Tired of Mowing Your Lawn? Try Foodscaping It Instead
When the economy began its steep decline in 2008, almost everything related to housing hit the skids, including the lawn and garden industry. But one sector escaped the pinch: food gardening.In fact,...
View ArticleFirst Prayer Service Held In Tennessee Mosque
Hundreds of Muslims in Murfreesboro, Tenn., gathered on Friday afternoon for prayers in a new mosque that has — at times — divided the community.Debate over the building coincided with disputes over...
View ArticleArmy Aims To Use Words, Not Weapons, With Afghans
The U.S. Army has been ramping up instruction in the languages of Afghanistan, even as troop levels in the country decrease in preparation for the U.S. troop withdrawal in 2014.This year, key...
View ArticleWal-Mart's Female Employees File Suit In Tennessee
Transcript STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Some other news. Women who work for Wal-Mart - the world's largest retail chain - continue to make claims they get paid less and are not promoted as often as men....
View ArticlePatients Worry Meningitis Symptoms Could Be Dormant For Months
Federal health authorities says the number of people infected with meningitis has risen again. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says 14 people have died and 170 people have been infected....
View ArticleMilitary Homecomings Still Bittersweet For Some
Transcript ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Robert Siegel.AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: And I'm Audie Cornish.Homecomings at the nation's military bases are treated as...
View ArticleTracing The Big Meningitis Outbreak Of 2012
One thing 2012 will surely be remembered for is the deadly fungal meningitis outbreak which swept across the country. In total, 39 people died and more than 370 people were sickened after a compounding...
View ArticleWomen In Combat Ban To Be Lifted
Transcript STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: On a momentous Thursday, it's MORNING EDITION from NPR News. I'm Steve Inskeep.RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST: And I'm Renee Montagne.We're expecting Defense Secretary Leon...
View ArticleVolkswagen Union Opposed By Tennessee Republican Officials
When it comes to union organizing at an auto plant, the tension is typically between the workers and the management. But not at Volkswagen in Tennessee. There, the United Auto Workers is attempting to...
View ArticleCountry Music Legend Ray Price Dies At 87
Country music singer and songwriter Ray Price died Monday at the age of 87 at his ranch in Texas. Price was a Grammy Award Winner and who had more than 100 country hits in his decades-long career. A...
View ArticleRemembering Ray Price, Voice Of The Nashville Sound
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View ArticleTeachers Go Door-Knocking In Nashville
It's Saturday in East Nashville, Tenn., and LaTonya White finds herself knocking on a stranger's door. It's awkward. Someone peers out at her through the window. White looks away, pretending not to...
View ArticleSouthern Baptist Leaders Highlight Benefits Of Youthful Matrimony
Leaders of the country's largest Protestant denomination have a message for millennials: get married already.The Nashville-based Southern Baptist Convention and its nearly 16 million members continue...
View ArticleThis Summer, The Cafeteria Comes To The Kids
"Chow bus! Chow bus! Chow bus!" chants Gunner Fischer, 3, as a custom-painted school bus rounds the corner and rumbles toward his apartment complex in Murfreesboro, Tenn.About 21 million students...
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Chattanooga, Tenn., Shootings Prompt Push To Arm Stateside Service Members
Copyright 2015 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.Transcript ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: An impromptu show of support following last week's shootings at the recruiting stations is becoming a common...
View ArticleKnock Knock, Teacher's Here: The Power Of Home Visits
Ninety percent of students at Hobgood Elementary in Murfreesboro, Tenn., come from low-income households. Most of the school's teachers don't. And that's a challenge, says principal Tammy Garrett."If...
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Religion Takes Spotlight In Final Days Of Nashville Mayoral Race
Copyright 2015 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.Transcript ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: The Iowa caucuses aren't until February 1, but off-year mayoral races are hitting the home stretch. In...
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Tenn. Lawmakers Worry About Fate Of VW's Chattanooga Plant
Copyright 2015 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.Transcript ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Volkswagen has one plant in the U.S. It's a billion-dollar facility located outside Chattanooga, Tenn. It...
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As An Investor, Tennessee Maintains Support For Volkswagen
Copyright 2015 Nashville Public Radio. To see more, visit http://www.wpln.org/.Transcript DAVID GREENE, HOST: Volkswagen admitted that it did something sneaky. As we've reported, the company put...
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