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In Nashville, a Lap Dance is Illegal, but Not Group Sexnew
Under Nashville's Sexually Oriented Business ordinance -- which began being enforced last year -- any strip club or cabaret must comply with a rigorous set of guidelines that limit everything from a dancer's proximity to a client to the required height of a stage.
Nashville Scene |
P.J. Tobia |
08-24-2007 |
Sex
Cutbacks at The Tennesseannew
The daily sees shrinking news hole, a hiring freeze and an end to TV listings in rack copies.
Nashville Scene |
Liz Garrigan |
07-27-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
Closer to Freedomnew
Attorney General changes course, agrees a federal judge should resolve the controversial Paul House case.
Nashville Scene |
Sarah Kelley |
07-20-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Nashville's City Paper Readies a Dramatic Website Makeovernew
Gone will be the static, blue-and-white template that readers have grown accustomed to, and in its place will be a new home page that directs readers to top stories, to four blogs and to an e-paper driven by the software Olive Active Paper.
Nashville Scene |
Liz Garrigan |
06-29-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
Free Paul House, Urge Lawmakers and a Federal Judgenew
What will it take for Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen to pardon a death row inmate even the U.S. Supreme Court believes is innocent?
Nashville Scene |
Sarah Kelley |
06-29-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Grocery Store Pulls GLBT Paper from Newsstandsnew
Are religious freaks to blame?
Nashville Scene |
Sarah Kelley |
06-08-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
Get John Herbisonnew
When Nashville's smut peddlers and killers get one call, it goes to this man; his reasons for taking their calls might surprise you.
Nashville Scene |
Kay West |
05-25-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Tennessee's Cable Warsnew
While King Kong and Godzilla fight, public access stations try not to get flattened.
Nashville Scene |
Jim Ridley |
05-25-2007 |
Media
Civic Development Group Takes Till It Hurtsnew
The Tennessee Fraternal Order of Police uses this suspect telemarketing firm to separate Hispanics from their money.
Nashville Scene |
P.J. Tobia |
05-18-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Even Lunatics Can Get Firearms in Tennesseenew
The dangerously mentally ill can buy guns in Tennessee in violation of federal law -- no questions asked -- because the state doesn't send their names to the FBI national instant background check system.
Nashville Scene |
Jeff Woods |
05-18-2007 |
Policy Issues
Tags: public policy issues
Witness to Philip Workman's Executionnew
Evidence suggesting he didn't fire the shot that killed a cop was not enough to stop his lethal injection.
Nashville Scene |
Sarah Kelley |
05-18-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Philip Workman Asserted His Innocence 'Til the Endnew
But he was pronounced dead at 1:38 a.m. Wednesday, making him the third inmate put to death in Tennessee in 47 years despite evidence casting new doubt on his guilt and growing concerns that supposedly benign lethal injections may actually cause excruciating pain.
Nashville Scene |
Sarah Kelley |
05-09-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
'Marijuana Martyr' in Lockdownnew
Bernie Ellis, Nashville's cause celebre of the medical marijuana movement, has been placed in virtual lockdown at a halfway house in an apparent attempt to quell publicity surrounding his plight.
Nashville Scene |
Jeff Woods |
05-04-2007 |
Drugs
Tags: Drugs
Running Out of Timenew
The governor refuses to extend the moratorium on the death penalty, despite evidence suggesting the system is flawed -- meanwhile, the execution of Philip Workman approaches.
Nashville Scene |
Sarah Kelley |
04-27-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Marijuana Martyrnew
Bernie Ellis gave comfort to the sick and dying -- for that crime, the government means to take everything he's got.
Nashville Scene |
Jeff Woods |
04-27-2007 |
Drugs
Tags: Drugs
