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Kennedy: Tips for succeeding in college
I received an e-mail several weeks ago from a proud mother.
May 11, 2008
Griscom: Budget battle politics
Gov. Phil Bredesen must have felt like the Bill Murray character in “Goundhog Day.”
May 11, 2008
Consumer Watch: Bumping rule doubles traveler’s compensation
Doesn’t an airline have to compensate me if it deliberately overbooks and my connecting flight leaves without me? I’m really angry that I missed an important meeting last week.
May 10, 2008
Cleaveland: Mother's Day emphasizes parenting
Despite the commercialization, Mother’s Day provides a time for the nation to pay tribute to moms.
May 8, 2008
Riddell: Day's gloom masks great reasons to start firm now
In discussing the status of their business plans with operational timelines, it is not uncommon for many entrepreneurs to voice their concerns over “the right time” to launch their great adventure.
May 6, 2008
Kennedy: This'll do till a mess gets here
The IRS dropped $1,800 into my checking account last week, my family’s share of the economic stimulus rebate.
May 4, 2008
Griscom: Creeping exceptions on records
Providing a clear view of the actions of government should fall into a category of “without exception.”
May 4, 2008
Consumer Watch: Never view a timeshare purchase as an 'investment'
My husband and I just returned from a nice 2-day weekend, paid for by a timeshare corporation.
May 3, 2008
Phillips: Paying tribute to the tributers
Chattanooga may not play host to big-name acts as often as we might like, but in Scenic City, we have ways of getting around that: tribute bands.
May 2, 2008
Courter: Honors and releases continue for Impressions
It’s been a pretty good couple of weeks for The Impressions.
May 2, 2008
Upton: Paying the price for lateness
I must sound the alarm on myself. We’re almost halfway through 2008, and I have barely made progress on my New Year’s resolution to banish chronic tardiness from my life forever.
May 1, 2008
Riddell: Board of advisers Entrepreneurship
Successful entrepreneurs almost unanimously attest to the value of a good set of advisers. Whether it is a formal board or an informal group, these entrepreneurs know only too well that historical perspectives and opinions have an important role to play in their decision processes.
April 29, 2008
Griscom: New tack but same standard
Age is counted in many ways. For newspaper readers, the measure of being older would be recalling the days of multiple newspapers in midsize and larger cities.
April 27, 2008
Kennedy: I’m afraid of heights, so sue me
I am afraid of heights. I remember the day this phobia enveloped me. I was watching a basketball game high inside Thompson-Boling Arena at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville when I was overcome with dread — as if, at any moment, I could fall head-first, screaming like a little girl, to an ugly death below.
April 27, 2008
Consumer Watch: Get your friends' recommendations before hiring computer geek for help
I’m tired of my computer [Manufacturer’s name is absent to protect the guilty — and this newspaper!) that constantly acts up.
April 26, 2008

Latest News

Gusts cause widespread power outages, block roads throughout the Chattanooga area
Homes and businesses throughout the Chattanooga area experienced power outages Sunday as high winds caused trees and limbs to fall, downing power lines and blocking roads, according to communications dispatchers.

Local/Region

Chattanooga: Gas prices have boomers reminiscing about the 'good old days'
Michelle Orlins isn’t ready just yet to park her paid-off sport utility vehicle permanently. But the 51-year-old Chattanooga resident plans to save lots of money when she buys a scooter to commute to work.

Politics

Tennessee sales tax slumps in current downturn
The slowdown in consumer spending this year is hitting Tennessee’s state government harder than most states, according to tax collections and budget reports through the first quarter of 2008.

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