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Bright & Early: Eat, Play, Love Edition
Good morning, Nashville. Governor Phil announced a new plan yesterday for curbing the obesity problem in Tennessee. Currently our state ranks second in the nation for obesity (thank goodness for Mississippi?) with 69% of adults and 39% of kids considered obese or overweight. The plan, called “Eat Well, Play More,” involves things like offering incentives [...]
Happy Hour: Sky’s Not Falling
Tragic as the Gulf oil spill is (especially now that the Boston Globe gave us a look inside) we are happy to hear that it won’t be hitting northwest Tennessee anytime soon, since apparently some folks were concerned, for some reason. [Post Politics] Everyone on Capitol Hill is breathing a big sigh of relief now [...]
Happy Hour: Surrendering To The ‘Roo
The Bonnaroo lineup has been trickling out all day and so far includes The Flaming Lips, Weezer, GWAR, Dave Matthews Band, She & Him, Jay-Z, and holy crap we’re salivating already. Stay glued to Mobileroo, the Tennessean‘s killer Bonnaroo hub, for all the latest additions. [Tennessean] Metro is snatching up a span of riverfront property [...]
Bright & Early: We’re Melting Edition
Good morning, Nashville. We’re still reeling from our massive snow storm yesterday which resulted in the dusting of the century. Of course, most of us don’t get to enjoy the snow day, but it was pretty while it lasted. Now that all the precipitation is on its way out, we’re looking at blue skies for [...]
Weeded: TBI Interrupts Your Pot Supply
Drug busts seem to be all the rage these days, but even we can’t wrap our minds around this one: The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation uncovered a huge marijuana operation in East Tennessee today when they spotted a campsite that housed somewhere around 357,500 baby marijuana plants near the North Carolina border in Cocke County. [...]
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