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Aug 22 2015
10:23 am
By: R. Neal
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- Dickey Betts has gone to meet his brothers (1 reply)
- Boeing was once known for safety and engineering (7 replies)
- Nearly 40 families being evicted in Maryville, new ownership (3 replies)
- Cost of car ownership on the rise, becoming unsustainable for some drivers (5 replies)
- Beware bad tax advice on the Internet (3 replies)
- Opoid treament across the bridge in SoKno (4 replies)
- Is tap water safe to drink? CDC report highlights deadly waterborne infections (4 replies)
- TN Republicans pushing to allow open carry of assault rifles despite pushback (2 replies)
- As some countries spurn cars, the U.S. continues to embrace highways (1 reply)
- Private equity ownership of hospitals made care riskier for patients, a new study finds (20 replies)
- USPS Knoxville facility (1 reply)
- Springtime is here and Dogwoods are blossoming (2 replies)
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- Winter at the Big Rocks (Whitescreek Journal)
- Maryville Daily Times Home Delivery changing again (BlountViews)
- Amazon facility in Rockford finally opens (BlountViews)
- Share your ideas for the Blount County Comprehensive Plan 2023 (BlountViews)
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- Linda Sullivan stretches our imagination (Knox TN Today)
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- Knoxville hosts community meeting as pedestrian bridge project progresses (WATE)
- Dirty food slicer found during West Knoxville restaurant inspection (WATE)
- Knoxville man must serve 26 years in prison for child sex crimes (WBIR)
- Downtown Knoxville festival featuring cuisine and performances returns on April 20 (WBIR)
- 'I want to go to college': Renounce Denounce graduates first class from its gang intervention program (WBIR)
- Service & Sacrifice: H-bomb Eyewitness (WBIR)
- Lenoir City man uses personal tragedy to help others (WBIR)
- Looking back: Blount County man one of several East Tennesseans on death row (WBIR)
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- Unemployment rate drops in Tennessee, holds steady in Georgia - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
- Chattanooga man found guilty of murder of 20-year-old UTC student, receives second life sentence - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
- Sean O’Brien named UTC Police Chief - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
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- Netflix: Profits soar after password sharing crackdown - BBC.com (Business)
- San Francisco sues Oakland over plans to rename airport - The Hill (Business)
- Columbia University: Ilhan Omar's daughter suspended and 108 arrested for Gaza protest - BBC.com (US News)
- Day 3 of Trump New York hush money trial - CNN (US News)
- We found unhealthy pesticide levels in 20% of US produce – here’s what you need to know - The Guardian (Business)
- Google CEO Pichai Calls for Reset After Activist Firings - The Wall Street Journal (Business)
- Trump Media shares surge after a miserable run. Pros say stay away - NPR (Business)
- Multistate 911 outage shows fragility of systems, experts say - NBC News (US News)
- The Price of BTC Won't Rise After Bitcoin Halving, JP Morgan Says - Decrypt (Business)
- Robert F. Kennedy Jr. secures ballot access in battleground state of Michigan - The Associated Press (US News)
- Kennedy Clan Endorses Biden, in a Show of Force Against R.F.K. Jr. - The New York Times (US News)
- Congress Fast-Tracks TikTok Ban Legislation, Setting Up Possible Passage This Month - The Wall Street Journal (US News)
- The U.N. denies the Palestinian Authority's bid for full membership - NPR (US News)
- T. Rowe Price says 2018 Tesla pay aligned with investor interests - Reuters (Business)
- Bryan Kohberger, accused in Idaho killings, says cellphone data will show he wasn’t near house - The Washington Post (US News)
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Bears on pool
Wonder if this swim followed the Teddy Bear Picnic?
Best video
Ever!!!!
Hop they slept well after a hard day of swimming and playing!
So cute! Nature at its
So cute! Nature at its finest.
Thanks for posting
the whole thing, that was great. I hope Target or someone steps up to the plate and replaces those floaties!
Man. They cut it off just as
Man. They cut it off just as it was getting exciting. Bears never read the warning labels on electrical devices.
Presumably the breaker or fuse on a pump for an above-ground pool is made to trip very easily.
Oh, right. Part 2. After the cliffhanger, all is well. Whoever makes that pool can now accurately claim their product has been tested and proven not to electrocute bears.
(In deepest baritone voice)
(in reply to Somebody)
In a world with less government regulation... we might not have GFCIs required by law... and the outcome may not have been so happy...
Heh.
(in reply to Factchecker)
Heh.