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Eric Mansfield, pictured above, was shot and killed last month near his East Nashville home. Following up on a CrimeStoppers tip, Metro police arrested 16 year-old Deon Velt Miller Wednesday in connection with Mansfield's murder. Police said Mansfield’s body was found inside his Volkswagen on the night of Friday, November 11th. He had been shot in the chest, apparently while he was looking for a place to park near his Chapel Avenue home. Mansfield, who was 33 years old, worked as director of creative services for Warner Bros. Records, and his employer posted a $25,000 reward for any information leading...

By PETER COOPER Staff Writer A vote is a voice, and celebrity provides a microphone. Thus — especially in an election year — it's common for politically minded artists and musicians to use their fame as a platform to push agendas and candidates. That's been the case for hundreds of years in hundreds of countries, and the American tradition includes plenty of singing and stumping.

<p>The Great American Country cable channel has fired a producer after she told Charlie Daniels' publicist in an e-mail that the singer's views on Iraq were ''bulls… propaganda.''</p> <p>The producer, Tamara Saviano, has now retained high-powered Nashville attorney David Raybin to battle not only the channel, but also Daniels' publicist, Kirt Webster, as well.</p>