Monday, March 8, 2010
Morning Roundup Morning Roundup: Belmont Stakes and More
Posted by Jim Ridley on Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 7:01 AM
Belmont plans to boost its enrollment by a third and its endowment by almost half by 2015, according to the university's ambitious five-year plan. ... A 3-year-old Wilson County girl accidentally killed herself after mistaking her dad's semi-automatic for a Wii remote. ... That guy who went to three different pharmacies and demanded drugs in the name of the law? Turns out he wasn't DEA after all. ... Kleinheider: State Sen. Jim Tracy tries to lob a racist-email grenade at his opponent Diane Black, has it bounce back in his lap. ... John Rich's neighbors on Love Circle are fed up with the klieg lights and the buses blocking traffic and such, and they've asked Metro Councilwoman Kristine LaLonde to intercede on their behalf, sez Rex. ... The Criminal Court and Juvenile Court clerk races are heating up, Nate Rau writes. ...
The multimillion-dollar estate of Shoney's founder Ray Danner is an all-you-can-eat buffet of legal trouble. ... Jackson Baker: The RNC's Michael Steele sticks up for Harold Ford Jr. ... Middle Tennessee businesses that survived the Great Recession face the question: What now? ... Environmentalists call Zach Wamp a birdbrain for saying coal mining is good for the state's avian species. ... Downtown Nashville braces for the flood of SEC fans this weekend. ... Jimmy McDonough, biographer of Russ Meyer, discusses his juicy new biography of Tammy Wynette with Chapter 16. ...
