Obama making up for lost time after storm hiatus
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama dives back into campaigning after three days immersed in managing the federal response to the storm that battered the East Coast. The contours of the presidential race remain much the same, with Obama and Republican Mitt Romney locked in a tight contest and
...New judge appointed in Knoxville torture-slayings
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A new judge will review the orders for new trials for three men convicted in the 2007 torture and slaying of a young Knoxville couple.
The Knoxville News Sentinel reports (http://bit.ly/TYDrLv ) the state Supreme Court Chief Justice on Wednesday appointed Senior Judge Walter Kurtz to take over the cases from Special Judge
...Miss. tax preparer agrees to injunction
ABERDEEN, Miss. (AP) - A federal court has permanently barred Cynthia H. Carter of Columbus from preparing federal tax returns for others.
Court documents show Carter consented to the order without admitting to the allegations against her. The order issuing the injunction was signed Wednesday by U.S. District Judge Sharion Aycock.
The government
...Woman worried about voting after she can't get ID
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A Nashville woman says she has been unable to obtain photo identification, and now she's afraid she won't be able to vote.
Cora Beach told The Tennessean (http://bitly.com/UklkKA) she has been to driver service centers three times, only to be turned down for an ID. The first time she lacked a birth certificate. She had one
...Tupelo man acquitted on child porn charges
ABERDEEN, Miss. (AP) - Steven Metcalf of Tupelo has been found not guilty of federal child pornography charges.
The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal reports (http://bit.ly/Ru8jAN ) that a federal jury in Aberdeen returned the verdict Tuesday. The 47-year-old Metcalf went on trial Monday.
Metcalf was indicted last February on two counts. He was
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