• If you’re the American Idol-watching type (we know you’re out there), be on the lookout for Nashvillian and Belmont alum Ricky Braddy to compete tonight. Good luck, Ricky! [Tennessean]
• Congrats to the Gulch, which somehow ended up on the list for “LEED for Neighborhood Development” certifications, making them the first neighborhood in the South to get such an honor. This basically means that they’re really good at being green! [Nashville Is Talking]
• Not that we’ve ever bragged about having the brightest criminals here in Tennessee, but this one takes the cake: An inmate escaped over the weekend, got lost in the woods, and then called 911. [WSMV]
• A songwriter is suing Rascal Flatts for copyright violation over the song “No Reins,” which he claims is a little too close to a song he once wrote for… Pat Benetar? [WSMV]
• Construction workers renovating a house on 15th Avenue North met an unpleasant surprise this morning when they discovered a woman’s dead body stuffed into a crawl space. [WKRN]

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