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From the Chattanooga Free Press:

I can just about guarantee you too that as things go from bad to worse economically for many people, the trend of increasing hate crimes will almost surely continue. Ignorant people need scapegoats to blame for their own failings.....

An early-morning shooting at a Columbia apartment complex Saturday heightened fears of continued violence as law enforcement showed its presence in Maury County this weekend.

Columbia police said a man was wounded at Parkview Manor Apartments early Saturday morning, but additional details were not available.

Outcome of Metro cases may be called into doubt
By KATE HOWARD • Staff Writer Tennessean)• April 12, 2008

The TBI has put Luther Franklin Gregory on the most wanted list. But check this out. He’s been arrested 44 times. What?!
From NewsChannel5 in Nashville:

What was feared by many and assumed by some has turned out to be true. The remains found near the stones River National Battlefield memorial near the quaries on Old Nashville Highway have been confirmed to be the remains of Analyce Guerra.

Smyrna police confirmed that bones of a small child found in January in a quarry belong to Analyce Guerra.

By KATE HOWARD • Staff Writer(Tennessean) • February 17, 2008

Nearly 600 cases passed through the Metro Police Department's forensics lab last year, and the bullets, guns and fingerprints collected at crime scenes were inspected one by one.

That's because the century-old facility, a converted garage behind the department's James Robertson Parkway headquarters, has one microscope to compare bullets, one machine to enter ballistics information into the database, and one room t

According to the Nashville Post, popular conservative website World Net Daily has settled a lawsuit filed by a Tennessee businessman and concedes that its reporting did not match the facts:

The City Paper editorializes on miscarriage of justice it sees in the plea bargain of