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  • Strong storms possible late Tuesday night

    There is a slight risk of severe thunderstorms for northwest Middle Tennessee Tuesday night into Wednesday morning. The biggest threat will be west of a line from Waynesboro to Springfield, TN. An upper level trough of low pressure will swing across the region Tuesday night into Wednesday morning. Scattered showers and thunderstorms are expected to develop west of the area and spread into ...

  • Tornadoes touch down in 5 states 1 dead

    (RNN) - An estimated 26 tornadoes struck Oklahoma, Kansas, Iowa, and Illinois on Sunday with another touching down in Missouri early Monday morning. The damage caused has been severe, and at least one person has died. A 79-year-old man was found dead inside his mobile home in Shawnee, OK, according to the Associated Press. Two people from that same county were reported missing, but they have ...

  • Crash closes I-65 south in Robertson Co.

    An overturned tractor-trailer has closed the southbound lanes of Interstate 65 in Robertson County on Monday morning. The wreck occurred around 6 a.m. near mile marker 111 near Cross Plains, TN, said the Tennessee Highway Patrol. The crash is not expected to be clear until 8 a.m. Northbound traffic is not ...

  • Robbers steal car after wreck in Antioch

    Police are searching for two young men who robbed and carjacked two people at the scene of a crash in Antioch early Monday morning. A minor crash happened at 294 Chimney Drive at about 12:30 am. Police said the victims stopped to exchange information when two men with black semi-automatic handguns drove up and stole one of the cars, a 2007 blue Saturn Aurua XE, that was involved in the ...

  • Gates takes back worlds richest man title

    Gates Bill Gates has regained his title as the richest person in the world. The founder of Microsoft Corp. passed Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim by a mere $550 million, making Gates the wealthiest person for the first time since 2007, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Gates' fortune is valued at $72.7 billion and was aided by significant rises in Microsoft stock. The stock has ...


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The Interpreter

The Interpreter

Current global anxieties -- terrorism, despotism, third-world genocide -- are writ large in Sydney Pollacks The Interpreter, a sharply drawn thriller that has the distinction of being the first film ever shot inside the United Nations (not even Hitchcock could get permission whe ... ...

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  • Civil War exhibit visits Green Hills

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A national traveling exhibit on the Civil War will be on display at Nashville's Green Hills Library beginning on Monday. The exhibit lets viewers experience the war through the eyes of politicians, soldiers, families and freed slaves. It includes letters, personal accounts and images that demonstrate how people grappled with the end of slavery, the nature of ...

  • Man shot at Smyrna basketball court

    A Smyrna man is in the hospital after being shot at a basketball court Sunday night. Police said a fight broke out on Mason Tucker Drive around 8:30 p.m. As the victim was driving away from the court, someone in another car pulled up next to him and opened fire. He was airlifted to Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville where officials said he's taken a turn for the worse. No ...

  • Amber Alert canceled for Murfreesboro boy child safe

    A Murfreesboro boy is now safe after an Amber Alert was issued overnight. Authorities said Gabriel Swaney, 8, was taken by his father, Michael Swaney, 30, on Sunday night after a violent domestic dispute. According to investigators, the father took Gabriel after assaulting the boy's mother with a switch blade knife. Gabriel was safely recovered by the Smyrna Police Department and his ...

  • Amber Alert issued for 8-year-old Tennessee boy

    An Amber Alert has been issued for 8-year-old Gabriel Swaney, left, after his father Michael, right, assaulted his mother with a knife and took him from his Murfreesboro home. (TBI/Murfreesboro Police ...

  • 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 church whose pastor endorsed three school board candidates from the pulpit, says Americans United for Separation of Church and State. In ...

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