WASHINGTON (AP) Taxes rise and fall from one administration to the next, but the unpopularity of the income tax system is constant. An Ipsos Poll finds that almost six of 10 people say the system is unfair, a percentage virtually unchanged from two decades ago. The perception of unfairness is spread fairly evenly across income…

CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) FANAKOS A former Clarksville youth pastor and husband and father of three children has been indicted on charges of having a sexual relationship with a 15-year-old girl, according to authorities. Daron Lee Fanakos, 29, who was on the staff at Clarksville Family Bible Church until last year, was arrested Friday following a…

BENTON, Tenn. (AP) A black bear that killed a 6-year-old girl and maimed her mother and 2-year-old brother may never be found in the rugged Cherokee National Forest, authorities said yesterday. Officials have already used teams of trained dogs to find the animal?s scent, to no avail. Now state wildlife agents and hunters are left…

Jim Mullen Driving past a fast food restaurant, today, I spotted a sign out in front that said, “FUN JOBS! Apply Inside.” Fun jobs. The sign seemed to contradict something my Dad used to say to me at least five or six times a week when I was a teenager, “If it was fun, they…

Thomas Vaughn Are too few males entering and completing college these days? That rhetorical question is being posed more and more now, in academia, and in the media. The evidence I have seen suggests that we are, indeed, experiencing a new and growing ?gender gap? between female and male students in higher education. In America…

Amanda Barnes, Alischia Roach, Beebo York and Lori Beth Crouch To the Editor: We, the undersigned members of the 2006 senior class, feel the age limit placed on this year?s prom is unfair and discriminates against those of us who are dating older boys or girls. It is unfair that until this year, no age…

Alicia Lara To the Editor: This is in response to the column written by Margaret Hobbs about Warren County’s overabundance of pageants. Although I do agree there seems to be a new pageant every year, I do have to disagree about one thing. I don?t think there are too many. One of the pageants she…

Joan Ryan When attorney Clem Glynn worked at Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro in San Francisco, he arrived two hours before the law firm opened its doors at 8:30 a.m. And every morning, Martin Macy was already there. He always seemed to be there. “The firm was his life,’ said Glynn, who is now at Glynn…

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) Richard White grasped the metal fence at the Ford Motor Co. truck plant, tears welling up, after the second-generation company man learned he would be losing his job. “People do not buy American products. We all buy foreign cars. We all buy foreign products,” White yelled after the automotive workers got the…

Dave Ramsey Dear Dave, I?ve started my own business, and the grand opening is Saturday. I?ve done everything so far on a cash-only basis, and my husband has been a huge help along the way. I?m wondering if would be a good idea to officially make him a partner in the business. ? Beverly Dear…