TN Progressive

• Star Trek Into Darkness immediate reaction (Domestic Psychology)
• Just So You Know: This Week In TN Guns (RoaneViews)
• Not Governing As A Political Strategy (Southern Beale)
• Umbrella-Gate: Obama Scandal (Video) (TN Guerilla Women)
• not-so-great mysteries (Domestic Psychology)
• Taking a little break for LIFE (Left Wing Cracker)
• Good News Friday (Southern Beale)
• Read this...I mean Really...Go Read This and think about it... (Kitchen Table)
• Roane County is Getting Two New Paved Trails (RoaneViews)
• Blood in the Water? (Kitchen Table)
• "Filibustering the American People" The Daily Buzz (RoaneViews)
• Senate Gets Things Done In a Hurry...Not Jobs Bill - Fishing (Kitchen Table)
• Former FBI Director Louis Freeh Hired To Investigate Haslam Company (RoaneViews)
• Lamar Says Obama Talk of TVA Sale Cost $500 Million...Well Actually, No! (RoaneViews)
• Tennessee Gun Report (Southern Beale)
• wise man (Domestic Psychology)

TN Politics

• Ceremony Marks End to Coal Creek War of 1892 (Tom Humphrey)
• Lawsuit Says Surface Coal Mining Threatens Endangered TN Fish (Tom Humphrey)
• TBI Blasts 'Without Warning' TV Report on Missing Woman (Tom Humphrey)
• TBI Blasts Channel 4 Report on Disappearance of Holly Bobo (Pith in the Wind)
• Feds Will Continue To Subsidize TN Trout Stocking (Tom Humphrey)
• Kane for Senate? Kane for Senate (Pith in the Wind)
• The Hippodrome: It's Designed To Break Your Heart (Pith in the Wind)
• Cooper Doubts The Amp Will Get Federal Funding (Pith in the Wind)
• OBama Nominates Knoxville Lawyer as Federal Judge (Tom Humphrey)
• Scary campus liberals (Post Politics)
• The skids for BRT funding? (Post Politics)
• That seems bad (Post Politics)

Local Media Blogs

• IBM's Smarter Cities Team Makes Recommendations to Lower Utility Bills (Metro Pulse)
• Corker should support federal shield law (Jack McElroy)
• Reeves nominated for U.S. judge gig (Mike Donila)
• The Weekend Plan-It: PAWS Among the Blooms, the Biscuit Festival, and Darius Rucker (Metro Pulse)
• Friday briefing (Josh Flory)
• Trustee's chief of staff steps down (Mike Donila)
• Music From This Week's Issue: May 16 (Metro Pulse)
• Panel denies St. John's demolition request (Josh Flory)
• PSA: Bike to Work Day is Tomorrow; Free Coffee is Involved (Metro Pulse)
• Thursday briefing (Josh Flory)
• The Daily Plan-It: Scruffy City Ramble, the Avett Brothers, and Robotic Pirate Monkey (Metro Pulse)
• KPMG moving downtown (Josh Flory)

Local Paper

• FreedomFest returning to Alcoa (KNS News)
• Children's Festival of Reading dodges rain, draws crowd (KNS News)
• Wayne Bledsoe: A new grill is a meaty decision (KNS Business)
• Duck Dynasty stars do commercials for Clayton Homes (KNS Business)
• Pam Reeves: Understand the terms when signing a noncompete agreement (KNS Business)
• David Moon: 'Delighting' customers equals increased sales (KNS Business)
• Man dies after car catches fire, falls off bridge (KNS News)
• Rain doesn't dampen Biscuit Festival (KNS News)
• New Weigel's card will connect to checking account (KNS Business)
• My Village Child Development Center celebrates in face of closure (KNS News)

Local TV News

• Biscuit Fest 2013 takes over downtown Knoxville (WATE)
• Knoxville celebrates biscuit fest (WBIR)
• Maryville College Hosts Highland Games (WBIR)
• Maryville man dies after car goes up in flames, then falls from bridge into creek (WATE)
• Driver killed in fiery Maryville crash (WBIR)
• Mega Millions jackpot won; Powerball at $600M (WBIR)
• Former Vol Kenny Hall talks about his relationship with Jenny Wright (WATE)
• George Thomas guilty, gets life sentence with possibility of parole (WBIR)
• Smokies campgrounds stay closed as sequester remains in effect (WATE)
• International Biscuit Festival starts Friday (WATE)
• Weekend planner: May 18, 2013 (WVLT)
• Powerball fever in East Tennessee (WVLT)

State News

• Judge grants Troy man new trial in rapes of women (Times Free Press)
• Gattis, Simmons hit HRs as Braves top Dodgers 3-1 (Times Free Press)
• Woman sentence to diversion in hot oatmeal attack (Times Free Press)
• Man, 2 children injured in dog attack near Atlanta (Times Free Press)
• Up to 60 injured after car drives into Virginia parade (Times Free Press)
• UPDATED: Two dead, four others injured in Sumner crash (Tennessean)
• Clarksville police seek information on body found at pumping station (Tennessean)
• Vanderbilt baseball sets SEC wins record (Tennessean)
• Updated: Eighth-grader brings gun to Freedom Middle dance (Tennessean)
• Michelle Obama to MLK grads: 'We love you, work hard, stay true' (Tennessean)
• Westboro Baptist Church Picketers Leave Memphis "All Shook Up" (ABC24 Memphis)
• Memphis Rappers Create Grizzlies Inspired Music (ABC24 Memphis)

Wire Reports

• Two men charged with killing Malcolm X grandson (Yahoo News)
• Los Angeles mayoral race narrows, latest opinion poll shows (Yahoo News)
• Powerball jackpot could go higher than $600 million (Yahoo News)
• US Airways plane makes unusual belly landing at Newark airport (Yahoo Business)
• New Xbox more than a game console for Microsoft (Yahoo Business)
• Google's wearable Glass gadget: cool or creepy? (Yahoo Business)
• Bernanke upbeat on innovation outlook in commencement address (Yahoo Business)
• Wall Street Week Ahead: Correction talk gets old as rally sails along (Yahoo Business)
• Residents capture amazing videos in the face of tornadoes (Yahoo News)
• IRS asked anti-abortion group about content of public prayers (Yahoo Politics)
• Obama: His tiger’s not grrreat! (Yahoo Politics)
• Police officer and good Samaritans lift SUV off trapped girl (Yahoo News)
• The IRS targeted tea party groups. Did liberal groups get better treatment? (Yahoo Politics)
• Obama gets break from scandals to push jobs and economy in Baltimore (Yahoo Politics)
• IRS commissioner says agency practices were ‘absolutely not illegal’ (Yahoo Politics)

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