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Meharry hopes to turn grant into cures

Fri, 10/30/2009 - 07:54
Imagine being able to thwart HIV with a cream or prevent a baby from premature birth in the early stages of pregnancy with a simple urine test.

Campaign urges more adoptions in Tennessee

Fri, 10/30/2009 - 07:54
What Angela and Roger Wilmoth do every day isn't glamorous.

Iroquois Steeplechase champion Calvin Houghland dies

Fri, 10/30/2009 - 07:54
Calvin Houghland, avid sportsman, hunter and philanthropist, died Tuesday at his Bright Hour Farm in Brentwood. He was 93.

Jefferson Street to get face lift

Fri, 10/30/2009 - 07:53
A plan to improve an important North Nashville corridor with new landscaping, signs and lights was unveiled by city and state leaders Thursday.

Miller/Coors to offer free rides on Halloween

Fri, 10/30/2009 - 07:53
Miller/Coors is offering its first Halloween "free ride" program, and the beer maker will debut it in Nashville on Saturday.

Cholesterol drugs may aid swine flu survival

Fri, 10/30/2009 - 07:35
A new treatment for swine flu may already be on pharmacy shelves — cholesterol-lowering statin drugs like Lipitor and Zocor.

Young mom's death exposes H1N1 dangers

Fri, 10/30/2009 - 07:27
Middle TN woman leaves behind her husband, Chris, her 9-month-old son, Gavin, and a lot of disbelief.

TN teacher faces rape charges in Tennessee

Fri, 10/30/2009 - 06:50
KNOXVILLE — The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has arrested a high school teacher in Jamestown on charges of statutory rape of a 16-year-old male.

Truck to demonstrate technology to cut pollution

Fri, 10/30/2009 - 06:20
A big rig will be demonstrating technology that reduces both energy that is lost and pollution that spews from idling trucks from 9 a.m. to noon today at Covington Power Detroit Diesel, 115 Haywood Lane in Antioch.

Franklin hires grants coordinator

Fri, 10/30/2009 - 06:18
FRANKLIN — Franklin has hired Clarksville native Andrew Orr to be its first sustainability/grants coordinator.

TN attorney general says landlords can ban tenants' guns

Fri, 10/30/2009 - 06:11
Attorney General Bob Cooper says landlords can ban their tenants from bringing firearms into their property even if they have handgun carry permits.

Convicted ringleader in fatal carjackings may get death penalty

Fri, 10/30/2009 - 06:10
KNOXVILLE — A jury weighing a possible death sentence for the ringleader in the fatal carjacking of a young Knoxville couple heard Thursday about the warm loving middle-class background of the victims and the poor, neglected and abused upbringing of the defendant.

Protester sues Church of Scientology's Nashville center

Fri, 10/30/2009 - 05:57
A Murfreesboro man has filed a $6 million lawsuit against the Church of Scientology's Nashville celebrity center claiming that guards hired by the church assaulted him while he was staging a protest.

Justice eludes family 9 years after suspect disappears

Thu, 10/29/2009 - 08:12
For nine years, Brenda McClintock has mourned her only son, Christopher Walton, and wondered what the man charged with shooting him is doing.

Old Hickory man dies after Gallatin police use Taser

Thu, 10/29/2009 - 08:02
GALLATIN — An Old Hickory man died in police custody after being shot with a Taser on Tuesday night while struggling with Gallatin officers trying to arrest him on charges of filing a false police report.

Nashville banks report skimming thefts at ATMs

Thu, 10/29/2009 - 08:02
Metro Police believe Nashville bank ATMs have been targeted by an organized skimming operation.

Eddie George's firm to help beautify Jefferson Street Gateway

Thu, 10/29/2009 - 08:02
Former Tennessee Titan Eddie George will show off the work of his landscape architecture firm, EDGE, when plans are unveiled today for a major streetscape overhaul in the historic Jefferson Street district.

Sex-with-animals cases surface in 3 TN counties

Thu, 10/29/2009 - 08:02
It was a law no one ever wanted to see put to the test.

Ringleader convicted in Knoxville couple's carjacking deaths

Thu, 10/29/2009 - 08:01
KNOXVILLE — The man accused of being the ringleader of a carjacking that turned into the rapes and murders of a Tennessee couple was convicted Wednesday on nearly all counts and now faces the chance of the death penalty.

Nashville convention center: Backer, critic debate risk to taxpayers

Thu, 10/29/2009 - 07:38
A leading supporter and an outspoken critic of Nashville's downtown convention center plan squared off Wednesday over the biggest building proposal in Nashville's history.