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Good morning, Nashville. The state held a series of town hall meetings yesterday for state employees to talk about the buyout offers they’ve been mailing out over the past week. Trouble is, one really knows what went on because they wouldn’t allow the media or the public into them. As of now, about 2,300 state [...]

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In case you didn’t make it to the Predators’ Draft Party on Friday, we’ve thrown together some news highlights for you. You can also check the official site for up-to-date coverage on Nashville’s one pro sports team that didn’t get a DUI last weekend.

Preds sign Ellis, trade Mason
Predators thrilled with center, goalie picks
Predators pick friends [...]

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Drug busts seem to be all the rage these days, but even we can’t wrap our minds around this one: The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation uncovered a huge marijuana operation in East Tennessee today when they spotted a campsite that housed somewhere around 357,500 baby marijuana plants near the North Carolina border in Cocke County. [...]

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A huge congratulations goes out to former Nashville mayor Bill Purcell who’s been appointed as the new director of Harvard University’s Institute of Politics. He’s set to start his new gig on September 1st. [WTVF]
Metro is contracting an Atlanta-based firm to design and engineer our brand new 1.2 million square foot convention center to be [...]

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All Nashvillest love goes out to our local techies & geeks. Today’s “Cybercities” report from the American Electronics Association wields a double-edged sword for those in technological occupations, depending on how you look at it. We try to look on the bright side.
Bright side #1: We made the list at #49 (out of 60).
Bright [...]

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We’re thinking this photo by Ice Cream Photography does a great job capturing what the spring and summer months are like in Nashville: Gorgeous colors and storms, storms, storms.
Photo Of The Day will be a recurring feature for Nashvillest as long you keep giving us stuff to post. Don’t worry- We’ll give you props. Just [...]

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The second Capture Music City Mini Challenge is here. The task: Get out to community events. Take pictures. Post them on the Capture Music City site. Simple enough, right? The best photos will be featured on the main page, grabbing you some extra exposure (no pun intended) for your photos in the main contest. This [...]

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Good morning, Nashville. Unless you’re really, really new to town, you probably remember seeing at least one big show come through the Starwood Amphitheatre out in Antioch. We were all pretty sad to hear the news that it was shutting down last February and some did their best to save it, but the land was [...]

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The master distiller at Jack Daniels’ distillery in Lynchburg is looking at a $3.5M sexual harassment lawsuit. [Tennnessean]
The Tennessee Board of Regents is taking a look at 70 different programs at their colleges and universities to see if they’re worth the results they’re getting. Final decisions will happen in 2009. [WTVF]
Many registered voters are questioning [...]

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We love us some coffee shops in Nashville. Even with dozens already established and thriving (and no, we’re not including Starbucks in that count), there’s always room for newcomers in our coffee scene. We’d have to be crazy to complain about having one more excuse to get caffeinated.
Ugly Mugs Coffee & Tea is our latest [...]

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