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In order to read the MI online you need to ether be a 7 day a week subscriber or pay anywhere from $1 per day to $88 per year to have access. While this might  sound fair enough, consider that this is one of the very few newspapers to be this cheap and/or inconsiderate to its community . You can read the Henderson Gleaner, The Courier Journal of Louisville, or The Lexington Herald for free but our home town paper has the audacity to demand a coin or two in order for outsiders to read of our events. When you consider that outsiders may want to contribute to disasters such as the 2000 tornado, or that perhaps they want info on the BBQ Festival, or Reid's Apple Festival, how many are going to pay a fee in order to contribute. It almost looks as if the MI would prefer Owensboro to exclude itself from the rest of the country, unless of course, they can cash in on a measly buck. I'm wondering if they still have those dime slotted toilet stalls in their building.

After a struggling season, perhaps his worst in his career, Michael Waltrip comes back with a top qualifying position for the Taladega 500. Like him or hate him, Michael's ups and downs in his career are not because he isn't a good driver. I thought Dale Earnhardt said it best when he took Michael on as a driver; "Michael not winning a NASCAR race yet is circumstantial", and indeed it was. Micheal went on to win his 1st points race while  racing for DEI in the same race as Earhardt's untimely death.  He's racing as this is typed so we'll see how he does. I'm not an adamant Waltrip fan but regardless, good luck Michael.