Police: East Nashville teen shoots family over getting up for school and other top stories.

• Police: East Nashville teen shoots family over getting up for school

  Teen shoots members of family during early morning argument. George Walker IV / The TennesseanBuy PhotoPolice stand outside an apartment in Berkshire Place where a shooting happened Tuesday morning, March 1, 2016.(Photo: George Walker IV / The Tennessean)Buy PhotoAn argument over getting out of bed for school Tuesday morning led a teenage boy to open fire on four family members, including his grandmother and two young children in an East Nashville home, Metro police said.Nashville polic..

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• Minorities lacking in Nashville schools gifted programs

  

  Buy PhotoJayla Lambert, 8, left, and Matthew Echivarre, 8, laugh as they feel what a plastic brain feels like in Dr. Paula Pendergrass' Encore gifted services class at Una Elementary Thursday Feb. 4, in Nashville, Tenn.(Photo: Samuel M. Simpkins / The Tennessean)Buy PhotoMicah Davis sits quietly with folded hands, posture straight, in the corner of a Una Elementary gifted and talented classroom.After teacher Paula Pendergrass pulls out a sticky, squishy model brain, Micah seems above the excitem..

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• Predators Sign Salomaki to a Two-Year Contract

  

  Nashville, Tenn. (March 1, 2016) – Nashville Predators President of Hockey Operations/General Manager David Poile announced Tuesday that the club has signed forward Miikka Salomaki (MEE-kah SA-loh-MA-kee) to a two-year, $1.225 million contract that will see him receive $575,000 in 2016-17 and $650,000 in 2017-18. Salomaki, 22 (3/9/93), has seven points (4g-3a) in 45 games this season and eight points (5g-3a) in 46 career NHL games since scoring in his Predators debut on Jan. 8, 2015, vs. Dalla..

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• Worker gets stuck on South Nashville cell tower

  Police investigation(Photo: File)A worker who climbed a cell tower in South Nashville for a brief stint late Tuesday morning, drew a small audience before climbing down after emergency personnel arrived to check on him, a fire spokesman said.Police and fire crews were dispatched just before 10:10 a.m. to 5177 Hickory Hollow Parkway after a man dialed 911 to report he needed help, then hung up without details, Nashville Fire Department spokesman Brian Haas said.The incident drew a small crowd to ..

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• 5 Nashville leaders recognized at T.J. Martell Honors Galla

  

  5 Nashville leaders recognized at T.J. Martell Honors Gala WKRN web staff Published: February 29, 2016, 9:42 pm Updated: March 1, 2016, 11:07 am (Photo: WKRN) NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) – There was a sold-out crowd Monday night at the T.J. Martell Honors Gala in Nashville. The eighth annual fundraiser was held at the Omni Hotel, and five Nashville leaders and celebrities were honored for their outstanding contributions. (Photo: WKRN) The honorees include long-time attorney..

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• Printers Alley hotel developer to reapply for public aid

  

  Embers building changes violated development agreement with MDHABuy PhotoA compromise over the future of Printers Alley's historic Embers building, left, will allow a boutique hotel development to move forward.(Photo: Shelley Mays / The Tennessean)Buy PhotoStory HighlightsDeveloper Alex Marks said the 4Pant team will resubmit an application to MDHA that reflects the updated preservation efforts and increased project costs.“The full TIF is absolutely necessary to proceed with the commitments we m..

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• Astronaut Scott Kelly's ends year-long mission with stunning photo

  

  Astronaut Scott Kelly’s ends year-long mission with stunning photo AP/WISH web staff Published: March 1, 2016, 11:05 am Updated: March 1, 2016, 11:11 am Courtesy: Twitter/Scott Kelly CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP/WISH) — Space superman Scott Kelly’s yearlong mission wraps up on Tuesday and it’s one for the NASA history books. On Tuesday morning, Kelly posted a series of pictures of his last sunrise in space. The NASA astronaut has been living at the International Space Statio..

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