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  • $585M Music City Center celebrates grand opening in Nashville

    Nashville officials held a ribbon cutting ceremony Monday to celebrate the completion of the Music City Center. The grand opening celebration started Sunday, and includes free concerts from Sheryl Crow, Phil Vassar, Vince Gill and others. The Music City Center measures 2.6 million square feet and takes up 16 acres. The grand ballroom alone can seat up to 6,000 people. At $585 million, ...

  • Mayor Dean emphasizes need for transit system welcomes immigrants

    Nashville Mayor Karl Dean Mayor Karl Dean emphasized the need for mass transit options and its effect on maintaining quality of life in his State of Metro address today. "We all realize that as we continue to grow, there's only so much road widening we can do," he said to a crowd inside the new Music City Center. "We won't be able to pave our way out of increased traffic ...

  • Meharry Medical College names interim president

    A former dean of the Meharry Medical College School of Medicine has once again been tapped as interim president of the Nashville institution. A. Cherrie Epps, Ph.D., steps in for Meharry President Dr. Wayne J. Riley as Riley goes on sabbatical, the school announced Monday. Epps is a professor of internal medicine and serves as a senior advisor to the president and dean emeritus. Among her ...

  • Stamp to honor music legend Johnny Cash

    A ceremony is scheduled next month to unveil a new stamp in honor of country music legend Johnny Cash. The U.S. Postal Service's forever stamp features the "Man in Black" as part of their Music Icon series. The event will take place June 5 at 9 a.m. at the Ryman Auditorium. Soul music singer Ray Charles and Tejano's Lydia Mendoza are among the others being honored as ...

  • Tornadoes hit 5 states 2 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 claimed the life of at least two people and injured 21. Glen Irish, 79, and Billy Hutchinson, 76, both from Shawnee, were found dead after a tornado leveled a central Oklahoma mobile home park, according to the Associated Press. Two ...


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Brief Encounter [Blu-Ray]

Brief Encounter [Blu-Ray]

Tender without being melodramatic, intense without being tawdry, David Leans Brief Encounter tells the story of a doomed romance between a man and woman who are married to other people but hopelessly in love with each other. Yet, they are so torn by the guilt of deceiving t ... ...

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  • Husband sought in death of wife kills self in GA

    CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) - A homicide suspect police had been searching for has killed himself in a Georgia motel room, according to the sheriff of Hamilton County. Terry Lee Releford of Soddy-Daisy had been sought since his wife, Tammy Releford, was found dead inside a home on Sunday. ...

  • Clarksville police identify body found Saturday morning

    Police in Clarksville have identified a body that was found on West Fork Drive on Saturday morning. The body of Jimmy Dean Boyer, 53, was discovered around 6:30 a.m. Investigators said he was known to visit several establishments on Ft. Campbell Boulevard. Detectives are asking anyone that might have seen Boyer late Friday night or early Saturday morning to call them. The case is being ...

  • Mayor Dean announces affordable housing program

    Nashville Mayor Karl Dean Mayor Karl Dean announced a trust fund for affordable housing at his State of Metro address today, a program that is forecast to generate 100 new affordable housing units. The Barnes Fund for Affordable Homes, named for fund advocate Rev. Bill Barnes, will be supported by $3 million in existing grants and will receive ongoing investments. The program will also focus on ...

  • Mayor Dean continues push for improved education during State of Metro address

    Following the ceremony to open the new Music City Center, Mayor Karl Dean gave the 50th annual State of Metro Address, in which he pushed for improved public education, more mass transit and creating new housing for low-income residents. The mayor applauded the benefits of immigrants coming to Nashville and their entrepreneurial spirit contributing to the city's growth. He said the city ...

  • More Fort Campbell troops return from Afghanistan

    FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (AP) -- More of the "Rakkasans" have returned to Fort Campbell from Afghanistan. The plane carrying nearly 90 members of the 3rd Brigade Combat Team of the 101st Airborne Division touched down at the U.S. Army post on the Kentucky-Tennessee border Sunday evening. Environmental and science engineering officer Julie Bridges was surrounded by family, including her ...

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