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• Metro Schools announces new hires

  09-07-2015 23:38
  
  Metro Nashville Public Schools has hired a new executive to oversee improvements at low-performing schools.
  
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• TDOT: Planting trees to block statue 'raises serious questions'

  09-07-2015 23:29
  
  The Tennessee Department of Transportation has responded to a request by the Metro Council to cover up a state of Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest.
  
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• There are better Southern legacies to celebrate than Dixie, and there ...

  09-07-2015 22:14
  
  Shortly after Will Campbell's death in June 2013, the Rev. James Lawson contacted several African-American activists with a request that we attend his funeral in Nashville.
  
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• Goodwill employee given car through 'Wheels to Work' program

  09-07-2015 21:29
  
  A Nashville Goodwill employee has a new sense of freedom thanks to a new set of wheels.
  
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• PHOTO GALLERY: July 2015 Mugshots

  09-07-2015 20:57
  
  These are images of people who have been arrested in the Midlands. The images are public record and come from various law enforcement and detention center websites. Those who are pictured are innocent until proven guilty. 
  
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• Police investigating deaths of mother, baby in McMinnville

  09-07-2015 20:11
  
  Marisha Drake, 25, and her child lived at the Arms apartment complex on Old Smithville Road.
  
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• Fort Campbell will cut 363 troops over 2-year period

  09-07-2015 20:01
  
  This is part of the Army's larger plan to reduce the number of active soldiers from 490,000 to 450,000.
  
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• 4 wanted for shoplifting from Victoria's Secret in Murfreesboro

  09-07-2015 19:41
  
  In the surveillance video, you can see two men and two women walk into the store on Medical Center Parkway, grab handfuls of clothes and run outside.
  
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• Rita's stops serving frozen custard due to egg shortage

  09-07-2015 19:07
  
  The company, which has a location in Murfreesboro, says this stems from the avian flu outbreak, which is limiting the availability of eggs nationwide.
  
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• Police: Antioch man busted for having child pornography

  09-07-2015 18:37
  
  Moises Diaz-Velasquez, 28, was allegedly trading sexual photos with a person he didn't know was an undercover detective.
  
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• Mayoral candidates weigh in on search for Metro school director

  09-07-2015 18:19
  
  The four finalists for the position were announced earlier this week. The school board said they hope to vote later this month.
  
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• Country music struggles with its Confederate flag past

  09-07-2015 17:54
  
  In this Nov. 2, 2009 file photo, John Rich of the musical group, Big & Rich, performs at a rally for 23rd Congressional District candidate, Doug Hoffman, in Watertown, N.Y. Mainstream country music has been quietly distancing itself from the Confederate flag for years, but as the debate reignites following a massacre at a black church in South Carolina on June 17, country artists still struggle to articulate their feelings about the flag's history and symbolism. Rich told Fox News' Sean Hann
  
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• New additions to child-abuse registry becoming public

  09-07-2015 17:43
  
  The Tennessee Department of Children's Services has begun making publicly available the names of people who it believes have committed child abuse or neglect, despite the fact that some of them were never prosecuted.
  
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• Celebrate 'The Spirit of Nashville' - Including...

  09-07-2015 16:53
  
  Second perhaps only to the collective output of Hatch Show Print, the most popular series of Nashville-based posters over the past decade has been The Spirit of Nashville collection from the Anderson Design Group . To celebrate a decade of these designs, which started out as a short series of renderings of iconic locales drawn by various members of the design firm's staff, Anderson Design has released a book featuring some of their best.
  
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• Fort Campbell will cut approximately 350 troops over 2 years

  09-07-2015 16:08
  
  This is part of the Army's larger plan to reduce the number of active soldiers from 490,000 to 450,000.
  
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• Unhappy parents claim Minion Happy Meal toy uses profanity

  09-07-2015 15:55
  
  Some parents aren't happy about what they claim a talking Happy Meal toy is saying. McDonald's insists the Minion's message is innocent. We'll let your ear decide.
  
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• Why simply removing statues of Confederate leaders isn't the most historically responsible path

  09-07-2015 14:42
  
  In the wake of the terrorist attack on Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, S.C., there has been a swift movement to remove the last vestiges of honoring the Confederacy from state capitols and other public spaces across Dixie. Some of this is long-needed correction.
  
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• Juveniles rob driver at gunpoint in north Nashville

  09-07-2015 13:50
  
  The victim said the teens jumped into his car at the corner of Garfield Avenue and Rosa L. Parks Boulevard and held him at gunpoint.
  
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• Juveniles robbed man at gunpoint in north Nashville

  09-07-2015 13:29
  
  The victim said the teens jumped into his car at the corner of Garfield Avenue and Rosa L. Parks Boulevard and held him at gunpoint.
  
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• Warrior Transition Unit at Fort Campbell gets new commander

  09-07-2015 12:42
  
  The Warrior Transition Unit at Fort Campbell will come under new command this week.
  
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• Inglewood restaurant employees held at gunpoint, robbed

  09-07-2015 12:36
  
  Police are searching for an armed robber who held up a Mexican restaurant on Gallatin Pike on Wednesday night.
  
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• Bears test new ORCA coolers at Memphis Zoo

  09-07-2015 11:49
  
  A cooler company wanted to see if their new product could bear the ultimate test.
  
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• City Council to vote on hotel/motel tax

  09-07-2015 10:32
  
  One of Columbia's priorities is improving tourism, and city officials are considering a city hotel/motel tax. But it has raised concerns with local business owners.
  
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• Police investigating Ariana Grande's video doughnut licking

  09-07-2015 07:13
  
  By MESFIN FEKADU and CHRISTINE ARMARIO Associated Press Police said Wednesday they were investigating video that appears to show Ariana Grande licking doughnuts at a shop in Southern California. Earlier,...
  
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• Old Dominion Releases Music Video for "Break Up With Him"

  09-07-2015 06:27
  
  RCA Records Nashville's Old Dominion music video for their debut single "Break Up With Him" is out NOW via CMT and on demand across all CMT digital platforms including OldDominion.CMT.com, CMT Pure and the CMT Artists app. The thematic music video was shot in Nashville, TN during the annual CMA Music Festival in June and was directed by the aptly titled, Director Steve.
  
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• Proposal would block Broadway traffic on weekends

  09-07-2015 04:28
  
  Rain or shine, people are always out enjoying the music, food and atmosphere of Nashville on Broadway. But some people are starting to worry that the sidewalks are too busy to handle the crowds on the weekends.
  
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• Boy suffers serious burns after summer 'fun' goes wrong

  09-07-2015 03:58
  A couple of children playing during their summer break landed a 12-year-old boy in the hospital with serious burns over much of his body.
  
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• Nashville Artist Donna Woodley Responds to 'Southern Motel' Controversy

  09-07-2015 02:02
  
  The removal of Sheila B.'s artwork "Southern Motel" from Acme Feed & Seed has been met with varied responses, and many of them are heated. Some say the artist was unfairly targeted by a group with political motivations.
  
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• Haslam appoints Bonnie Hommrich as DCS commissioner

  09-07-2015 01:42
  
  Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam has appointed Bonne Hommrich as commissioner of the state Department of Children's Services.
  
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• Day 2 of lethal injection case focuses on compounded drugs

  09-07-2015 01:39
  
  Testimony on the second day of a trial over Tennessee's lethal injection protocols has centered on the role of compounding pharmacists and whether a person is legally dead if he or she can still be revived.
  
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• MTA moves ahead with plans for electric buses

  09-07-2015 01:09
  
  MTA was awarded a $250,000 clean energy grant. The agency plans to use the money to buy a second charger for an electric bus fleet.
  
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• Residents of Nashville homeless camp threatened with eviction

  09-07-2015 01:05
  
  Dozens of Nashville's homeless could be looking for a new place to stay.
  
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• More complaints against car dealer that closed suddenly

  09-07-2015 00:46
  
  Seventy people have now contacted police with complaints against a defunct Rutherford County car dealership.
  
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• Metro Council passes resolution to hide Forrest statue behind trees

  09-07-2015 00:22
  
  Its a familiar sight to everyone who's taken I-65 North into Nashville from Williamson County. Now, the metro council has passed a resolution to hide a statue of Nathan Bedford Forrest with trees and shrubbery.
  
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• Restaurant owner returns from month-long vacation to find home ransacked

  09-07-2015 00:18
  
  A Franklin County family returned from vacation to find their home trashed.
  
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• Hammock's 'Cold Front' Is a Soundtrack for the Whole Galaxy

  09-07-2015 00:00
  
  Nearly three years ago, Nashvillian post-rock outfit Hammock released a breathtaking music video for their song "Cold Front." That's par for the course for Hammock - the duo consistently releases some of the most stunning and well-shot videos Nashville has ever seen.
  
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• Hear Jason Isbell's 'Something More Than Free,' See Him...

  09-07-2015 00:00
  
  The title track of Jason Isbell's Something More Than Free is the Alabama-born, Nashville-residing Americana hero at the top of his game, using plain speech to deliver a story about the dignity of a man struggling to get by in subtle and evocative detail. "I don't think on why I'm here, or where it hurts," his character sings, "I'm just lucky to have the work."
  
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