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  • 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 ...

  • 2 arrested after robbery at Murfreesboro restaurant

    Two people are in police custody after a robbery at a restaurant in Murfreesboro on Monday morning. The robbery occurred at Demos' on Broad Street around 7 a.m. Police said thieves entered the business and robbed employees and a delivery man of their wallets and cell phones. They ran out of business in different directions but were quickly arrested. Police said they are still looking ...

  • Could Bonnaroo site host more events

    MANCHESTER, Tenn. (AP) - The rural site where the Bonnaroo music festival is held may play host to other events as well. The partnership that puts on the annual music and arts festival in Manchester has steadily upgraded the site, adding a dozen water wells and permanent electrical power. Festival partner Rick Farman ...

  • 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 ...


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Last Updated on May 20, 12:54 PM CDT
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Movie Review

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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  • 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 ...

  • Yahoo makes Tumblr deal official vows not to screw it up

    This is a screenshot of on an animation that ran on Marissa Mayer's Tumblr about buying Tumblr for $1.1 billion, which included a promise to run the blogging service as a separate business and "not to screw it up." Click the next panel to see the rejoinder to this acknowledgment about Tumblr users' unease over the deal. Yahoo confirmed that it will pay $1.1 billion for Tumblr on ...

  • 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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