Gay rights advocates, led by a Wyoming man whose son’s 1998 murder became a rally cry for protecting gays and lesbians through federal hate crime laws, on Wednesday accused Tennessee lawmakers of feeding anti-gay prejudice by introducing bills that deal with homosexuality. (42 words)

Google on Tuesday said it will begin tracking people as they use Google search and Gmail, watch YouTube videos and use other Google services – at their computers and on their mobile devices. (32 words)

After rounds of plant closures as the economy headed into recession – and some automakers headed into bankruptcy court - a resurgent auto industry is helping lead the way out with a hiring surge of an estimated 60,000 jobs this year. (40 words)

Jim Philips is trying to fill the holes in his family history. (12 words)

A liberal arts education can provide a leg up in a down economy, a survey suggests. (16 words)

Gov. Bill Haslam on Wednesday proposed a constitutional amendment that would set in stone Tennessee’s merit selection system for appointing appellate judges. (22 words)

A Brentwood man, annoyed that a Wilson County ambulance had blocked his car while responding to an emergency, hopped in the driver’s seat and tried to move it while paramedics were loading a patient, police say. (36 words)

Downtown Franklin has been without power since about 6:30 p.m. The outage, which appears to be restricted to the area south of Mack Hatcher Parkway, is causing traffic delays. (29 words)

An alleged Wal-Mart shoplifter led police to a mobile “shake and bake” meth lab at a Lebanon Knights Inn on Saturday. (21 words)

At least six people, including four children, were injured and had to be transported to a medical facility because of a head on collision Sunday evening involving two vehicles. (29 words)

Syrian leader Bashar Assad cannot sustain his hold on power and it is a matter of time before his leadership falls, U.S. Director of National Intelligence James Clapper told senators, according to Reuters. (33 words)

A pedestrian who sold newspapers for The Contributor was hit while walking across Gallatin Pike near Rivergate Mall, according to the Metro Police Department. (24 words)

A 36-year-old pedestrian was hit and killed by a vehicle at 1907 Gallatin Pike in the Madison area. (18 words)

Women abandoned Newt Gingrich in droves Tuesday and helped fuel former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney's triumph in Florida's Republican presidential primary, according to data from an exit poll of voters. (30 words)

A Metro Police officer has been decommissioned and is under administrative investigation after being charged with driving under the influence Saturday. (21 words)

Here's the good news for Uncle Sam: The vast majority of Americans still believe that you should never cheat on your taxes -- or, at least, that's what they tell the pollsters representing the Internal Revenue Service Oversight Board. (39 words)

Police in Shelbyville have charged two women after seven young children were left unsupervised while they went to a bar. (20 words)

The Tennessee Highway Patrol has announced an alliance with CargoNet, an organization that features a national database and information sharing system, to combat cargo theft in the state. (28 words)

A national organization of recreational cavers is questioning a new estimate of the number of bats killed by a mysterious ailment that is spreading across the country. (27 words)

Mitt Romney won a commanding victory in the Florida primary Tuesday night, rebounding from defeat a week earlier and taking a major step toward the Republican presidential nomination. Despite the one-sided result, Newt Gingrich vowed to press on. (38 words)

Mitt Romney rolled to victory in the Florida primary on Tuesday, dispatching on insurgent threat from Newt Gingrich and reclaiming his dominant position as he urged Republicans to rally behind his quest to capture the party’s presidential nomination. (38 words)

A building permit was issued last Friday to begin a new dining hall and classrooms at Montgomery Bell Academy in west Nashville. (22 words)

Claremont McKenna College, a small, prestigious California school, said Monday that for the past six years, it has submitted false SAT scores to publications like U.S. News & World Report that use the data in widely followed college rankings. (39 words)

Opry Mills has several stores in the process of hiring according to its Facebook page where the mall’s businesses are posting jobs. (22 words)

Nearly half of women who had lumpectomies for breast cancer had second operations they may not have needed because surgeons have been unable to agree on guidelines for the most common operation for breast cancer, a new study finds. It also hints that some women who might benefit from further surgery may be missing out on it. (57 words)