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.

"Botax" to help pay for health care overhaul

08:25 PM - Tax levy on vanity will hell help pay for the health overhaul. Read more...

In Other Business News...

Tennessee nets more than half of TVA's tax equivalent payments for 2009

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...

State unemployment rate holds steady in October

11:44 PM - Tennessee's unemployment rate for October was 10.5 percent, unchanged from the September rate. Read more...

Dose of common sense

11:38 PM - Successful Marketing & Sales is Roger Lewandowski's new business and he's going after small business. Read more...

Wood named federal security director for ET airports

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...

American Eagle launches nonstop flights from McGhee Tyson Airport to Miami

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...

Economy, ash spill mean no TVA executive bonuses

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...

Leggo my Eggo! Kellogg fights waffle shortage

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...

'Holy hip-hop' trying to break into mainstream

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...

Shoe charity, tax preparation company team up

07:35 PM - A Nashville-based charity and a tax preparation firm have joined forces for a fundraising partnership. Read more...

Disaster declaration for farm losses in Tennessee and four other states

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

Loeffler named sixth UT-ORNL Governor's Chair

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...

Massengills join Town & Country Realtors' team

09:51 PM - Bill and Nelda Massengill have joined the team of Town & Country Realtors. Read more...

Young new head of Cornerstone programs

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...