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  • Is Conservative Sate Tennessee Shifting Towards Marriage Equality Vanderbilt Poll Says ‘Yes’

    Vanderbilt University in Nashville recently conducted a poll that shows the highly conservative RED state of Tennessee is having a positive change of heart towards legalized marriage for same-sex couples. ...

  • Sheriff to young womans supporters Teen sex case is about age not gay rights

    Kaitlyn Hunt's supporters say she is being prosecuted because she was in a sexual relationship with someone of the same sex. Authorities say it isn't a gay rights issue at all, but rather a simple case of an adult inappropriately involved with a minor. As public outrage mounts, fueled by Internet activism, 18-year-old Hunt has until Friday to decide whether she'll accept a plea ...

  • Rep. DesJarlais reprimanded for having sex with patients

    By ERIK SCHELZIG Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Rep. Scott DesJarlais, a licensed physician, was reprimanded and fined by the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners for having sex with patients before he was elected to Congress, according to documents released Thursday. The Republican won re-election last year despite revelations he had affairs with patients and once urged 1 of ...

  • Unemployment ticks up in Davidson County

    Davidson County's unemployment rate increased in April, according to new data from the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development. The county's employment rate increased to 6.5 percent, up from 6.2 percent in March. Davidson was among 23 counties that saw unemployment increase last month compared to March. The unemployment rate decreased in 62 counties and remained flat in ...

  • 14 restaurants offer Charles Ramsey free burgers for life

    (RNN) - At least a dozen restaurants in the Cleveland area have pledged to give the man who rescued three Ohio women from captivity free burgers for life. Charles Ramsey, the guy who famously stopped eating his Big Mac to rescue Amanda Berry, Gina Dejesus and Michelle Knight, will now receive free burgers for the rest of his life from dozens of Cleveland area ...


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Arbitrage

In Nicholas Jareckis assured directorial debut Arbitrage, Richard Gere plays Robert Miller, a master of the universe whose universe is in danger of collapsing around him. A billionaire hedge-fund manager who appears to be leading the most charmed of liveswealth, privilege, public resp ... ...

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  • Hearing scheduled for Brentwood man charged with killing wife

    A Brentwood father accused of killing his wife will be back in court on Thursday. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for Randolph Maidens, 42, and he could enter a plea. He's expected to ask the judge to reduce his bond. Maidens is accused of shooting his wife, Rachel, at their home in the Governor's Club community of Brentwood last ...

  • Police to release new details in October multi-state homicides

    A news conference will be held Thursday afternoon to release updated details regarding multiple homicides in Lincoln County and Alabama last year. Four people were found dead in Lincoln County and two others in Alabama in October 2012. The Lincoln County Sheriff's Department said it will hold a news conference in Fayetteville at 3 p.m. The victims in the case are Chabreya Campbell, 22, ...

  • Kirklands first-quarter income drops but beats expectations

    Nashville-based Kirkland's Inc.'s (Nasdaq: KRK) earnings were down 9.3 percent in the first quarter compared to a year ago. Earnings were $1.77 million, or 10 cents per basic share, on revenue of $101.2 million. Analysts, on average, had estimated earnings of 5 cents per share on revenue of $100.7 million, according to Thomson Reuters. "Although we had a slow start to February ...

  • Franklin thief steals credit cards buys $2K bracelet

    Franklin police want to find the suspect who they said stole credit cards from a nursing home and then bought a $2,500 bracelet. At 4:50 p.m. on May 16, the suspect entered the National HealthCare Corporation assisted living facility on Cool Springs Boulevard. Once inside, the suspect stole credit cards from the purses of two employees who had their purses stowed in their desk drawers. An ...

  • Judge suspends conservator over fee amounts

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- A Davidson County Probate Court judge has permanently suspended a public guardian, citing fees she charged her clients. Judge Randy Kennedy sent a letter to members of the Metro Nashville Council, saying most conservatorship cases handled by Jeanan Mills Stuart were done ...

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