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Big city, little town, it’s all the same.

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Jim Cooper is ranting against Hillary Clinton again for opposing his health-care reform bill back in 1993. To the Memphis Daily News, he comments on The Hill newspaper's report last week that Rep. Lincoln Davis, one of the Democratic Party's uncommitted superdelegates, turned down an invitation to meet with Clinton.

Herman Wang reports that Rep. Lincoln Davis doesn’t think it is the role of a superdelegate to commit to a candidate before the convention.

Thirteen lose their lives behind CCA walls, some cases never previously made public"Basic standards of decency and fairness... means lifting the veil"If you have a loved one who was born outside the U.S. and is not yet a citizen here, please read the front-page Monday New York Times article about deaths in immigrant detention.

http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2008/may/07/area-lawmaker-admits-to-smoking...
I woke to find this on the front page of the Knoxville News Sentinel.  I always wondered why Rep. McCord’s office door was ALWAYS closed.  Everyone else on his floor invitingly had their office door open so

Knoxville News Sentinel: Area Lawmaker Admits to Smoking in Legislative Office

I woke to find this on the front page of the Knoxville News Sentinel. I always wondered why Rep. McCord’s office door was ALWAYS closed. Everyone else on his floor invitingly had their office door open so it was very noticable.
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A couple of days ago the annual Armed Forces Day parade wound its way through the streets of downtown Chattanooga, and throngs of the Tennessee Valley's most patriotic citizens lined its path.

Thanks to James for sending me this news story …

A man is walking through the zoo when he sees a little girl leaning into the lion’s cage. Suddenly, the lion grabs her by the cuff of her jacket and tries to pull her inside to devour her right in front the little girl’s screaming parents.

A few years ago, back when the "Bedford Briefs" / "Around & About" / "Area Briefs" column ran on the front page, we had a rule of thumb that items only appeared in it once, not day after day. In...