Afro-Latin and Afro-Cuban sounds enjoy periodic moments of popularity in American music circles, then drop off the radar screen. Here are a handful of current discs that deserve attention from those interested in more ambitious, edgy material. More

In Transit - A half-century has gone by since the first Corvette peeked out of its hole and didn't see its shadow. So let us press the rewind button on the VCR and see if we can figure out what all went wrong. In 1946, Americans had been without any new cars in more than four dreary years. (No, it wasn't because of a UAW strike.) Americans were ravenous for cars, any kind of cars. Yugos would have fetched top dollar. More

Nashville Predators defenseman Andy Delmore isn More

Headlines for todays Arts & Letters: Book signings, Lectures/Classes, Performing arts, and Visual arts More

CD Review: Heather Headley, 'This Is Who I Am'. BET is already all over Heather Headley More

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Tennessee sophomore Dustin Colquitt was named Wednesday by the Greater Augusta (Ga.) Sports Council one of 10 semifinalists for the third annual Ray Guy Award, recognizing the nation

Three miles is the approximate distance from Bellevue to Belle Meade, from Green Hills to Hillsboro Village, from Maryland Farms to Nippers Corner. There won More

As he and his team prepare for the Atlantic Sun Championships this Saturday at Troy State University in Troy, Ala., Belmont women More

Headlines for some of the Theater Wrap-Up today: Man of LaMncha, Dr. Faustus, Karla, and A Closer Walk With Patsy Cline

The Center for Nonprofit Management (CNM) honored excellence in the nonprofit sector Wednesday with its annual Salute to Excellence Awards. Nearly 1,000 business, community and nonprofit leaders watched as the CNM Board of Directors handed out $92,000 in unrestricted grants. The money was awarded to nonprofit organizations in the Middle Tennessee region that have implemented exemplary management and leadership practices. More

Prosecutors are lining up to try John Muhammad and John Lee Malvo in the series of sniper murders that rocked the Washington area throughout October. The primary issues seem to be: which jurisdiction has the strongest death penalty statute, and in which state is the death penalty most likely to be carried out? In our opinion, these questions are appropriate given the facts of this case. More

The Nashville Electric Service (NES) is moving forward with the conversion of the Charlotte Park NES lines. The conversion will equip the West Nashville neighborhood with more powerful lines and bring the lines from people More

The Nashville Humane Association is getting ready to break ground for a new 13,000-square-foot facility amid criticism that months of delays have been unnecessary. The association recently hired David Johnson of Johnson, Johnson and Crabtree Architects as the project manager to build the facility on Osceola Avenue off White Bridge Road and Charlotte Pike. More

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Nov. 6 will mark the ninth anniversary of the death of my nephew, Charles. He was shot three times in the stomach while waiting for some friends. Charles

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Headlines in today's News Briefs: Gores to promote book on national tour, First Edition Society holds private viewing, Race relations subject of Vanderbilt debate and Mayor More

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As it is relatively common for theater groups to collaborate with other groups, the Tennessee Repertory Theatre has an ongoing relationship with the Arkansas Repertory Company. Virtually all of the community theater groups share resources in one fashion or another. Usually these collaborations are limited to a couple of participants. Mockingbird Theatre has exploded that formula to encompass half a dozen different entities. More