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  • Nashville to reconfigure sewer grates for better bicycle safety

    There's a push to fix something dangerous bordering Nashville's streets. While it could cost taxpayers nearly $2 million, that could actually be cheaper than the alternative: a big lawsuit. Nashville is determined to become a bicycle-friendly city, and while those cyclists are busy looking out for cars and pedestrians, it could be easy for them to miss what is approaching their ...

  • Parents of child who died of heatstroke hope to help other families

    The parents of a boy who died last summer after being left alone in a hot car for hours are speaking out, hoping their story will prevent another tragedy. Joel Gray died when his mom thought he had been at daycare, only to later find him still in the back seat of her van. It was a terrible accident that had parents asking how it could happen. "I just kept thinking, 'I am going to ...

  • Trumpet soloist brings new sound to downtown Clarksville

    Clarksville's downtown has a whole new sound. "I don't know where I'm at sometimes," said trumpet soloist and singer Ron Michaels."I'm just listening. I'm playing, andI see colors with music." Michaels has a new gig - the venue is downtown Clarksville. His performances start in the morning and run seven to eight hours a day. For Michaels, that ...

  • Ex-Rutherford Co. lawman believes he was fired due to politics

    A veteran detective believes he would still have his job if he had not told Rutherford County Sheriff Robert Arnold he plans to campaign against him next year. Jim Tramel was terminated for allegedly spreading rumors about female employees and creating a hostile environment, according to the sheriff's office, which is something Tramel denies. For 15 1/2 years, Tramel said law ...

  • More new jobs in Tennessee Will they all have Obama-approved insurance

    The jobs will be added over the next three years through a $1.3 million investment, according to the company president, Jerry O'Connor. Governor Haslam was on hand for the announcement, and O'Connor told him that this expansion is partly due to new contracts with automotive companies. News of these new jobs comes on the heel of announcements of 300 jobs being added at Tennessee ...


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The Day of the Locust [DVD]

The Day of the Locust [DVD]

The 1970s was a period of great artistic freedom in Hollywood, when the major studios, in dire financial straits after a string of big-budget flops in the late 1960s, turned over the reins to young auteurs and foreign directors. For the first time in Hollywoods history, major films were being produced by filmmakers who were not craftsmen who had worked their way up through the industry ala John F ... ...

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  • Crime Rates in Nashville Tn

    Let's start with the population: 609,644 Crime is rated by a 'crime index' with 100 being the safest and of course 0 being the most dangerous. Nashville ranks 5. Yes, you read that right, a whole whopping 5. Your chances of becoming a victim is 1 out of 20. That is in Nashville alone mind you. The whole state of Tn is 1 in 28. So, basically if you live anywhere in Tn besides ...

  • Nashville Music Guru T Bone Burnett Wont Return for Season 2

    'Nashville' Cast, Creators Offer 10 Teasers on the Hurdles to Come (Exclusive Videos) The show's executive music producer will not be returning to the ...

  • Metro schools leader pledges support for immigration reform

    The director of Metro Nashville Public Schools is not holding back talking about immigration reform. Dr. Jesse Register has joined a growing chorus of top school and business leaders urging Congress to pass the plan currently under debate in the Senate. Register sent a letter to MNPS staff last week, asking them to contact congressional leaders to support immigration reform. He said reform ...

  • TN teachers trained on new common core standards

    Tennessee education officials are training teachers from across the state on how to implement a new set of uniform benchmarks for math and reading. Education Department spokeswoman Kelli Gauthier says more than 30,000 teachers have signed up to be trained on the common core state standards over the next six weeks. Training sessions began on Tuesday. The standards, which 45 states and the ...

  • 2nd suspect arrested in fatal shooting near Wedgewood Ave.

    Police in Memphis have arrested a man suspected in the fatal shooting of a man at an attempted illegal drug deal earlier this year on Hillside Avenue. Santerius Lavender, 24, is accused in the death of 33-year-old Chad Daniel on April 9 after an attempted illegal drug deal led to shots fired into the vehicle in which Daniel was a passenger. Daniel had ridden in the vehicle to Hillside ...

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