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• Sports in Brief: Ex-Eagle Kearse arrested for DUI

  - 2008-06-23

  Tennessee defensive end  Jevon Kearse , a former Eagle who re-signed with his former Titans team in the off-season, was arrested and charged with driving under the influence following a traffic stop near the Vanderbilt University campus in Nashville. A Vanderbilt spokesman said Kearse was stopped early yesterday morning after...

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• Kimberly Arnold

  - 2007-09-22

  Kimberly Arnold, BBA, RN, MSN, APRN, BC, recently received the State Award of Excellence for Tennessee from the American Association of Nurse Practitioners. Arnold is an acute-care nurse practitioner in Vanderbilt University Medical Center's Emergency Medicine Department.

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• 2006 TNA Annual Convention sponsors & exhibitors

  - 2006-12-22

  The Tennessee Nurses Association expresses its sincere appreciation to the sponsors and exhibitors who helped make the 2006 TNA Annual Convention such a huge success. Through their support, TNA continues to offer quality education and networking opportunities for Tennessee nurses. Gold Partner BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee Healthways...

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• Tennessee Nurses association announces new executive director

  - 2006-09-22

  NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The Tennessee Nurses Association TNA recently announced that Sharon Adkins, MSN, RN, is the new executive director for the organization. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] "TNA is excited to have Sharon Adkins joining us as our new executive director! Sharon has been a member of the Tennessee Nurses...

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• Vanderbilt Medical Center Opposes Repeal of Tennesee's Motorcycle Helmet Law.

  - 2006-04-25

  Byline: Vanderbilt Medical Center NASHVILLE, Tenn., April 25 AScribe Newswire -- Tennessee's Legislature is again seriously considering a repeal of the state's mandatory motorcycle helmet law for adults. The bill, House Bill 456, has clear the Legislature's Finance Committee is up for vote ...

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• The Fallout: 'I Felt My Face Just Melting'

  - 2005-08-08

  Wired on methamphetamine and craving more, Ricky Dale Houchens set out one night last November to cook a fresh batch of the drug. He met some buddies in rural Scottsville, Ky., at a trailer that doubled as a crude lab. As the concoction simmered, Houchens, 27, noticed it was getting...

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• Tennessee

  - 2004-01-01

  TENNESSEEState of Tennessee ORIGIN OF STATE NAME: Probably from Indian name Tenase, which was the principal village of the Cherokee. NICKNAME: The Volunteer State. CAPITAL: Nashville. ENTERED UNION: 1 June 1796 (16th). SONGS: "When It's Iris Time in Tennessee,"...

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• Tennessee.(Around the States)

  - 2004-01-01

  TENNESSEE -- Vanderbilt University's students are enjoying a broader reaching Wi-Fi, although the heaviest concentration is still in the university's medical center and schools of engineering and law. Several outside lawns are also covered. The slow conversion to wireless access began in 2000, using small antennas...

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• Cars, Health Hold Keys to Trade for Tennessee.(Originated from Nashville Banner, Tenn.)

  - 1997-02-14

  Feb. 14--One month after Gov. Don Sundquist's trade mission to Israel, Tennessee's action plan to cultivate business with Israel is taking shape. The governor led a group of business people, state officials and others from il,14l,7p around Tennessee on a weeklong...

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• Remarks at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee

  - 1996-11-04

  Thank you very much. Thank you. I am delighted to be here at the reunion of the Vice President's family, friends, and medical support team. [Laughter] I would like to keep this crowd with us for the next several days. [Laughter]I'm delighted to be back at Vanderbilt. Chancellor Wyatt, Vice...

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