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• Lawmakers propose tighter regulations on ED medications

  19-02-2016 23:25
  
  Women lawmakers in Tennessee are working to make it more difficult for men to obtain drugs for sexual performance.
  
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• Jail Bookings 2/17/16 - Bossier Parish

  19-02-2016 22:55
  
  These are the mugshots and charges for people booked into the Bossier Max., Bossier Med., or Bossier Min. Security facilities on 2/17/16.
  
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• Harper Lee remembered for literary contribution

  19-02-2016 22:53
  
  People across Tennessee and the world are remembering a woman who touched the lives of millions with one book.
  
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• Police: Robbery being considered as motive in fatal shooting

  19-02-2016 21:42
  
  Officers responded to a shots fired call at the intersection of Turley Drive and Lucky Drive in south Nashville just before midnight.
  
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• Jury selection in Erin Andrews case to begin Monday

  19-02-2016 21:29
  
  The trial involving a hotel chain and Fox Sports broadcaster Erin Andrews begins on Monday.
  
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• John Kasich plans Nashville campaign stop

  19-02-2016 21:24
  
  The Republican presidential hopeful will hold a town hall meeting at Rocketown on Saturday, Feb. 27.
  
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• Nashville Teenager Advances in American Idol Friday, February 19

  19-02-2016 21:09
  
  NASHVILLE, Tennessee- Tristan McIntosh has made it to the next round of American Idol! She's now in the top 14 heading into next week's competition! As a former Mix929 singing star contestant, we wish her success as she gets closer to the American Idol finals!
  
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• St. Louis-bound Amtrak crashes outside of Chicago; no injuries

  19-02-2016 20:56
  
  An Amtrak train traveling from Chicago to St. Louis crashed Friday morning near Joliet, Ill.
  
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• 2 suspects wanted for opening fire on victim during Franklin robbery

  19-02-2016 19:20
  
  Police are working to track down two suspects who fired shots at a man while they tried to rob him.
  
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• Police looking for teen who ran away from foster home

  19-02-2016 18:17
  
  Andrew Cannon, 17, left his foster home on Kirtley Court in Murfreesboro on Oct. 4.
  
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• Presidential candidate Marco Rubio holding rally in Franklin

  19-02-2016 18:02
  
  With just over a week left until Super Tuesday, Republican presidential hopeful Marco Rubio is headed to Tennessee.
  
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• Nashville Sounds hosting preseason job fair

  19-02-2016 17:58
  
  The Nashville Sounds will host their final preseason job fair on Saturday. The event runs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at First Tennessee Park.
  
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• Portion of I-24 to close for construction over the weekend

  19-02-2016 17:49
  
  A portion of Interstate 24 will be closed temporarily for construction work over the weekend.
  
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• Man shot twice at north Nashville home

  19-02-2016 17:24
  
  Officers were called to a home on the 1700 block of Meade Avenue just after 7 p.m. Thursday.
  
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• Crews put out minor fire at downtown Nashville bar

  19-02-2016 17:14
  
  Crews are battling a fire at a downtown Nashville restaurant. The Stillery is located 113 2nd Ave.
  
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• 'Mockingbird' author Harper Lee passes away at 89

  19-02-2016 17:13
  
  Lee will forever be linked with To Kill a Mockingbird, which is still a popular masterpiece that won the 1961 Pulitzer Prize. For 55 years it was her only published novel.
  
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• Tour helicopter crashes in water near Arizona Memorial

  19-02-2016 17:05
  
  A sightseeing helicopter with a family of four and the pilot on board was headed back to Honolulu after touring Waimea on Thursday morning when it crashed into waters just off the Arizona Memorial visitors center, to the disbelief of scores of bystanders.
  
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• TN House passes bill making it harder to remove monuments to controversial figures

  19-02-2016 16:59
  
  A controversial bill making it harder for Tennessee Historical Commission members to approve removal of monuments honoring figures like Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest sparked heated debate Thursday between white House Republicans, who pushed the measure, and black Democrats who opposed it.
  
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• Legislators considering bill requiring hands-free devices

  19-02-2016 13:14
  
  A proposal aimed at curbing distracted driving has just cleared the House Transportation Committee.
  
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• Controversial gun bill drawing criticism from some MTSU students

  19-02-2016 12:47
  
  A controversial gun bill making its way through the state legislature is facing harsh criticism from students at a Midstate university.
  
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• Donatos Pizza opens first Tennessee restaurant in Nashville

  19-02-2016 12:44
  
  Donatos Pizza has opened its newest restaurant in Nashville, Tennessee. The 2,800-square-foot restaurant in the heart of Nashville's Midtown dining scene marks the chain's entry into the Tennessee market, according to a company press release.
  
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• Metro School Board to hire firm to help with director search

  19-02-2016 12:20
  
  The Metro Nashville School Board says it hopes to have a new director in place in the next four months.
  
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• New council to give parents more of a say in schools

  19-02-2016 12:05
  
  In a move designed to give parents more of a say about what's happening in their kids' schools, the Tennessee Department of Education has formed a new Parent Advisory Council.
  
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• Search ongoing for gunman after man killed in south Nashville

  19-02-2016 11:19
  
  Officers responded to a shots fired call at the intersection of Turley Drive and Lucky Drive in south Nashville just after midnight.
  
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• William Napier made a huge investment - his sons - in...

  19-02-2016 08:40
  
  In the latest round of charter-school proposals facing Metro Nashville, which made news last week, one detail attracted surprisingly little notice. The nonprofit Martha O'Bryan Center, which offers a variety of services to low-income families and children as a way out of poverty, announced its intent to take over Napier Elementary School, located near the J.C. Napier Homes public housing project off Murfreesboro Road.
  
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• Vanderbilt hosts medical marijuana symposium

  19-02-2016 04:44
  
  More than 75 people packed a cannabis symposium at Vanderbilt University Thursday night.
  
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• Chemotherapy preferable to radiotherapy to reduce distant pancreatic cancer recurrences

  19-02-2016 04:35
  
  Patients who received chemotherapy after surgical resection of pancreatic cancer have fewer distant disease recurrences and longer overall survival than those who also had adjuvant chemoradiation therapy. While a course of radiotherapy in addition to chemotherapy and a cancer operation reduced the number of local disease recurrences, it did not affect distant recurrences or survival.
  
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• Some east Nashville residents want to silence train horns

  19-02-2016 04:32
  
  East Nashville neighbors were on opposite sides of the tracks Thursday night over the sound of trains.
  
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• More male victims of rape coming forward

  19-02-2016 01:36
  
  A freshman basketball player at Ooltewah High School was severely injured after he was allegedly sodomized with a pool cue by three fellow players. While this type of behavior may seem rare, experts said incidents of male sexual assault have been happening for decades.
  
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• Father remembers brief time with 1-year-old son before death

  19-02-2016 01:12
  
  There are new details about the death of 1-year-old Hayden Eldridge.
  
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• Vanderbilt releases results of sexual assault poll

  19-02-2016 00:31
  
  After a rape trial and impending retrial, Vanderbilt University has finished its first survey on sexual assault.
  
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• Watkins Launches MFA in Film Production

  19-02-2016 00:18
  
  J. Kline, who in June 2015 became president of Watkins College of Art, Design and Film , today announced that the school would expand its degree offerings by launching a Master of Fine Arts in Film Production program, and that it will begin this fall. Designed on what the school refers to as a flex schedule, the film production MFA focuses on both narrative and non-narrative storytelling with an emphasis on professional practice.
  
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• Firefighter helps save heart attack victim, not knowing it's his dad

  19-02-2016 00:12
  
  Because the man's face was covered with a guard used in CPR, Steve didn't know the man lying lifeless on the floor was his own father.
  
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• Measure aims to preserve controversial memorials, monuments

  19-02-2016 00:11
  
  In recent years, there has been debate about efforts to remove controversial historic figures from public property and rename buildings some find offensive.
  
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