By JAMIE SATTERFIELD, Scripps Howard News Service

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Newly unsealed documents paint a portrait of a former Tennessee criminal court judge as not only a pill addict but a man who left church to buy drugs, carried on sexual liaisons in the home of his drug supplier and even used unidentified law enforcers to procure painkillers.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - A one-time "Big Brother" reality show contestant whose name wound up on a mailing list for gay sex publications is trying this week to convince a jury to punish the publisher because his then-12-year-old daughter got an unwanted eyeful sent to his home.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - If Leslie Anne Janous wanted to throw a birthday party for her teenage daughter, the cost of which could feed a third-world country, who cares? It's her money to waste, right?

Or was it?

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Sarah Palin will take the witness stand here in a case involving a Memphis lawmaker's son and her personal Yahoo! e-mail account.

The U.S. boss of a violent Mexican drug cartel who admitted ordering a hit on someone who ran afoul of him has been a busy man since authorities nabbed him and 34 kilograms of his cocaine at the border.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Unable so far to mount a terrorism case against a Knoxville convenience store operator captured on audiotape discussing vague plans of jihad, federal authorities are now revealing the major stolen cigarette smuggling operation they say he headed.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Actor David Keith is suing an Alabama man he says promised to finance his movie but pulled out after Keith had worked on the project for a year.Attorneys Gregory P. Isaacs and John T. Johnson Jr. filed the lawsuit in U.S. District Court Thursday against Davis Lee and Alatrade Foods LLC, alleging breach of contract.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- David C. Kernell may be the one of the most high-profile guessers in America.He may be an immature prankster.He may even be a low-level criminal.