NASHVILLE (AP) — A Dickson ordinance requiring fortunetellers to post disclaimers on their premises and their advertisements has been overruled by a federal judge. U.S. District Court Judge Robert Echols ruled in favor of fortuneteller Beth Daly of Dickson and the American Civil Liberties Union. “I’m very satisfied, very pleased,” Daly said Tuesday. “The Constitution…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist came away from his quick trip to Iraq with peace of mind about the transfer of government later this month and an impression that the country is in better shape than generally portrayed in the media. Frist, R-Tenn., made an unannounced trip to Iraq on Friday along…

By JOHN GEROME / Associated Press Writer NASHVILLE (AP) — Country music artists are hardly united in their support of the war in Iraq — but you’d never know it from listening to the radio. While Toby Keith, Darryl Worley and Charlie Daniels scored hits with patriotic, war-themed songs, others such as Willie Nelson, Merle…

TOWNSEND (AP) — Organizers plan to break ground this summer on a Smoky Mountain Heritage Center that will showcase the history of American Indians and the mountain people that settled here. The project’s first phase will include a 15,000-square-foot building containing classrooms, an auditorium and galleries for interactive exhibits on Indian and pioneer culture and…

KNOXVILLE (AP) — The case of a video store that challenged the constitutionality of a city ordinance limiting the location of so-called adult businesses will be decided by the Tennessee Supreme Court. In an opinion last year, the state Court of Appeals deemed unconstitutional a Knoxville ordinance that barred adult businesses from locating within 1,000…

NASHVILLE (AP) — Gov. Phil Bredesen has refused to sign more than a dozen bills creating new specialty license plates approved by the Legislature, and instead urged lawmakers to curb “unrestrained growth” of the tags. The Legislature approved 15 bills last session that would create new plates or allow extra time for sponsoring organizations to…

By BILL POOVEY / Associated Press Writer CHATTANOOGA (AP) — As Ronald Reagan is remembered and praised for bringing an end to the Cold War, a former White House communications chief recalls an insider fight over the line: “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall.” Tom Griscom, publisher and executive editor of the Chattanooga Times Free…

NASHVILLE (AP) — Gov. Phil Bredesen on Tuesday requested that Tennesseans observe a moment of silence on Friday in honor of President Ronald Reagan. The moment of silence at 10:30 a.m. CDT would coincide with the funeral for Reagan at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., which Bredesen plans to attend. Reagan, who suffered from…

By William Rusher In summing up the life of Ronald Reagan, one realizes it can be viewed from various perspectives.One is the personal. I had the privilege of knowing Ronald Reagan well — not intimately, but well — from shortly after his election as governor of California in 1966 until Oct. 28, 1993, when I…

By Duane Sherrill You ever notice how it’s never anyone’s fault anymore? The buck never stops anywhere nowadays as it’s all about the blame game.Had the father of our country, George Washington, lived in today’s society, the whole story about him chopping down the cherry tree would have been dramatically different. His famous statement of…