Good morning, Nashville. The latest chapter of convention center drama unfolded last night, as Metro City Council met with Mayor Karl Dean’s administration about the proposed convention center’s attached hotel. The council had a lot of questions about the city of Nashville getting into the hotel business, a touchy issue for the hotel industry at large.

• So which 440 is closed this week? Today marks the day that Tennessee will lose about $190 million in federal highway spending authority, and we can expect delays in road projects across the state. At least they finished Hillsboro Road?
• Cannonball! Artifacts dating back to the Civil War era were found in the old Franklin Country Club location this summer, including an unusual cannonball found in an old sandtrap.
• Milwaukee’d. The Preds made five roster adjustments yesterday, waiving forward Cal O’Reilly and reassigning four players to the AHL’s Admirals.
• Bits & pieces. Legislative staffers enjoyed their diversity training … More dramarama with Albert Haynesworth and his wife’s sticky separation … The USS Nashville will be decommissioned today in Norfolk, VA … Police chased a handcuffed man down the Cumberland River after he tried to escape from custody by jumping in.

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