• The Federal Department of Justice has officially stepped into the fight about the proposed Murfreesboro Islamic Center, filing a legal brief to remind opponents that Islam is legally protected as a religion and that siding with the plaintiffs in the current lawsuit “is probably illegal.” [WPLN]
• Counterfeit cash is becoming a bigger problem in Franklin lately. Most of it is turning up in the form of fake $100 bills that someone is using to pay small bills and receive as much real change as possible. [WTVF]
• Metro will be holding six planning and design workshops on Saturday for flood victims who are in the process of rebuilding. [Tennessean]
• Tennessee (and everyone else in the country) is actively seeking out some more college graduates with science degrees to fill all of these high-tech jobs that are vacant because everyone wants to be a rockstar instead. [Tennessean]
• You can now offer your long-term flood recovery ideas to Metro online! [Tennessean]

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