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Mayor Dean had a productive trip to Boston this week, throwing out the first pitch at a Red Sox game and trying to see if he can hook us up with a few more Dunkin’ Donuts stores. We can get on board with that. [Tennessean]
As if we needed any more, the Scene gives us another [...]

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Good morning, Nashville. The city’s homeless population is on the rise, and along with it the downtown crime rate. Metro reports that 60% of the aggravated assaults in the downtown area involve the homeless either as perpetrators or victims, and oddly enough, shipping them out to other cities doesn’t seem to be helping. One Metro [...]

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The Tennessean profiles the inventors of The Most Hideous Things In The Whole World, Lubber totes, which are like Crocs in tote bag form. Incidentally, they hail from Franklin. [Tennessean]
Smyrna High had a rough afternoon after a kidnapping threat against one of its students forced the school into lockdown. [WTVF]
John Rich can’t seem to stay [...]

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Good morning, Nashville. Metro Council is showing tourists anything but love this week as they consider jacking up taxes even higher than they already are. The increase would come by way of a 50-cent hike in the hotel/motel tax, which they see as a way to bring in more revenue without bothering the locals. Trouble [...]

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Good news for our friends at The Tennessean, only 50 out of the announced 1,000 Gannett job cuts will affect them. [WTVF]
Another noose has been found in a ‘Noogan construction site. Apparently, they found one earlier this month and this is the second mysterious noose to appear. [Tennessean]
Those kids in Cumberland County may get to [...]

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Let this be a lesson to all the musicians among us. Von Johin is just a regular guy from Nashville who likes to sing the blues. He’s toured the country a bit, but recently found his biggest success in an unexpected place: Second Life. Recording studio owner by day and Second Life blues star by [...]

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If you’re headed downtown tonight, be sure to plan around the road closures happening near LP Field for tonight’s preseason match-up against the Oakland Raiders. Things will start closing down around 4:30pm and much of it will remain closed late into the evening. You guys know the drill, but we figure a reminder can’t hurt. [...]

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Flickr user sharonitis captures the gorgeous colors of a Nashville sunset.
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 add them to the pool or tag them with “Nashvillest” if you’re feeling lazy.

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Good morning, Nashville. We hear the folks in Franklin are running out of water. Turns out that while Georgia was down there distracting us with horrific tales of Bigfoot sightings, they were also making mad dashes across the border and carting our water out by the bucket. Okay, maybe not. Officials are actually saying that [...]

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The folks in Dyersburg are facing an interesting challenge as they try to contain the stray donkeys that are wandering around town. [Tennessean]
You know, we didn’t believe it when we heard that Tennessee was one of the biggest weed-growing states second only to California. But with all of these pot busts, we’re starting to see [...]

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