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• UConn defeats Louisville to win eighth NCAA Women's Tournament title

  led 48-29 at the half as Stewart had 18 points. The 19-point advantage fell four points short of the championship record set by Tennessee against Louisiana Tech in 1998.UConn dashed any hopes of a Louisville comeback going on a 12-2 run after the Cardinals   Read more »

• 'Paramore' review: Hayley Williams shines

  "Paramore" (Fueled by Ramen), the Tennessee band's first since the exit of original members Josh and Zac Farro, frontwoman Hayley Williams finally seems able to express all sides of her personality.Though Paramore came up in the Warped Tour trenches with hard-hitting   Read more »

• Free agents Shonn Greene, Yeremiah Bell leave Jets

  all-time list -- on 822 carries (4.2 average) with 18 touchdowns. The powerful back will complement speedy Chris Johnson in Tennessee .Bell (89 tackles, one sack in 2012 after eight seasons in Miami) was signed to replace former Jet Kerry Rhodes , whom the   Read more »

• In Tokyo trial, US man denies intent to kill woman

  killing the woman but acknowledged he was with her the night she died.As his trial began, 19-year-old Richard Hinds of Memphis , Tennessee , denied intentionally suffocating Nicola Furlong last May 24. He acknowledged he and Furlong, 21, were in a hotel and   Read more »

• Ky. pastor wants snakes confiscated in Tenn.

  -- An eastern Kentucky pastor wants Tennessee wildlife officials to return five venomous snakes confiscated in Knoxville.Gregory Coots, who's known as Jamie Coots, is pastor of at the Full Gospel Tabernacle in Jesus Name Church in Middlesboro. Coots handles   Read more »

Around the web

• Tennessee firm offers to lease Oktibbeha hospital

  Miss. — A Tennessee company has offered to lease OCH Regional Medical Center. Capella Healthcare Vice President for Acquisitions Doug Johnson confirmed Friday to The Commercial Dispatch (http://bit.ly/12K2PoL) that the for-profit firm seeks a 50-year lease 27 m ago from Biloxi Sun Herald Read more »

• DCS faces challenges over medical maltreatment cases

  Spring Hill pediatrician Dr. Shontae Buffington, who serves as the fellow-at-large representing Middle Tennessee for the Tennessee chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, estimates pediatricians in the statewide organization each typically see between 3:28 AM from The Tennessean Read more »

• Vigil Held for Slain US Army Vet

  of murder in connection with Maribel Ramos murder. In a Craigslist ad, he wrote he recently moved to Orange County from Tennessee. Court records in the state show a warrant was out for Joy s arrest after he failed to show up to court for a DUI charge. John 2:04 AM from NBC Los Angeles Read more »

• A cry for courage

  used in recruiting by women’s college basketball coaches and assistant coaches for decades. Why, for example, did UConn and Tennessee, the greatest rivalry women’s college basketball has ever known, cease in 2007? Surely it went beyond any personality conflict 2:01 AM from New York Post Read more »

• Tennessee Recruiting: '16 Prospect Middleton Gives Vols Some Big, (Early) News

  Jones and his coaching staff have wasted no time establishing relationships with players from this year's class and have the Tennessee Vols second nationally in the early rankings. UT also has three quick commitments for the 2015 class -- all from local players 5/19/13 from Rocky Top Talk Read more »