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  • Multiple people injured in major train derailment

    Dozens of passengers and employees were among those injured when two Metro-North trains collided near a station in Fairfield Friday night. The "major train derailment" happened when a Metro-North train, which left New Haven and was headed to Grand Central Station, collided with a westbound train, which was also out of New York to New Haven, on adjacent track around 6:10 p.m. ...

  • TBI criticizes Nashville reports on Holly Bobo case

    The TBI is criticizing a series of reports by a Nashville TV station in the Holly Bobo disappearance case. News media statewide have reported extensively on the search for the 20-year-old, who went missing from her Decatur County home two years ago. The NBC station in Nashville, WSMV, recently aired a series of reports that appeared to update the investigation and the circumstances ...

  • Police warn of new car break-in scheme

    Imagine if thieves could get inside your car without leaving a trace. Saturday night, Metro Police said there were six car burglaries in the same downtown parking garage. Some werenear the valet service. Some werefar away. And one thing that was really strange: Most of the owners were adamant they locked their cars, yet there were no signs of forced entry. "It kindofraised an eyebrow ...

  • Sales of guns ammo slows after background check vote fails

    The initial rush for ammunition and guns in the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting and the resulting fear over possible tougher gun laws has subsided. Ron Henderson, who helps manage the Great American Gun and Knife Show at the Wilson County Fairgrounds, said for the first time in a while several of his dealers will have guns and ammo for sale this weekend. He said emotions ...

  • KY veteran among 15 killed in Afghanistan blast

    FORT THOMAS, Ky. (AP) - A Kentucky veteran who was working as a civilian contractor in Afghanistan has died in an explosion in Kabul that killed at least 15 people including six Americans. The father of 26-year-old Michael Robert Bradford of Fort Thomas said his son was smart, good in different sports and about to become a father. Gary "Moose" Bradford, also of Fort Thomas, ...


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Movie Review

Bug

Bug

Based on the celebrated off-Broadway play by Tracy Letts, William Friedkin's Bug is a claustrophobic thriller that slowly and methodically peels away layers of normality until we are trapped in a contagious delusion made frightening literal. The low-rent motel room in which most of ... ...

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  • Attorney seeks judge recusal after prompt to buy court a TV

    Some are asking whether a judge should step down from a trial after the judge made an unusual request of the attorneys in the case, the Channel 4 I-Team has learned. Judge Tom Brothers allegedly asked if both parties would buy his courtroom a new TV, and when one attorney refused, he believes his clients paid the price. The judge said he was only trying to solve a problem, but attorney Steve ...

  • Lottery hopefuls seek record $600 million Powerball jackpot

    The jackpot for the Powerball lottery drawing Saturday is now a record $600 million, which has many people wondering what they would do with the winnings. The 5,000 Powerball retailers in Tennessee are reporting big sales ahead of the drawing - averaging about $10,000 in sales a minute. "I have a single set of numbers that I always play. And then I always do a Quick Pick. And if it gets ...

  • State of TN to outsource maintenance jobs to private firm

    More than 100 workers are getting pink slips from the state as part of a major job outsourcing plan. The global company taking over the jobs says the state of Tennessee's move is unprecedented, and it's so big, no other state has ever attempted it on this scale. Commercial real estate firm Jones Lang LaSalle soon will be taking over the Department of General Services' role in ...

  • Bulgers Beat Bobby Bare honored for great country career

    NASHVILLE, TN (WSMV) - Country music great Bobby Bare is now 78, yet he's one of the newest inductees of the Country Music Hall of Fame. Born in Ohio, Bare's been making music and selling records since the 1950s. He sang rock 'n' roll for a while, but it was country music that made him famous. It started with the ...

  • Fridays recipe - Aimee Fortneys margarita shrimp tacos

    Tequila is actually good for you, when you buy 100% Agave. It helps aid digestion and is even good for inflammation. So these delicious margarita tacos taste both like a margarita and a shrimp taco. These are easy and healthy! Much better than eating out, but your shrimp will taste like una margarita en las rocas, con sal! (A margarita on the rocks, with ...

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