Spay Day Tennessee 2004 will be held Tuesday, Feb. 24, as part of the Doris Day Animal Foundation’s national campaign to promote the lifesaving benefits of spay/neuter. It will be sponsored in Franklin by five local veterinarians.The local Spay Day event will allow pet owners to spay or neuter their pets for $10-$15. Pets must…

By LINDA A. JOHNSON / Associated Press Writer TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — After a five-year battle, New Jersey now has a state law barring hospitals and nursing homes from forcing health care employees to work overtime except in emergencies. Nurses and union officials say the law, only the second in the nation, should improve patient…

By DAVID KRAVETS / Associated Press Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Many of the more than 3,000 same-sex couples who obtained marriage licenses from the city said getting married was among the most joyous events in their lives. But because of legal uncertainty and political controversy, the certificates don’t appear to be worth much more…

NASHVILLE — The Frist Center for the Visual Arts will present its annual Summer Art Expedition program each week from June 7-July 9.This art camp is designed for children ages 5-13, with children grouped in classes of ages 5-7, 8-10 and 11-13. Camps for 11- to 13-year-olds will be offered June 20-July 9 from 10…

NASHVILLE — The Nashville Film Festival (NFF) is announcing its 35th annual festival and competition that will take place during April 26 – May 2, 2004 at the Regal Green Hills Cinemas16 in Nashville, Tennessee. Tickets for the 2004 festival go on sale Monday, April 5. The NFF is one of the longest running film…

NASHVILLE — The National Conference for Community and Justice (NCCJ) will host the second annual Walk As One at 2 p.m. Saturday, April 3. Registration will begin at noon at The Coliseum.The Walk As One is a symbolic walk across the Shelby Street Pedestrian Bridge that will conclude with a celebration of Nashville’s diversity at…

Shakespeare on the Cumberland (SOC), the volunteer organization supporting The Nashville Shakespeare Festival, is holding a free “estate” sale to benefit the Festival. The sale will be held March 19-21 in the covered parking area of University School in Nashville.The Nashville Shakespeare Festival is a nonprofit group that has presented 16 years of free performances…

MURFREESBORO — “The Legacy of Stones River: Slavery and the Civil War in Tennessee,” a one-day symposium that will focus on telling the whole story of the Civil War and Reconstruction and the impact of slavery on the coming of the Civil War in Tennessee, will get under way Saturday, March 6, on the Middle…

It’s nine stories high, wrinkled, round and airborne. And next month, the colorful, mind-boggling Brain Balloon, surely the world’s largest brain, will predominate at Brain Blast 2004. Hosted by Adventure Science Center and the Vanderbilt Brain Institute, Brain Blast takes place from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, March 6.This annual event gives visitors the opportunity to…