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4-Day Old Baby Kidnapped by Man Posing as Immigration Official

A brand new infant is taken by an unidentified white female adult driving a police-type car.

(NASHVILLE, Ore.) - The State of Tennessee issued an Amber Alert Tuesday afternoon after a child was abducted in Nashville. Police say the suspect posed as an immigration worker.

A news release stated, "The suspect demanded that the child's mother turn over the child and when she refused the suspect stabbed the child's mother approximately eight times. The mother survived but the suspect was able to leave with the child."

Amber Alert Issued in Tennessee for Abducted 13-Year Old Girl

Anyone with information is asked to call the Macon County Sheriff's Office at 615-666-3325 or TBI at 1-800-TBI-FIND or dial 911.

(MACON COUNTY, Tenn.) - The State of Tennessee issued an Amber Alert after 13-year old girl was reportedly abducted from her home in Macon County Monday morning, September 21st 2009.

Information developed by authorities indicates that the suspect and the victim may be in the Huntsville Alabama area. Judi Juarez a 13-year old Hispanic female, 4 feet 6 inches tall, 100 pounds with black hair and brown eyes.

Federally Legal Marijuana: The Legendary Old Miss Pot Farm (VIDEO)

Fox reporter shows the world the incredibly large amount of high grade pot that the feds have been growing for years and years.

(SALEM, Ore.) - It's a mixed up nation that we live in. The federal authorities like the FBI and the DEA have repeatedly stated in unequivocal terms that there are no federal laws sanctioning the possession and use of medical marijuana.

What they should have said was, it is legal for a publicly funded state university in Mississippi to grow it in amounts that would truly make the most hardcore drug dealer pale.

Tennessee Coal Spill: 13 States Have 3 or More Comparable Toxic Coal Dump Sites

At Least 13 States Have 3 or More Under-Regulated “Wet Dumps” on Worst-Of Lists for Toxic Chemicals; One Coal Pollution Dump in Orlando, FL Holds 10 Times More Arsenic Than TN Disaster Site.

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Nearly 100 largely unregulated “wet dumps” across the United States that are comparable to the Tennessee Valley Authority’s breached site in Harriman, Tennessee for the storage of toxic pollution from coal-fired power plants have a place on one or more of the “worst site” lists for six toxic metals.

In fact, many of the toxic coal ash “wet dump” sites around the U.S. appear to pose a greater potential danger than the Tennessee site that is now in the headlines.

In the case of deadly arsenic, which has been detected in water polluted by the TVA site disaster in Tennessee, the Stanton Energy Facility in Orlando, FL., has reported dumping roughly 10 times more of the carcinogen in its site between 2000-2006 than the TVA did over the same period in its now ruptured Harriman, TN storage pond site.

Are There a Hundred More Coal Ash Spill Sites Across U.S.?

15 states appear to have three or more Tennessee-like unlined “Surface Impoundment” sites For toxic coal-fired power plant waste.

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Could another major coal disaster happen at one of the many Tennessee-like power plant coal pollution dumping sites across the United States?

How much toxic arsenic, lead and other heavy metals that endanger drinking water are being dumped into those unlined “surface impoundment” sites each year?

How did federal regulation of coal pollution break down to allow these threats to exist … and what needs to happen if the public and environment are to be protected against future Tennessee-like disasters, as well as the “slow-motion” leaching of toxic metals into drinking water, rivers and streams?

Check Into Cash Closes Remaining Oregon Locations

Efforts to operate under 36% APR cap prove to be unsustainable.

(CLEVELAND, Tenn.) - Check Into Cash, one of the nation's largest payday advance companies has closed its remaining 13 stores in Oregon. The action comes one year after the Oregon legislature passed a law imposing a 36 percent annual percentage rate cap on payday loans.

"With the closing of our remaining stores, Oregon citizens will no longer have access to short-term credit and will be forced into costly products such as overdraft protection and bounced check fees," said Allan Jones, CEO.

Tennessee Takes a Deadly Beating from Tornadoes

One survivor, an 11-month old baby boy, surprised rescue workers who assumed he was a doll, until he moved.

(NASHVILLE) - Tennessee experienced at least two waves of severe weather that ranged from high-winds and hail to deadly tornadoes. As of 7:15 PM Wednesday, the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency reported 31 confirmed fatalities related to the storm activity.

Those deaths, recorded by the Tennessee Department of Health, occurred in the following counties: Shelby, Fayette, Hardin, Macon, Madison, Sumner and Trousdale. More than 149 people have been reported as being injured and one person is presumed missing.

Severe Weather and Deadly Storms Strike Tennessee and Other States (VIDEO)

Watch several videos of the deadly tornado that struck Tennessee yesterday that left 26 dead on Tennessee alone.

(NASHVILLE) - Tennessee experienced at least two waves of severe weather that ranged from high-winds and hail to deadly tornadoes. As of 5:30 AM Wednesday, the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency is reporting 26 confirmed fatalities related to the storm activity.

Those deaths, recorded by the Tennessee Department of Health, occurred in the following counties: Shelby, Fayette, Hardin, Macon, Madison, Sumner and Trousdale. More than 149 people have been reported as being injured and one person is presumed missing.