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Archive for July 16th, 2010

ESPN’s Erin Andrews Sues Hotels, Peeping Tom

Posted by Adam Butler on July 16, 2010

over secret tapings of her nude that were taken in the hotels by Michael David Barrett. (Not the hot-headed former Cubs catcher or the hot shot former Arkansas and NY Jets cornerback, but the hot and bothered Illinois weirdo).

Andrews, who was recently a contestant on the ABC show “Dancing with the Stars,” is asking for more than $1.2 million from the hotels and Barrett for “severe and permanent emotional distress,” according to the complaint.

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NWC Report for July 16, 2010

Posted by Jeff on July 16, 2010

The Birthday Boy

Before I start, Happy Birthday to my little man. Josiah Paul is 3 today!

Police are investigating an arson case at the FIJI house on campus. An explosion rocked the house and video shows a guy with a gas can inside. (For you old guys like me, the FIJIs are currently in what used to be the Delta Upsilon house across from Pomfret.)

This is the man they are looking for for arson on campus.

Springdale Schools has toughened their policy on volunteer coaches based on recent arrests of same.

The Washington County jailer that posed nude for Playboy.com has been fired.

Washington County now leads the state in home foreclosures. This report blames immigrants abandoning homes to find work elsewhere but there’s a lot of empty McMansions right now too.

Lunderby with and without clothes.

In Harrison, Clayton McGarrah, an Army soldier who was killed in Afghanistan on July 4th, was laid to rest without rumored protests from the Westboro Baptist church.

The last charge against Benton County Judge Dave Bisbee was dismissed. Bisbee already failed in his re-election bid.

Adam Firecat is running for office again. You might remember him as the faster-than-anything busboy at the Village Inn. Yes. That’s him.

Fraternity members cheating on quizzes?  This never happened at my fraternity!  Did it happen at yours?

Springdale native and Arkansas graduate, Dan Faires had been a contestant on HGTV’s next Design Star (ask your wives, guys) but was eliminated on Sunday. Faires is however still in contention to win the Fan Favorite vote to get his own internet show.

 

Arvest Ballpark in Springdale is not just home to the NW Naturals but also to the # 8 Minor League Ballpark Food item. The Naturals GM says it was an unintended invention.

Jon Williams is back from his column hiatus with an interesting story about the healthcare system in NWA.

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