With national attention focused on an e-mail sent by a Nashville hospitality executive comparing First Lady Michelle Obama to a chimpanzee, Tennessee's tourism industry has started to feel the fallout.

Metro's first super-sized school day finished without any major problems but with more than a few complaints from parents and students.

A gasoline tanker truck that caught fire at a convenience store in Nashville injured one person this morning.

There may come a time when you are stuck listening to journalists talk about how awesome it was back in the good old days when people drank openly at their desks and editors and reporters came to blows over word choice and you could call a dame a dame and she liked it.

Several Metro Council members called on Mayor Karl Dean this afternoon to file suit to reverse what they described as unfairness in the way the state allocates school funds.

LEBANON, Tenn. a ' A Middle Tennessee child who might have thought a loaded handgun was a video game controller has fatally shot herself.

Strikeforce's second trip to network television is finally a done deal. CBS on Tuesday officially announced its broadcast of "Strikeforce: Nashville," which takes place April 17 at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tenn., airs live at 9 p.m. ET .

Wanted: A Victorian home around Nashville that can be destroyed. The Tennessee Film, Entertainment and Music Commission is looking for such a home to be used in a movie.

In this Jan. 13, 2010 photo, actor Jeff Bridges is shown in Nashville, Tenn. Academy Awards front-runners Sandra Bullock and Jeff Bridges and at least four other nominees are hitting the Oscar stage as presenters.

By JOE EDWARDS Associated Press Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The so-called complimentary breakfasts at many hotels in Tennessee have stirred the appetite of state revenue officials.

LifeWay Wants to Save Nashville Area Marriages LifeWay Christian Resources hosts Love and Marriage Conference March 6th Nashville, Tenn.

Tim McGraw, Alan Jackson, Billy Currington and Kellie Pickler have been added to the lineup for the 2010 CMA Music Festival [ tickets ] , set for June 10-13 in Nashville, TN, according to a press release.

First Lady Michelle Obama joins kids at a free soccer clinic as part of her campaign to improve fitness and combat obesity in children, Friday, March 5, 2010, in Washington.

Naghem Swade got out of a van after a 20-hour drive from Denver and voted. And when she came out of a Nolensville Road polling site on Friday, it was with an index finger coated in the purple ink Iraq's election commission hopes will prevent voter fraud and a sense that she'd helped her native country.

Singer Kid Rock attends the 42nd Annual CMA Awards at the Sommet Center on November 12, 2008 in Nashville, Tennessee.

A Nashville company will have to make it up to workers who weren't paid the proper wage.

Old man winter is visiting Middle Tennessee once again. For many, he seems like a frequent visitor and is overstaying his welcome.

Darius Rucker makes an appearance at a red carpet event, Wednesday, March 3, 2010, at The Hard Rock Cafe for the launch of The Hard Rock Cafe's month long, nationwide, March on Stage Live Music Series in Nashville, Tenn.

Email: bob.allyn@mediaproductions.tv Website: http://www.soulcircuscowboys.com Music: http://mediaproductions.tv/LovesLikeARodeo.mp3 - Reaction to the new single, 'Love's Like A Rodeo,' has Nashville asking for more from a new band called Soul Circus Cowboys.

Nashville will be adding a free downtown circulator route to its transit bus system.