News Headlines for Alexandria, Tennessee

Tennessee LB Williams cleared to play (Sports Illustrated)
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Tennessee linebacker Gerald Williams has been cleared by the Southeastern Conference to play for the 18th-ranked Volunteers this season, the team announced Friday.

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Tennessee LB Gerald Williams cleared to play (USA Today)
The Southeastern Conference has cleared Tennessee linebacker Gerald Williams to play for the 18th-ranked Volunteers this season. The 6-foot-4, 240-pound linebacker from Lauderdale Lakes, Fla., will travel with the team to play at UCLA on Monday.

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Tennessee incentives for VW total $577 million (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Tennessee's financial incentives for Volkswagen to pick Chattanooga total $577.4 million, apparently the largest such offer to an automaker joining the South's lineup of assembly plants.

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Tennessee clears LB Williams to play this season (ESPN)
The Southeastern Conference has cleared Tennessee linebacker Gerald Williams to play this season.

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Tennessee incentives for VW total $577.4 million (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Tennessee officials said the state's financial incentives that helped Chattanooga land a Volkswagen assembly plant total $577.4 million.

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Tennessee Tech beats Gardner-Webb (AP via Yahoo! News)
Lee Sweeney threw for 199 yards and accounted for two touchdowns to help Tennessee Tech beat Gardner-Webb 28-12 on Thursday night.

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Tennessee Titans beat Green Bay Packers 23-21 in pre-season finale (Canadian Press via Yahoo! News)
GREEN BAY, Wis. - Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers took the rest of the night off after throwing a touchdown pass on his first snap, and the Tennessee Titans held on to beat Green Bay 23-21 in Thursday night's pre-season finale at Lambeau Field.

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Troy beats Middle Tennessee (AP via Yahoo! News)
DuJuan Harris ran for 148 yards and scored three touchdowns to lead Troy to a 31-17 victory over Middle Tennessee on Thursday night.

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Northeast Tennessee EMS Crews Concerned About Funding Cuts (Bristol Herald Courier)
Northeast Tennessee EMS crews are facing their own emergency. Crews from Sullivan, Washington, Johnson, and Carter Counties are upset over Gov. Phil Bredesen’s recent budget cuts, specifically his reduction in TennCare reimbursement funding. Those cuts have left area agencies with a combined $1 million shortfall.

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Former University of Tennessee professor takes the witness stand, denies violating secrets law (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - A retired University of Tennessee professor accused of passing secrets from his work on a U.S. Air Force contract to two foreign graduate students testified Friday that he didn't break the law because he hadn't even proven that his research worked.

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