Wednesday, 7 January 2009

Builders seek fast-track permits

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Metro should make it easier for developers to get permits and start projects, some developers and council members said Tuesday.
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Feds approve Browns Ferry safety plan

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ATHENS, Ala. — TVA still has improvements to make in its safety procedures at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, but the federal agency that monitors the plant gave a stamp of approval to its plan Tuesday.
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Knoxville mayor to run for governor

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Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam stepped into the 2010 gubernatorial race on Tuesday, becoming the third Republican to elbow his way into a quickly growing field of contenders now that former Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist has decided to sit out the race.
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Vought plans to replace strikers

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900 workers are urged to return or lose jobs.
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State settles for a sip of Jack

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Whiskey collector loses bottles he tried to sell.
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Judge seals Eddy Arnold paternity suit records

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A Davidson County judge has sealed records in a paternity suit filed last year against the late country singer Eddy Arnold.
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Racing expected at State Fairgrounds

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Weekly racing is expected to continue this year at the Music City Motorplex, the racetrack at the Tennessee State Fairgrounds.
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Obama portrait in crayons gets inaugural invite

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President-elect’s message of unity inspired Nashville artist’s painstaking process requiring about 4 months — and 50,000 crayons.
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$1 million more will secure old-growth forest

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Despite economy, millions of dollars in donations will likely save land with 200-year-old trees.
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Metro school board OKs director deal

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Chattanooga’s former schools director will take the same job in Nashville next week for a $250,000 annual salary — and a year’s severance pay if he’s booted in favor of a state-installed replacement.
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Woman waives hearing in newborn kidnap attempt

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A woman accused of posing as a nurse and attempting to walk away with a newborn baby at Nashville General Hospital at Meharry waived her right to a preliminary hearing Tuesday.
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Former officer pleads guilty

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Former Metro police officer and union organizer Calvin Hullett pleaded guilty to charges he broke into a children’s camp to set up cameras to discredit members of a rival union.
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Mule alerts owner to house fire

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McMINNVILLE, Tenn. — Jolene Solomon is beginning the new year with her life, her mule and little else.
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City shelter matches pets with people

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MT. JULIET — Sharon Bachelier never imagined how much two tiny, four-legged additions to her family could bring everyone together.
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Parks work to attract teens

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MT. JULIET — With an expansion for the community center and a skatepark in the works, the Mt. Juliet Parks Department hopes to offer programming attractive enough to young people to get them out of local business parking lots and into the city’s park system.
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Recession slows tax payments

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Property taxes are coming in a little slower this year than in year’s past, Wilson County Trustee Jim Major said.
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Government calendar

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Mt. Juliet Homeowners
Association meeting
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Crime Report: Attorney accused of faking death

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A Franklin attorney once thought missing is now accused of faking his own death.
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Success arrives quickly for young Mt. Juliet team

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The Mt. Juliet girls basketball team lost four starters to graduation from last year’s 27-win district championship team.
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Obama makes peace in Middle East a goal

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After days of silence on the Gaza conflict, Barack Obama promised Tuesday “to hit the ground running” on achieving a broad Middle East peace deal.
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