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Mascot Gives Fan a Bloody Nose [VIDEO]
By not in system - AOL NewsVanderbilt University officials are investigating how their mascot left a fan with a bloody nose. Video shows the mascot, known as Mr. C, putting his hand on the young man's shoulder before knocking him in the face. ...
Opinion: Art Museums at the Crossroads
By not in system - AOL NewsAmerican art museums are in a deep financial crisis that threatens their very mission -- the access of the public to great works of art. Today, museums have programs for K-12 schoolchildren, people with Alzheimer's and their caregivers, prison inmates, people with mental and physical challenges, and the general public -- literally millions of visitors every year who want to enjoy and learn from the paintings and sculptures housed in American museums, over 1,000 institutions, large and small, in cities and towns from coast to coast. All of this is at risk, as museums look for solutions to ...
Giant MoonPies, Cherries and Sardines Get Dropped on New Year's Eve
By David Moye - AOL NewsThe Times Square ball gets all the publicity, but it's not the only thing being dropped on Dec. 31 -- and we're not talking bad habits. Seems like almost every city -- big and small -- marks the new year by dropping something from a tall building or a crane. For instance, the city of Memphis, Tenn., will honor its musical heritage and the beginning of 2011 by dropping a giant illuminated Les Paul guitar from scaffolding alongside the Hard Rock Cafe on Beale Street. Don Dunbar/Eastern Maine Images When the clock strikes midnight in Eastport, Maine, this giant sardine will be ...
My Wish for 2011: A Smile, Freely Given
By not in system - AOL NewsHow things change. When I was young, I prayed for three things: braces, glasses and a cast. The braces were a foregone conclusion, as my two front teeth had a wide gap between them and a not-so-sexy overbite. But more importantly, my brothers had both been subjected to orthodontia, ergo, I must as well. If they got to do it, I got to do it. That was the rule in our house -- despite the fact that I was nine years younger. (My parents rocked.) I ached for braces. For a headgear. For a retainer. Ached. Courtesy of J.T. Ellison J.T. Ellison 's 2011 wish is for a smile, freely ...
Florida Teenager Puts Shoes on 1,300 Children
By Elizabeth Barr - AOL News(Oct. 11) -- Jacob Rice is not a shoemaker or a shoe designer or a shoe salesman. Jacob Rice is not a wealthy man of industry with money to spare, nor is he a dedicated nonprofit executive with years of fundraising experience. Jacob Rice is a high school freshman, and Jacob Rice has placed shoes on the feet of more than 1,300 children, some of whom had never owned a pair. Four year ago, Jacob was a young man in need of a mission; a 10-year-old possessing the chutzpah to change lives but lacking a specific focus. "My motivation at the age of 10 was to make a difference," said the Floridian, ...
6 Injured in Explosion at Tenn. Flare Plant
By not in system - AOL NewsMEMPHIS, Tenn. (Sept. 14) -- An explosion and flash fire Tuesday at a plant that makes flares for the military injured six people, three of them critically, authorities said. The explosion at Kilgore Flares Co. was reported just before noon, said Cris Hill, a dispatcher at the Hardeman County sheriff's office. A Memphis hospital reported that three people were brought there in critical condition and a smaller hospital in Bolivar reported that three people there were in good condition. County Mayor Willie Spencer, who was at the scene, said the fire apparently was contained to one building, ...
Biden Tours Flood-Damaged Opry House in Nashville
By Tom Diemer - Politics DailyThe pickers and singers have fallen silent at the Grand Ole Opry and Vice President Joe Biden saw why, as he toured the historic music shrine that took on 46 inches of water during the spring flooding in Nashville. "I'm not gonna sing," the vice president told reporters as he walked across the stage of the 36-year-old building. Biden was in Nashville Friday to speak at a fund-raising even for the Tennessee Democratic Party. Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen, Rep. Jim Cooper, (D-Tenn.), and Nashville Mayor Karl Dean showed Biden around the Opry House, the epicenter of American country music from ...
Middle Tennessee Flood Leaves 11 Dead, Thousands Displaced
By David Sessions - Politics DailyEleven people are dead after a record-breaking flood hit Middle Tennessee over the weekend, The Tennessean reports. Thousands are still without power after heavy rainfall lead to closures and evacuations in Nashville and several nearby towns. The Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center was emptied of its 1,500 guests. The MetroCenter area north of downtown was evacuated, displacing about 500 people, when a levee along the Cumberland River began to leak. City officials shut down one of Nashville's water treatment facilities and said the city's infrastructure was in danger of serious ...
Sarah Palin Defends Her Participation in Tea Party Convention
By David Sessions - Politics DailyIn an op-ed piece in Wednesday's USA Today, Sarah Palin responds to the controversy about organizers of the Tea Party Convention, a gathering of conservatives in Nashville later this week -- and at which Palin will speak. Several high-profile lawmakers, including Reps. Michele Bachmann and Marsha Blackburn, have withdrawn from the event over questions about where its proceeds will go. Other Tea Party supporters were suspicious of the $550 price of tickets. But the former governor of Alaska and vice presidential candidate, who will deliver the gathering's keynote address Saturday, said she ...
Parts of Tea Party Convention to be Televised
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyWhen conservative grassroots organizations gather this week in Nashville under the banner of the National Tea Party Convention, parts of the proceedings, including the keynote by Sarah Palin, will be televised and streamed on the Internet. Organizers said Tuesday that Fox News, CNN, Reuters TV and the Internet company PJTV would broadcast debate sessions and speeches of the three-day convention, as well as provide "special interviews of delegates and speakers," The New York Times reported. The broadcast schedule is to be posted on the event Web site. Planners suggested the broadcasts would ...
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