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Matt Pulle relates the Bells Bend May Town Center controversy to his experience in Dallas:

U.S. Senate Democratic candidate Mike Padgett takes some time to visit some older folks:

Any day you want to be humbled and inspired, stop by and visit with folks in assisted living and the dedicated people who take care of them.

The Deal Journal discusses the swing vote that led to the approval of the merger of XM and Sirius Satellite Radio:

Bill Hobbs finally got to see the video he was so desperately in search of:

Why didn’t Murfreesboro’s City Cafe poll on the Democratic race for U.S. Senate?

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Some writers across the pond throw together what they believe are “the most significant addresses of the 20th and 21st centuries.”

By Matt Pulle:

Williams isn’t the only TV reporter fleshing out solid stories. For months now, WSMV-Channel 4 anchor Demetria Kalodimos has found a second wind, painstakingly sketching the shadowy life of Jerome Barrett, who was arrested in May for the 1975 murder of Marcia Trimble.

John Rodgers reports that the Governor is having a bit of buyout remorse:

Bredesen said he likely didn’t make the $50 million buyout package “quite strong enough” to attract eligible state employees.

From Jonathan Martin:

The Nashville Scene reported just this morning that Council Lonnell Mathews, Jr. had changed his support for the May Town Center to straight up opposition sending a letter to the Planning Commission to that effect.