criminal investigation

The Tennessean reports that local authorities working with the Humane Society of the U.S. have rescued more than 700 animals from a puppy mill in Hickman Co. just west of Nashville. They say it is the largest known puppy mill rescue ever conducted in Tennessee.

The Tennessean reports that local authorities working with the Humane Society of the U.S. have rescued more than 700 animals from a puppy mill in Hickman Co. just west of Nashville. They say it is the largest known puppy mill rescue ever conducted in TN.

Yes, I've been away from the keyboard* for quite a while, so there's certainly some catching up to do:
The Boots Del Biaggio saga is now entering the Long Slog, a period of time in which both a bankruptcy and a criminal investigation will take place. I suspect it will take months before the whole tangled web gets unwound, but as John Glennon points out in his Tennessean blog today, the signing

WATE: Mayor gives Pinkston tongue lashing

"I've never been convicted of a crime between the two of us. Only one of us has been convicted of a crime and that's you," the mayor told Pinkston.

George Will provides us with a different perspective on the housing debacle....

Former Attorney General John Ashcroft doesn’t think there’s anything wrong with

Cross posted from TennesseeFree.com

An investigation into White House compliance with the Presidential Records Act is the subject of a hearing scheduled for Feb. 15 by the House Oversight Committee.

Power to the People, a Nashville-based black human rights organization, today asked the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to launch a criminal investigation of Nashville's Hermitage Hall, a treatment facility for juvenile male sex offenders.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department opened a criminal investigation into the destruction of CIA interrogation videotapes and Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey appointed an outside prosecutor to oversee the case. The CIA acknowledged last month that it destroyed videos of officers using tough interrogation methods while questioning two al-Qaida suspects. The acknowledgment sparked a congressional i

Fred Thompson responds to the death of Benzair Bhutto:

“It’s an indication of the kind of world we live in,” Thompson said during a visit to his Iowa campaign headquarters. “It’s a complicated world. It’s a dangerous world.”