popularity of Internet shopping have shipping giants FedEx and United Parcel Service predicting business growth for the holiday season. Memphis-based FedEx Corp. expected its busiest day of…

MIAMI Copyright 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. ? Pat Riley has been preparing for hip replacement surgery. Replacing his hand-picked successor as Miami Heat coach may be a more difficult operation. Yet with Stan Van Gundy saying he voluntarily resigned Monday to spend…

Copyright 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. ? Tennessee’s support as the No. 1 team in women’s basketball is growing. The Lady Vols (8-0) led The Associated Press poll by an even-wider margin over No. 2 Duke on Monday, receiving 31 of 45 first-place…

Copyright 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. ? Duke’s runaway win over Texas kept the Blue Devils a runaway No. 1 in The Associated Press’ men’s college basketball poll on Monday. The next three places in the Top 25 were Big East schools Connecticut,…