• Betcha didn’t know we have one of the nation’s sexiest vegetarians living just south of us! Franklinite Helen Newman is one of 10 finalists clamoring for the title of PETA’s Sexiest Vegetarian Over 50. [Tennessean]
• Great news! The nation’s unemployment rate is now 9.4%, and actually went down for the first time in 15 months. [Tennessean]
• A small plane crashed in a field just north of the ‘Boro this morning, but both the pilot and the sole passenger walked away from the crash unharmed. [WKRN]
• Some cruel, heartless individuals out in Smyrna knowingly robbed a family that was on vacation courtesy of the Make-A-Wish Foundation.  [WSMV]

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