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Associated Press - March 10, 2010 10:04 PM ET FLORENCE, Ala. (AP) - A north Alabama police chief removed from his job after being charged with driving under the influence has been found...

Groups pushing for robust Hispanic participation in the 2010 census announced a new campaign Thursday that aims to reach the hard-to-count demographic through its smart-phone-toting youngsters.

Governors and education leaders on Wednesday proposed sweeping new school standards that could lead to students across the country using the same math and English textbooks and taking the same tests, replacing a patchwork of...

When Juanita Goggins became the first black woman elected to the South Carolina Legislature in 1974, she was hailed as a trailblazer and twice visited the president at the White House.

Colleen LaRose spent long days caring for her boyfriend's father in a second-floor apartment in Pennsburg, a small town north of Philadelphia.

A little weight gain as we age is normal, but there are those women who never seem to gain much at all. Turns out they might have a secret weapon.

Technology is helping women with high risk pregnancies get the care they need.

Looking to a higher power when it comes to weight loss...

It affects 73 million Americans,triggers one in three heart attacks and is responsible for one in every six deaths.   Yet experts say hypertension, or high blood pressure has fallen off the radar as a public health priority. Today: a call to action for patients and doctors.

We're all familiar with the use of stents to open a clogged heart artery. That's the procedure Former President Bill Clinton just underwent. But how you get to the heart is changing.

Brake problems involving two Toyota models are prompting the Japanese automaker to recall another 437,000 cars. The latest announcement brings the total number of Toytas being recalled to 8.5 million, including those recalled last month because of...

Toyota says it's still working to develop a solution to a problem with accelerator pedals that has prompted arecall of 2.3 million vehicles in the U.S.           The recall includes the Camry, Corolla and Avalon models. It comes just months...

The death of a six-month old child has prompted the recall of about 635,000 cribs sold by Kmart, Sears,Wal-Mart and other stores.      The Consumer Product Safety Commission announced the recall Tuesday of 20 models of Dorel Asia cribs with both...

There's been a recall Wednesday of more than a million Graco strollers. This is very similar to a recent recall of Maclaren.Baby's fingertips can get pinched, cut, or even cut off in a canopy hinge.  They have the brandnames -- Graco Passage, Alano...

The Tennessee Department of Health is working to notify health care providers of a nationwide voluntary non-safety recall of 800,000 doses of H1N1 flu vaccine. Sanofi Pasteur, Inc., is recalling four lots of H1N1 vaccine in 0.25 ml pre-filled...

MARYVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Blount County authorities have charged a Maryville man with aggravated animal cruelty after finding dead roosters in his yard.The Daily Times quotes a statement from Blount County Sheriff's spokeswoman Marian O'Briant who...

LEBANON, Tenn. (AP) - A Middle Tennessee child who might have thought a loaded handgun was a video game controller has fatally shot herself.WTVF-TV in Nashville quoted Wilson County Sheriff Terry Ashe, who said the 3-year-old girl picked up her...

EASTMAN, Ga. (AP) - Authorities in central Georgia have arrested a couple they say traded sex with their 14-year-old daughter for payments on their minivan.Dodge County sheriff's Capt. Tony Winborn says the parents were arrested Monday and are in...

JELLICO, Tenn. (AP) - Two children and one of their mothers have been killed in separate weekend traffic crashes in East Tennessee.The Knoxville News Sentinel reported Tricia Reece of Bradford, Ohio, reached for a water bottle and lost control of...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - A former Memphis police officer who coerced sex from prostitutes, including a 15-year-old, will serve six months in prison and six years of probation.Criminal Court Judge John Colton Jr. on Thursday denied James George's...

ELIZABETHTON, Tenn. (AP) - A Carter County deputy didn't have to look far to make an arrest in a weekend burglary.Sheriff's Sgt. Brian Durham said he saw 19-year-old William Brian Deel III climbing a bank after getting his car stuck in a field next...

Watch your language!That's the message from California lawmakers. The state Assembly has passed a resolution to make the first week of March "Cuss Free Week."The state Senate is now considering the cussing ban. But Californians won't have to worry...

Barber shop owners in Tennessee could have fish tanks in their establishments under a measure making waves in the Legislature.The proposal sponsored by Democratic Rep. Ty Cobb of Columbia passed the House Health and Human Resources Committee on a...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - People probably can't tip cows, but a cow tipped a person in Knoxville. Then it stepped on him.An ambulance was called to the University of Tennessee agriculture campus Friday morning.Fire Department Capt. D.J. Corcoran told...

A New York City junior high student has been arrested for doodling on her desk with a marker.      Twelve-year-old Alexa Gonzalez scribbled "Lex was here 2/1/10" on her desk Monday at Junior High School 190 in Queens. She also wrote "I love my...

Bird enthusiasts say they're dismayed by U.S. Rep. Zach Wamp's recent assertion that surface coal mining is good for the state's feathered flocks.Wamp made the statements at a Republican gubernatorial candidate forum last month. Wamp says he spoke...

Republican gubernatorial hopeful Nathan Deal is pushing back his resignation date from Congress citing the looming vote on health care.Deal said in a statement on Thursday that he would step down March 31, instead of March 8, as originally planned....

Georgia Congressman Nathan Deal (R) has announced he is resigning his postion so he can devote his full attention to his campaign to become Georgia's next Governor. Deal is one of seven Republicans seeking the GOP nomination for governor.In an...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Election season is a driving factor behind a push by lawmakers for an early conclusion of the legislative session. It might also be to blame for keeping the session from immediately kicking into high gear.In the month since...

Memphis Senator Jim Kyle (D-Memphis) announced today that he will be withdrawing from the 2010 Tennessee Gubernatorial race, and issued the following statement:"After careful consideration and consultation with my family, I have decided that I will...

A witness has come forward in the case of the man who died after Erlanger officers shocked him with a Taser.NewsChannel 9 has made the decision to hide this woman's identity because she is concerned about retaliation.When asked why she came...

Any predictions of heavy rain will send shivers down the backs of many people in East Ridge, whose backs have been broken by last month's flooding.  Apparently, enough is enough, for East Ridge administrators.  Tonight, we have discovered a task...

So what caused the sewage to back up in East Ridge during this week's flooding?  Mark Harrison with the W-W-T-A says, flood waters tangled with raw sewage that came from homes with sump pumps, and leaking or damaged home sewer lines.  The authority...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says, every nine-and-a-half minutes, someone in the U-S is infected with H-I-V.  Is it NOT the "death sentence" it once was?.. A NewsChannel 9 investigation has found out that people living with H-I-V...

Last year, Chattanooga police say 76 drivers got tickets for speeding in school zones.  One-third of those tickets were issued during the month of August.. With school now back in session, we decided to take our investigative cameras undercover, to...