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Skeletal remains identified as missing Fort Campbell soldier

CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Authorities say skeletal remains found in Tennessee are those of a missing Fort Campbell soldier. Tennessee Bureau of Investigation spokeswoman Susan Niland sent a statement to news media Wednesday confirming that the remains found at Exit…

Georgia lawmaker shot during robbery in Columbus

COLUMBUS, Ga. (AP) - A state lawmaker returning home from the Capitol is recovering after being shot during a robbery at a convenience store in Columbus. A spokesman for House Speaker David Ralston, R-Blue Ridge, says 69-year-old state Rep. Gerald Greene…

No charges against officer in shooting of Memphis man

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - The top prosecutor in Memphis, Tennessee, says no criminal charges will be filed against a police officer who fatally shot a man during a confrontation inside a home last year. Shelby County district attorney Amy Weirich…

Missing a safe? Police perplexed by safe found in ditch

IRONDALE, Ala. (AP) - Police in a Birmingham suburb are looking for someone to come forward and claim an apparently unopened safe that authorities found in a ditch earlier this month. Irondale police Sgt. Michael Mangina says it sounds like…

Knitting store: no yarn for women's movement protesters

FRANKLIN, Tenn. (AP) - The owner of a Tennessee knitting store doesn't want anyone buying its yarn for arts and crafts for the women's movement. The Tennessean reported (http://tnne.ws/2k4Ne5u ) comments Tuesday on the Facebook page of The Joy of…

Prison chief: Risk growing in state prisons

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Alabama Corrections Commissioner Jeff Dunn told lawmakers the "risk" in Alabama's crowding prisons is growing each day. Dunn addressed the legislative judiciary committees Wednesday as the Bentley administration tries to build support for an $800 million…

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