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Cigarette Butts: A Significant Pollution Problem?
Source: Chattanooga Times Free Press

A study at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga is seeking to determine the potential harmful effects of chemicals released into the environment as cigarette butts deteriorate.

University of Tenn gives football scholarship to convicted rapist.
Source: timesnews.net

"In April of 2004, Hood was tried and convicted of kidnapping and aggravated rape in juvenile court. He appealed his conviction, and the case was heard in criminal court later that year.

FBI serves search warrant against UT student in Palin case
Source: The Nashville Tennessean

The FBI is stepping up its investigation into the hacking of personal e-mail of Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin by a University of Tennessee student.

Well-known attorney dies in rip current in Jensen Beach
Source: Palm Beach Post

A prominent Port St. Lucie attorney died this morning after being pulled from the ocean off Martin County after trying to save his two sons.

Professor Needs More Land for Bodies on Corpse Farm
Source: Wired News

For more than four decades, Bill Bass has been one of the top death experts in the United States. He's best known for developing the Body Farm, a 2.5-acre plot of land in Tennessee filled with some 150 corpses in various states of decay.

Lean Dreams: Eating Disorders on NCAA Teams
Source: thefinalsprint.com

The prominence of professional sports in America places athletes on the highest pedestal of celebrity, praise and respect. This cultural phenomenon gets replicated in college athletics in the form of big time Division I athletic programs.

Web site of the week: www.newsvine.com
Source: pacer.utm.edu

Nice recommendation from the U. of Tennessee student paper.

NASA Awards Tennessee Science Grants
Source: Yahoo! Finance

"The maximum grant value for the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, is $210,000 and for the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, $120,880."

Global Warming Causing a Major Shift in Bering Sea Ecosystem.
Source: seedmagazine.com

Decades of climate data have demonstrated conclusively that the Arctic ice sheet is rapidly melting away.

Defining a Profession: Human Resource Development

Human Resource Development (HRD) is a phrase that has been around since 1970 and for good reason. The three important words uttered in the former sentence that this synopsis revolves around were created by a man named Leonard Nadler. Mr.

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