Fallout from Hurricane Ike and Gustav has spiraled into massive gas shortages in the Southeast. Drivers in Nashville, TN,
where the problem is the worst, wait in long lines and some follow tankers around in hopes of being the first to fill up before a station goes dry.
In western North Carolina local governments have been
forced to cancel programs, since there's not much gas to travel to activities.

Maybe more so than other crimes, a convicted sex offender's punishment does not end with jail time served; it follows him onto the
National Sex Offender Registry, onto the Internet, and soon, in Tennessee, onto his driver's license.
Starting Sept. 1, all convicted sex offenders in Tennessee must hold a newly designed license.

The separation of church and state is a little less distinct at Hamilton County Schools in Tennessee. Funding from a special grant program means that students can
elect to study Bible History in public schools.
While religion classes aren't uncommon in universities, topics of faith are muted in lower grades of public schools.