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Jan 18 2013
12:50 am
Select the top three least surprising denials-turned-scandals in the last decade:
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- Rep. Fincher Joins TNGOP’s Starving Children Club (Southern Beale)
- Dinnertime (Domestic Psychology)
- The Daily Buzz (RoaneViews)
- New Natural Predator Beetles Introduced to Help Save Hemlocks (RoaneViews)
- Pellissippi Parkway Extension - TDOT Meeting, Thursday, May 30, 2013 (BlountViews)
- Star Trek Into Darkness immediate reaction (Domestic Psychology)
- Not Governing As A Political Strategy (Southern Beale)
- Umbrella-Gate: Obama Scandal (Video) (TN Guerilla Women)
- not-so-great mysteries (Domestic Psychology)
- Taking a little break for LIFE (Left Wing Cracker)
TN Politics
- U.S. House Joins Senate in Approving 'Freedom to Fish' (Tom Humphrey)
- Vanderbilt Poll: More Tennesseans Support Medicaid Expansion (but not 'Obamacare') (Tom Humphrey)
- Whoa whoa whoa, Tennesseans don't like taxes???? (Post Politics)
- Get salty (Post Politics)
- Chip Saltsman Joins Joe Carr Congresssional Campaign (Tom Humphrey)
- Henry Named Permanent Commissioner at DCS; Payne To Head DIDD (Tom Humphrey)
- New commishes at DIDD and DCS (Post Politics)
- Alexander Likens Reelection Effort to 'Overwhelming Force' Military Operation (Tom Humphrey)
- The State of Metro According to Karl Dean (Pith in the Wind)
- Racist Who Attended Racist Conference in Tennessee Still Being Racist Back at School (Pith in the Wind)
- Well that was unexpected (Post Politics)
- Our walled cities (Post Politics)
Local Media Blogs
- Readers question sensitivity in Christian-Newsom story (Jack McElroy)
- The Daily Pulse: Summer Preserving Class, Saving Abel and the Art of Dying, and ZZ Top (Metro Pulse)
- Tuesday briefing (Josh Flory)
- CBID approves grant for Jackson Terminal (Josh Flory)
- Tourism agency plans new mural (Josh Flory)
- The Daily Pulse: Arrowmont Instructors' Art Show, Joy Kills Sorrow, and the Price is Right Live! (Metro Pulse)
- Monday briefing (Josh Flory)
- IBM's Smarter Cities Team Makes Recommendations to Lower Utility Bills (Metro Pulse)
- Corker should support federal shield law (Jack McElroy)
- Reeves nominated for U.S. judge gig (Mike Donila)
- The Weekend Plan-It: PAWS Among the Blooms, the Biscuit Festival, and Darius Rucker (Metro Pulse)
- Friday briefing (Josh Flory)
Local Paper
- Six adults arrested, 3-year-old girl in DCS custody after meth lab busts in Seymour (KNS News)
- State pitches in to lure ProNova to Blount County (KNS Business)
- Second Harvest rerouting supplies to Oklahoma (KNS News)
- C.R. Barger & Sons named Roane Industry of the Year (KNS Business)
- Truck cordoned off while leaking nitric acid secured (KNS News)
- Fugitive nabbed after tussle with K-9 in North Knox County (KNS News)
- Tea Party protests outside Knoxville IRS office (KNS News)
- Steel Plate Fabricators named Freedom Award finalist (KNS Business)
- Gov. Haslam signs bill lowering sales tax on food (KNS Business)
- Study: Bonnaroo has $51M economic impact (KNS Business)
Local TV News
- East Tennessee volunteers lend a helping hand to Oklahomans (WATE)
- Tellico Plains High discusses disaster plans following Okla. tornado (WATE)
- Haslam signs Lynn's Law in honor of abandoned Illinois woman (WATE)
- Tea Party demonstrators protest outside IRS offices in Knoxville (WATE)
- Preparedness key to dealing with a natural disaster, officials say (WATE)
- Local schools' tornado protocol mirrors Oklahoma (WBIR)
- No charges filed in Gibbs dead animal prank; case closed (WBIR)
- 2 KPD officers to resign amid beating investigation; 3rd will not quit (WBIR)
- Abandoned special needs woman inspires new Tennessee law (WBIR)
- Photo Gallery: Moore, Oklahoma tornado (WBIR)
- Tellico Plains reacts to OK tornadoes (WVLT)
- How to help Oklahoma tornado victims (WVLT)
State News
- UPDATE: Gunman from 2012 shooting shot Monday night (Times Free Press)
- The 50th Super Bowl goes to San Francisco Bay Area (Times Free Press)
- Fire chief says search almost complete in Oklahoma (Times Free Press)
- Ark. Treasurer Resigns amid Extortion Charges (ABC24 Memphis)
- FBI ID’s Benghazi suspects — but no arrests yet (Times Free Press)
- Storm Shelters Should be Registered for Emergency Crews (ABC24 Memphis)
- Mississippi Teen Warns of Dangers of Distracted Driving (ABC24 Memphis)
- Power of Moore tornado dwarfs Hiroshima bomb (Times Free Press)
- Cop Killer to Be Released after Plea Deal (ABC24 Memphis)
- Local Opportunities to Help Oklahoma Relief Efforts (ABC24 Memphis)
- UPDATED: Highway 109 in Gallatin closed after crane fell on vehicle (Tennessean)
- Vanderbilt poll finds growing support for same-sex marriage (Tennessean)
Wire Reports
- Exclusive: Bob Lutz, Chinese in bid to buy Fisker Automotive - sources (Yahoo Business)
- Oklahoma tornado brings back fear in recovering Joplin, Missouri (Yahoo News)
- Whole neighborhoods razed by Oklahoma tornado that killed 24 (Yahoo News)
- Apple CEO makes no apology for company's tax strategy (Yahoo Business)
- Sprint raises Clearwire offer, not enough for some (Yahoo Business)
- IRS official Lerner refuses to testify before Congress (Yahoo Politics)
- Man watched tornado destroy his home: ‘I just felt totally helpless’ (Yahoo News)
- Dow, S&P end at records on Fed officials' reassurance (Yahoo Business)
- Moore shows that as cities grow, tornado damage grows with them (Yahoo News)
- Residents’ storm stories: ‘We can’t go back, the destruction is so bad’ (Yahoo News)
- Obama announces his election commission team (Yahoo Politics)
- In tragedy, consolation only goes so far (Yahoo Politics)
- Ireland rejects blame for Apple's low tax rate (Yahoo Business)
- Former IRS commissioner: ‘Not personally responsible’ for creating the ‘Be On The Lookout’ list (Yahoo Politics)
- Senator accuses IRS officials of withholding information in 2012 about agency practices (Yahoo Politics)
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Dishonorable Mention
Pete Rose.
But his wasn't surprising.
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