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Yahoo makes Tumblr deal official vows not to screw it up
This is a screenshot of on an animation that ran on Marissa Mayer's Tumblr about buying Tumblr for $1.1 billion, which included a promise to run the blogging service as a separate business and "not to screw it up." Click the next panel to see the rejoinder to this acknowledgment about Tumblr users' unease over the deal. Yahoo confirmed that it will pay $1.1 billion for Tumblr on ...
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Crash closes I-65 south in Robertson Co.
An overturned tractor-trailer has closed the southbound lanes of Interstate 65 in Robertson County on Monday morning. The wreck occurred around 6 a.m. near mile marker 111 near Cross Plains, TN, said the Tennessee Highway Patrol. The crash is not expected to be clear until 8 a.m. Northbound traffic is not ...
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Robbers steal car after wreck in Antioch
Police are searching for two young men who robbed and carjacked two people at the scene of a crash in Antioch early Monday morning. A minor crash happened at 294 Chimney Drive at about 12:30 am. Police said the victims stopped to exchange information when two men with black semi-automatic handguns drove up and stole one of the cars, a 2007 blue Saturn Aurua XE, that was involved in the ...
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Gates takes back worlds richest man title
Gates Bill Gates has regained his title as the richest person in the world. The founder of Microsoft Corp. passed Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim by a mere $550 million, making Gates the wealthiest person for the first time since 2007, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Gates' fortune is valued at $72.7 billion and was aided by significant rises in Microsoft stock. The stock has ...
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Civil War exhibit visits Green Hills
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A national traveling exhibit on the Civil War will be on display at Nashville's Green Hills Library beginning on Monday. The exhibit lets viewers experience the war through the eyes of politicians, soldiers, families and freed slaves. It includes letters, personal accounts and images that demonstrate how people grappled with the end of slavery, the nature of ...
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Man shot at Smyrna basketball court
A Smyrna man is in the hospital after being shot at a basketball court Sunday night. Police said a fight broke out on Mason Tucker Drive around 8:30 p.m. As the victim was driving away from the court, someone in another car pulled up next to him and opened fire. He was airlifted to Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville where officials said he's taken a turn for the worse. No ...
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Amber Alert canceled for Murfreesboro boy child safe
A Murfreesboro boy is now safe after an Amber Alert was issued overnight. Authorities said Gabriel Swaney, 8, was taken by his father, Michael Swaney, 30, on Sunday night after a violent domestic dispute. According to investigators, the father took Gabriel after assaulting the boy's mother with a switch blade knife. Gabriel was safely recovered by the Smyrna Police Department and his ...
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Amber Alert issued for 8-year-old Tennessee boy
An Amber Alert has been issued for 8-year-old Gabriel Swaney, left, after his father Michael, right, assaulted his mother with a knife and took him from his Murfreesboro home. (TBI/Murfreesboro Police ...
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Americans United for Separation of Church and State IRS Should Investigate Tennessee Church for Pulpit Politicking
Watchdog Group's Complaint Says Cornerstone Church Pastor Endorsed School Board Candidates From Pulpit WASHINGTON - August 7 - The Internal Revenue Service should investigate a Tennessee church whose pastor endorsed three school board candidates from the pulpit, says Americans United for Separation of Church and State. In ...
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Columbia officers collide during police chase
Two Columbia police cruisers collided Sunday morning while trying to stop a suspected drunk driver. Investigators say an alert citizen spotted a vehicle driving erratically and called police. The car was spotted near 17th and Highland Avenue as both officers gave pursuit. Police say the cruisers collided. One officer suffered a cut to the forehead. The suspected drunk driver was ...
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Motorcyclists ride to raise money for cancer research
Dozens of bikers rode together Sunday to help beat pediatric brain cancer. The 30th annual Ride for Kids kicked off at Jim Warren Parkin Franklin Sunday morning. The fundraiser supports the Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation to help develop improved treatment options for children with brain tumors. "There are other kids here today that have the same type of brain tumor that I had when I ...
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Person injured in drive-by shooting in Smyrna
Smyrna police are looking for a suspect wanted in connection with a drive-by shooting Sunday night. Police believe the confrontation started as a verbal argument on a basketball court near Mason Tucker Drive. Officers say as the victim and others were driving away from the court, a car pulled up next to them and shot into the car. One person was injured. The victim was taken by a medical ...
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Nashville redeveloping the waterfront
The first phase of the City of Nashville’s redevelopment of the Riverfront in the downtown area was kicked off in late 2010 with the ground-breaking ceremony for a new Riverfront Park, which will replace the current park and expand it by a factor of ten to 6.5 acres.
The redevelopment plan is an ongoing effort to maintain the Riverfront area in downtown as a focal point of the community. Ever since Nashville was founded, as the Nashboro settlement in the 1780s, the river has been an integral source of income and has enhanced the quality of life of residents due to its aesthetic nature and variety of entertainment and leisure pursuits. Read more
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