AP Wire News en-us Wed, 17 Mar 2010 01:20:16 GMT Wed, 17 Mar 2010 01:20:16 GMT 5 iNEWS AP Wire Story Listing Generator http://www.fox17.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.tn/3f9cba37-www.fox17.com.shtml NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- When a Tennessee jailer ripped the gold grill from a new inmate's teeth two days before Thanksgiving last year, it left the 31-year-old man in excruciating pain and left taxpayers on the hook for nearly $100,000 in damages. AP News www.fox17.com-3f9cba37 http://www.fox17.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.tn/399cb922-www.fox17.com.shtml NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Legislation is advancing in the House that would allow handgun permit holders in Tennessee to carry their weapons where alcoholic beverages are served unless posted otherwise. AP News www.fox17.com-399cb922 http://www.fox17.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.tn/379cb8f7-www.fox17.com.shtml BRISTOL, Conn. (AP) -- President Barack Obama predicts Kansas, Kansas State, Kentucky and Villanova to make the men's basketball Final Four. AP News www.fox17.com-379cb8f7 http://www.fox17.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.tn/2d9cb8da-www.fox17.com.shtml NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- The U.S. Justice Department says a subsidiary of Bristol, Tenn.-based King Pharmaceuticals Inc. has agreed to pay $42.5 million to settle allegations over the marketing of a painkiller. AP News www.fox17.com-2d9cb8da http://www.fox17.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.tn/299cb804-www.fox17.com.shtml NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Former state Sen. Ward Crutchfield has made his first return to the Capitol since resigning his seat in 2007 following a guilty plea in the FBI's Tennessee Waltz bribery sting. AP News www.fox17.com-299cb804 http://www.fox17.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.tn/339cb763-www.fox17.com.shtml MARTIN, Tenn. (AP) -- A monument of former Gov. Ned Ray McWherter could be unveiled in late summer or early fall. AP News www.fox17.com-339cb763 http://www.fox17.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.tn/2c9cb724-www.fox17.com.shtml NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- The U.S. attorney's office says a government contractor has been ordered to pay $1.6 million for not paying electricians the required wages for work at the Fort Campbell Army post. AP News www.fox17.com-2c9cb724 http://www.fox17.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.tn/2e9cb6d9-www.fox17.com.shtml CHICAGO (AP) -- A Cook County judge has given his OK to the extradition of a Tennessee teenager who faces a long prison term for violating probation while living in Illinois. AP News www.fox17.com-2e9cb6d9 http://www.fox17.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.tn/3e9cb45b-www.fox17.com.shtml FAYETTEVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- A man charged with killing his estranged wife and four other people in Tennessee sat silently during a court hearing as his attorney asked for a preliminary hearing on additional charges of rape and abuse of a corpse. AP News www.fox17.com-3e9cb45b http://www.fox17.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.tn/369cb454-www.fox17.com.shtml SELMER, Tenn. (AP) -- A McNairy County man has been accused of beating his neighbor to death with a fence post over a property line dispute. AP News www.fox17.com-369cb454 http://www.fox17.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.tn/2c9cb253-www.fox17.com.shtml HUMBOLDT, Tenn. (AP) -- The body of a man who was fatally shot has been exhumed and family members say they were told there will be a second autopsy. AP News www.fox17.com-2c9cb253 http://www.fox17.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.tn/289cb1bf-www.fox17.com.shtml MARYVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Tennessee Department of Transportation geologists will examine an embankment where rocks slid onto U.S. 129 Sunday morning. AP News www.fox17.com-289cb1bf http://www.fox17.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.tn/2b9cb100-www.fox17.com.shtml WAYNESBORO, Tenn. (AP) -- A grand jury in Waynesboro has indicted a couple on first-degree murder charges in the killing of their grandson's mother. AP News www.fox17.com-2b9cb100 http://www.fox17.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.tn/3b9caf49-www.fox17.com.shtml MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) -- Memphis police are questioning a report that a 1-month-old baby was dropped 11 stories down a trash chute. AP News www.fox17.com-3b9caf49 http://www.fox17.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.tn/2e9caf00-www.fox17.com.shtml NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Lawyers in Nashville have worked out a settlement after a sheriff's lieutenant ripped the grill off a man's teeth at the county jail. AP News www.fox17.com-2e9caf00 http://www.fox17.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.tn/219cac10-www.fox17.com.shtml GREENEVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- A recreation official in Greeneville says he believes the city was chosen to host a national collegiate golf tourney because of its charm. AP News www.fox17.com-219cac10 http://www.fox17.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.tn/289cac10-www.fox17.com.shtml KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Motorists who use the U.S. 25-70 bridge over the French Broad River at Newport will need to take another route on Wednesday. AP News www.fox17.com-289cac10 http://www.fox17.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.tn/259ca903-www.fox17.com.shtml LAWTON, Okla. (AP) -- About 300 National Guard members from Mississippi and Tennessee have returned from Iraq. AP News www.fox17.com-259ca903 http://www.fox17.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.tn/3c9ca56a-www.fox17.com.shtml NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Legislation that would limit the governor's authority to suspend or limit the sale of firearms during a state of emergency in Tennessee has been delayed three weeks in the Senate. AP News www.fox17.com-3c9ca56a http://www.fox17.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.tn/3b9ca47a-www.fox17.com.shtml NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- The Tennessee Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear the appeal of a former Middle Tennessee sheriff who was convicted of charges related to illegal prescription drugs. AP News www.fox17.com-3b9ca47a http://www.fox17.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.tn/2c9ca3ca-www.fox17.com.shtml MURRAY, Ky. (AP) -- The mother of a Murray State basketball player, whose team plays in the first round of the NCAA tournament this week, has died in a car crash in Nashville. AP News www.fox17.com-2c9ca3ca http://www.fox17.com/