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KNOXVILLE, Tenn., April 20 After finding out through Myspace.com that his teenage son was using in marijuana and Ooxycontin, a Knoxville, Tenn., man created an original punishment.

The 14-year-old boy had to stand in front of Cedar Bluff Middle School wearing a large sandwich board sign that said: "I abused & sold drugs," WATE-TV, Knoxville, reported Friday. "I would like to say that I'm...

-An off-duty Sheriff's Department deputy called in a rollover he found on his way home at about 12:30 a.m. April 8.

According to police reports, the rolled vehicle was found on Highway 18 near West City Line road. The car was being driven by Ryan J. Chimall, 17, of Delafield. Chimall was eastbound on 18 and lost control at City Line Road, striking a mailbox, going into the ditch and then...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A father says he wasn't trying to shame his 14-year-old son when he made the boy wear a large sandwich-board sign saying, "I abused and sold drugs."

"I'm not out here doing this to humiliate my son," the father told a television network as the teenager walked up and down the sidewalk Wednesday in front of Cedar Bluff Middle School.

"I'm doing this because ...

The boy's father made the 14-year-old stand outside his Knoxville middle school wearing a sign reading, "I abused and sold drugs."

The father tells a Knoxville T-V station (WATE) that the nation's "extreme drug problem" calls for "extreme measures" by parents.

He says he found about his son's involvement with marijuana and OxyContin by reading his MySpace page.

The sign-ca...

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Daniel Boles, center, listens during court proceedings on Thursday with his attorneys, Christopher Leger, left and Ted Smith. Boles was sentenced to 25 years in prison with all but 13 years suspended and four years probation after pleading guilty to felony murder stemming from the 2005 death of Jacqueline Shorey. (Bangor Daily News/Jen Lynds) Buy this photo

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