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Officials announce plans for new state park

ERWIN, Tenn. (AP) - About 2,000 acres of wilderness in upper East Tennessee are slated to become the Rocky Fort State Park.

Gov. Bill Haslam and U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander announced the plans on Tuesday.

The Knoxville News Sentinel reports (http://bit.ly/XZkwQd) the total Rocky Fork tract is 10,000 acres, with 8,000 acres to be managed by the U.S.

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A slowed, darkened NYC begins to stir to life

By JENNIFER PELTZ and RALPH D. RUSSO
Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) - Two days after superstorm Sandy brought New York to a standstill, residents itching to get back to work and their old lives noticed small signs that the city might be getting back to - well, not quite normal.

Morning rush-hour traffic appeared thicker than on

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White Co. ballot mistake to slow election results

SEARCY, Ark. (AP) - Officials in White County say election results will take longer to tally next week because of a misprint on the ballot.

Democratic state Rep. Tiffany Rogers is running against Republican Sen. Jonathan Dismang for a state Senate seat. The early voting ballot lists Rogers as "State Representative Tiffany Rog ..." instead of

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Hurley to be sentenced Dec. 13 for DUI fatality

PASCAGOULA, Miss. (AP) - A Hurley, Miss., man has pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated when he struck and killed a motorcyclist in 2008.

Rene C. Levario entered the plea Monday to one count of felony DUI causing death. Levario will remain free on bond until his sentencing on Dec. 13 in Jackson County Circuit Court.

Authorities say Gary E.

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Unified School Board Supports Sales Tax Increase

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (FOX13) -

The Unified School Board voted last night to endorse the County-wide, half-cent sales tax increase on the November ballot with 14 of the 23 members supporting the measure.

The increase was placed on the ballot by the Shelby County Commission earlier this year.

The high stakes have prompted the formation of a new

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