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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. [...]
Happy Hour: One Hump Or Two?
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 weeks [...]
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 [...]
Happy Hour: Two Days To Turkeyday
After finally locating a Christmas tree for the city (though it would have been kinda cool to have the National Guard to airlift one from Mt. Juliet), NES chopped it down today despite protests from the environmentalists. The tree was 60 years old. [Tennessean]
A couple of generous Nashville celebrities kicked off the Thanksgiving season by [...]
Happy Hour: Threat Level Orange
MTSU is starting to look like quite the new hotbed for terrorism with yet another evacuation due to a suspicious package camped outside of Peck Hall. Good news is, it turned out to be a box of paper towels. [WKRN]
Continuing the rash of uncoolness in Green Hills, the GameStop on Glen Echo was robbed at [...]
Bright & Early: A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood Edition
Good morning, Nashville. After an exciting afternoon with the FBI, the TBI, the Department of Homeland Security, and various different police departments, the suspected MTSU terrorist is safely put away in the Rutherford County jail. Freshman Justin Davis, a dental hygiene major, lit some stuff on fire and sent an Email Of Mass Destruction to [...]
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