Nashville Fireworks To Be Country's Largest and other top stories.

• Nashville Fireworks To Be Country's Largest

  

  NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Nashville’s Let Freedom Sing celebration is expected to be the largest fireworks show in the country as thousands descend on downtown. This year, the Fourth of July performances were set on two new stages in downtown Nashville, one at Ascend Amphitheater and the other just outside of Ascend at The Green at Riverfront Park. Festivities begin at noon Monday at Bridgestone Arena. Free water stations will also be set up to keep everyone cool and hydrated, so be sure and bring you..

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• Libra, declare liberty from the things that are bringing you down

  

  Take a look at what it is that you are truly trying to achieve this week, and then determine if your decisions and actions are in alignment with your goals. The focus this week is all about making the most progress by being strategic and efficient with your effort.(Photo: Renae Morton)Tarotscopes are a tarot card reading for your zodiac sign. Much like a horoscope, it can give you insight into the upcoming week based on your sun sign, what phase the moon is in and with the added interpretation o..

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• REMEMBER WHEN: Memoirs of a former slave

  

  Cloverlands in northeast Montgomery County, Tennessee, built in 1819, is still standing where Dr. W.A. Meriwether was born, reared and homeschooled.(Photo: submitted)My great grandparents, Dr. and Mrs. Henry Tutwiler of Alabama, saved the memoirs of their former slave, Legrand Tutwiler, which will follow. But first, in this prologue, I will show how their love of education influenced their Clarksville, Tennessee, progeny.At Cloverlands Farm in Montgomery County, Tennessee, where I was born March..

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• Tom Humphrey: Rule targets out-of-state retailers, sales tax

  

  By Tom Humphrey of the Knoxville News Sentinel A proposed Department of Revenue rule to require major out-of-state retailers to collect sales taxes from their Tennessee customers is the latest move in a long and multifaceted effort that has enjoyed generally broad support among Tennessee-based retailers. The rule proposed by Gov. Bill Haslam's administration is basically the same as the "Marketplace Fairness Act" sponsored by U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander five years ago. Both would require sales ta..

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• Nashville wins community development grant

  

  Kirk A. Bado, kbado@tennessean.com 10:24 p.m. CDT July 3, 2016Buy PhotoThe ceremonial check presented at the announcement.(Photo: Kirk A. Bado / The Tennessean)Buy PhotoLess than a month after Nashville was designated a federal "Promise Zone," the Metro Development and Housing Agency was awarded a $500,000 grant from the federal government.Nashville was named one of 10 Choice Neighborhoods Grant winners by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development. The 10 cities ..

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• Jack Daniel's to play role at Fourth of July celebration

  

  Jamie McMurray triggered the 22-car melee on Lap 90, getting sideways, bouncing off Kyle Larson and spinning in front of much of the field.

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