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STOCKHOLM (AP) — Three researchers who probed the process of business innovation won the Nobel memorial prize in economics Monday for explaining how new products and inventions promote economic growth and human welfare, even as they leave older companies…

The blast that leveled an explosives plant and was felt for miles around in rural Tennessee left no survivors, authorities said Saturday. Humphreys County Sheriff Chris Davis said during a news conference that officials were working on the assumption that all of the people at the site were dead. The total number of people who died was unclear, as was the cause of the blast. Davis had said earlier there were 18 people missing. The explosion occurred Friday morning at Accurate Energetic Systems, which supplies and researches explosives for the military.

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An explosion at a Tennessee military munitions plant has left 19 people missing and feared dead, authorities say. The blast occurred Friday at Accurate Energetic Systems, about 60 miles southwest of Nashville.  The cause of the explosion is not yet known. A spokesperson for the Humphreys County Emergency Management Agency says there's no further danger of explosions, and the scene was under control Friday afternoon. Emergency crews hadn't been unable to enter the plant due to ongoing detonations. Residents miles away reported feeling the explosion, and video shows flames and heavy smoke rising from the debris. The company has not responded to requests for comment. Local officials describe the incident as a tragedy for the community.