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Here's a look at the top stories to start your Thursday, March 13

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Looking to start off your day catching up on headlines? Here's a look at the top stories from overnight!

Gas station worker saves Gallatin woman from losing $6,200 in text scam

Every day it seems we hear about a new scam to take your hard-earned money.

They often come in the form of a text or phone call.

Americans lose more than $330 million every year to scam artists.

Lonely No Longer: Lipscomb men's basketball team joins 2018 squad as ASUN champions

If you look in the rafters at Lipscomb's Allen Arena, there's a banner for the 2018 ASUN champions.

That banner has been a bit lonely for a while.

The men's basketball team changed that on Sunday with a victory over North Alabama.

All the team colors at the SEC Men's Basketball Tournament has business owners seeing green

For one week out of the year, Music City changes its tune and transforms into the capital of SEC Country. Most years, that means thousands of Kentucky Wildcat fans will be taking over downtown for a few days.

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The skies were closed on 9/11. A Nashville phone call helped save a baby’s life

September 11, 2001 is a day most associate with terror and tragedy. Austin Pollack shares a story from that day about hope and persistence: the effort to save a little girl’s life – with an organ donation. The problem? The young patient was in Houston, and her life-saving liver here in Nashville. With the grounding of all civilian aircraft, how could it be done? “Nobody ever said this isn’t possible.”

- Rhori Johnston