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Happy Hour: Go Home Already
From the Department of Strange Wildlife Found In Our Rivers, we have the three sharks that were pulled out of the Tennessee River last week. These, unlike the Killer Carp, are thought to have been a prank. [WKRN] Thanks to this bill failing in the House today, we can continue boozing it up in cars [...]
Bright & Early: Railroaded Edition
Good morning, Nashville. Two weeks ago, officials with Metro Schools predicted a $35 million budget shortfall for the 2010 fiscal year, but the number has since been raised to $38 million. On top of a sales tax revenue shortage, the district also shell out some extra cash for higher-than-predicted employee insurance rates and 300 new [...]
Bright & Early: Dredging The Day Away Edition
Good morning, Nashville. It was a rough weekend for East Tennessee after some Department of Energy contractors accidentally poisoned 30,000 fish in Oak Ridge. On top of that, news surfaced of floodwaters causing some of the spilled Kingston coal ash to wash back into the Tennessee River and turn it a nasty shade of grey. [...]
Bright & Early: People Kill People Edition
Good morning, Nashville. A high school graduation downtown turned tragic when a gunman opened fire into the crowd of 4,000 people who were attending the ceremony. One person was killed and another injured by the gunfire, and another person was trampled by the crowd running out of the auditorium; none of them were graduates. The [...]
Happy Hour: This Is When It Gets Ugly
Following the joint press conference with Mayor Dean and Gov. Bredesen this morning, Loews Vanderbilt Hotel owner and Nashville For All Of Us leader Tom Negri was nearly run over by a woman who was trying to steal an anti-English Only yard sign from outside the election commission. Police were called, but the woman was [...]
Best Month Ever: Second TVA Ash Pond Probably Spilling Into The Tennessee River
Well, we almost can’t believe our eyes with this Tennesseean headline that popped up a few minutes ago, but a second TVA ash pond has ruptured in northern Alabama and is reportedly spilling into the Tennessee River. The first spill happened on December 22nd in Kingston, TN and is expected to require hundreds of millions [...]
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