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Training kids for the workplace without college

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (FOX13) -

Two Tennessee representatives are creating an initiative to bridge the workforce gap. The plan encourages companies to target students who may not be college bound.

They want companies like Electrolux or Smith & Nephew to consider students like those at Tennessee Technology Center who are learning specialized

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Renaming the school district

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (FOX13) -

The name of the new unified school system in Memphis and Shelby County is yet to be determined but board member Patrice Robinson wants to involve the community by getting input on a new name for the merged district. "I believe our community needs to be involved in the change we are about to make and I believe a

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Photo goes viral, KFC fires East Tenn. employee

A photo of a KFC employee appearing to lick a plate of mashed potatoes got her fired and got quick corporate response to a Johnson City restaurant.

The Johnson City Press (http://bit.ly/Xoxl5H ) reported the image went viral on social media over the weekend. The restaurant management referred the newspaper's call to KFC's

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4 people escape house fire in Berclair

While many of you were sleeping several others were being rescued from a burning house and it wasn't firefighters who saved them.

The early morning fire destroyed a home in the 4900-block of Biscoe in Berclair. It all happened around 2:30am and when Memphis Fire arrived they found the house fully engulfed. But before the cal

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Ark Senate passes 20-week abortion ban

Courtesy Arkansas.gov

By ANDREW DeMILLO
Associated Press

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - The Arkansas Senate has passed legislation that would ban most abortions 20 weeks into a pregnancy.

The Senate approved the new restriction by a 25-7 vote Monday, sending the measure back to House to consider an amendment that added exemptions for rape and incest. The

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