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Bright & Early: Freezing Our Bums Off Edition
Good morning, Nashville. Our fingers are a little too frozen to type this morning. In the words of the SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT issued by the National Weather Service over the weekend, “BY THE WAY…NASHVILLE AIRPORT HAS NOT SEEN SINGLE DIGIT READINGS SINCE A TEMPERATURE OF 2 DEGREES ON JANUARY 24TH OF 2003.” Which really puts [...]
Happy Hour: Lead Toys No More
You may have forgotten about the Chinese Poison Train of Long Long Ago (okay, so it was only 2007) when the Chinese were found to be exporting lead-tainted toys through Mattel. Tennessee was one of 36 states to investigate Mattel and today we got $239K out of a settlement agreement. Gotta make our money somewhere, [...]
Bright & Early: Something To Brag About Edition
Good morning, Nashville. What better way to start the week than to brag about our Titans a little bit? Over the weekend, the guys defeated the Cleveland Browns 28-9 to claim the AFC South title and become the first team in the NFL to clinch the division championship this season. We can’t be sure, but we [...]
Bright & Early: What Recession? Edition
Good morning, Nashville. So we hear the recession is official, eh? Here on the home front, the number of Tennesseans living on food stamps has jumped almost 10% since January. Unemployment claims have also skyrocketed and are more than seven times what they were at this time last year. Meanwhile, our stores are closing and [...]
Happy Hour: Out With The Old
The University of Tennessee announced today that they’ll be passing the torch to former Oakland Raiders coach Lane Kiffin. He’ll also be starting at $2M per year plus bonuses, which we think is totes ridic. [WTVF] Tennessee Rep. Zach Wamp (hailing from the ‘Noog–go figure) just signed on as the Jihad Prevention Act which will [...]
Bright & Early: Wrong Place Wrong Time Edition
Good morning, Nashville. We’ve been following the news from Mumbai since the terrorist attacks last week that killed 192 people. Two Nashville women, visiting the country for a meditation conference, were among the injured but both are expected to be well enough to come home within the next few days. Andi Varagona, for CMT producer [...]
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