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A state inspector ruled this week that the new guns-in-bars law does not create an unsafe environment for servers at establishments that choose not to prohibit firearms.

Officials are urging folks to wear life jackets this holiday weekend after an alarming spike in drownings at Nashville lakes. Of 18 drownings statewide this summer, six have been in Middle Tennessee just in the past few weeks.

Just in time for the travel-filled Labor Day weekend, the National Motorists Association's National Speed Trap Exchange has detailed places in every state most likely to have speed traps.

The U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives will be holding a 3:30 p.m. press conference today at the site of a proposed mosque where construction equipment may have been set ablaze near Murfreesboro.

The popular ABC show "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" will kick off the season in Nashville to help after the May floods. There's a volunteer rally taking place at Belmont University this morning. Follow the news as it's announced as The Tennessean's Dave Paulson sends live tweets from the event.

Nashville police arrested a woman Thursday who allegedly slit a puppy's throat Sunday.

The Tennessee Valley Authority has been named one of the Top Utilities in Economic Development for 2009 by Site Selection magazine,

Gov. Phil Bredesen praised a national ranking that put Tennessee at the bottom of all states and Washington, D.C., for debt load.

A disabled vehicle has been cleared that was blocking westbound lanes of Interstate 24 before the Haywood Lane exit.

WASHINGTON -- The unemployment rate rose in August for the first time in four months as weak hiring by private employers wasn't enough to keep pace with a large increase in the number of people looking for work.

A disabled vehicle has been cleared from the left shoulder that was partially blocking traffic on southbound Interstate 65 at mile marker 91 north of Briley Parkway.

Two women, a mother and her teenage daughter, were hit by a car while walking on Tampa Drive off Harding Place on Thursday night.

Debris was partially blocking the westbound lanes of Interstate 24 at mile marker near Ellington Parkway this morning.

WASHINGTON — As employers struggle with rising health-care costs and a sour economy, U.S. workers for the first time in at least a decade are being asked to shoulder the entire cost of rising health benefits on their own.

SPRING HILL — A spokeswoman for Williamson Medical Center said Tuesday the hospital will discourage state officials from allowing a new emergency care facility to be constructed in Spring Hill.

Even the singer's mom won't go with him.

UPDATE: Elaine Lawson asked me in June about tips on handling some of her family mementos after the May flood.

Local Muslims fear their celebration of one of the holiest days in the Islamic year will be taken the wrong way.

Co-stars Drew Barrymore and longtime beau Justin Long bring baggage.

Co-stars Drew Barrymore and longtime beau Justin Long bring baggage.