Thousands of Burmese to greet Suu Kyi in Ind. city
Associated Press
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) - Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi's devoted followers are expected to turn out by the thousands Tuesday to hear her speak in an Indiana city where one of the largest Burmese communities in the United States has taken root.
The visit by the 67-year-old Nobel laureate,
...TVA money from ash spill funds school construction
KINGSTON, Tenn. (AP) - A rural East Tennessee school system has wrapped up an ambitious school construction program, paid for by TVA after a disastrous coal ash spill.
According to The Knoxville News Sentinel (http://bit.ly/RTUflT ), the Roane County Schools' plan was on the drawing board, but unfunded when an ash lagoon breached at the Kingston
...Monitor reports on progress at juvenile center
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) - A federal court monitor says Forrest County officials are partially in compliance with an order to make improvements at the local juvenile detention center.
In documents released Monday, Anne M. Nelsen wrote in her report that the county was "substantially compliant" with 6 of the order's 70 provisions, "partially
...Former President Clinton urges religious tolerance
WASHINGTON (AP) - Former President Bill Clinton says the followers of Islam shouldn't resort to violence when they hear their faith challenged in an increasingly diverse and Internet-connected world.
Clinton tells CBS "This Morning" that "you cannot live in a shame-based world. You won't make it in the 21st century."
He says in an interview
...UT chancellors: can't support same-sex benefits
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Two administrators at the University of Tennessee say they cannot support health insurance benefits for same-sex partners of UT employees.
According to The Knoxville News Sentinel (http://bit.ly/QvhT5R), a letter from university Chancellor Jimmy Cheek and Agriculture Chancellor Larry Arrington was read to a UT Faculty Senate
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