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DIED. JANETTE CARTER, 82, autoharp-playing singer-songwriter and last surviving child of country music's original Carter Family; in Kingsport, Tenn. In 1927, her parents A.P. and Sara, along with aunt Maybelle--mother to June Carter Cash--formed the Carter Family, whose harmonious folk melodies were hugely influential in country music. After A.P. Carter died in 1960, Janette dedicated herself to preserving the musical heritage of her family and of Appalachia, creating the Carter Family Fold, a museum where, until recently, she gave weekly concerts...
...more subtle symphony in ochre and umber is created by the window of Brown's Custom Shop in Kingsport, Tennessee, photographed in 1985. The wall is brown, the rolls of linoleum on display are lime, orange and teak. But Eggleston's aesthetic also has a puritan streak that goes beyond the garish and distressed to encompass blank white walls and dry grasses...
...result, many companies are building private exchanges, through which they can buy or sell on their own terms. Eastman Chemical, based in Kingsport, Tenn., is doing more than $400 million a year in business through its eastmanmarketplace.com website, established in November 1999. "Thanks to e-commerce, I now enjoy my job again," says sales rep Geri Mitchell...