Happy Hour: Gathering ‘Round

March 10, 2010 5:33 PM 2 comments

  • Remember that kid from University of Tennessee who hacked into then-Gov. Sarah Palin’s private email account? And oh yes, he’s also the son of a Tennessee state representative? His trial date has been set for April 20th. [WTVF]
  • The driver of the fuel tanker that exploded out by the airport yesterday died this morning. He is survived by a wife of 47 years, three daughters and six grandchildren. [WTVF]
  • Metro Police raided the J Street Market on Jefferson Street for allegedly selling marijuana, cocaine and ecstasy from inside the supermarket. [City Paper]
  • Tennessee is borrowing a chunk of change from the federal government to float the unemployment fund, which is quickly running out of money. [WPLN]
  • Nashville will be hosting the National Folk Festival for the next 3 years starting in 2011. The event is expected to draw more than 80,000 visitors to the city for each festival. [Tennessean]
  • A federal judge is extending some of the deadlines in all the various lawsuits against the TVA related to the Kingston Ash Spill. [WZTV]

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  • http://www.thomasaka.com Thomas

    That J Street Article is worth the read just for the gangsta nicknames alone!

    BTW, what happened to Disqus?

  • http://nashvillest.com Christy

    Not sure what’s going on with Disqus! They rolled out an update to the WordPress plugin this morning and it seems to be glitching pretty hard. We’ll work on it a bit and see if we can fix it. Thanks for the heads-up!