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Nashville Gangster Gets 24 Years
After a prison beating, a Nashville gangster's sentence was stretched to nearly a quarter century.

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After a prison beating, a Nashville gangster's sentence was stretched to nearly a quarter century.

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An 18-year-old Hunters Lane High School is charged with beating and robbing a classmate.
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An elderly man was injured after escaping a house fire in Bordeaux early Sunday morning.
Metro Police say a group of men carjacked a Nissan Maxima outside the Hermitage Strike 'n' Spare Sunday.
A 2-year-old girl is OK after she ended up a passenger inside a stolen rental car Sunday.
Two juveniles were arrested after a 60-year-old man was shot in the eye with a BB gun outside of Joe's Crab Shack Sunday night.
With the Predators holding a 2-0 lead, Nashville and Colorado move the best-of-seven series to Denver for Monday night's game.
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