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  • Child struck by vehicle in Bellevue

    A child pedestrian was struck and seriously injured Wednesday night in Bellevue. The incident was reported just before 9 p.m. near the intersection of Old Hickory Boulevard and Sonya Drive. Police say the girl, who is believed to be 9 years old, was walking in a poorly lighted area when she was struck by a vehicle driven by a 78-year-old man. The child was transported to Vanderbilt Medical ...

  • TN students say assignment forced them to support gay rights

    Some students at a Maury County college claim a psychology professor told them it's her job "to educate the ignorant and uneducated elements of society" and to correct "hateful and closed-minded views" concerning homosexuality. The Columbia State Community College students say professor Dr. Linda Brunton gave them an assignment where they had to say they supported gay ...

  • James Gandolfini Sopranos actor dead at 51

    and multiple other sources. Home Box Office officials confirmed that Gandolfini, who played gangster Tony Soprano on HBO's classic crime ...

  • Mother accused of having young daughter help steal from Walmart

    Metro police say a mother used her own daughter to help steal from a Nashville Walmart store. Officers were called to the business on Dickerson Pike on Tuesday after security guards said Kiara Steverson, 22, left without paying for merchandise. Steverson allegedly had her daughter keep an eye out for security, then had her daughter push the shopping cart out of the store. Steverson is ...

  • Parents activists push TN lawmakers for change in textbooks

    Tennessee lawmakers got an earful from parents Wednesday who are demanding that they have a say in what is in their children's school textbooks. It was supposed to be a routine hearing for the State Textbook Commission, which plays a part in reviewing and recommending textbooks for school districts to adopt. But after hearing from many parents about the content of those textbooks, ...


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Movie Review

Fight Club [DVD]

Fight Club [DVD]

If were not based on a novel by Chuck Palahniuk, I would have assumed that David Fincher's "Fight Club" was a nightmarish extension of feminist author Susan Faldui's recent book, "Stiffed." In "Stiffed," Faludi argues that the working man has been betrayed by American culture. Living in a postmodern word of increasing automation that no longer idealizes the codes of manhood that ch ... ...

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  • TN teachers say proposed plan amounts to a pay freeze

    There's a battle brewing between Tennessee's teachers and the state department of education over a plan the teachers believe will cost them thousands of dollars over the course of their careers. The state plans to change the way it pays teachers, and while some say it will help reward the best teachers, others say it's a pay freeze. "Over the term of their career, it ...

  • Channel 4 Kroger present Red Cross with check for disaster relief

    People still recovering from the deadly tornado outbreak last month in Oklahoma are getting a lot of help from generous folks in Middle Tennessee and southern Kentucky. Kroger and Channel 4 presented a check on Wednesday to the American Red Cross for $132,000. After the disaster, grocery shoppers made donations totaling more than $82,000 at their check-out lanes, and Kroger added another ...

  • Williamson Co. coaches indicted after spectator struck with ball

    Two high school basketball coaches in Williamson County are now facing charges after an incident during a game earlier this year. Angela Muir worked as head coach for Summit High School, while Chloe Mayo was an assistant coach. During a game against Spring Hill in January, a Summit player threw a basketball toward the bleachers, striking a female Summit student, who was sitting on the floor ...

  • Country singer who helped at crash says firefighters deserve praise

    Country music star Craig Morgan said a recent crash on the interstate is proof of how hard people work at volunteer fire departments. Morgan was riding in his tour bus on Interstate 40 earlier this month, heading home to Dickson after wrapping up a tour, when three tractor trailers, including a tanker truck and a loaded horse trailer, crashed right in front of them in Humphreys County. ...

  • Tennessees deficit up to $3 million for year

    Tennessee's athletic department is expecting a budget deficit between $2 million and $3 million this year. That's a drop from $3.98 million a year ago according to a review at the university's board of trustees meeting Wednesday. The athletic department cut its 2012-13 budget to $99 million from $105.9 million. But revenue is expected to be no more than $97 million. University ...

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