McMinnville resident and Fort Knox, Ky., native Cora Sue Temple, 60, died unexpectedly July 14 at Stones River Hospital in Woodbury. A cashier at McDonald’s and a member of Sunny Hillis Baptist Church, she was the daughter of Silas A. Drake IV and the late Ouida Margaret Drake; and was preceded in death by brother,…

McMinnville resident Alvin (Don) Brigham, 72, died July 12. He attended Westwood Church of Christ, and is survived by his wife, Joyce Brigham; daughter, Ashley Brigham of McMinnville; stepson and spouse, Mike and Kathryn Lillard of Franklin, Ky.; granddaughters, Katlyn and Kayla Lillard; brother and sister-in-law, Kenneth and Arlene Brigham of Atlanta; sister, Elizabeth Hill…

WASHINGTON (AP) ‘ Al-Qaida is using its growing strength in Pakistan and Iraq to plot attacks on U.S. soil, heightening the terror threat facing the United States over the next few years, intelligence agencies concluded in a report unveiled Tuesday. At the same time, the intelligence analysts worry that international cooperation against terrorism will be…

DENVER (AP) ‘ A 32-year-old man who declared himself ‘the emperor’ before being shot to death by a state trooper outside the governor’s Capitol office was carrying a loaded .357 handgun, authorities said Tuesday. Aaron Snyder had been escorted out of Gov. Bill Ritter’s office Monday when he pulled back his coat to reveal the…

MILWAUKEE (AP) ‘ A 500-pound man injured while rafting down a shallow stretch of the St. Croix River was pulled to safety Tuesday by dozens of rescue workers who spent hours carrying him to a navigable part of the waterway. Martin Rike, 39, of Pine City, Minn., was treated at the Burnett Medical Center in…

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) ‘ David Munis was trained by the Army in how to live off the land, how to move stealthily in the wilderness, how to throw pursuers off his trail, and how to squeeze off a shot from a concealed position and hit a target the size of a postage stamp at 100…

NASHVILLE (AP) ‘ President Bush plans to travel to Nashville on Thursday to visit a small business and to discuss federal budget issues. Bush will visit the Nashville Bun Co., followed by a speech about his budget priorities at the Gaylord Opryland Resort, White House spokesman Blair Jones said. Nashville Bun Co. operates an automated…

By William Rusher It’s hard to think of a historical parallel for the grim deadlock between the two major parties over U.S. policy in Iraq. In Vietnam the Democrats (who had gotten us into that quagmire in the first place) were certainly viewing it very negatively indeed by 1968, and once Lyndon Johnson decided he…

By Morton Kondracke ASPEN, Colo. ‘ Michael Bloomberg should have been here. At the annual Aspen Institute Ideas Festival last week, he could have won influential recruits for his possible independent presidential campaign, basked in glowing approval of initiatives he’s taken as New York mayor and helped develop a wider political agenda. The festival is…

By Gov. Phil Bredesen Summer in Tennessee means outdoor barbecues, lakeside picnics with family, and lazy evenings watching the sunset from the front porch swing. At the Capitol, summer also is the time when we take stock of our achievements from the just-concluded legislative session and begin setting new goals. Determining the top achievement of…