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• Roommate will not be charged in nursing home beating

  18-03-2015 23:49
  
  A Midstate family wants to know why police aren't pressing charges after a beating at a Putnam County nursing home.
  
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• Father asks burglars to return late daughter's ashes

  18-03-2015 23:15
  A Franklin father is making a plea to the burglars of his home. He says they couldn't have known they stole the ashes of his late daughter. Now, he wants to tell the burglars they're forgiven but to please bring the ashes back.
  
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• Donning a bedazzled jacket and cowboy hat, Jeff Ruby comes to Nashville to announce new restaurant

  18-03-2015 23:02
  
  I described Jeff Ruby as "colorful" in a post Tuesday, and Wednesday, he did not disappoint.
  
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• Benton Co. nonprofit accused of misspending taxpayer money

  18-03-2015 22:50
  
  A nonprofit organization tasked with helping feed children is under investigation after allegedly misspending hundreds of thousands of dollars in taxpayer money.
  
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• Nonprofit organization seeks donation to replace bus

  18-03-2015 22:33
  A nonprofit's bus carrying homeless women and children broke down last week in Rutherford County, making it nearly impossible for them to get to work and school.
  
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• 1 person in custody after shooting at W. Tennessee bank

  18-03-2015 22:23
  
  One man is in custody after a shooting and attempted bank robbery Wednesday morning in Humboldt, Tennessee, according to Gibson County Sheriff Paul Thomas.
  
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• Attorneys file motion to dismiss charges against David Chase

  18-03-2015 22:21
  
  A motion was filed Wednesday to dismiss the domestic assault case against prominent real estate developer David Chase due to destruction of and failure to preserve evidence.
  
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• Teen paralyzed in pellet gun accident

  18-03-2015 22:18
  Three teens were playing with a pellet gun when one ended up paralyzed from the waist down in what police called a freak accident.
  
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• Cannabis oil bill moves one step closer to full House vote

  18-03-2015 22:05
  
  The House Criminal Justice Subcommittee approved a measure Wednesday to let certain people suffering from seizures to use cannabis oil medicinally.
  
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• Anna Marie's Morning Update 3/18/2015

  18-03-2015 22:02
  
  TRENDING LOCALLY: SPRING BREAK! What are the kids doing? The Tennessean's Ms. Cheap has put together a list of cheap and free things to do with the children, including visits to Cheekwood, the Frist Center and more.
  
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• Police: Men stole iPads from Antioch school

  18-03-2015 21:35
  
  Metro police are searching for two men accused of breaking into Thomas Edison Elementary School in Antioch on Sunday.
  
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• Man turns himself in on indecent exposure charges

  18-03-2015 20:35
  
  A man accused of exposing himself to several women turned himself in to Clarksville police on Wednesday.
  
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• UPDATE: Preliminary report says Seals did not die from physical injury

  18-03-2015 20:19
  
  The body found near Slaughterhouse Road in Pikeville has been identified as Bledsoe County Sheriff's Office Detective Ricky Seals.
  
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• Rolling Stones to play LP Field this summer

  18-03-2015 20:11
  The Rolling Stones are coming back to Nashville.
  
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• Mountain Dew unveils 'Dewshine'

  18-03-2015 19:38
  
  Dewshine is made with real sugar and inspired by the company's roots in the backwoods of Tennessee, according to a representative.
  
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• Profanity spray-painted on I-65 billboard garnering attention

  18-03-2015 19:36
  
  Someone spray-painted a profanity on the billboard, which is off Interstate 65 near the exit for Rosa Parks Boulevard.
  
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• Woman's ashes stolen from father's home in Franklin

  18-03-2015 18:43
  
  According to the Franklin Police Department, someone broke into the home on the 300 block of South Margin Street between 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday.
  
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• 1 person in custody in shooting at W. Tennessee bank

  18-03-2015 18:19
  
  One man is in custody after a shooting and attempted bank robbery Wednesday morning in Humboldt, Tennessee, according to Gibson County Sheriff Paul Thomas.
  
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• Spring Hill shopping center evacuated after possible gas leak

  18-03-2015 17:56
  
  Crews are working to make repairs at the Spring Hill Village shopping center along Columbia Pike.
  
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• Police investigating stabbing in west Nashville

  18-03-2015 17:53
  
  Authorities say a woman was cut in the neck during a fight among a group in the Harpeth Springs Drive area.
  
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• Review: 2 gospel quartets are inextricably linked

  18-03-2015 17:43
  
  The Fairfield Four and the McCrary Sisters are Nashville, Tennessee, gospel quartets that are inextricably linked. The Fairfield Four go back 90 years, and their most important member was Sam McCrary, group leader from the 1940s to the 1980s.
  
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• Spring Hill business evacuated after possible gas leak

  18-03-2015 16:43
  
  This is happening at the Publix in the Spring Hill Village shopping center at 4395 Main St.
  
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• Nashville Sounds ballpark to cost $10M more than planned

  18-03-2015 15:44
  
  Officials say the extra expenses won't cost taxpayers. Some of the funding is coming from MDHA since the project is generating growth in the area.
  
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• One Bellevue Place development clears zoning hurdle

  18-03-2015 15:29
  
  On Tuesday night, Metro Council approved a plan that clears the way for developers to move forward with a mixed-use plan at the old Bellevue Center Mall.
  
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• Kansas City police lead 'electric' flashmob after St. Patrick's Day Parade

  18-03-2015 15:24
  
  The men in blue showed off their green in Kansas City on St. Patrick's Day.
  
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• Man arrested in connection to 2012 murder

  18-03-2015 14:49
  
  Damonta Meneese, 22, is charged in the fatal shooting of Stephen Milliken.
  
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• PowerTest 2015 Rocks Nashville in Five Energy-Filled Days of Learning and Networking

  18-03-2015 13:28
  
  Every year, the nations leading electrical maintenance and safety professionals converge on the annual PowerTest event for in-depth technical presentations, great networking opportunities, and exposure to the industrys latest technologies and services and PowerTest 2015 did not disappoint. Held March 2-6, 2016, at the Renaissance Nashville Hotel in Nashville, Tennessee, the InterNational Electrical Testing Associations premier electrical maintenance and safety event welcomed more than 450 attend
  
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• Coalition gathering at state Capitol for 'Moral Day of Action'

  18-03-2015 13:25
  
  The coalition wants to encourage Tennessee legislators to provide healthcare coverage for the 280,000 Tennesseans, including 24,000 veterans who do not have access to healthcare.
  
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• Tennessee Supreme Court announces business court project

  18-03-2015 12:13
  
  The Tennessee Supreme Court has announced the creation of a new business court pilot project that aims to make complex commercial litigation more efficient.
  
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• Gov. Haslam names Kevin Triplett new tourist commissioner

  18-03-2015 12:11
  
  Gov. Bill Haslam has named Kevin Triplett the new commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Tourist Development.
  
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• FEMA to test Emergency Alert System in 4 states

  18-03-2015 12:09
  
  Residents in Tennessee, Kentucky, Michigan and Ohio will have their regularly programmed television and radio shows interrupted Wednesday during a test of the nation's emergency alert system.
  
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• Asanteman storms Nashville, TN, USA

  18-03-2015 09:19
  
  It was a cool Saturday evening, 27th December and hundreds of Ghanaians living in Nashville, in the state of Tennessee trooped to the prestigious Occasions Rentals Hall to witness the celebration of the rich Ghanaian culture. Word had gone around weeks prior that the newly elected Asantefuohene, Nana Kwaku Sekyere Forkuo Mensah will be swearing the oath of allegiance to Asanteman, chiefs and elders.
  
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• Judges nix tens of thousands of red-light camera tickets

  18-03-2015 06:51
  
  The judges ruled that issuing a traffic ticket based on a picture is illegal.
  
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• Secret 'pre-meetings' become commonplace ina

  18-03-2015 06:14
  
  No public notice is given for the time or location of the meetings held at odd hours by at least 10 of the 15 standing committees in the House. Secret 'pre-meetings' become commonplace in Tennessee House No public notice is given for the time or location of the meetings held at odd hours by at least 10 of the 15 standing committees in the House.
  
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• Letter sent to White House tests tentatively for cyanide

  18-03-2015 04:47
  An envelope addressed to the White House has tentatively tested positive for cyanide after two rounds of analysis, the Secret Service said Tuesday. Additional testing will be necessary to confirm the finding.
  
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• Bill preventing swingers club move passes unanimously

  18-03-2015 03:50
  A bill that would prevent a swingers club from opening in Madison near a private Christian school passed unanimously at its third reading before Metro Council on Tuesday.
  
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• Attorneys want charges dismissed against suspect in Bobo case

  18-03-2015 03:44
  
  Defense attorneys in the Holly Bobo case filed a motion asking the newly appointed special prosecutor in the case to be thrown in jail.
  
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• Men's Health calls Portland one of the '10 best places to live now'

  18-03-2015 02:14
  
  Salua Umuhoza and Tresor Muhizi hold a pose at the end of a dance number in Steve Rukongi's 2012 play "The Sunset" at Portland Stage. The magazine Men's Health - which in 2012 named Portland second only to Washington, D.C., in terms of " where the babes are " - is now taking a more comprehensive look at Maine's largest city.
  
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• Burial goes on after truck crashes into funeral procession

  18-03-2015 00:51
  
  A family said a difficult day became much worse when a semi-truck caused a crash of several vehicles in a funeral procession.
  
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• Woman asks for help in finding granddaughter's killers

  18-03-2015 00:31
  
  A stray bullet from a drive-by shooting killed 13-year-old C'Asia Watkins while she was sleeping inside her Lebanon home earlier this year.
  
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• Kraft recalls nearly 242K cases of "Mac & Cheese"

  18-03-2015 00:23
  
  The recalled product is limited to the 7.25-oz. size of the Original flavor of boxed dinner with the "Best When Used By" dates of September 18, 2015 through October 11, 2015, with the code "C2" directly below the date on each individual box. The "C2"...
  
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• Electronic citation devices could save officers' time, lives

  18-03-2015 00:11
  
  Police in Smyrna are working to improve the process of issuing speeding tickets.
  
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• American Baptist College under fire for openly gay speaker

  18-03-2015 00:05
  The college's recent decision to invite a bishop in a same-sex marriage to speak at the school has outraged several pastors across the country.
  
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