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Thursday | WMC-FM

Andy's Rest. Scorecard: Best in Arlington, TN, plus scores as of

The fat lady just sang for Fat Boy Frank's. Owner Frank Whitington has permanently closed his fledgling restaurant on Highway 70.

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Thursday | WPTY

Group Wants Help Creating New Laws for Memphis and Shelby County

If you're fed up with government and want to change it, you have a chance to do just that.

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Tue Dec 15, 2009

The Hartford Courant

Jim Shea: Predictably, Medicare Idea Getting On Contrarian Joe's Bad Side

I am on board with the health care compromise being kicked around in the House of Lords.

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Sun Dec 13, 2009

Charleston City Paper

Good Grief! - Tenessee Mayor Attacks Obama for Preempting Charlie Brown

Last week Arlington, Tennessee, Mayor Russell Wiseman posted on his Facebook page the opinion that President Obama is a Muslim who intentionally scheduled his Afghanistan war address last Tuesday night to preempt the annual broadcast of "A Charlie Brown Christmas." Here is what he is quoted as writing, taken from the Memphis Commercial Appeal: ...

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Sat Dec 12, 2009

The Memphis Flyer

Wisdom and the Wiseman Brothers: A Modest Proposal

Anyone who habitually reads blogs or readers' comments to online articles or tweets or such other cyber-utterances as, er, Facebook entries understands that hyperbole is not only tolerated on the Internet, it may be the dominant mode there.

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Thu Dec 10, 2009

Post Tribune

Is Obama really the antichrist, anti-Christian, anti-Christmas Muslim president?

Arlington, Tennessee Mayor Russell Wiseman said a stupid, bigoted, ignorant quip about President Barack Obama when he wrote on his Facebook page that Obama purposely preempted the "Christian" holiday TV cartoon classic, "A Charlie Brown Christmas" last week to give a national TV address regarding the war effort in Afghanistan.

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Tue Dec 08, 2009

Wcco.com

Tenn. Mayor: Regrets Obama 'Muslim' Statement

Share + Dec 8, 2009 4:00 pm US/Central ARLINGTON, Tenn. 1 of 1 President Barack Obama makes a statement from the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, D.C., upon his return from Camp David on Nov.

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Mon Dec 07, 2009

The Pitch

Obama's Afghan surge proves he's trying to lose, say rightbloggers

In his West Point speech on Tuesday, President Obama announced 30,000 fresh troops would be delivered to Afghanistan early next year.

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Sun Dec 06, 2009

MotherJones

Quote of the Day: Obama vs....

From Russell Wiseman, mayor of Arlington, Tennessee, on his annoyance at the timing of Barack Obama's West Point speech: Ok, so, this is total crap, we sit the kids down to watch "The Charlie Brown Christmas Special" and our muslim president is there, what a load.....try to convince me that wasn't done on purpose.

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Fri Dec 04, 2009

The Tennessean

West TN mayor: Obama blocked 'Peanuts' Christmas special on purpose

ARLINGTON, Tenn. - The mayor of a Memphis suburban city accused President Barack Obama of deliberately timing his speech about the war in Afghanistan this week to block the airing of the "Peanuts" Christmas television special.

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Wed Dec 02, 2009

Memphis Commercial Appeal

Lakeland will throw parade, but not treats

The holiday parade in Lakeland on Saturday will feature Santa Claus, of course, but throwing candy from floats has been outlawed.

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Mon Nov 30, 2009

Commercial Appeal

Season for holiday tree huntin'

From Arlington, Tenn., Seth Tino with son Warner, 1, and daughter Hadley, 3, look for the perfect tree at the farm.

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Fri Nov 27, 2009

WREG

Fire Departments Have Urge To Merge

FAST FACTS: City and County officials say a merger plan is close City Council Chairman has questions about who will pay Plan must be approved by unions The red truck pulls into Shelby County Fire Station Number 1 just before noon.

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Wed Nov 25, 2009

Commercial Appeal

Holiday closings

ARLINGTON: Arlington Town Hall and other government offices will be closed Thursday and Friday in observation of Thanksgiving.

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Mon Nov 23, 2009

Commercial Appeal

Pedestrian dies after being struck by SUV on Brunswick Road

A man died late Thursday after he was struck by an SUV on Brunswick Road, northeast of the Wolfchase Galleria.

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Sat Nov 21, 2009

WLMT

Pedestrian Killed In Brunswick

A Brunswick man died from injuries late Thursday night, November 19, 2009, after being struck by a vehicle as he walked near his home.

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Fri Nov 13, 2009

Memphis Commercial Appeal

Shelby County changes focus

Over the next five years, Shelby County Schools will likely focus on campus renovations and rezoning to balance student population in the district, rather than building new schools.

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Tue Nov 10, 2009

WREG

Man Accused of Murdering Pregnant Girlfriend Goes to Court

So he waived his preliminary hearing in court Tuesday and sent the case straight to the grand jury.

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The Daily News

Gateway Tire Transfers Arlington Land for $1.1M

Batesville, Miss.-based Dunlap & Kyle Co. Inc ., which owns and operates Gateway Tire and Service Centers, has internally transferred six acres of land at Lamb Road and U.S. 70 in Arlington for $1.1 million.

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Fri Nov 06, 2009

Memphis Commercial Appeal

Arlington latest town in Shelby County to decline ban on guns in public places

Two months after the statewide guns-in-parks law took effect, Arlington Mayor Russell Wiseman says the town's Board of Mayor and Aldermen won't consider opting out of the legislation that allows handgun-carry permit holders to pack their guns in parks.

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