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Happy Hour: Sky Blue Sky

29 June 2009 | 5:42 pm
Author: Christy Frink

The Tea Party rally downtown ended up drawing upwards of a thousand people today to protest Obama’s policies, though it was “a much smaller turnout” than the one back in April. [WKRN] The feds think that our air is gross enough that they’ve just handed TDOT $2 million to stop polluting it so much. TDOT [...]

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Happy Hour: Stimulate This

20 May 2009 | 5:30 pm
Author: Christy Frink

Tennessee is getting a boatload of stimulus money to help repair and weatherize low-income homes in hopes of saving money on utilities. [Tennessean] Williamson County is putting the kibosh on the Young Adult Library Services Association’s 2009 list of Best Books for Young Adults because the list recommends some borderline-inappropriate reading materials. The books in [...]

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Bright & Early: We Kind Of Hate April Fools Day Edition

1 April 2009 | 9:32 am
Author: Christy Frink

Good morning, Nashville! Because we know that the internet is a virtual minefield of obnoxiousness on April Fools Day, we aim to provide a safe haven for you by not actually fooling you at all. That means no rickrolling, no flipping your page upside down (we’re looking at you, Youtube) no making up the news, [...]

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Happy Hour: One Hump Or Two?

6 March 2009 | 5:42 pm
Author: Christy Frink

A rogue camel that escaped from a petting zoo in Dickson was found strolling around town today. In its defense, it was a pretty nice day for a walk! [Tennessee] And holy crap, it’s like Christmas! We’re accepting all $4.5 billion of the stimulus money here in Tennessee, contrary to what we heard a few [...]

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Bright & Early: Living The Dream Edition

24 February 2009 | 9:29 am
Author: Christy Frink

Good morning, Nashville. According to TDOT, as many as 40,000 new jobs could be on the way to Tennessee. We might have rolled our eyes a little when we heard that the bulk of our state’s stimulus money was going to road construction, but new jobs are new jobs, right? The new funds are set [...]

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