The Associated Press
Dr. Jeffrey M. Kenkel gives patient Amy Andrade a Botox treatment at his office in the Northpark Mall in Dallas. The White House and Senate Democrats have turned to a proposal to tax breast implants, tummy tucks, wrinkle-smoothing injections and other procedures as they search for ways to pay for costly health care overhaul plans.
08:25 PM - Tax levy on vanity will hell help pay for the health overhaul. Read more...
In Other Business News...
08:26 PM - State and local governments received more than $505 million in lieu of tax payments in 2009 from Tennessee Valley Authority, with Tennessee netting more than half of that total SEmD $295 million. Read more...
11:44 PM - Tennessee's unemployment rate for October was 10.5 percent, unchanged from the September rate. Read more...
11:38 PM - Successful Marketing & Sales is Roger Lewandowski's new business and he's going after small business. Read more...
11:21 PM - The Transportation Security Administration has named Stephen N. Wood federal security director for McGhee Tyson, Chattanooga Metropolitan and Tri-Cities Regional airports. Read more...
11:06 PM - American Eagle Airlines' first nonstop flight from McGhee Tyson to Miami took off Thursday despite an FAA computer glitch that caused cancellations across the country. Read more...
08:26 PM - KNOXVILLE -- Tennessee Valley Authority's top executives were told Thursday during a meeting in Kentucky not to expect performance bonuses this year because of a drop in electricity sales due to the poor economy and the massive coal ash spill at the... Read more...
07:19 PM - Kellogg Co. says there will be a shortage of the popular Eggo frozen waffles until next summer due to interruptions in production at two of the plants that make them. Read more...
07:48 PM - NASHVILLE -- Terverius Black believes in hip-hop gospel so much he sold his first home to get the money needed to start his Christian-themed entertainment company. Read more...
07:35 PM - A Nashville-based charity and a tax preparation firm have joined forces for a fundraising partnership. Read more...
07:27 PM - Disaster areas have been declared in Tennessee and four surrounding states due to crop losses from severe spring and fall flooding, and summer drought. Read more...
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Personnel File
09:51 PM - Frank Loeffler, a leading expert in environmental microbiology and the use of bacteria to clean and protect environmental resources, has been named... Read more...
09:51 PM - Bill and Nelda Massengill have joined the team of Town & Country Realtors. Read more...
09:50 PM - Anne Burnett Young was recently hired to lead the Young Adult and Relapse Recovery programs at Cornerstone of Recovery, a drug and alcohol treatment... Read more...