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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark.

Have you heard that riot police will be on standby after the Pro Bowl this weekend? No, not in Honolulu; in Oakland, home of the Oakland Rioters. If there�s a football game, Raiders fans are ready to smash a few windows, burn a car or two, maybe even pelt a few policemen with rocks and sticks. More

AUBURN, Ala.

ORLANDO

The Tennessee Titans have re-signed three members of the teams

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Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center scientists have developed a new method of shrinking cancer tumors in animals by using radiation to help cancer drugs target tumors instead of the entire body. The results, said Dr. Dennis Hallahan, professor and chair of radiation oncology at VICC, could have particular benefits for head and neck cancer, lung cancer and cervical cancer. More

Vanderbilt coach Kevin Stallings is not remotely interested in crossbreeding More

SUNRISE, Fla. More

An independent commission created to study the state

The Metro Public Health Department will begin smallpox vaccinations of public health professionals today. The Tennessee Department of Health on Tuesday received a shipment of 10,000 doses of smallpox vaccines from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), headquartered in Atlanta, Ga. More

The president of the teachers

District 21 Councilman Edward Whitmore is asking Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) to construct sound barriers along Interstate 40 in North Nashville. More

Beginning in February, Vanderbilt University will host the Turner Construction Management Training Institute to teach technical and managerial skills to leaders of minority- and women-owned construction businesses. More

Is the streak in jeopardy? The defending Class A state champ Ezell-Harding girls, who haven More

The recording industry has finally gotten a toehold in the fight against Internet music sharing, and it comes in the form of your own cable company. More

Natalie Brown wants to do more. She has scored 23 points in each of the last three games for Belmont, and she has hit double-figure scoring in five of the last six outings. In the Bruins More

This year

An all-knowing smile crept onto the face of Overton wrestling coach Ralph Gabriel during Wednesday afternoon More