Archive for April, 2003
This young man needs a hand up, not a hand out
0 Comments Published April 25th, 2003 in Old CategoriesAs I tipped down Chicago’s State Street toward Marshall Field’s, all I could think about was needing a pair of flat shoes. “Miss, would you be interested in buying something?” a young man asked as he walked up to me holding a cardboard box.
My first thought was this must be some sort of scam. Peering [...]
State Sen. Steve Cohen said Wednesday his work for a state lottery has neared the end. In one of the smoothest days he
The Hollywood lefty thought he could take to the streets against his country and suffer no public backlash. He was wrong.
Last week, the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y., withdrew an invitation to the C-list actor and his live-in partner, Susan Sarandon, to appear at an event marking the 15th anniversary of the film [...]
How many e-mail messages did you have when you sat down in front of your computer today? How many of them were actually for you
Hunter Hillenmeyer and Dan Stricker hunger to see their names scroll across the screen during this weekend
The Dead Sea Scrolls exhibit, which includes some of the oldest copies of Old Testament books and other priceless religious manuscripts, created quite a stir among scholars when they were rediscovered in 1947 in 11 caves near Jerusalem. The ancient texts are now on the move and creating a sensation in Murfreesboro due to their [...]
A local buyout company has acquired 40-year-old Hobby-Lobby International Inc., a Brentwood-based retailer of radio-controlled model airplanes, helicopters and boats.
Terms of the deal were not disclosed by either party, although Jim Martin, Hobby-Lobby
The Tennessee Supreme Court Tuesday afternoon denied an appeal, filed Monday by attorneys for Tennessee death row inmate Paul Dennis Reid, requesting that the court issue a stay of execution in his case.
Chief Supreme Court Justice Frank Drowota issued the opinion for the majority, calling the appeal
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This would certainly fall under the category of domination.
In fact, Kevin Patterson outdid even himself Tuesday afternoon. The Franklin Road Academy super senior won the Region 3-A/AA Sectional decathlon by more than 1,100 points in the event on his home FRA track.
Patterson won eight of the 10 events (tying for first in the 110 high [...]
If you look at the great wine regions of the world you
Virginia Harper truly believes the old saying,
HCA Inc.
Kirkland Properties LLC has a contract to sell its 13-story Noel Place office building at the corner of Church Street and Fourth Avenue North downtown.
Chris Kirkland, Kirkland Properties
Nicki over at Publicola seems to have gotten an irate email from a member of the British press corp recently.
The email reads:
DO NOT USE MY NEWS STORIES TO FUEL YOUR DESIRE TO BEAR FIREARMS.TAKE NOTICE OF THIS WARNING OR I’LL PASS IT TO OUR LAWYERS TO DEAL WITH.
GREG TRUSCOTT, SOUTH LONDON PRESS, UK.
This falls under [...]
