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Bright & Early: #turnred Edition
Good morning, Nashville, and happy December. Today is World AIDS Day, which is a day to step back and think about the ways in which we can stop the spread of HIV/AIDS in our own community and around the world, and also how we can help the folks living with the disease. As of December [...]
Happy Hour: Tough As Nails
Don’t forget to set those DVRs! The Extreme Makeover episode featuring Nashville’s Lighthouse Christian School getting a post-flood makeover will air this Sunday at 7pm. Tune in an hour earlier to see some behind-the-scenes stuff courtesy of News Channel 2. [WKRN] Metro is searching for the perfect Christmas tree this year. They’re looking for a [...]
Bright & Early: Questions And More Questions Edition
Good morning, Nashville. Vanderbilt, Fisk and Belmont universities are among about 400 schools that may soon ask students to declare their sexual orientation during the application process. A nonprofit called Common Application brought the idea to the table, saying that it will help schools measure diversity of sexual orientation much like diversity of race and [...]
Happy Hour: Definitely Not A Nashville Party
More complaints were filed about John Rich’s infamous parties at Mt. Richmore on Love Circle. This time, his neighbors called the police and accused him of having fireworks and helicopters. [Tennessean] The Sarah Palin email hacking trial finally ended today, and former UT student David Kernell was charged with one count each of obstruction of [...]
Bright & Early: Working Hard For The Money Edition
Good morning, Nashville. Yesterday we took a look at lawsuits that are draining Metro Schools’ budget. Today we learn that the city has doled out over a half-million dollars in settlements over the last two months for incidents including a car accident with a MNPD officer, the infamous gold grill scandal and a wrongful arrest. [...]
Bright & Early: Hats Off Edition
Good morning, Nashville. Everyone warned us that it was going to get soggy today, but that didn’t make it any easier to roll out of bed this morning. Most of the midstate saw some pretty strong thunderstorms overnight and into the early morning, and we’re not out of the woods yet. Though the rain should [...]
Bright & Early: It All Falls Down Edition
Good morning, Nashville. By the time you read this, the demolition of the Nashville Autohaus and several other buildings near the 7th and Shirley intersection will probably be underway (but not Rocketown just yet!) Construction for the Music City Center is expected to break ground today meaning that all of the buildings that are currently [...]
Bright & Early: Take That Back Edition
Good morning, Nashville. On the heels of Governor Phil’s announcement of widespread TennCare cuts, many hospitals are speaking out and comparing the cuts to Armageddon and declaring that “people will die” if they actually go into effect. Among the most devastating, they say, is the $10,000 cap on hospital stays for TennCare patients. This essentially [...]
Bright & Early: Middle Ground Edition
Good morning, Nashville. The Metro Transit Association has narrowly avoided a potentially disastrous bus strike after reaching an agreement with Nashville bus drivers. In recent weeks, drivers have been threatening to strike over a change in contract that would allow MTA to fire them after eight unplanned absences. They initially implemented this rule because they [...]
Happy Hour: Sunny Side Up
We do a lot of hating on the TVA around here, but we’ve got nothing but love for the 200 care packages they put together for troops in Afghanistan. [WSMV] And also, they bought some new wind(-energy). [WPLN] It’s been so long that we almost forgot what it was like, but a large chunk of [...]
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