News and quote of the day

Quote of the Day:

“The White House is denying rumors that President Obama has plans to play a round of golf with Tiger Woods while the President is on vacation, although Obama is planning to ask Tiger Woods if the government can borrow $300 trillion.”

- Conan O’Brien

Tennessee News Clips

Politics

Push Grows for Fast Choice on Successor to Kennedy
August 26, 2009 New York Times
The push for swiftly naming an interim successor to Senator Edward M. Kennedy intensified Wednesday in the wake of his death, with Gov. Deval Patrick coming out strongly in favor of the idea and other top state lawmakers indicating they were reluctant to leave the seat vacant for months.

GOP governor's race centers on Nashville
August 27, 2009 Tennessean
For gubernatorial candidate Bill Gibbons, the course is clear.

A C's Rollout: More or Less?
August 27, 2009 Memphis Flyer
The campaign for Memphis mayor of acknowledged frontrunner A C Wharton got under way this past week with a hyper-active opening round.

Education

Knox County selected for teacher incentive program
August 27, 2009 Knoxville News Sentinel
Amy Crawford has transformed her classroom into what she and her Sarah Moore Greene Elementary School fourth-grade pupils call the locker room.

State Treasurer May Ask to Suspend Pre-Paid College Trust Fund
August 26, 2009 Nashville Public Radio
The state could soon suspend a program that allows parents to pre-pay for college credits at today’s tuition rates.

Healthcare

Dennis Rivera Leads Labor Charge for Health Reform
August 26, 2009 New York Times
For more than a decade, Dennis Rivera was New York’s mightiest labor leader, running a union of 300,000 health care workers that often bent Albany to its will as it scared — and angered — governors, Democratic and Republican, with its hard-hitting ads.

Hospitals may benefit under health-care reform
August 27, 2009 Bloomberg News
Hospitals may gain as much as $16 billion over a decade from the Obama administration's proposals to overhaul the health-care system.

Business

Energy efficient appliances will soon come with rebate
August 26, 2009 WKRN
Tennesseans in the market for a new major appliance may want to wait a few months.

Energy

U.S. Biofuel Boom Running on Empty
August 27, 2009 Wall Street Journal
The biofuels revolution that promised to reduce America's dependence on foreign oil is fizzling out.

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