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NashvilleHerald.com Monday 6th February 2012 Issue 3436
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GOP Presidential primary ads could soon be coming to Knoxville market
East Tennessee could soon see the first candidate ads of the GOP primary season. An agency has requested "comparable use" rates on behalf of former House Speaker Newt Gingrich. ...


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Latest Call for Supermarket Wine Sales Fails
The latest effort to allow wine to be sold in Tennessee supermarkets has failed for lack of a sponsor in the state Senate. Republican Rep. Jon Lundberg of Bristol had expected a better fate for his...
Gametime: Grizzlies vs. Spurs - Feb. 6, 2012
Stats of the Game The Grizzlies opened the period by scoring 16 of the first 19 points, taking a 32-27 lead on Dante Cunningham's jumper. --> end div#gametime-stat...
Cash mob to benefit South Knoxville business
A cash mob, you ask? The idea is similar to a flash mob, but a cash mob encourages people to show up at the same time at a small business and spend a few dollars to boost...
Politicians tied to East Tenn. bank that failed
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- A former Tennessee governor and the state's current comptroller have ties to an East Tennessee bank that was closed by regulators in one of the state's first bank...
1 westbound lane of I-40 open at rockslide site
NEWPORT, Tenn. (AP) -- Tennessee transportation officials say westbound Interstate 40 traffic near the North Carolina state line will remain constricted to one lane for at least another...
Funeral planned as police investigate slaying
DYERSBURG, Tenn. (AP) -- A funeral is planned in Arkansas for a West Tennessee mother whose body was found last year as police continue to investigate her...
Accused contract killers on trial in Memphis
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) -- Jury selection is beginning in the trial of two men charged with serving as contract killers in a drug ring accused of operating in Tennessee and several other...
Latest call for supermarket wine sales fails
The Knoxville News Sentinel reports that Republican Rep. Jon Lundberg of Bristol had expected a better fate for his bill because it would require voters to approve supermarket wine sales in their...
Atomic bomb plant demotion continues in Oak Ridge
OAK RIDGE, Tenn. (AP) -- K-25, the world's largest building at the time of its construction in World War II, is getting smaller by the day as workers - using an armada of bulldozers, cranes and...
Ex-Belmont coach joins Nashville GLBT chamber
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- A former Belmont University soccer coach who left the private Christian university after coming out to her students has been hired as the executive director of the Nashville...
School Bus Driver Charged with Statutory Rape
(Memphis 2/6/12) A 14-year-old girl told police she had sex with her bus driver, 30-year-old Collier Smith. The girl said Saturday Smith picked her up from her home and drove her to an area near...
O'Charley's Inc. to be purchased by Fidelity
According to a news release from O'Charley's, Fidelity National will purchase all of O'Charley's outstanding shares of common stock for $9.85 per share, a 42 percent premium over...
Latest Tennessee wine proposal dies on the vine
Jon Lundberg , R-Bristol, had proposed legislation allowing wine sales in grocery stores in jurisdictions where voters had approved doing so. No companion bill was filed in the Senate, however, and...
Train cars derail in East Memphis early Sunday
partially derailed at about 5:45 a.m. Sunday , spilling a container loaded with machinery onto the roadway and temporarily blocking traffic at Poplar Avenue and Mendenhall Road. A crane cleared the...
Earnings: HCA posts $1.9B 4Q profit
Follow this company .'s (NYSE: HCA) earnings jumped to $1.9 billion in the fourth quarter, thanks to a pretax gain of $1.5...
Earnings: O’Charley’s posts $8M 4Q loss
Follow this company 's (Nasdaq: CHUX) posted a fourth-quarter loss of more than $8 million, an improvement over the $20.6 million loss from a year ago. O'Charley's posted a...
Shopping malls suffer, try to find new life
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Average airfare increases at Memphis International Airport
driving Memphis travellers farther away for air-travel bargains.More Memphians are driving to cities like Nashville and Little Rock to pick up on cheaper airfares, a study commissioned by...
Clippers aren't done, eye J.R. Smith FEB 06
08:08 AM ET 02.06 | Apparently, Los Angeles isn't satisfied with providing refuge for just one overseas returnee. The Clippers, still not done dealing after signing Kenyon Martin on Friday, will...
Seattle returning to the NBA this fall? FEB 06
08:07 AM ET 02.06 | Documents released by the city reportedly suggest a far more progress in returning the NBA to Seattle than previously known. A wealthy San Francisco hedge-fund manager and...
Latest Chattanooga Gas Price Info
Average retail gasoline prices in Chattanooga have risen 1.4 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $3.34/g yesterday. This compares with the national average that has increased 3.0 cents per...
Driver indicted in teen girl's death
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) -- A teenage driver whose truck crashed, killing a 14-year-old passenger, has been indicted on criminal charges in Shelby...
One Injured in High-rise Apartment Fire
(Memphis 2/6/12) One person was treated for smoke inhalation following a fire on the fifth floor of an assisted living facility. The fire started around 2:00 a.m. at Wesley Madison Towers at...
Chattanooga finds identity in special typeface
Cities have long featured branding and marketing campaigns. Chattanooga, however, could become the first city to embody its brand and identity in a special...
Top of the List: Assisted living centers
What are Nashville's largest assisted living centers? Today's Top of the List takes a look. We ranked Nashville's assisted living centers by their number of licensed beds. To view the...
Forbes: Memphis less 'miserable'
Memphis is glad to be excluded from the top 10 of the latest rankings by Forbes magazine. Memphis was deemed No. 16 of the country's 20 most miserable cities, improving from No. 6 in...
Sen. Joe Haynes not seeking re-election
Joe Haynes , D-Nashville, will not seek re-election this year. In a statement released Friday, Haynes, 75, said the recent Republican-led redistricting stirred his competitive juices. However,...
Stocks hit pre-crisis level
The Dow Jones industrial average hit its highest level since May 2008 on Friday after the government said the national unemployment rate had dropped to 8.3...
Nearly 100 million in the U.S. now own smartphones
Follow this company 's Android and Apple's iOS both made gains in the number of mobile phones using the operating platforms in the U.S., while...
Americans United for Separation of Church and State: IRS Should Investigate Tennessee Church for Pulpit Politicking
Watchdog Group's Complaint Says Cornerstone Church Pastor Endorsed School Board Candidates From Pulpit WASHINGTON - August 7 - The Internal Revenue Service should investigate a Tennessee...
Former Food Network Chef In Shelby Co. Jail
(Memphis 02/05/2012) – He’s been called the chef to the stars but tonight Wendell Price is a Shelby County inmate. He was a fugitive from justice but this weekend U.S. Marshals caught up...
Burglars Push Her To The Breaking Point, Tonight At 10
Burglars have hit her home over and over and over. A security system hasn't stopped them. Neither have security bars. Now she's reached her breaking point. See the drastic step she's...
South Memphis Man Dances With Madonna During Halftime Show
Super Bowl Halftime Show Charles Riley, also known as Lil Buck, has mastered a dance style called Memphis Jookin His ballet teacher watched as he took the stage Sunday...
Top 25: No. 10 Murray State 65, Tennessee-Martin 58
Murray State head coach Steve Prohm addresses his team during a timeout as they battle University Tennessee-Martin in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game on Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012, in...
KFD: East Knoxville fire is 'suspicious'
Investigators have labeled an east Knoxville house fire that sent two women to the hospital as suspicious. It happened around 8:30 p.m. Saturday at a home on Morningside Drive. The home was...
East Knoxville house fire ruled suspicious
KNOXVILLE -- An East Knoxville house fire that sent two residents to the hospital with minor burns Saturday night now is being called suspicious by arson...
No. 8 Tennessee beats Auburn women 82-61
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Glory Johnson had 14 points and 11 rebounds to help No. 8 Tennessee beat Auburn 82-61 on Sunday. The Lady Volunteers (17-6, 8-2 Southeastern Conference) turned 23 Auburn...
Auburn women lose 82-61 at No. 8 Tennessee
The Tigers' 23 turnovers led to 21 points for the Lady Vols, who got the 82-61 win on Sunday. "I thought we had good looks at the basket," Fortner said. "I don't know how many layups we missed, but...
Cornelius Smith Busted for Underwear Theft in Chattanooga: 3 Other Must-Know U.S. Underwear Thieves
charged with aggravated burglary and vandalism stemming from an incident on Nov. 18. Smith, of Chattanooga, Tenn., stole all of his ex-girlfriend's undergarments, as well as her TV and DVD...
NBA: Boston 98, Memphis 80
Kevin Garnett netted 24 points on 9-of-12 shooting and grabbed nine rebounds Sunday in the Boston Celtics' 98-80 victory over Memphis. The Celtics used Garnett's performance to improve to...
Train derails in busy part of town
Norfolk Southern Corporation Crews are working to fix a mess in East Memphis. A train de0railed early Sunday morning around Poplar and Mendenhall causing massive...