Fighting mars Syria holiday truce; protests resume
Associated Press
BEIRUT (AP) - Syrians took to the streets for the largest anti-regime protests in months in several cities Friday, taking advantage a lull in fighting as a cease-fire took effect at the start of a Muslim holiday. But scattered violence including battles over a northern military base and a
...State officials hope job fairs will help veterans
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - State officials are hoping that job fairs in about a dozen cities across the state will help some of Tennessee's 31,000 unemployed veterans to find work.
On Thursday, the Paychecks for Patriots event in Memphis attracted hundreds of people.
Army veteran Christopher Wells told The Commercial Appeal (http://bit.ly/S0aDwC) that he
...2 teens charged in Garland Co. livestock deaths
HOT SPRINGS, Ark. (AP) - Prosecutors have filed misdemeanor charges against two teenagers accused of killing two horses, a donkey and a cow.
The juveniles were charged last week with misdemeanor animal cruelty. The Sentinel-Record reports (http://is.gd/4l2abL ) that a Pearcy man filed a complaint with sheriff's investigators on Oct. 8, saying that
...UT students study radiation in downtown Knoxville
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A white pickup truck with government tags trailing nuclear testing devices and a weather vane has drawn the attention of Knoxville residents recently.
But the Knoxville News Sentinel reports (http://bit.ly/QJJGhK) it is only students conducting research.
The students are monitoring ambient radiation in downtown Knoxville.
...Court reinstates Stone Co. rape conviction
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The Mississippi Supreme Court has reinstated the conviction and 35-year sentence in a Stone County rape case.
The state Court of Appeals last November ordered a new trial for Anthony Mercie Expose. Expose had been convicted of rape in 2010.
The Appeals Court ruled that the trial judge failed to instruct the jury on Expose's
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