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Sheriff's deputies search for carjacker in southeast Shelby County

Memphis Local News - 19 min 22 sec ago
Shelby County sheriff's deputies continue are searching for a man who carjacked a customer at a fast food restaurant in southeast Shelby County last night.

It’s ‘The End’ for Muvico’s Peabody Place Cinema

Memphis Entertainment - 2 hours 52 min ago
It’s official: Muvico’s Peabody Place 22 cinema closes its doors (and shuts down its toy trains) on Sunday, July 6, after seven years in business.

Police report: Adult and child stuck by stray bullet at Tom Lee Park

Memphis Local News - 4 hours 10 min ago
A high-caliber rifle round believed to have been fired in celebration for July 4th sent an adult and child to the hospital late Friday night.

War may touch Hernando again

Memphis Opinion - Sat, 07/05/2008 - 00:08
If Hernando-based Mississippi National Guard Company A, 2/198th Combined Arms Battalion has to redeploy to Iraq next year, let's pray that it will be a safer place for our troops.

Lights! Camera! Book 'em!

Memphis Opinion - Sat, 07/05/2008 - 00:06
Let's face it. Memphis crime is nothing to be proud of. But solving crimes in Memphis makes great TV.

With sport newly legalized in Tennessee, organizers have eyes on bringing MMA to Memphis

Memphis Sports - Sat, 07/05/2008 - 00:05
Quinton "Rampage" Jackson has traveled around the world to build his reputation as one of the most feared fighters in mixed martial arts, known as MMA. He has claimed victories in Tokyo, London, California and Nevada. But he has never fought in Memphis, his hometown.

Book Folks: An eight-day parade of authors

Memphis Entertainment - Sat, 07/05/2008 - 00:05
This week Square Books launches "Camp Square Books: Six Writers-Seven Books-Eight Days."

Some Tennessee Waltz defendants already free from prison

Memphis Local News - Sat, 07/05/2008 - 00:05
The long-running undercover FBI investigation known as Tennessee Waltz resulted in trials that took up much of the last few years.

Hernando parade honors unit anticipating likely redeployment

Memphis Local News - Sat, 07/05/2008 - 00:05
For the soldiers of the Hernando-based Company A, 2/198th Combined Arms Battalion, this Independence Day was bittersweet.

Jackson plans to wrap 'Ultimate Fighter' series by finishing off Griffin

Memphis Sports - Sat, 07/05/2008 - 00:04
Before arriving in Las Vegas last week, Quinton "Rampage" Jackson had spent the previous two months training in the mountains near Big Bear Lake, Calif.

Tuning in Al Green's channel: Singer knows how to 'Lay it Down'

Memphis Entertainment - Sat, 07/05/2008 - 00:04
Certainly, Al Green's voice -- that famous honeyed falsetto -- would seem to be an otherworldly gift. One of Memphis music's true icons, the 62-year-old Green continues to split time between his career and the operation of his Full Gospel Tabernacle Church in Whitehaven.

E. J. Dionne: Cutting through the partisanship

Memphis Opinion - Sat, 07/05/2008 - 00:04
Barack Obama keeps trying to end the wars over culture and religion, and good for him. The 1960s are so 40 years ago. But Obama's opponents, as well as some of his friends, won't let him do it.

Secrecy veils lucrative stoplight-camera deal

Memphis Local News - Sat, 07/05/2008 - 00:04
The highly secretive competition for a contract to install red-light cameras at 10 accident-prone Memphis intersections has led to charges the process favors a city-affiliated company that's involved in an investigation by the FBI.

Street renamed to honor Boggs

Memphis Local News - Sat, 07/05/2008 - 00:04
A section of Madison Avenue in Midtown Memphis will be renamed for Thomas Boggs, the CEO of Huey's restaurants who died of bladder cancer on May 5.

Tomato farmers wither under handling of salmonella outbreak

Memphis Business - Sat, 07/05/2008 - 00:03
Expect fewer slices of red, ripe tomatoes next to the grill this holiday weekend. With a salmonella scare causing many customers to shun what is normally a summertime favorite, tomato farmers nationwide have had to plow under their fields and leave their crop to rot in packinghouses.

Fireworks, patriotism light up city

Memphis Local News - Sat, 07/05/2008 - 00:03
The threat of scattered showers didn't keep away the early crowd from the annual Fourth of July celebration in Tom Lee Park in Downtown Memphis on Friday.

East High English teacher named Educator of the Year by Memphis Alliance of Black School Educators

Memphis Local News - Sat, 07/05/2008 - 00:03
Meah King's success as a teacher can be measured in many ways, by the number of students who adore her or the lists of administrators who admire her methods.

It's Federer vs. Nadal again

Memphis Sports - Sat, 07/05/2008 - 00:02
Add up all of Roger Federer's greatness on grass courts and the numbers are striking: 40 wins in a row at Wimbledon, 65 overall on the surface.

Ellen Goodman: Making a pitch for a garden on the nation's lawn

Memphis Opinion - Sat, 07/05/2008 - 00:02
It's been decades since that famous forager Euell Gibbons reached through the White House fence and picked four edible weeds out of the president's garden. This is not something that the Secret Service would recommend you try today.
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