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Chattanooga Update - June 26, 2013

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Channel: chattanooga times free press · 2013 · News & Politics

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The first live demonstration of 3D streaming in the world has been done right here in Chattanooga.

A local company called Engage 3D built software that broadcast live 3D video of a snake at the Tennessee Aquarium to an audience in Chicago.

And they were able to do it using technology available to everyone: a hacked camera from an XBox gaming system, and an Apple computer.

And the creators say that because the program is open source, the breakthrough technology will soon be free for anyone in the world to use.
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A new study finds that if the government decides to sell TVA, the federal utility would likely be broken up in the process.

The report calls it unlikely for federal regulators to approve the sale of the entire TVA to a single company.

The possibility of selling TVA was proposed earlier this year in President Obama's 2014 budget proposal.
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In Collegedale, a six-year-old boy has died more than a week after being found face-down in a swimming pool.

The incident happened at the McKee Employee Recreation Center on June 14.

Jessie Reeves had been rushed to Erlanger children's hospital after a woman found him and called 911.
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In Cleveland, Tennessee, a furniture company has fired scores of undocumented workers.

Employees at Jackson Furniture (Industries) estimated up to 300 people were fired -- that would be a third of the company's Tennessee workforce.

The move comes after a surprise inspection from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

For its part, the company says it thought all of its workers were legal, and claims it hasn't done anything wrong.
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The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is hunting a man and a woman charged in a Marion County homicide.
Warrants have been issued for Oscar Delgado and Christina McLendon in the death of a man authorities say was run over by a car.
Delgado is originally from El Salvador, and McLendon now has blond hair.  Anyone with information is urged to call the TBI.

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The Folk School of Chattanooga has been forced out of its home.

A letter was found taped to the front door Friday after inspectors found the building lacked sprinklers and air conditioning and was out of code.

The folk school is a nonprofit aimed at building a music community and providing free concerts and workshops.

The school needs a new location, but for now, the teachers are going to people's houses to give them lessons.
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In Walker County, Sole Commissioner Bebe Heiskell says its critical that voters there back a special sales tax in November.

She says revenue is down, expenses are up, and if the SPLOST doesn't pass, the county is quote "out of luck with keeping roads paved."
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Finally, if you live within city limits and want to raise some chickens, you may finally get the chance.

The city of Chattanooga is considering lifting a ban on backyard chickens.

A newly proposed ordinance will allow residents to own chicken coops, with up to eight hens.

But if you want to do some slaughtering, you'll have to go inside.

The council may vote next Tuesday on the ordinance.

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