Stories from Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Rush Limbaugh's bid to become part owner of the St. Louis Rams became an exercise in futility last week when Dave Checketts, the leader of the group, informed the bombastic radio icon that he and his money was being dropped like a hot potato due to a protesting public that is worried that his views may not be the best for a business man in a sport that predominately employs minorities...

Aline Stinnett Whitesell, 84, of Lewisburg died Tuesday at St. Thomas Hospital in Nashville. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at London Funeral Home, Lewisburg, with burial to follow at Lone Oak Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday and again Friday morning.

The uncharted waters continue to run deeper and deeper for a history-making Community volleyball team. The Viqueens outlasted Nashville Christian 3-2 in the Region 5-A semifinals on Tuesday night. After a total of 10 sets and roughly four straight hours on the hardwood between its two matches, Community was a single point away from securing the region title on two occasions before falling 3-2 to White House-Heritage...

It's hard to tell who was having more fun Tuesday night at the sold-out Times-Gazette/relish® magazine Cooking Show and Expo with chef Jon Ashton -- the crowd, or Ashton. "It's really, really lovely of you to believe in me and believe in the magazine and let us in your life and have a bit of a laugh," the English cook said at the event, staged at the Calsonic Arena...

HUNTLAND -- The Cascade girls soccer team has boldly gone where none of its predecessors have, the District 11-A/AA championship. Tuesday night's remarkable 2-0 shutout against Middle Tennessee Christian has earned the Lady Champions a shot at a first-ever district title and a berth in the Region 6-A/AA tournament...

Dr. Joseph Rupard suggested to Bedford County Board of Commissioners' law enforcement committee on Tuesday that the county consider starting a drug court, a judicial initiative that diverts some drug-related offenders from jail or prison into a court-supervised rehab program...

If you missed the relish® Cooking show held Tuesday night at the Calsonic Arena, you can grab another chance of fun tonight -- only instead of watching folks clown around in the kitchen, you can just watch folks clown around. The Al Menah Shrine Circus will return to Calsonic Arena on the Celebration grounds tonight, with performances, at 4:30 and 7:30...

An inmate at Bedford County Workhouse died at a Nashville hospital after suffering an apparent heart attack Monday morning, officials said Tuesday. Larry Dale Byford, 54, of Shelbyville was rushed to Heritage Medical Center after collapsing Monday morning, then taken to Vanderbilt Medical Center, Lt. Tim Lokey, who supervises the workhouse, said...

I would call voice recognition and handwriting recognition the Holy Grails of computer ergonomics, except that it ruins the metaphor of the Holy Grail for there to be two of them. In movies like "2001: A Space Odyssey" and TV shows like "Star Trek," characters converse easily with computers using voice commands. ...

I'm going to have to start watching Titans football games again. I know most of you are rolling your eyes and asking, "Why?" because of the miserable season the boys in blue are having this year, but that's just it. It's all my fault they're losing...