Arson Suspected in Tennessee Weekend Wildfires
Fire crews fought multiple weekend wildfires statewide with arson suspected as causal. A Signal Mountain blaze near Chattanooga required air-tanker retardant drops while threatening homes on the eastern flank. North of Knoxville fires totaled 2,300 acres as arson was blamed for ten fires, with 28 additional fires in the district burning 147 acres.
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Robert Rhinehart
Chattanooga Forestry Division
Knoxville
Nathan Waters
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Dan Henry
Chattanooga Times Free Press
Andy Wright
Tennessee Department of Agriculture
Forestry Division
Signal Point
Tennessee
Time Inc shuts Life magazine again amid ad downturn
Time Inc says Life will cease as a newspaper supplement due to a shrinking newspaper market and weak advertising. The Life brand will continue online and in books, with 103 newspapers carrying the supplement previously. Time may cut jobs and has sold several titles as it shifts to digital.
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Fort Peck
Mont
Time Inc
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Time Warner Inc
People
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Parenting
Shooting injures KU student during spring break in Denver area
A Boulder based band Zilla performs at Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom on Sunday night. After leaving the venue around 4 30 a m they were confronted by two masked men who demanded money and opened fire injuring three group members Dumps Watt and Knebel and another man. Watt was released from hospital while Dumpert and Knebel remain hospitalized with jaw surgery expected for Dumpert. The suspects fled and were described as two black males in dark blue clothing with face masks. The group remains in Denver awaiting releases.
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Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom
Five Points
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Hensley
Kstate
Dumpett
Watt
Knebel
Kuebel
Dumpert
Denver
Gambling plan gains House support amid mixed views
Lawmakers weigh a bill for state owned casinos in Wyandotte Ford Sedgwick Sumner Crawford Cherokee counties and 2200 slots at three tracks Woodlands Kansas City Kan Wichita Greyhound Park and Camptown Frontenac. Voters must approve host counties. Projections show up to 200 million yearly with 25 million nonrefundable casino fee and 22 percent casino and 40 percent slot revenue shares. Opponents warn of social costs and rise in problem gambling while backers cite funding for university repairs and local government relief.
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Paul Davis
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Kansas Board of Regents
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Sedgwick
Sumner
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Crawford
Cherokee
the Woodlands
Kansas City
Kan
Wichita Greyhound Park
Camptown Greyhound Park
Frontenac
Forrest Knox
Altoona
Missouri
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