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Vanderbilt head coach Tim Corbin will alter his weekend rotation for the first time this season, replacing Saturday starter Jensen Lewis with Sunday's Ryan Mullins and starting Matt Buschmann in the series finale against Mississippi State. Jeremy Sowers will remain the Friday starter. More

Departing Lipscomb

Kentucky Derby jockeys threatened to boycott Saturday

Perennial power Harpeth Hall has flexed its muscles on the tennis courts, once again on course to capture another girls Division II team championship. More

Beginning May 3, The City Paper will publish paid obituaries Tuesday-Friday (traditional holidays excluded). Effective May 3, obituaries submitted by 5 p.m. will be published the next business day. Brief death notices (seven lines or less) will be offered free of charge on a space available basis. Funeral homes may submit all requests by fax to George Fischer at 301-9215.

The first thing any of the 40 rookies who will take the field this weekend for their first practices as a Tennessee Titan should realize is that they have found a land of opportunity. More

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Daryle Ward belted a pair of home runs, including a game-winning solo shot to lead off the eighth inning against Bobby Choinard, to lead the Nashville Sounds to a 6-5 victory over the division-rival New Orleans Zephyrs in the opener of a four-game series Thursday evening.

When the Miami-Dade County school board voted Monday for Dr. Rudy Crew to be their next superintendent, the news was presented as a done deal, meaning Nashville

Metro Chief of Police Ronal Serpas is developing an

Gov. Phil Bredesen

A Nashville professional basketball expansion team expected to compete in the revamped American Basketball Association next season is in discussions with Lipscomb University officials concerning the use of Allen Arena for the 2004-2005 season. More

A state House committee Thursday stripped Gov. Phil Bredesen

Site Selection magazine has chosen the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce

Schools nationwide are being encouraged to clean out their vending machines and serve children healthier food items. That trend is reflected in a state bill that promotes the sale of nutritious food to K-8-students before and during school hours. More

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Our government dollars are still at work, despite a massive national debt and billions in spending on the Iraq war. More

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