AP Wire News en-us Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:50:15 GMT Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:50:15 GMT 5 iNEWS AP Wire Story Listing Generator http://www.fox17.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.tn/29bc026a-www.fox17.com.shtml MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) -- Memphis police say a man was robbed and shot to death while unloading groceries from his car. AP News www.fox17.com-29bc026a http://www.fox17.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.tn/24bc0267-www.fox17.com.shtml NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Democratic Gov. Phil Bredesen is requesting a federal disaster declaration for five Tennessee counties hit by severe storms. AP News www.fox17.com-24bc0267 http://www.fox17.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.tn/2cbc020e-www.fox17.com.shtml NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Memphis prosecutor Bill Gibbons has so far raised more than $415,000 in his bid for Tennessee governor -- a distant fourth compared to the other Republican candidates. AP News www.fox17.com-2cbc020e http://www.fox17.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.tn/3abc0186-www.fox17.com.shtml HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) -- The Emergency Management Agency has determined that the sound of aircraft breaking the sound barrier from a base in Tennessee were the cause of the loud booms heard by many Madison County residents. AP News www.fox17.com-3abc0186 http://www.fox17.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.tn/2ebbfd82-www.fox17.com.shtml CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) -- An attorney for veterans who were possibly exposed to HIV and other infections at three Department of Veterans Affairs hospitals says his clients are waiting to hear if they will be compensated for mistakes that led to congressional hearings and new VA spending on patient safety. AP News www.fox17.com-2ebbfd82 http://www.fox17.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.tn/32bbfd74-www.fox17.com.shtml NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Gov. Phil Bredesen is once again allowing the latest batch of specialty license plates to become law without his signature. AP News www.fox17.com-32bbfd74 http://www.fox17.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.tn/30bbfd69-www.fox17.com.shtml NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Gov. Phil Bredesen says he's issued a writ of election to fill the House District 62 seat vacated by Democratic state Rep. Curt Cobb. AP News www.fox17.com-30bbfd69 http://www.fox17.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.tn/28bbfcd0-www.fox17.com.shtml COOKEVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- A man accused in the 2006 murder of a prison nurse and her 4-year-old daughter has been sentenced to life without parole. AP News www.fox17.com-28bbfcd0 http://www.fox17.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.tn/3dbbfcbe-www.fox17.com.shtml COOKEVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- A man accused in the 2006 murder of a prison nurse and her 4-year-old daughter has been sentenced to life without parole. AP News www.fox17.com-3dbbfcbe http://www.fox17.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.tn/3abbfc46-www.fox17.com.shtml WILLIAMSBURG, Ky. (AP) -- A Texas church youth choir has diverted a planned mission trip after being told they're not welcome to perform and work in a Kentucky Baptist mission program. AP News www.fox17.com-3abbfc46 http://www.fox17.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.tn/31bbfb9c-www.fox17.com.shtml CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) -- A Chattanooga Housing Authority officer told police he fired a shot that fatally wounded a teenager who ignored his repeated commands to drop a gun. AP News www.fox17.com-31bbfb9c http://www.fox17.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.tn/2cbbfa6b-www.fox17.com.shtml ATLANTA (AP) -- The federal government has approved the Tennessee Valley Authority's plan to dispose of millions of tons of spilled coal ash at a municipal landfill in one of Alabama's poorest counties. AP News www.fox17.com-2cbbfa6b http://www.fox17.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.tn/33bbf9bc-www.fox17.com.shtml KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- A group of Knoxville teenagers is headed back to Tennessee after a church mission trip to Honduras was canceled when the military staged a coup against the country's president. AP News www.fox17.com-33bbf9bc http://www.fox17.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.tn/29bbf946-www.fox17.com.shtml RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- A Tennessee company that canceled plans for a 10-day fair at the former site of the State Fair of Virginia now says it plans to stage one in the parking lot of a Richmond baseball stadium. AP News www.fox17.com-29bbf946 http://www.fox17.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.tn/3cbbf92a-www.fox17.com.shtml CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- A Clarksville teenager was released from jail after she was charged along with her brother in the death of their father. AP News www.fox17.com-3cbbf92a http://www.fox17.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.tn/3dbbf8b4-www.fox17.com.shtml JACKSON, Tenn. (AP) -- For the third time this year, officials at financially ailing Lambuth University in Jackson told employees that they would not be paid on time. AP News www.fox17.com-3dbbf8b4 http://www.fox17.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.tn/34bbf485-www.fox17.com.shtml CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) -- Chattanoogans can get free bicycle valet service during the public fireworks display July 4 on the riverfront. AP News www.fox17.com-34bbf485 http://www.fox17.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.tn/24bbf488-www.fox17.com.shtml FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (AP) -- Some soldiers from Fort Campbell will spend July Fourth with President Barack Obama at the White House. AP News www.fox17.com-24bbf488 http://www.fox17.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.tn/3abbf486-www.fox17.com.shtml NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- The Tennessee Highway Patrol will conduct sobriety checkpoints across the state during the long holiday weekend. AP News www.fox17.com-3abbf486 http://www.fox17.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.tn/34bbf1d0-www.fox17.com.shtml CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) -- Chattanooga police say a person armed with a gun has been shot and killed after refusing a Housing Authority police officer's command to drop the weapon. AP News www.fox17.com-34bbf1d0 http://www.fox17.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.tn/30bbedd7-www.fox17.com.shtml WASHINGTON (AP) -- Federal health officials say at least 12 people have been hospitalized in connection with a possible E. coli outbreak in beef and two of them suffered kidney failure. AP News www.fox17.com-30bbedd7 http://www.fox17.com/