Experts say individual, industrial and governmental irresponsibility have harmed Earth’s environment with global climate change, air pollution, water contamination, depleted and destroyed resources, threatened animal ...
We are doing it!
At a brief moment in the March 11 City Council meeting, one could stand back and watch the X and Y chromosomes splitting, sigh and say “Boys will be boys” and “Girls just wanna have fun.”
The consideration ...
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Green Guide 2008
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Voice Choice 2008
Why we’re down with K-Town…As Knoxville Voice begins its third year of publication, we offer the Voice Choice 2008, an opportunity for us to celebrate ...
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Looking for Love
Walking through a local watering hole, the myriad of conversations overheard are wildly entertaining: "Dude, I haven't seen South Park in SO long"; "I've been ...
Walking through a local watering hole, the myriad of conversations overheard are wildly entertaining: "Dude, I haven't seen South Park in SO long"; "I've been ...
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Drawing from the Community Chest
Knoxville proper — not long ago a disheveled and somewhat-eerie cluster of burned-out buildings, dingy sidewalks and sparse signs of commerce — has convalesced in ...
Knoxville proper — not long ago a disheveled and somewhat-eerie cluster of burned-out buildings, dingy sidewalks and sparse signs of commerce — has convalesced in ...
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I Want My CTV
If you channel surf in Knoxville, chances are you’ll come across something on Comcast Channel 12 to make you pause there and possibly stick around ...
If you channel surf in Knoxville, chances are you’ll come across something on Comcast Channel 12 to make you pause there and possibly stick around ...
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On the Freedom Train
Mountainous terrain and rolling, wooded hills, deep-rooted religious beliefs and a landscape that lent itself to iron, coal, marble and limestone mining distinguished 19th century ...
Mountainous terrain and rolling, wooded hills, deep-rooted religious beliefs and a landscape that lent itself to iron, coal, marble and limestone mining distinguished 19th century ...
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RidgeTop Repercussions
A crisp fall wind in North Knoxville rustles the slowly withering leaves in varying shades of henna, copper, rust and chestnut, clinging to oak and ...
A crisp fall wind in North Knoxville rustles the slowly withering leaves in varying shades of henna, copper, rust and chestnut, clinging to oak and ...
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The State of Fort Sanders
We are talking now of summer evenings in Knoxville, Tenn., in the time that I lived there so successfully disguised to myself as a child. ...
We are talking now of summer evenings in Knoxville, Tenn., in the time that I lived there so successfully disguised to myself as a child. ...
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Yule Love It 2007
Chanukah potato pancake recipes cook up family memories, savor culture’s past
If first impressions mean everything, the Brody family knows how to make a ...
Chanukah potato pancake recipes cook up family memories, savor culture’s past
If first impressions mean everything, the Brody family knows how to make a ...
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YULE LOVE IT
A greasy-good tradition
Chanukah potato pancake recipes cook up family memories, savor culture’s past
By Elisha Sauers
If first impressions mean everything, ...
A greasy-good tradition
Chanukah potato pancake recipes cook up family memories, savor culture’s past
By Elisha Sauers
If first impressions mean everything, ...
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From Rockets to Rock Stars
Nine days before Bonnaroo begins, a blinking, electric highway sign greets westbound Interstate 24 motorists with the message “Bonnaroo traffic, expect delays. Consider alternate routes.” ...
Nine days before Bonnaroo begins, a blinking, electric highway sign greets westbound Interstate 24 motorists with the message “Bonnaroo traffic, expect delays. Consider alternate routes.” ...
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Walking the Narrow Ridge
The path to Narrow Ridge Earth Literacy Center is different for everyone who travels there, but on this sunny spring morning, the country roads winding ...
The path to Narrow Ridge Earth Literacy Center is different for everyone who travels there, but on this sunny spring morning, the country roads winding ...
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Lethal Conjecture
The official witnesses were given front-row seats to view the execution. The back two rows were filled with reporters who waited for the brown curtains ...
The official witnesses were given front-row seats to view the execution. The back two rows were filled with reporters who waited for the brown curtains ...
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Tennesseans dispute the need for a food tax cut
Amy Rimmer works eight days a week. By Sunday evening, Rimmer will have juggled a full-time class schedule at the University of Tennessee’s graduate program ...
Amy Rimmer works eight days a week. By Sunday evening, Rimmer will have juggled a full-time class schedule at the University of Tennessee’s graduate program ...
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Beasts of Burden
Animal lovers might remember an old television commercial that showed a happy family laughing and celebrating around their Christmas tree in their nice warm home. ...
Animal lovers might remember an old television commercial that showed a happy family laughing and celebrating around their Christmas tree in their nice warm home. ...
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Four Years Later
When Congress authorized President Bush to declare war in Iraq in October 2002, the U.S. Central Command’s war plan estimated that only 5,000 U.S. troops ...
When Congress authorized President Bush to declare war in Iraq in October 2002, the U.S. Central Command’s war plan estimated that only 5,000 U.S. troops ...
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Left in Limbo
Vicky Miller can’t get sick—it’s simply not an option. Miller is already taking eight medications a day and works mostly at night so she can ...
Vicky Miller can’t get sick—it’s simply not an option. Miller is already taking eight medications a day and works mostly at night so she can ...
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Blackout at the Big Orange
Dr. George White, Jr., is the textbook example of a hometown success story—as his colleague Dennie Littlejohn puts it, “he grew up right here in ...
Dr. George White, Jr., is the textbook example of a hometown success story—as his colleague Dennie Littlejohn puts it, “he grew up right here in ...
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So Long Sherrrff
Most of us survive high school without any serious, lifelong damage, but the old high school mentality—the insecurity and the malice it breeds—never really leaves ...
Most of us survive high school without any serious, lifelong damage, but the old high school mentality—the insecurity and the malice it breeds—never really leaves ...
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Great Expectations
“Ten years into the 21st century, the Knoxville Empowerment Zone is thriving and self-sustaining, creation of new job opportunities, as well as retention and expansion ...
“Ten years into the 21st century, the Knoxville Empowerment Zone is thriving and self-sustaining, creation of new job opportunities, as well as retention and expansion ...
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Fighting the Grin Reaper
A traveler passing through Knoxville amid the sea of stores, signs, and billboards on Kingston Pike would be hard-pressed to distinguish the city from any ...
A traveler passing through Knoxville amid the sea of stores, signs, and billboards on Kingston Pike would be hard-pressed to distinguish the city from any ...
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November 7 Election Guide
U.S. Senate Race: Harold Ford, Jr.
By Elizabeth Wright
With the retirement of Sen. Bill Frist and the vacancy of his seat in Congress, all ...
U.S. Senate Race: Harold Ford, Jr.
By Elizabeth Wright
With the retirement of Sen. Bill Frist and the vacancy of his seat in Congress, all ...
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Working More For Less
Corporate profits and CEO salaries have never been higher, but the good times aren’t trickling down to the millions of workers across the country struggling ...
Corporate profits and CEO salaries have never been higher, but the good times aren’t trickling down to the millions of workers across the country struggling ...
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The Unlikely Activists
The most likely supporters of the war in Iraq would seem to be United States military personnel and veterans, but many are instead contributing to ...
The most likely supporters of the war in Iraq would seem to be United States military personnel and veterans, but many are instead contributing to ...
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Here We Go Again
Once an impressive local landmark, the long-neglected Sunsphere has become little more than a kitschy presence in the local skyline. Knoxville’s younger residents have probably ...
Once an impressive local landmark, the long-neglected Sunsphere has become little more than a kitschy presence in the local skyline. Knoxville’s younger residents have probably ...
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Family Values at Face Value
This story was originally planned as an interview with two married couples connected to East Tennessee as they each navigate the Department of Homeland Security’s ...
This story was originally planned as an interview with two married couples connected to East Tennessee as they each navigate the Department of Homeland Security’s ...
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Diversion of Justice
“You do the crime, you do the time” is the most common approach to the criminal justice system in the United States—the obvious consequence of ...
“You do the crime, you do the time” is the most common approach to the criminal justice system in the United States—the obvious consequence of ...
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A View From Both Sides
A sociological theory called “the limits of empathy” suggests that human beings are only empathetic to other humans most like them. The theory further states ...
A sociological theory called “the limits of empathy” suggests that human beings are only empathetic to other humans most like them. The theory further states ...
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Crime of Passion
DISCLOSURE: Publisher Dane Baker has donated money to the Knoxville Area Committee on Central America, the group that sent Lentsch and others to protest the ...
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KSO: Virtuoso Paganini
Part of Knoxville Symphony Orchestra's ...
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KSO: Virtuoso Paganini
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