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An East Tennessee man is facing his busiest time of the year – shipping the famed, rare Perigord Black Truffle to chefs across the nation. The nubby, round, aromatic fungus worth hundreds of dollars a pound grows wild in France, but it has stubbornly resisted commercial production in the United States. From WUOT in Knoxville, reporter Ann Lloyd introduces us to truffle farmer Tom Michaels.

“Comment boxes” are those open forums that appear below an on-line news article. They can provide important public insight into the article’s subject, but they can also degenerate into irrelevant, libelous rants. Across the country, cash-strapped newspapers are trying to figure out if comment boxes are providing an important service—or compromising their credibility. From WUOT in Knoxville, Matt Shafer Powell reports.