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Nissan is recalling more than 40,000 Cube models that were built in 2009-2010.

Close to 700 Tennessee National Guard soldiers return home this week.

Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital says it has seen a dramatic increase in the number of swimming pool accidents this year. In just one month, eight children have drowned in an area swimming pool; 11 have been treated for near drowning.

The General Assembly may have wound down its session last week and adjourned for the year, but not before arguing over a bill that caused infighting between the state’s Republican legislators. They were united over protesting federal health care changes, but in the end, they couldn’t agree over how to do it. WPLN’s Jacqueline Fellows and state Capitol correspondent Joe White explain what happened, and how Republican lawmakers make up and move forward during this summer’s election season.

After weeks of partisan fighting, state lawmakers finally passed a budget last week. Instead of opting for Governor Phil Bredesen’s proposal to raise taxes, legislators made cuts and dipped into Tennessee’s rainy day fund. WPLN’s Jacqueline Fellows and Joe White explain what to expect when the state’s fiscal year starts July 1.

Working late into Thursday evening on their last paid day of the 2010 session, state Senators passed a budget for next year. It funds a roughly $29 billion spending plan for the financial year that begins July 1.

Metro Nashville’s newest public art installation will be the center of attention next week.

Metro officials say the piles of flood debris that are scattered throughout the city should be permanently gone by mid-June.

Voters in Metro Nashville ousted only one incumbent in yesterday’s county primary election.

FEMA says it has given out $100 million just two weeks after deadly historic flooding devastated homes and businesses in Tennessee.