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The cougar, or panther, or mountain lion, whatever you wish to call it, once ran rampant through this neck of the woods. Whether there are remnants of that wild population, interlopers from the West, or escapees from captivity inhabiting these hills and vales is a question posed by Joe Tarr. The answer is that people keep reporting catamount sightings, but no one but the viewers seem to know for sure....
TDOT catches an earful on its current plan for Knoxville and promises to decide how to proceed by the end of the year, as Joe Tarr reports; Mike Gibson tries to get the definitive answer on why one of the nation's most air-polluted cities (ours) has no auto emission-inspection requirement; and Betty Bean looks at the provision that allows part-time City Council members to earn a pension.
Plus: Seven Days, Meet your City, and Knoxville Found.
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Joe Sullivan recounts the welcome emphasis placed on downtown redevelopment by County Mayor Mike Ragsdale in Insights, Barry Henderson extols Gov. Phil Bredesen's exemplary handling of the debacle of John Shumaker's UT presidency in Editor's Corner, and Jack Neely searches out the identity of a Greek immigrant who died here at the turn of the century before last in Secret History.
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The ins and outs of a club dining room, its people and their experience... and their woes—it all makes for an engaging piece of fiction. Jack M puts a tidy little plot Le Conte through its paces.
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When Carbon Leaf comes from Richmond, Va. to spread its enthusiasm for taking pop tunes to their limits and beyond. Paige M. Travis gets the scoop for the uninitiated.
Photographer Rebecca Finley captures the social and emotional stages of local and West Coast teens in their own element. Heather Joyner marvels at the truths revealed therein.
Margaret Atwood's newest dystopian tale, Oryx & Crake, suits Julia Watts just fine, while Three Junes makes her look forward to more from Julia Glass.
 Sports by Tony Basilio
Urban Renewal by Matt Edens
Rationally Speaking by Massimo Pigliucci
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