Oak Ridge NewsLocal news for Oak Ridge, TN continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.Run honors fallen U.S. soldiers- August 14, 2008 A team of runners is crossing America to honor more than 4,000 soldiers killed in Operation Iraqi Freedom, one mile per death, leaving American flags and placards in remembrance.http://www.topix.net/city/oak-ridge-tn/2008/08/run-honors-fallen-u-s-soldiers?fromrss=1 Inventors seminar to be held Saturday- August 12, 2008 Think you've got the next big idea for a product or service An all-day seminar for inventors or aspiring inventors titled "Opportunities for Innovation in East Tennessee" will be held Saturday, Aug.http://www.topix.net/city/oak-ridge-tn/2008/08/inventors-seminar-to-be-held-saturday?fromr... Overstock.com CEO: "I'm not vindictive"- August 10, 2008 Patrick M. Byrne, the colorful CEO of Overstock.com, is in the midst of a Wall Street "Crusade" targeting practices and policies that he claims have undermined the U.S. financial system.http://www.topix.net/city/oak-ridge-tn/2008/08/overstock-com-ceo-im-not-vindictive?fromrss... Man reports attack by woman's boyfriend- August 8, 2008 A 21-year-old Tennessee man suffered four broken bones in his face after he was attacked early Thursday by the boyfriend of a girl he had talked to along Ocean Boulevard, according to a Myrtle Beach police ...http://www.topix.net/city/oak-ridge-tn/2008/08/man-reports-attack-by-womans-boyfriend?from... Petition inadvertently triggers election in OR- August 8, 2008 Call it the surprise election for Oak Ridge Charter Commission seats. City voters in November will elect seven members to a charter commission to consider possible changes to the makeup of City Council and ...http://www.topix.net/city/oak-ridge-tn/2008/08/petition-inadvertently-triggers-election-in... Oak Ridge: Hiroshima Day brings contrasting reactions- August 7, 2008 At the minute Wednesday that an atomic bomb was dropped 63 years ago, Ralph Hutchison suddenly stopped reading somber reflections on that historic instant when the world forever changed.http://www.topix.net/city/oak-ridge-tn/2008/08/oak-ridge-hiroshima-day-brings-contrasting-... Tennessee Nuclear Weapons Plant Responds to Rubber Shop Fire- August 7, 2008 Authorities were searching for the cause of a fire in a shop at the Y-12 nuclear weapons plant in Oak Ridge, Tennessee that forced the evacuation of 95 workers, but caused no injuries.http://www.topix.net/city/oak-ridge-tn/2008/08/tennessee-nuclear-weapons-plant-responds-to... Oak Ridge Lab going green with steam plant- August 6, 2008 OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - The Oak Ridge National Laboratory is going green. The Department of Energy research facility has long studied energy conservation and alternative fuels.http://www.topix.net/city/oak-ridge-tn/2008/08/oak-ridge-lab-going-green-with-steam-plant?... Oak Ridger selected as Tennessee Air National Guard Command Chief- August 5, 2008 Major General Russ Cotney, Tennessee Assistant Adjutant General for Air, announced today the selection of Chief Master Sergeant Doug Smelcer, of Oak Ridge, as the new State Command Chief for the Tennessee Air ...http://www.topix.net/city/oak-ridge-tn/2008/08/oak-ridger-selected-as-tennessee-air-nation... Group gears up for cancer fight- August 5, 2008 Area women have banded together to lead fundraising efforts for a high-tech addition to the Oak Ridge Breast Center's cancer-fighting arsenal.http://www.topix.net/city/oak-ridge-tn/2008/08/group-gears-up-for-cancer-fight?fromrss=1 |