August 6 is the 219th day of the year. On this date in 1945 Hiroshima is devastated when an atomic bomb, "Little Boy", is dropped by the United States B-29 Enola Gay.

* Weiss: Love the place or hate it, the city's well on its way to driving Jin's Chicken out of business.

* Craver: Live Blogging with Jeffrey Okafo from Jin’s Chicken and Fish

* Xoff: The Department of Corrections has decided it is just too risky to allow a non-profit, in-state group to send free books to inmates in Wisconsin prisons.

* Ald. Konkel: Tuesday's Common Council Recap

* TCT: A new power line that may run through the city of Madison received strong condemnation at the Madison City Council's meeting Tuesday night.

* TCT: The rate of foreclosure filings in Dane County has jumped a whopping 53 percent this year, from 466 cases filed in circuit court in the first seven months of 2007 to 714 cases filed this year.

* WSJ Editorial: ...state and local officials can't afford to waste time as they discuss and assess a possible commuter rail line in Dane County.

* MBR: Let’s Talk Pre-Great Taste Parties and Anniversaries

* Myhre: Ten things to do at the 2008 National Poetry Slam in Madison

* Dane101 Better Living: Seven tips for surviving the credit crunch