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Thursday 2nd July, 2009

  • Memphis man fatally shot unloading groceries

    WBIR

    Memphis police say a man was robbed and shot to death while unloading groceries from his car. Officers said 46-year-old Glen Phillips was dead at the scene shortly after midnight Thursday outside...

  • Contractors To Get Money Owed After Bank

    WSMV-TV

    Following the investigation, the owner of the company went bankrupt. One by one, subcontractors left a bankruptcy hearing frustrated, learning they may never get the money they say Mark Clark owes...

  • Shot officer's condition upgraded

    The Tennessean

    Police said Sgt. Mark Chesnut, who was shot during a traffic stop on Interstate 40 last week, is now in stable condition at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

  • Lawmakers Travel Despite Budget Tightening

    WSMV-TV

    The state tightened travel rules last year because of the budget, but the Channel 4 I-Team found state lawmakers using tax money for trips all over the map, even islands and...

  • Teacher Held At Gunpoint Talks About Incident

    WSMV-TV

    After a Metro teacher was held at gunpoint by her own student this past winter, the Overton High School teacher is speaking for the first time about the situation.

  • HS Baseball Player Breaks Neck In Pool

    WSMV-TV

    The Holder yard in Manchester screams family and fun. An above-ground swimming pool is the shining centerpiece of an enormous deck where friends and family spend hours enjoying...

  • Kids' Camp Asked To Leave Singer's Land

    WSMV-TV

    A successful youth camp for troubled kids ended up in trouble itself when the land it was renting was purchased by country music star Brad Paisley.

  • Boomers show entrepreneurial spirit

    Nashville Business Journal

    Kauffman Foundation study that predicts the United States may be “on the cusp of an entrepreneurship boom.” Over the past decade, Americans between the ages of 55 and 64 had the highest...

  • Pending home sales inch up in U.S., South

    Nashville Business Journal

    ... show its Pending Home Sales Index, a forward-looking indicator based on contracts signed in May, increased 0.1 percent to 90.7 in April. That reading is 6.7 percent higher than in when it...

  • Unemployment hits 9.5 percent in U.S.

    Nashville Business Journal

    The...

  • Law firms get 'no confidence vote' by peers

    Nashville Business Journal

    Chief legal officers remain “deeply skeptical” of their peers at corporate law firms and whether they are serious about changing the pricing and staffing models prevalent today, according...

  • Former SunTrust CFO Rita A. Bennett, 57, dies

    The Tennessean

    Rita A. Bennett, one of the first women to rise to the top executive ranks of Nashville banking, died Wednesday at her home in Old Hickory after a long illness.

  • Thief steals from St. Jude Dream Home

    The Tennessean

    Franklin — Franklin police are looking for information to help them find a thief who stole a motorized scooter and drill from the 2009 St. Jude Dream Home in Franklin’s Westhaven...

  • Water Bills Increase In Nashville

    WSMV-TV

    Bellevue and Madison residents will not be forced to pay higher fees until the fall. Customers who do not get a monthly bill from Metro Water won't be billed with the extra water fees until October.

  • Metro Performs Teacher Background Checks

    WSMV-TV

    The district is looking into the backgrounds of all current teachers as a result of the investigation of Ronald Boykin, a teacher at Donelson Middle School, who was arrested earlier this year on...

  • Realtors to launch foreclosure courses

    Nashville Business Journal

    National Association of Realtors has awarded state and local associations with $17,250 to educate communities and agents on foreclosures. The group gave...

  • Dentist buys Junior League building

    Nashville Business Journal

    Junior League building in Green Hills for $2 million, according to Southeast Venture, a real estate, architecture and design firm which brokered the deal. Clayton Cummings purchased the...

  • Women steal more than $1,000 in razor blades

    The Tennessean

    Franklin — Two unidentified women are wanted by Franklin Police after walking away from two local Walgreen's with more than $1,000 worth of disposable razor blades in a 30-minute time period.

  • Court of Appeals favors Tennessee's lethal injection process

    The Tennessean

    A federal appeals court on Thursday vacated a lower court's ruling that Tennessee's lethal injection process is unconstitutional.

  • Former Vol Cooter arrested on burglary charges

    The Tennessean

    Inside, they said they found former UT quarterback Jim Bob Cooter in the woman's bed.Officers said Cooter admitted he didn't live there but refused to answer other questions. He's held on $10,000...

  • Steve Sullivan, Joel Ward stay the course

    The Tennessean

    He'd focused the majority of his efforts on re-signing forwards Steve Sullivan and Joel Ward, and with the NHL's unrestricted free-agency period set to begin, Poile had gone 0-for-2.How likely were...

  • Alexander Confident About Spring Hill Plant

    WSMV-TV

    U.s. Sen. Lamar Alexander said he cannot predict the future but can't imagine the General Motors Spring Hill plant staying idle for long.

  • 'Hard to ignore' serious themes on new CD

    Examiner

    Brad Paisley says there's too much going on in the world to be too lighthearted on his new album, "American Saturday Night.""I think this country has turned on a dime in a way that none of us foresaw...

  • 84 weapons traded in for circus tickets during gun drive

    WBIR

    While some are paying cash for their UniverSoul Circus tickets, others are paying with their guns. The Care for the Kids gun drive, a first-time effort of circus organizers, Metro police and four...

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