NASHVILLE (AP) ‘ A day care is closed indefinitely after employees left a 5-month-old baby in a crib and went home for the day. The baby’s grandmother, Sebrenna Zackery, arrived at Dee’s Magic Castle Unlimited Daycare Center at 5:15 p.m. on Thursday. Through the window, she could see the baby kicking its feet but the…

NASHVILLE (AP) ‘ State Rep. Rob Briley was involuntarily committed for a psychological evaluation more than two weeks before he led police on a high-speed chase in Wilson County. According to a Metro Nashville police report, Briley was “intoxicated and making suicidal threats” at Nashville pizzeria on Aug. 23 at about 4:30 p.m. A week…

MORRISTOWN, Tenn. (AP) ‘ All seven inmates who escaped from the Hamblen County Jail this week, including a federal prisoner, were back behind bars Saturday morning. The final inmate, Nathan W. Carroll, 20, was captured without incident in a trailer in the county late Friday night, said Chief Deputy Wayne Mize. There were 69 inmates…

By Thomas Vaughn Last week was filled with drama on a number of fronts.??We observed the sixth anniversary of the horrific events of 9/11. We also heard from General Petraeus, Ambassador Crocker and President Bush on the situation in Iraq.??The usual suspects from the sordid side of our popular culture, including Britney Spears, got their…

By Morton Kondracke Gen. David Petraeus has bought President Bush an additional six months of running room in Iraq, but it will still take a series of miracles to avoid catastrophe there. Petraeus’ military successes on the ground and his promises this week on Capitol Hill of troop reductions and possible lower U.S. casualty levels…

Letter To The Editor TO THE EDITOR: I would like first to express my sympathy to Matthew Winkler’s parents and children. Now in the matter of Mrs. Winkler conveying her story of spousal abuse on ‘The Oprah Winfrey Show.’ Mrs. Winkler happens not to be the only woman who has ever suffered abuse at the…

By Lisa Hobbs I went to the phone company because I wanted to get my phone changed to my new address. In the end, the trip cost me $50 for the changeover, $20 for the jack, and something to talk about after I began an interesting conversation with a woman. You see, the conversation changed…

WASHINGTON (AP) ‘ Former Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan acknowledges he failed to see early on that an explosion of mortgages to people with questionable credit histories could pose a danger to the economy. Greenspan said he was aware of ‘subprime’ lending practices where homebuyers got very low initial rates only to see them later…

By Dave Ramsey Dear Dave, I filed Chapter 7 bankruptcy a while back. The other day I saw an article in a financial magazine saying the best way to re-establish credit after a bankruptcy is to find a low-limit credit card, make small purchases, then pay it off early each month. I’d like to buy…