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Metro Pulse takes a look at the ethics controversy surrounding the Knoxville News Sentinel's charter petition advocacy.

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Barack Obama no longer feels comfortable with the fist bump in public after the controversy erupted after he and wife engaged in the public display of affection.

Amy Griffith reports that the Metro Nashville Public Schools Community Task Force on Student Assignment will consider the input it has gathered on a proposed school rezoning tomorrow with an eye towards seeing the school board act on the proposal as soon as July 8:

Poor Republicans. They’re trying so hard this election to frame Democrats in those tried and true ways: “appeasers,” “tax and spenders,” “dirty [bleep]ing hippies,” “hate the troops” -- it just isn’t sticking this time like it has in the past, is it?

The Jed Report does what the media is unwilling to do, and plays the full video of the Wesley Clark comments in context:

U.S. Democratic candidate for Senate Kenneth Eaton has injected himself into a controversy over eminent domain.

Here's a fascinating little piece from The Star (no, probably not the one you're thinking of) about onscreen sex; specifically of the Canadian variety.

I'm happy to see reference to Cronenberg, Maddin, and Egoyan, and author Geoff Pevere opens up the debate further by getting into areas of distinctly Canadian character. But more time gets spent on current controversy magnet Young People F---ing

Poetry News:

1. — Tasha Tudor, 92 —
2. — From Verse to Controversy — And Fleeting Fame —

They’ve often been told by their constituents to “go jump in a lake,” so we’re not really sure where the controversy lies with tonight’s Great Swim Across the

Lipscomb University announces that a Saturday, June 28, talk by Shaun Casey, the faith advisor to the Barack Obama campaign, and Stephen Monsma, theologian and author, will now be open to the public. The one-on-one discussion will be held at 10:30 a.m.