Workers at Antietam National Battlefield took Confederate flags, T-shirts and magnets off gift shop shelves Thursday as the National Park Service announced plans to stop selling some items with the increasingly controversial symbol. Park service officials said they would stop…
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Gay Marriage Lands With a Thud in Nashville
Record numbers came out for the Nashville Pride Festival held just one day after the U.S. Supreme Court’s historic same-sex marriage ruling. The event has been on the calendar for months, but the timing couldn’t have been more perfect. The…
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Hangover Cures From People Who Should Know
Last week the Scene’s staff took on one of those perilous assignments that makes the job a hazard: We went drinking. We chased cocktails from East Nashville to Germantown. We downed bourbon and Coke with potentially allergenic peanuts and guzzled…
Read MoreFisher to Remain in Nashville
The Nashville Predators announced on Friday they have re-signed center Mike Fisher to a new two-year contract. Fisher will make $4.8 million next season and $4 million in 2016-2017. That’s a slight raise from his last contract, where he made…
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Gay Marriage Now Legal in TN
The Supreme Court declared Friday that same-sex couples have a right to marry anywhere in the United States, a historic culmination of two decades of litigation over gay marriage and gay rights generally. Gay and lesbian couples already could marry…
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Titans to Rename the Stadium for Nissan
Sixteen years ago, happenstance created an unforgettable marketing boon for the Tennessee Titans. The release of the popular movie Remember the Titans coincided with the NFL franchise’s unexpected run to the Super Bowl during the 1999 season. The film only…
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Local Politicians Jump on the Flag Bandwagon
The Governor of Tennessee said if it were up to him, he would remove the bust of one-time KKK leader and Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest from the state Capitol. The Tennessee Historical Commission, of which Governor Bill Haslam is…
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What Your Hair Reveals About Your Health
A lot of people see their hair as a reflection of their identity so it isn’t surprising that the global hair care products market is worth over $80 billion. What might surprise you is how much your hair can reveal…
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Hunting Nashville’s Finest Bourbon
Oh, Pappy Van Winkle. We know we can’t have you, but still we want you. You show up in our brown-liquor dreams and tease us every year around your rolling release date. We walk into booze stores and head straight…
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