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Memphis Shelby teachers in states massive Common Core training

Aaron Turner/ Special to the Commercial Appeal Common Core coach Raven Hawes (right) a mathematics teacher of iZone Schools, goes over different topics with her fellow teachers during the Common Core State Standards Initiative at Ridgeway High School June 18, 2013 in Memphis, Tenn. All of the teachers in this particular class where 5th grade mathematics teachers. Students, teachers face ...
Live on Local 24 Midday Grizz Girl Auditions

MEMPHIS, TN (localmemphis.com) - Ladies throughout the Mid-South will soon have their chance to be a Grizz Girl. The team is holding auditions this Saturday, and it's sure to be very competitive. Choreographer Tamara Moore joins Local 24 Midday with more on the audition process, and a few dance moves of her own.More on Thursday's Pre-Audition ...
Mississippi Residents React to 2nd Butt Injection Death

DESOTO COUNTY, MS (localmemphis.com) - A Mississippi transgender pleaded not guilty Tuesday to the murder of an Alabama woman, who died after getting a silicone injection in her buttocks. Tracey Lynn Garner of Jackson, formerly known as Morris Garner, is charged with depraved heart murder for two women's deaths. Garner entered her plea Tuesday in Hinds County Circuit Court. She's ...
Memphis financial woes impact all of Shelby County

As the city of Memphis tallies its debts, officials with Shelby County say the debts to the county need to be included and that the city's financial woes impact county finances as ...
UT considers tuition fee hikes Wednesday

NASHVILLE -- The University of Tennessee is proposing student tuition increases of 6 percent at its Knoxville and Chattanooga campuses and 5 percent at the Health Science Center in Memphis beginning this ...

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Ocean's Eleven

Steven Soderbergh's retro-funk update of the original Rat Pack movie Ocean's Eleven is a vivacious, quirky, throwaway crime-comedy about the seemingly impossible heist of $160 million from three of Las Vegas' biggest casinos. It's everything the 1960 original wanted to be while avoiding the sloppiness that was inherent to a project completely subverted to the whim of Frank Sinatra, Dean Ma ... ...

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Massive Brawl Erupts at Memphis Juvenile Court

MEMPHIS, TN (localmemphis.com) - It was chaos at Memphis and Shelby County Juvenile Court. A near riot broke out as 50 teenagers got out of their cells and started fighting late Monday night.It happened around 11:15 Monday night after a 16-year-old set off the building's sprinkler system."If they're all out at one time, they could overpower anybody," says Robert Denine. ...
Memphis Hopes to Lure Justin Timberlake to FedEx St. Jude Classic

MEMPHIS, TN (localmemphis.com) - He brought sexy back. Now Memphians want him to come back. There's a campaign to get Justin Timberlake to play at next year's FedEx St. Jude Classic golf tournament.Golfers and those who couldn't care less about the sport all agree Timberlake and the tournament would be a winning combination."I think it's a great idea," says Scott ...
Memphis Centenarian Celebrates 36 Years of Hospital Service

MEMPHIS, TN (localmemphis.com) - A Memphis woman is celebrating two milestones.Tuesday is Ms. Sarah Freeman's 100th birthday. Methodist South held a celebration for Ms. Freeman that morning.They're also honoring her 36 years of service as a "Pink Lady" at the hospital.Ms. Freeman credits her longevity to the man upstairs. "It's the Lord's blessing that he ...
Davis to Attend Last Southaven Board Meeting as Mayor

SOUTHAVEN, MS (localmemphis.com) - It's the end of an era in Southaven. Tuesday is the last board meeting for Mayor Greg Davis and five aldermen. Davis, who has been mayor for 16 years, lost his re-election bid June 4 to Darren Musselwhite. There are some Southaven residents who are sad to see Davis leave, but others say the city is overdue for a change.Resident Ruth Bennett said, "I ...
Aladdin Jr. opens this weekend in Germantown

At Germantown Community Theater, area children are escaping the drudgery of classrooms and textbooks this summer to spend time in the magical realms of Agrabah and ...

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Cauvery Supervisory Committee rejects TN demand for its share of water

The Cauvery Supervisory Committee has rejected Tamil Nadu's demand for its share of water saying that it is not feasible due to the deficit in inflows and very low storage level in the reservoirs in Karnataka.

The Committee meeting, chaired by Union Water Resources Secretary S K Sarkar here last evening, saw representatives of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu sparring over the water-sharing of the Cauvery river.

However, a meeting of the Committee scheduled for the first week of July would review the situation.

The meeting noted that availability of water was very small as compared to the average and even less than that of last year's storage.

It hoped the water availability would improve during the monsoon which was expected to be good.

It was noted that inflows in Karnataka was about 85 per cent deficit of the normal and the flow at Biligundulu is also 75.4 per cent deficit with respect to normal flows.

"Looking at the data as cited above such as the deficit in inflows and very low storages in the reservoir in the states of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, the request of Tamil Nadu for release of water by Karnataka was considered and found not feasible as of now," the meeting concluded.

While Tamil Nadu demanded a total of 63 thousand million cubic feet (tmc) of Cauvery water, Karnataka said it had no water to spare for the neighbouring state. ...