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The Tennessean

• Judge to decide on autopsy for executed killer Cecil Johnson Jr.

  The Tennessean – 1 hr 21 mins ago  

  A federal judge will decide next week whether the state can perform an autopsy on a Tennessee death row inmate who was executed by lethal injection. Full Story »

• Government will spend any and all tax revenue it raises

  The Tennessean – 1 hr 21 mins ago  

  With apologies to the movie: "If you tax it, they will spend." A one-line comment in the article concerning the fate of income tax in Tennessee caught my attention. ("Income tax falls further off radar, Nov. 22"). Full Story »

• Column: Mayor Karl Dean is likely to get his convention center

  The Tennessean – 1 hr 21 mins ago  

  Mayor Karl Dean has been faced with the classic cursed-if-you-do, cursed-if-you-don't situation with the Music City Center. Full Story »

• Rep. John Tanner wants to focus on family after retiring

  The Tennessean – 1 hr 22 mins ago  

  WASHINGTON — Rep. John Tanner said Wednesday that concerns about a sick granddaughter and his leadership responsibilities at an international organization contributed to his decision to retire from the U.S. House at the end of next year. Full Story »

• Reader will get her wish for adjusted traffic signal

  The Tennessean – 1 hr 22 mins ago  

  QUESTION: Jackie Sherrill leaves work late at night near Tennessee State University. The traffic signal at Clarksville Pike and Ed Temple Boulevard goes to a flashing mode at 11 p.m. But that is when she and others are getting off. She wanted to know if the signal could be adjusted to make it easier for drivers to get through this intersection at night. Full Story »

WKRN Nashville

• Franklin chooses fake Christmas tree for first time

  WKRN Nashville – Wed Dec 2, 7:21 pm ET  

  Franklin is using an artificial Christmas tree for the first time this year and doing so will save the city thousands. Full Story »

• Youngsters find homeless man dead in home

  WKRN Nashville – Wed Dec 2, 7:06 pm ET  

  47-year-old Marion Hollingshed was found dead in a home on Donelson Street Sunday afternoon. Full Story »

• Rutherford Co. holds H1N1 flu shot clinics

  WKRN Nashville – Wed Dec 2, 6:51 pm ET  

  The Rutherford County Health Department opened up its supply of the H1N1 flu vaccine to everyone Wednesday. Full Story »

• Tenn.'s largest Guard unit prepares to deploy

  WKRN Nashville – Wed Dec 2, 6:21 pm ET  

  The 278th unit of the Tennessee National Guard began its long road to Iraq Wednesday. Full Story »

• SunTrust building sold for $6M

  WKRN Nashville – Wed Dec 2, 6:06 pm ET  

  Eakin Partners purchased the former SunTrust operations center in downtown Nashville for more than $6 million. Full Story »

Nashville City Paper

• Commodores shake off road woes, fend off Missouri rally

  Nashville City Paper – Thu Dec 3, 1:11 am ET  

  Rebounding, free throws carry Vanderbilt to 89-83 victory. More Full Story »

• Analysis: Will Tanner’s retirement inspire ‘Democrats for Haslam’?

  Nashville City Paper – Thu Dec 3, 12:26 am ET  

  Game-changer. That’s what Congressman John Tanner's retirement is. It has and will profoundly affect state politics at every level. More Full Story »

• Swift, Kings of Leon score major Grammy nominations

  Nashville City Paper – Wed Dec 2, 11:33 pm ET  

  Swift's Fearless faces off with Beyonce's I Am Sasha Fierce , Lady Gaga's The Fame , The Black Eyed Peas' The E.N.D. , and the Dave Matthews Band's Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King for Album of the Year Honors. More Full Story »

• Maplewood’s Stone wins Hume Award

  Nashville City Paper – Wed Dec 2, 8:48 pm ET  

  James Stone gets prestigious William Hume Award, given to Metro Nashville’s top high school football scholar-athlete. More Full Story »

• Decomposing body of homeless man found in burned house

  Nashville City Paper – Wed Dec 2, 7:56 pm ET  

  Police asking for public help determining how 47-year-old died More Full Story »

WSMV Nashville

• School Donates $16,000 To Sick Child

  WSMV Nashville – Wed Dec 2, 11:35 pm ET  

  A boy in Franklin is getting a surgery he needs thanks to his school and a lot of love. Full Story »

• Mom Seen Huffing With Kid In Car Gets Plea Deal

  WSMV Nashville – Wed Dec 2, 11:20 pm ET  

  The Channel 4 I-Team has uncovered a mother's driving violations and spoken with the good Samaritan who thought she was keeping the mother off the road. Full Story »

• Board Of Health Considers WIC In Mall

  WSMV Nashville – Wed Dec 2, 8:51 pm ET  

  Getting a check-up at the mall could soon become a reality for low-income moms in Antioch. Full Story »

• Columbia Police Nab 51 Suspected Drug Dealers

  WSMV Nashville – Wed Dec 2, 8:50 pm ET  

  Fifty-one suspected drug dealers are off the streets of Maury County. Full Story »

• Authorities: Pulaski Man Drunk In Fatal Crash

  WSMV Nashville – Wed Dec 2, 8:50 pm ET  

  Authorities say a Pulaski man was drunk when he drove the wrong way on a Mississippi highway last week and crashed into another car. Full Story »

News Channel 5 Nashville

• Missing Money In Clerk's Office Under Investigation

  News Channel 5 Nashville – Thu Dec 3, 12:21 am ET  

  Thousands of missing dollars from the Dickson County clerk's office could be a case of embezzlement. Full Story »

• Beyonce Leads Grammy Nominations With 10

  News Channel 5 Nashville – Wed Dec 2, 11:36 pm ET  

  Beyonce garnered the most Grammy nominations on Wednesday with 10 nods, including a nomination for album of the year. Taylor Swift wasn't far behind, getting eight nominations. Full Story »

• Program Will Track Franklin Police Officers Job Performance

  News Channel 5 Nashville – Wed Dec 2, 11:21 pm ET  

  Commanders at the Franklin Police Department have implemented a new program that will track the job performance of the city's uniformed police officers. Full Story »

• Rebirth Of Storm Torn Area In Murfreesboro

  News Channel 5 Nashville – Wed Dec 2, 11:06 pm ET  

  The Good Friday tornado in Murfreesboro left homes ripped to shreds and debris in the neighborhood. Nearly eight months later almost all signs of the storm are gone. Full Story »

• Victims Speak At Serial Rapist Parole Hearing

  News Channel 5 Nashville – Wed Dec 2, 10:36 pm ET  

  A serial rapist who terrorized a Nashville neighborhood in the 1980s wants out of prison. On Wednesday, the so-called 'Airport Rapist' sat before a parole member and his victims. Full Story »

News-Democrat & Leader

• A Thanksgiving Miracle

  News-Democrat & Leader – Tue Dec 1, 11:07 am ET  

  Organizers of the Annual Community Thanksgiving Dinner are still not sure how they managed to feed over 600 people this year. After all, they had only planned on around 450. “We did not run out of... Full Story »

• Former L’burg principal reassigned

  News-Democrat & Leader – Tue Dec 1, 11:06 am ET  

  Barrett Nelson, who served as principal of Lewisburg school for five years, resigned from that position and is now working as a teacher at the alternative school. In a memo to superintendent Mars... Full Story »

• Logan loses oldest resident

  News-Democrat & Leader – Tue Dec 1, 10:52 am ET  

  Logan County’s oldest resident, a woman known to many as “the toy lady,” passed away last week. Katie Hancock died Friday, Nov. 27, one day after celebrating her 106th birthday. Mrs. Hancock was b... Full Story »

• Humane Society offers new ‘Barn Cat’ program

  News-Democrat & Leader – Tue Dec 1, 10:51 am ET  

  The Logan County Humane Society is continually battling to save the lives of Logan County’s unwanted animal population and as part of it’s efforts has implemented a new program that will help offer... Full Story »

• Special prosecutor assigned to Kenady case

  News-Democrat & Leader – Tue Dec 1, 10:37 am ET  

  Tim Coleman, Commonwealth Attorney for the 38th Circuit, has been assigned as special prosecutor in the Kerry Kenady case. Kenady, who served a short term as First District Magistrate for Logan Co... Full Story »

Shelbyville Times-Gazette

• Gift drive benefits nursing home residents

  Shelbyville Times-Gazette – Wed Dec 2, 10:39 am ET  

  With a goal to deliver gifts to all 310 nursing home residents in Bedford County, organizers are again asking for help this year to make this happen again. Lindsey Sudberry and her mother Lorrie Dunn... Full Story »

• Cash, marijuana confiscated in traffic stop

  Shelbyville Times-Gazette – Wed Dec 2, 10:25 am ET  

  A car with no taillights led sheriff deputies to the discovery of nearly $3,700 in cash and marijuana last Friday, resulting in two arrests. According to a report filed by Sgt. Nikia Elliott of the... Full Story »

• Non-officer flashes blues, tries traffic stop

  Shelbyville Times-Gazette – Wed Dec 2, 10:25 am ET  

  A man who said he was upset about speeding drivers conducted his own traffic stop Saturday, complete with a vehicle equipped with blue lights, Shelbyville police said. But the "officer" was detained... Full Story »

• Magnet school application process underway for next school year

  Shelbyville Times-Gazette – Wed Dec 2, 10:24 am ET  

  As Thomas Magnet School approaches the midpoint of its first academic year, the application process has begun for the 2010-2011 school year, according to principal Tim Harwell and Betty Farrar, the... Full Story »

• Proposed Unionville store plan approved

  Shelbyville Times-Gazette – Wed Dec 2, 10:24 am ET  

  Bedford County Planning Commission on Tuesday night approved a site plan for a Dollar General Store in Unionville. The Goodlettsville-based discount retailer will pour a pad this week at the site of... Full Story »

Nashville Scene

• Life is all bunnies and Nuks when you're an adult baby

  Nashville Scene – Mon Nov 30, 3:05 pm ET  

  Don't be fooled by the commercials. Babies are filthy little creatures. Their spit-up will absolutely ruin every last one of your shirts. The color, consistency and volume of their poop (and the uses they're able to find for it when left "napping" in their cribs) will horrify you. Full Story »

Kentucky New Era

• Plans still uncertain for Fort Campbell deployments

  Kentucky New Era – Wed Dec 2, 6:04 pm ET  

  Fort Campbell officials are unsure whether Tuesday’s deployment announcement by President Barack Obama will impact its 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault). Full Story »

• Local Briefs

  Kentucky New Era – Wed Dec 2, 6:04 pm ET  

  Hart Road closing for work, set to reopen noon Friday Full Story »

• Congress scrutinizes plan for Afghanistan surge

  Kentucky New Era – Wed Dec 2, 6:04 pm ET  

  WASHINGTON — Democrats are complaining about President Barack Obama’s escalation of the war in Afghanistan and Republicans are unhappy with his promise to withdraw troops in 18 months, but Congress appears willing to approve the buildup’s $30 billion price tag. Full Story »

• Ky. chamber calling for legislative adjustments

  Kentucky New Era – Wed Dec 2, 9:34 am ET  

  The Kentucky Chamber of Commerce this morning outlined its top priorities to help stagnate the state’s diminishing funds when the legislature meets next year to discuss a new biennial budget. Full Story »

• Local Briefs

  Kentucky New Era – Wed Dec 2, 9:34 am ET  

  Whitfield launches new Web site U.S. Rep. Ed Whitfield, of Hopkinsville, launched a new Web site Monday. Whitfield stated in a release from his office that the site should facilitate communication with his constituents. Full Story »

The Leaf Chronicle

• By winning one Govs elevate Loos to 400 wins, go 1-0 in OVC

  The Leaf Chronicle – Wed Dec 2, 9:13 pm ET  

  A small digit yes, but the number one looms large over Austin Peay Thursday night. With a win, Govs coach Dave Loos will have amassed the 400th victory of his distinguished 24-year career, and that would put him with in two of becoming the OVC’s all-time winningest coach. Full Story »

• Lady Govs set to open defense of OVC Tourney championship against SEMO Thursday night

  The Leaf Chronicle – Wed Dec 2, 8:57 pm ET  

  It’s not like teams Austin Peay has played so far didn’t want to beat them. Full Story »

• 3rd BCT hones urban warfare skills before leave

  The Leaf Chronicle – Wed Dec 2, 6:42 pm ET  

  Just a few days before block leave for Christmas, the soldiers of the Iron Rakkasan battalion at Fort Campbell once again honed its urban warfare skills. Full Story »

• 3rd BCT soldiers like Obama's plan

  The Leaf Chronicle – Wed Dec 2, 6:27 pm ET  

  The plan for 30,000 more soldiers in Afghanistan is good news for soldiers in the 3rd Brigade Combat Team at Fort Campbell. Full Story »

• "On Wings of Love" held tonight to remember homicide victims

  The Leaf Chronicle – Wed Dec 2, 5:57 pm ET  

  The 12th annual “On Wings of Love – Remembering Victims of Homicide” program will begin tonight at 5:30 at the Clarksville-Montgomery County Public Library. Full Story »