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- Public Hearing on New Billboard/EMC Ban (7580 views)
- Campfield: Bullied by gays (6899 views)
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- 2012 Shootings in Knox County, TN (6558 views)
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- DeRoyal president on health care reform medical device tax (157 comments)
- Burchett campaign finance discrepancies (140 comments)
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- What Haslam and the TNGOP don't want you to know about Medicaid expansion (108 comments)
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Discussing:
- Famous people you have met (78 replies)
- World's Fair Park development? (15 replies)
- County Commissioner Brad Anders disciplined in police brutality case (157 replies)
- Knox County educators to host roundtable discussion on teacher pay schedules (2 replies)
- WATE: Three more Pilot Flying J employees plead guilty (6 replies)
- With us or against us (4 replies)
- Knoxville Retailers, Gone but not Forgotten (257 replies)
- 2013 Shootings in Knox County, TN (59 replies)
- How bad is the job market in Tennessee? (5 replies)
- Wheels coming off Meals on Wheels (3 replies)
- Pandora et al (2 replies)
- Pilot indictment watch (93 replies)
Upcoming events:
- Jun 19 2013 - 2:00pm (5 hours 40 min from now)
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- Supreme Court: States Cannot Demand Additional Proof of Citizenship To Register to Vote. Ted Cruz: “We’ll See About That.” (TN Citizen Action)
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- Student Loan Debt Calculator (RoaneViews)
- Sexist GOP Idiot Says Man's Brain Is Superior (Video) (TN Guerilla Women)
- Photos from the Bellamy Brothers concert posted (RoaneViews)
- Reality Blasts Hole Through NRA Talking Point (Southern Beale)
- A Tale Of Two Federal Budget Items (Southern Beale)
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- Business Leaders Back Federal Immigration Reform (TN Citizen Action)
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TN Politics
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- More Pilot pleas (Post Politics)
- Tennessee's Stiff-Arm Is an Outstretched Hand (Pith in the Wind)
- Bring home the bacon, baby (Post Politics)
- A city shuts down (Post Politics)
- Another Administrator Dismissed at Labor Department (Tom Humphrey)
- TN Ranks 6th Among States in Reliance on Federal Funding (Tom Humphrey)
- Haslam Woos Fiat-Chrysler Officials (Tom Humphrey)
- TWRA Corraling Hogs Remotely (Tom Humphrey)
- TN Election Officials to Review U.S. Supreme Decision (Tom Humphrey)
- Symphony Lays Off Entire Catering and Dining Staff (Pith in the Wind)
Local Media Blogs
- Journalists: There's not a less risk-taking crowd (Jack Lail)
- This day in history, 52 years ago … (Gerald Witt)
- Broyles seeks $500K for 'Meals' plan (Mike Donila)
- Where Am I? Vol. XVII (Gerald Witt)
- Rodgers: Close schools for elections (Mike Donila)
- City to host pretty cool bike race (Mike Donila)
- More on Lakeshore Park planning (Gerald Witt)
- Vote for recreation difference-maker (Mike Donila)
- Big paintin’ – new murals for the city (Gerald Witt)
- On newsroom innovation ... (Jack Lail)
- Fountain City Library closed today (Mike Donila)
- While you suits backslap, Ima wet a line (Gerald Witt)
Local Paper
- One arrested in West Knoxville apartment fire (KNS News)
- Travel options grow as Megabus adds Lexington route (KNS Business)
- UT Foundation to re-evaluate leadership role before finding replacement (KNS News)
- 6 things to know today (KNS News)
- City of Knoxville offers annual Business Breakfast (KNS News)
- Blount man gets life in prison for killing, robbing friend (KNS News)
- TVA car records found lacking (KNS Business)
- Developer spins a Bass tale (KNS Business)
- The List: Fewer travellers last year at McGhee Tyson, but national trends point to growth (KNS Business)
- Appeals court rules against Mike Ross in civil case (KNS Business)
Local TV News
- Man arrested at scene of West Knoxville apartment fire (WATE)
- Best May ever for Smokies visits (WATE)
- City leaders to meet over the future of World's Fair Park (WATE)
- Excitement already cooking for upcoming Vol football season (WATE)
- Campbell County animal control board meets for first time since shelter closure (WATE)
- Cumberland Ave. development excites city, property owners (WBIR)
- Final messages reveal Maryville Marine's battle with PTSD (WBIR)
- Local apps highlight East TN businesses (WBIR)
- Ask Todd: Rainbows (WBIR)
- Pilot fraud victim wants prison for sales director (WBIR)
- Toddler found on Rockwood tracks shortly before train rolls through (WVLT)
- Crossville, Oak Ridge clinics subpoenaed in fungal meningitis outbreak (WVLT)
State News
- Toddler, 2, found playing alone on railroad tracks (Times Free Press)
- Today's weather forecast (Times Free Press)
- 10 Things to Know for Today (Times Free Press)
- Wake-up call: Starbucks to post calorie counts (Times Free Press)
- CBO: 8 million to gain legal status in Senate bill (Times Free Press)
- City Council Votes to Cut Jobs, Keep Free Lunch (ABC24 Memphis)
- Tullahoma's historic Grider Stadium continues rich baseball tradition (Tennessean)
- FDA finds spiders in 'clean room' at Newbern pharmacy (Tennessean)
- More than a dozen arrests made at apartment police say was set up for gambling (Tennessean)
- 3 more at Pilot Flying J plead guilty in scheme to defraud trucking companies (Tennessean)
- Rep. Blackburn leads fight for bill restricting abortions (Tennessean)
- Memphis Hopes to Lure Justin Timberlake to FedEx St. Jude Classic (ABC24 Memphis)
Wire Reports
- Vodafone may trump Liberty with $10 billion cash bid for Kabel: sources (Yahoo Business)
- FedEx posts higher than expected profit (Yahoo Business)
- World Bank watching Fed, ready to respond (Yahoo Business)
- Stock futures little changed as Fed statement looms (Yahoo Business)
- Accused Cleveland kidnapper to appear at pre-trial hearing (Yahoo News)
- Leasing firm CIT orders 30 Boeing 737 MAX planes (Yahoo Business)
- After court rules, California gay marriage fight may go on (Yahoo News)
- Analysis: Hospital investors sold on U.S. health reform despite bumps (Yahoo News)
- Journalist Michael Hastings dies in car crash at 33 (Yahoo News)
- Doctors to Obama: Let us treat Guantanamo detainees on hunger strike (Yahoo Politics)
- Husband still needs a kidney for his wife (Yahoo News)
- Time is on my side (Yahoo Politics)
- Obama welcomes Taliban’s return to reconciliation talks, U.S. negotiations (Yahoo Politics)
- House GOP to host meetups with Hispanic voters in D.C. as part of outreach effort (Yahoo Politics)
- Cory Booker talks urban policy, Senate run (Yahoo Politics)
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Did you say 'currant'
Did you say 'currant' affairs?
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Nice catch.
Being a dry humorist can be such a thankless task.
Crap, I Meant to Add
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The White House has posted a
The White House has posted a gallery of favorite photos from 2012.
Not to be outdone, so have I.
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