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  • Father charged with leaving kids in hot car

    A father is facing charges after police said he left his young kids in a hot car Monday in the Gulch area of downtown. Police said the dad, Tranquilo Camaja-Lajon, went to orientation for a new job and brought his kids along with him. According to jail records, the car was unlocked with the kids inside at 12th Avenue and Laurel Street. Someone noticed a 2 and 4-year-old sweating in the back ...

  • Rescuers dig through rubble after deadly OK tornado

    Residents in tornado-stricken Moore, OK, awaited news on missing love ones Tuesday, a day after a massive tornado devastated the city, killing at least 51. The death toll is expected to rise as emergency crews search through the rubble left behind. The medical examiner's office said it expected around 40 bodies, half of them children, not added to the count, according to CNN. ...

  • Driver slams into power pole on White Bridge Road

    Power was knocked out to thousands of residents in Nashville overnight after a truck slammed into a pole on White Bridge Road. The crash happened at about 10:50 p.m. Monday near Corbett Lane. As of 6 a.m., some lanes of White Bridge Road are still shut down as crews work to repair the problem. Despite the truck being totaled, the driver was not hurt and taken to the Metro Jail. The driver, ...

  • TN residents gather items to help OK tornado victims

    Tennesseans didn't waste time assembling resources to help Oklahoma tornado victims following Monday's storms. Members of the Churches of Christ Disaster Relief, located at 410 Allied Drive, are busy Tuesday loading up a tractor-trailer will supplies like toiletries, non-perishable food and water to Moore, OK. On Wednesday at 10 a.m., hundreds of volunteers will be loading up ...

  • gyroVoice The Most Important Brand Strategy Question What Would You Ask Elvis

    A cropped photograph depicts singer Elvis Presley's bust. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) If you could go back in time to meet Elvis Presley and ask him only one question, what would that question be? Chances are, it would be thought provoking, provocative and help you to better understand who Elvis was and what made him tick--something undiscovered that uniquely defines who The King was or ...


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The Exorcism of Emily Rose

The Exorcism of Emily Rose

I don't think I'm giving anything anyway by disputing up front the conviction of cowriter/director Scott Derrickson that The Exorcism of Emily Rose presents evenly both sides of the film's central debate about the validity of a Midwestern college studen's su ... ...

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  • More troops due back at Fort Campbell

    FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (AP) -- Families and friends will be meeting loved ones this week at Fort Campbell, where more soldier are returning to the post on the Kentucky-Tennessee from ...

  • Tornado levels Oklahoma town killing at least 51

    (RNN) - At least 51 people have died after a second day of tornadoes twisted through Oklahoma, this time taking aim at the town of Moore, south of Oklahoma City. At least 20 of the dead are children, according to CNN. The death toll is expected to rise as the search continued through the night, the wreckage lit by flood lamps. The National Weather Service described the storm as large and ...

  • Mosquitoes starting to bite in East Tennessee

    A wet spring and climbing temperatures mean mosquitoes are making their comeback to East Tennessee. The Knox County Health Department is already working to stay ahead of the seasonal problem. Earlier this month, the health department started setting traps all around the county to test the bugs for West Nile Virus. So far, each of the tests have come back with only negative results. In ...

  • Nashville jail officer accused of child porn possession

    A corrections officer was arrested right at the jail where he works. Vance Dunn, 24, was taken into custody Friday at the Metro-Davidson County Detention facility on Harding Place in Nashville, according to Metro Police. Dunn is charged with sexual exploitation of a minor after he was accused of having hundreds of images of child pornography. A tip led police to investigate, and Metro ...

  • Man with Bible taped to chest accused of hitting officer with car

    A Nashville man is accused of striking a Paris police officer with his car. Thelma Easley was arrested Sunday after the Paris Police Department said he was in his car in the parking lot outside a Paris restaurant, screaming, with a Bible taped to his chest. When officers tried to get Easley to come out of the car, he allegedly backed the vehicle into Officer Ryan French. Easley is now ...

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