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Bright & Early: Two Cents Edition

Good morning, Nashville. Last night’s Metro Council meeting got a little, er, colorful when the subject of the proposed fairgrounds expo center came up. Dozens of Nashvillians (possibly including everyone’s favorite Protest Chicken) found their way into the meeting after protesting the proposal outside City Hall earlier in the evening. As a result, the Council voted 31-6 [...]

Bright & Early: Something Other Than The Pig Flu Edition

Good morning, Nashville. We’re probably almost as sick of reading/hearing about the swine flu as you are, so as our gift to you on this Friday, we mined and dug until we found a small handful of stories that actually don’t mention it: Don’t ever let us go, Sully. We’re mighty proud of Steve Sullivan, [...]

Bright & Early: Hot, Hot, Hot Edition

Good morning, Nashville. Congratulations to all of our friends who are way more athletic than we are and completed the Country Music Marathon or 1/2 marathon on Saturday. For the full list of runners and times, check out the Tennessean’s massive marathon database. Unfortunately the race didn’t go by without some casualties; 25-year old Benjamin [...]

Bright & Early: In Which We Get Hip Edition

Good morning, Nashville. Today marks an important milestone in the history of our fair city’s quest to become legit: Today, Urban Outfitters is finally, FINALLY having its grand opening shindig. Now if we could somehow get an H&M and an Ikea and build the highest skyscraper in the Southeast, we would never have to go [...]

Bright & Early: Save Our Schools Edition

Good morning, Nashville. We’ve been seeing the story pop up here and there for a while, but looks like Mayor Dean actually is bracing himself to take over Metro Nashville Public Schools, which the state may very well ask him to do if the schools don’t meet federal benchmarks. Yesterday, he took off to New [...]