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  • Downtown neighbors upset at no-bid project for $4M police precinct

    Nashville's newest police precinct, which will be built across from the Music City Center, is being fast-tracked against the objection of more than 90 downtown property owners. The precinct is also being built as a change-order to an existing contract, rather than through the bidding process. Nearby property owners question why the city has chosen a narrow strip of land - only 35 feet ...

  • Company in Gallatin crane collapse has history of accidents

    Federal safety officials are investigating what caused a crane to collapse Tuesday and topple on to a moving car, and the Channel 4 I-Team has learned the company in charge of that crane has a history of work site accidents. In fact, according to inspection reports, the company had construction workers die on previous jobs. Some said it was a miracle nobody was seriously hurt on Highway 109 ...

  • Longtime good Samaritan now in need of support

    A Joelton man who quietly made a difference for others all his life now needs the community's support in a big way. John Cain, 63, is a Mason, Shriner and businessman who couldn't say no to any child in need, but now it's his turn. Cain needs a $100,000 bone marrow transplant, and his friends and family have vowed to raise the money. Sling Shots Sports Bar in Madison is ...

  • Fort Campbell homecoming holds special reunions

    Following a Fort Campbell homecoming Tuesday night, yet another 100 soldiers arrived on post from Afghanistan Wednesday morning. In the crowdoutside, children stood on the railing reaching out to get closer to the plane that landed moments earlier. Among the crowd was Heather Salete, son Jeremiah and an inseparable companion who loves a good neck rub. "This is Sookie, my service ...

  • Correctional officers inmates families accused of sneaking in phones

    Termination records obtained by the Channel 4 I-Team show 17 state employees were fired in 2011, accused of bringing contraband into prisons, including cell phones. Those same records show the vast majority of people busted for bringing in contraband were family and friends of inmates. The Channel 4 I-Team obtained the termination records after we found more than 100 inmates in state prisons ...


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Movie Review

The War of the Worlds (1953) [DVD]

The War of the Worlds (1953) [DVD]

Producer George Pals film version of H.G. Wells The War of the Worlds was quite a shock to audiences in the early 1950s, which is why it is described as frequently as a horror movie as it is as a science fiction movie. Despite coming on the heels of Allied victory in World War II ... ...

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  • Nashville Creator Callie Khouri On Disrupting Her Creative Process

    You could say Callie Khouri's career has come full circle. But you'd only be kind of right. The native Texan waited tables for a time in Nashville in the '70s and '80s. Then she went on to write the Academy Award-winning ...

  • Mom accused of offering boat to have daughter killed

    A woman who went to prison in the 1970s for having her husband killed is now accused of plotting a hit on her own daughter, and police say they foiled her latest alleged scheme just in time. Frieda Pontune, 72 - who sought insurance money when her husband died - is accused of planning to pay for her daughter's death with a boat. "I think it's jealousy, envy, just a pure evil ...

  • 1 killed in London terror attack 2 suspects hospitalized

    BBC News , eyewitnesses said a man was attacked in a street by two men at about 2:20 p.m. local time. The two were later shot by officers. The two suspects used butcher knives and meat cleavers to viciously hack a man who is reportedly a British soldier. The attack was in the London neighborhood of Woolwich near the Royal Artillery Barracks. "The killing in #Woolwich is truly shocking ...

  • Blake Shelton Im planning a benefit with NBC for tornado victims

    Oklahoma native Blake Shelton is the first entertainer to announce a benefit for tornado victims in his home state. After Tuesday night's taping of "The Voice," the country music superstar told CNN, "We are actually putting together a fund-raiser right now with NBC. We'll have more details within the next 24 hours, but definitely something with NBC that is going to ...

  • Teens suspected of stabbing man outside Spring Hill restaurant

    Spring Hill police say two teens are suspected of stabbing a man last weekend in the parking lot of a Cracker Barrel restaurant. The 19-year-old victim told police he was in a car with a 16-year-old and 17-year-old when the juveniles allegedly tried to rob him of his wallet Saturday about 6:45 p.m. As the man was exiting the car, he was stabbed, police said. The victim then drove himself in ...

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