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Chikamaka Band and Five Other Tennessee Native American Groups Stripped of Their Tribal Recognition

Friday, September 3, 2010 7:48pm

     A judge has stripped six Native American groups in Tennessee of their legal status.
     It follows a political squabble over the Tennessee Commission on Indian Affairs.
     Members approved the six groups for official status.. On the last meeting before the Commission was disbanded.
     The groups claim to be descendants of Cherokees and other tribes who were moved out of the state.
     The Cherokee nation disapproves of the Tennessee groups.
     One of them is on the Cumberland Plateau and Sequatchie valley.
     The Chikamaka Band is meeting in Coalmont tomorrow to talk about their future.


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Harbison Fighting Execution Date After 27 Year Old Murder Conviction

Friday, September 3, 2010 7:35pm

     Attorneys for Edward Jerome Harbison make their arguments for why he should not be executed.
     Harbison was given the death penalty for beating an elderly woman to death during a robbery in Chattanooga 27 years ago.


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Ooltewah Cheerleaders On Friday Night Tailgate

Friday, September 3, 2010 7:30pm

Week III of our Friday Night Tailgate took us to Ooltewah for their showdown with Soddy Daisy.

The Ooltewah Cheerleaders joined Patrick Core for weather.

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Soddy Daisy Cheerleaders Return to Friday Night Tailgate

Friday, September 3, 2010 6:57pm

Week III of the Friday Night Tailgate takes us to Ooltewah for their game with Soddy Daisy.

And the Soddy Daisy Cheerleaders joined Patrick Core for his forecast.

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Hamilton Co Schools Recognize CSAS/CSLA Line for Kindergarten Admission

Friday, September 3, 2010 6:52pm


Parents petitioned when administrators decided not to recognize "the Line" this year in favor of a new admissions process. There were already 97 names on the list.

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Analysis: Special-ops on show to woo war skeptics

Saturday, September 4, 2010 12:01pm

The new top commander in Afghanistan is talking up a weapon that has been kept in the shadows for years — special operations missions to kill or capture key insurgents — to try to convince skeptics the war can be won.

Arizona governor says she was wrong about beheadings

Saturday, September 4, 2010 11:01am

Gov. Jan Brewer rose to national fame defending the state’s immigration law and warning of rising violence along the U.S.-Mexico border, including a claim that headless bodies were turning up in the Arizona desert.

Comedian Robert Schimmel dies after Arizona car accident

Saturday, September 4, 2010 10:29am

Standup comic Robert Schimmel, a frequent guest on Howard Stern’s radio show, has died after suffering serious injuries in a car accident.

Blackwater covertly won U.S. contracts

Saturday, September 4, 2010 10:01am

Blackwater Worldwide created a web of more than 30 shell companies or subsidiaries in part to obtain millions of dollars in U.S. government contracts after the security company came under intense criticism for reckless conduct in Iraq, according to congressional investigators and former Blackwater officials.

What now for Gulf? Fire complicates drill debate

Saturday, September 4, 2010 9:01am

News of another oil rig fire in the Gulf of Mexico, so soon after the BP oil spill, has set off a wave of anxiety along the Gulf Coast and prompted calls for the government to extend its six-month ban on deepwater drilling.

Earl makes landfall — in Nova Scotia

Saturday, September 4, 2010 10:55am

After toying with tens of millions of coastal residents and tourists along the East Coast, Earl finally made landfall Saturday morning — but as a tropical storm and in Canada's Nova Scotia.

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Nova Scotia - Canada - Hurricane Earl - Business and Economy - Recreation and Sports

French security protest immigrant clampdown

Saturday, September 4, 2010 11:13am

French trade unions protested on Saturday against a clampdown on immigrants, launching a week of action against tightening security and pension reforms on which President Nicolas Sarkozy has staked his political reputation.

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New Zealand quake sparks state of emergency

Saturday, September 4, 2010 11:55am

Before-and-after images of damaged buildings on Victoria Street in Christchurch, New Zealand.Authorities declared an overnight curfew for Saturday after a major earthquake hit New Zealand's second-biggest city.




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Protesters hurl eggs, shoes at Tony Blair

Saturday, September 4, 2010 9:36am

Irish police clash with protesters outside Eason book store in Dublin, Ireland, on Saturday where former British Prime Minister Tony Blair appeared for a public book signing.Anti-war protesters hurled shoes and eggs at Tony Blair on Saturday as he arrived for the first public signing of his fast-selling memoir.




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Russian teen dies at snowboard training camp

Saturday, September 4, 2010 9:50am

Police in southern Switzerland say a teenage member of the Russian national snowboard team has died at a training camp in the Alps.

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Russia - Switzerland - Recreation - Alps - Camps

 
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Joey lost both his legs and injured his right arm on August 6th  after an IED exploded while he was serving with the Marine Corps in Afghanistan. He is currently in a hospital in Maryland, where his family is by his side. There will be a fundraiser at the Dalton Depot on September 5th to help out his family and one year old son.

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Scott Pilgrim has always been a ladies man, until he meets Ramona Flowers. She is different from other girls in a major way though, she has an army of ex-boyfriends that want to destroy her current boyfriend. Can he take down all the evil exs? This movie starring Michael Cera is now playing in theaters.

Durham Mine Site Fossil Dig

CNC Naturalist, Kyle Waggener, will conduct a fossil Dig on November 20th from 10 am to 1 pm at Lula Lake Land Trust. This is the best site for fern fossils. Prepayment and Preregistration is required. Call 423-821-1160 ext 0. Admission is $8 CNC members and $4 for member children, $11 non-member adult and $6 non-member children.

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