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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Cleveland Browns owner Jimmy Haslam was deposed Tuesday in a civil lawsuit against the Pilot Flying J truck-stop chain, which is owned by his brother, Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam, and other family members.According to a court notice filed in Franklin County, Ohio, the deposition that was originally to be videotaped at a Knoxville, Tennessee, law office was moved to the conference room at the Pilot Aviation hangar at that citys airport.The lawsuit was filed by companies that declined to participate in an $85 million settlement between Pilot and 5,500 trucking companies in connection with a scheme to cheat customers out of promised discounts and rebates. The company also paid a $92 million federal penalty in an agreement with prosecutors in which the company accepted responsibility for the criminal actions of its employees.Ten former Pilot employees have pleaded guilty in the scheme, and the companys former president and several others face trial next year in federal court.I knew nothing about the misconduct of some of our former employees, Pilot CEO Jimmy Haslam said in a statement following the deposition. I wish I could discuss this entire matter freely with you today and answer your questions as I did the plaintiffs. I cant do that yet.The depositions were not open to the public.Haslam attorney A. B. Culvahouse said in a statement that his client has done everything within his power to understand what happened and to make things right by his customers.We think this entire exercise today was nothing more than an effort by the plaintiffs to harass the company into a windfall settlement, he said.The scheme became public after federal agents raided the companys headquarters in April 2013. A 120-page FBI affidavit unsealed after the search contained transcripts of secretly recorded conversations among the sales team deriding some trucking clients as unsophisticated, lazy and undeserving of rebates.Pilot Flying J is the nations largest diesel retailer with annual revenues of about $30 billion.Bill Haslam has said he has not been involved with operating Pilot Flying J since he left the company to run for Knoxville mayor in 2003. 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CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The Latest on flooding that has devastated parts of West Virginia (all times local):1:15 p.m.A relative says a body found in a West Virginia river has been identified as that of her sister, who disappeared after last months devastating floods.Joetta Goins-Lemons says graveside services are scheduled Friday in Smoot for her sister, 44-year-old Lisa Goins Blankenship of Renick.Goins-Lemons says that on June 23, her sister sent her two sons down the road to call their dad and tell him not to come home because the roads were getting bad. She then asked a neighbor to help get her dog out of a kennel. The neighbor was pulled underwater a few times. When he surfaced, Goins Blankenship was gone.Goins-Lemons says the body was found Saturday in the Greenbrier River more than 30 miles away.The floods killed 15 people in Greenbrier County and 23 statewide.---11 a.m.The owner of The Greenbrier resort says hes reopening the hotel to the public next week following devastating floods.Jim Justice said at a news conference Thursday in White Sulphur Springs that the 710-room hotel will open again Tuesday.Justice says he wants to get hotel employees back to work, saying were not going to heal if you dont have a job.Justice says the resort is scarred and repairing but promised we will be back.The June 23 floods lleft 15 people dead in Greenbrier County and 23 statewide.dddddddddddd The hotel closed to outside guests on June 24 but took in more than 700 flooded-out residents.The PGA Tour canceled the Greenbrier Classic golf tournament was scheduled to start Thursday at the resort.---10:30 a.m.More federal aid is on the way to help West Virginia governments pay for extensive damage done by floods that killed 23 people.Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin announced in a news release Thursday that the Federal Emergency Management Agency has approved public assistance for agencies in 11 counties.The counties include Clay, Fayette, Greenbrier, Jackson, Kanawha, Monroe, Nicholas, Pocahontas, Roane, Summers and Webster.The aid supports governments in debris removal, emergency preparedness, hazard mitigation and the repair, replacement or restoration of flood-damaged, publicly-owned facilities.Certain nonprofits may qualify.FEMA already has approved more than $18 million in individual assistance to help people with medical and housing support and other immediate needs.Individual aid is available in Clay, Fayette, Greenbrier, Jackson, Kanawha, Monroe, Nicholas, Pocahontas, Roane, Summers, Webster and Lincoln counties. ' ' '