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DesJarlais testified wife had 2 abortions

By ERIK SCHELZIG
Associated Press

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Republican U.S. Rep. Scott DesJarlais testified during divorce proceedings that he and his former wife made a "mutual" decision for her to have two abortions.

The 2001 court transcripts were released Thursday by the state Democratic Party, which had tried to air the documents before the Nov.

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Beebe proposes reduction in grocery tax

Courtesy Arkansas.gov

By ANDREW DeMILLO
Associated Press

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) -- Gov. Mike Beebe is proposing a reduction in the state's grocery tax that would be triggered if the state's budget obligations in several key areas decline over a six-month period.

Finance officials on Thursday said Beebe is calling for reducing the state's grocery tax

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$100-a-year fee approved at Ole Miss, MSU

By JEFF AMY
Associated Press

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) -- The state College Board has approved a request from Mississippi's two largest universities to impose a $50-a-semester fee on their students.

The board agreed Thursday with a recommendation from a committee that the proposal by the University of Mississippi and Mississippi State University be

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Unofficially, 2.4M Tennesseans cast votes

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -

An unofficial tally of votes from the recent presidential election shows more than 2.4 million people cast their ballots in Tennessee.

According to the secretary of state's office, 2,454,470 Tennesseans voted. That's down from the 2,599,749 votes cast in the 2008 presidential election.

This year, voters were

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Blogger posts bond after arrested for posting child porn

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (FOX13) -

Controversial Internet talk show host Thaddeus Matthews, who was arrested by Memphis police Wednesday evening on charges after he posted an image of child pornography on his Facebook social media site, posted bond Thursday morning and is out of jail.

Police charged Matthews with Sexual Exploitation of a Minor,

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