Day: June 11, 2017

Penguins Take Stanley Cup From Nashville Predators With Controversial 2 to 0 Win in Game 6

Tennessee Star Staff

The Pittsburgh Penguins won the Stanley Cup Final for the second consecutive year with a controversial 2 to 0 win in Game 6 to take the series 4 games to 2 at Bridgestone Arena Sunday night. The first official score in the game came with just minutes remaining in the third period when Patric Hornqvist beat the Predators’ Pekka Rinne with the game winner. The Penguins iced the game with an empty netter before the final seconds ticked off the clock. The game was scoreless after two periods, but only because a controversial officiating call early in the first period went against the Predators, as ESPN reported: In the opening minute of a deadlocked Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Final Sunday night, the Nashville Predators appeared to open the scoring. But a quick whistle from referee Kevin Pollock blew the play dead, depriving Nashville of a prime scoring opportunity on a play that could not be challenged or overturned by video replay. The sequence began when Predators forward Filip Forsberg sped down the left wing and fired a shot at Penguins goaltender Matt Murray 1:06 into the second period. After Murray made the initial save, the puck trickled behind…

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Baptisms in Murfreesboro Square Continue 2,000 Years of Christian Affirmation in Jesus Christ as Son of God

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  MURFREESBORO, Tennessee–For more than 2,000 years, Christians have been baptized as confirmation of their belief in Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior and Son of God. That tradition continued in the Murfreesboro Square on Friday night as part of the Experience Community Church’s evening of faith. More than 4,000 people attended the event, according to organizers. The Tennessee Star’s cameras were there to capture the moment of baptism for several Christians in attendance in this pictorial:  

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President Trump Plans to Roll Back Obama Policies Toward Cuba

Tennessee Star Staff

President Donald Trump is preparing to announce new policies toward Cuba that most likely will roll back parts of former President Barack Obama’s efforts to normalize relations with the island nation, according to a senior administration official and other sources. The official said presidential aides were finalizing their review of U.S.-Cuba relations and were expected to…

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Did James Comey Cover Up a Massive Illegal FBI-CIA Spying Operation?

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Tennessee Star

The Senate Judiciary Committee is considering whether to subpoena former FBI Director James Comey to appear before the committee following his testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Thursday. He initially refused a request to testify to the Judiciary Committee. Should Comey appear before the Judiciary Committee, he may be asked about his disclosure that he…

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Mae Beavers: ‘Civil Asset Forfeiture Is a Prime Example of Unintended Consequences’

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Tennessee Star

  NASHVILLE, Tennessee–In an exclusive interview with The Tennessee Star on Saturday, State Senator Mae Beavers (R-Mt. Juliet), one of three announced candidates for the Republican gubernatorial nomination in 2018, said that civil asset forfeiture is a prime example of the doctrine of unintended consequences. “Civil asset forfeiture is a prime example of how the doctrine of unintended consequences can skew public policy, particularly when bad policy results get locked in place by bureaucrats who become addicted to a funding source that is fundamentally unfair,” Beavers told The Star. Beavers was at Nashville’s Hermitage Hotel downtown attending an event co-sponsored by the Tennessee Republican Assembly that featured a speech by Bryce W. McKenzie titled “Civil Asset Forfeiture: A Threat to Property Rights.” “Taking money and property that criminals obtain through illegal activity sounds like a good idea until aggressive policing takes money and property from people who are supposedly innocent until proven guilty under our system of justice. We can’t allow the ‘good’ idea of depriving criminals from their ill gotten gains to pervert our system into policy for profit, where prosecutions that produce profit for law enforcement are given priority over other criminal investigations and prosecutions,” Beavers said. “There…

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