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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Memphis Sun.com http://www.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/10/id/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/ en-us Sat, 04 Jul 2009 13:24:08 -0400 Sat, 04 Jul 2009 13:24:08 -0400 30 The book is "A Child's Garden of Verses," a collection of 58 children's poems by Robert Louis Stevenson, the Scottish author best known for his novels, including "Treasure Island," "Kidnapped" and "Th... http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25865809/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 09:48:18 -0400 Commercial Appeal http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25865809/ A back and forth this week between candidate A C Wharton and radio talk-show host Thaddeus Matthews created some early campaign drama as Matthews pressed the county mayor about race. http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25861655/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:08:59 -0400 Commercial Appeal http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25861655/ Thomas Wheeler's book, "The New 'Finding Sherlock's London,'" serves as a guide to Sherlock Holmes fans who want to explore the London sites referenced in Arthur Conan Doyle's stories. http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25861656/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:08:56 -0400 Commercial Appeal http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25861656/ Elvis Presley fans are competing online in the second Elvis MySpace Karaoke Contest for a trip to Memphis to compete in the Ultimate Elvis Tribute Artist showdown in August. http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25861657/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:08:54 -0400 Commercial Appeal http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25861657/ WASHINGTON -- The interest rate on need-based student loans dropped to 5.6 percent this month and will continue to drop until it reaches 3.4 percent in 2011, making the cost of college slightly more a... http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25861658/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:08:51 -0400 Commercial Appeal http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25861658/ , president of Heart of Texas Records, said the 83-year-old was admitted to the critical care unit of Summit Medical Center in Hermitage on Thursday.Pitcox said he had an accelerated heart rate and ... http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25861031/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:39:42 -0400 Deseret News http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25861031/ Tyrone Rivers, 12, and his father, Arlandus Rivers, shop for fireworks Friday at American Fireworks in West Memphis. The Rivers family is from Memphis.Brad LuttrellSpecial to The Commercial Appeal http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25861659/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:08:48 -0400 Commercial Appeal http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25861659/ The Mississippi Department of Transportation will temporarily close the outside lane of southbound Interstate 55 between the I-69 interchange to south of the main Hernando exit at Commerce Street (Mis... http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25861660/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:08:46 -0400 Commercial Appeal http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25861660/ But some folks might not know that they can look at the health inspection reports of city pools in Memphis before they try a belly flop behind the lifeguard's back. http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25861662/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:08:26 -0400 Commercial Appeal http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25861662/ Graceview Presbyterian Church hosts a children's outreach each week called Wonderful Wednesday. On a recent Wednesday, the event was held at the Southaven home of Pastor John Tucker, where children sw... http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25861663/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:08:24 -0400 Commercial Appeal http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25861663/ Shirley McLendon has spent the past 14 years visiting state and federal transportation departments, the DeSoto County GIS Department, and various planning and clerks offices to compile updated maps of... http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25861665/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:08:20 -0400 Commercial Appeal http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25861665/ Several of the candidates said they might not be able to raise as much money has they could have a few years ago, but everyone has a goal of spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to try to become ... http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25859913/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:57:30 -0400 Eyewitness News http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25859913/ Police in Hernando, MS want to know if you recognize a truck used to steal a $4000 trailer. It was taken last month from Dockery Transports in Nesbit, MS. http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25858274/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:34:26 -0400 Eyewitness News http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25858274/ woman in a grocery store parking lot, and tried to talk to her. When the woman's father told Weatherspoon to leave his daughter alone, police say Weatherspoon pulled a handgun from his waistband and p... http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25858273/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:34:25 -0400 Eyewitness News http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25858273/ MEMPHIS, TN - While EMT’s are busy saving lives, Memphis Fire officials say someone has been busy stealing GPS systems out of ambulances, costing the department thousands of dollars.In a business wh... http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25858272/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:34:25 -0400 Eyewitness News http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25858272/ Memphis, TN - The city of Memphis is cutting down hours at some of the public golf courses in an effort to save money. Starting Monday, 6 courses will begin opening 4 day a week, instead of 7. The cit... http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25856555/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:51:22 -0400 Eyewitness News http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25856555/ There are a lot of fireworks to choose from and some of them can be dangerous. Doctors say a Little Rock boy could have scars for the rest of his life after getting second degree burns while playing w... http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25856556/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:51:20 -0400 Eyewitness News http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25856556/ Memphis, TN Memphis police are searching for Asia Braddock. Braddock is a runaway teen last seen on Thursday July, 2. Investigators say she may be in danger because of medication issues. Police say Br... http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25856557/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:51:19 -0400 Eyewitness News http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25856557/ Road Rage Victim Talks To Eyewitness News MEMPHIS, TN--Memphis Police have arrested a suspect accused of chasing down and shooting a driver who cut him off in traffic.Karlton Bradley, 39, is charged... http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25854351/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:24:42 -0400 Eyewitness News http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25854351/ WASILLA, Alaska — Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin made a surprise announcement today that she is resigning from office at the end of the month without explaining why she plans to step down, raising spec... http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25854349/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:25:57 -0400 Commercial Appeal http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25854349/ Police stated that the young woman has a mental condition and has not taken her medication. She has fought with family and officers in the past, police said. http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25854350/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:25:54 -0400 Commercial Appeal http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25854350/ MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Just like human children, baby elephants need important antibodies and nutrients found in its mother's milk. With an elephant expected to be born soon at the Memphis Zoo, a lo... http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25852063/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:00:17 -0400 Eyewitness News http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25852063/ David Phelps PARIS, Tenn. (AP) - A man has been charged in a boating collision in Henry County that killed one woman and injured her daughter. Henry County Sheriff Monte Belew told WBBJ-TV in Jac... http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25852062/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:00:17 -0400 Eyewitness News http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25852062/ (ConsumerAffairs.com)--As consumers have been hit with huge interest rate hikes and increases in their minimum monthly payments, complaints about America's credit card industry are reverberating throu... http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25852064/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:00:15 -0400 Eyewitness News http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25852064/ summer league roster , headlined by 2009 draft selections Hasheem Thabeet, DeMarre Carroll and Sam Young along with Grizzlies veterans Darrell Arthur and Hamed Haddadi, which will compete in the 2009 ... http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25849944/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:05:27 -0400 Memphis Grizzlies http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25849944/ Bartlett police have charged a 30-year-old woman with reckless endangerment of a child after she left her 3-year-old daughter unattended in a car Thursday night. http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25849945/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:04:00 -0400 Commercial Appeal http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25849945/ CHURCH HILL, Tenn. (AP) -- Shirley Ann Billings of Church Hill talks on her cell phone, but not at a cost of more than $13,000.She reported to the Hawkins County Sheriff's Office that she'd received a... http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25847523/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:33:06 -0400 Eyewitness News http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25847523/ BENTON, Ark. (AP) -- A 56-year-old Hensley man and the mother of a teenage girl have been arrested after the girl told authorities she had been prostituted to the man.Stephen Bradford has been arreste... http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25847525/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:33:04 -0400 Eyewitness News http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25847525/ Every July Fourth for the past four years, Robyn Juntunen and her family have made the short walk from their home to the Gallatin Municipal Park to watch the town's massive public fireworks display. ... http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25842560/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:46:28 -0400 WBIR http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25842560/ Burton has been with Shelby schools for 19 years. He has been an assistant principal at Collierville Middle and Collierville High and a specialist in student services. http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25839986/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:09:18 -0400 Commercial Appeal http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25839986/ Maj. Tim Presley, who got his first taste of social media with MySpace, created the department's accounts on Facebook and Twitter in March. The police Facebook account has 334 "fans" and 232 Twitter "... http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25839988/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:09:14 -0400 Commercial Appeal http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25839988/ JACKSON -- Gov. Haley Barbour has vetoed parts of Mississippi's overall $6 billion budget, including two provisions in a bill that deal with overtime pay for state troopers. http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25839989/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:09:11 -0400 Commercial Appeal http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25839989/ to be the head coach. Mix it up, Grizzlies. Don't hold back. Now that you've started down this road, nothing should be off limits. Except the owner, of course. He fits. To reach Geoff Calkins,... http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25839993/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:08:46 -0400 Commercial Appeal http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25839993/ A new group is suiting up to run youth football in Germantown, where a longtime provider of youth sports programs was sacked by the city last month. http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25839987/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:09:15 -0400 Commercial Appeal http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25839987/ With rumors swirling that Herenton was having second thoughts about leaving office, the mayor told multiple sources Thursday he would go through with his announced plans and resign July 10. http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25839994/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:08:43 -0400 Commercial Appeal http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25839994/ JACKSON -- The Mississippi Public Service Commission is scaling back operations and telling most of its 73 employees to stay home until the agency has a budget, commissioners said Thursday. http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25839990/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:09:10 -0400 Commercial Appeal http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25839990/ "We ate a lot of barbecue, and there was this place right by the studio, the Blue Plate Café. We went there a lot," said Ordinance frontman Josh Jenkins. "Really, the majority of the time is spen... http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25839991/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:09:07 -0400 Commercial Appeal http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25839991/ So if the baby elephant, due any day now at the Memphis Zoo, somehow doesn't nurse from its mother, Asali, the little bundle of joy could be in big trouble. http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25839984/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:09:22 -0400 Commercial Appeal http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25839984/ Cedar View Baptist Church, 3300 Miss. 305 in Olive Branch, is hosting a Fourth of July Celebration beginning Saturday at 2 p.m. Activities will be available for both children and adults, featuring Sou... http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25839992/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:09:05 -0400 Commercial Appeal http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25839992/ MEMPHIS, TN, July 03, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Remington College-Memphis Campus is now enrolling students for its new Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) Diploma Program. The HVAC progr... http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25839996/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:50:09 -0400 24 / 7 Press Release http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25839996/ Glen Phillips was shot to death during a robbery just before midnight at 6700 Century Arbor Place in the Arbors of Century Center apartments near I-40 and Whitten. http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25839985/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:09:19 -0400 Commercial Appeal http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25839985/ It all began just after 2:15 p.m. Monday, when the trio told police that a friend had stolen the car from a Texaco station at Getwell and American Way. http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25839983/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:09:24 -0400 Commercial Appeal http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25839983/ On Tuesday, workers from Jacob's Mobile Home squeezed the 14- by 64-foot FEMA trailer on the back of the property between the fire department's existing training building and a new two-bay metal struc... http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25839995/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:08:41 -0400 Commercial Appeal http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25839995/ YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) -- A Washington kindergarten teacher who sent a 5-year-old student home with a bag of feces tucked in his backpack has been formally reprimanded. http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25837328/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:55:44 -0400 Eyewitness News http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25837328/ There seemed to be a little excitement when the stimulus dollars rolled out last year, but it's been hard to get their hands on that money,” said Small Business Chamber of Commerce Executive Directo... http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25837330/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:55:43 -0400 Eyewitness News http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25837330/ The free Millington fireworks show costs nearly $40,000 to stage and sponsors cover the event costs. Finding businesses to help offset the show's expenses during the recent economic downturn has been ... http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25837326/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:55:53 -0400 Commercial Appeal http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25837326/ With no resolution to the funding impasse between the city and its public schools, Memphis City Schools is asking Chancery Court to force the city’s hand. http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25834922/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:38:20 -0400 Commercial Appeal http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25834922/ Memphis TN -- Memphis Mayor Willie Herenton may run in the special election that is supposed to replace him. Sidney Chism, Herenton’s friend and campaign manager, says the mayor is concerned about t... http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25832173/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:04:03 -0400 Eyewitness News http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25832173/ Booking Photo: Michael Waddell MEMPIHS, TN – Memphis police say a woman was shot and killed during an argument between two men.It happened in the 2700 block of Browning, Tuesday, June 30, 2009, ar... http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25832174/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:04:02 -0400 Eyewitness News http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25832174/ TORRINGTON, Conn. (AP) -- Police say a Connecticut girl overheard her mother's screams during sex and thought she was being assaulted, so she rounded up some friends to attack the woman's companion. http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25832175/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:04:01 -0400 Eyewitness News http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25832175/ MEMPHIS, TN – Memphis police say three women are behind bars after reporting a false kidnapping in an attempt to have a stolen car recovered faster.Memphis Police Public Information Officer Karen Ru... http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25832176/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:04:00 -0400 Eyewitness News http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25832176/ R ickard says two of the city’s aldermen didn’t agree with the big budget for this year’s celebration. The mayor says, “I would assume they believe that money could be best spend elsewhere.”... http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25832177/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:03:59 -0400 Eyewitness News http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25832177/ The death sentence of a Memphis man convicted in the 1994 shotgun slaying of a medical researcher was overturned today by the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals. http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25832169/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:54:36 -0400 Commercial Appeal http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25832169/ Joseph Lee III ran up a $426,422 legal bill while defending himself from corruption charges as head of Memphis, Light, Gas and Water Division, and the utility’s board voted today to cover the co... http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25832170/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:54:34 -0400 Commercial Appeal http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25832170/ A former Memphis police officer said the woman he is charged with killing last year was demanding money from him and threatening to tell his wife about their affair, according to court documents filed... http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25832171/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:54:31 -0400 Commercial Appeal http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25832171/ MEMPHIS, TN – Memphis police say a man was robbed and shot to death just after midnight in East Memphis.It happened at the Arbors of Century Center Apartments, Thursday, July 2, 2009, around 12:05 a... http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25828169/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:23:24 -0400 Eyewitness News http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25828169/ from terminating a regional service agreement with a subsidiary of the Phoenix company. The subsidiary, Freedom Airlines, operates 22 50-seat aircraft as Delta Connection. Overall Mesa (NASDAQ: MESA)... http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25828164/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:09:06 -0400 Memphis Business Journal http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25828164/ Chief legal officers remain “deeply skeptical” of their peers at corporate law firms and whether they are serious about changing the pricing and staffing models prevalent today, according ... http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25828165/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:08:58 -0400 Memphis Business Journal http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25828165/ Starting Monday, Fox Meadows, Davy Crockett, Overton Park, Pine Hill, Riverside and Whitehaven golf courses will be open four days a week instead of seven. http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25828168/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:13:28 -0400 Commercial Appeal http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25828168/ Woman Raped and Robbed At Her Cordova Apartment MEMPHIS, TN – Shelby County Sheriff’s Deputies continue their search for a man who raped and robbed a woman at her Cordova apartment last weekend. I... http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25823327/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:26:29 -0400 Eyewitness News http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25823327/ Although Jim Kyle still won’t officially say he’s running for governor, the Democratic state senator from Memphis has taken a huge step toward that race. http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25828167/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:13:30 -0400 Commercial Appeal http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25828167/ SOUTHAVEN, Miss. (AP) -- Clarksdale Police Chief Gregory Hoskins has pleaded not guilty to charges related to a June 21 disturbance at two convenience stores in Southaven.Hoskins entered the plea Wedn... http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25823328/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:26:28 -0400 Eyewitness News http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25823328/ Craft said that on all future court appearances, Johnson will be escorted by members of the jail’s Detention Response Team. The defendant also will be wearing leg shackles and handcuffs. http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25828166/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:13:33 -0400 Commercial Appeal http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25828166/ Booking Photo: Huston Lloyd COOKEVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- A man accused in the 2006 murder of a prison nurse and her 4-year-old daughter has been sentenced to life without parole.Huston Lloyd of Kingsto... http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25823323/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:26:28 -0400 Eyewitness News http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25823323/ Booking Photo: Steven Crutcher CEDAR CITY, Utah (AP) -- The Iron County sheriff's office says an inmate tried to escape from a correctional facility by fashioning a fake bomb.Iron County Sheriff's D... http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25823330/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:26:26 -0400 Eyewitness News http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25823330/ ESPN The Magazine ’s 7th annual “Ultimate Standings.” The feature ranks all 122 North American teams from the four major professional sports franchises based on criteria such as com... http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25820583/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:15:40 -0400 Business Journal http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25820583/ Kauffman Foundation study that predicts the United States may be “on the cusp of an entrepreneurship boom.” Over the past decade, Americans between the ages of 55 and 64 had the highest r... http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25823322/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:10:50 -0400 Memphis Business Journal http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25823322/ City Atty. Elbert Jefferson submitted his letter of resignation to outgoing Memphis Mayor Willie Herenton this morning, but the fifth-term mayor refused to accept it, according to a source with knowle... http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25823324/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:13:29 -0400 Commercial Appeal http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25823324/ On two occasions, an administrative assistant to Shelby County Mayor A C Wharton renewed registration for a vehicle registered to Wharton without going through city-mandated inspections, according to ... http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25823325/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:13:27 -0400 Commercial Appeal http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25823325/ While some are paying cash for their UniverSoul Circus tickets, others are paying with their guns. The Care for the Kids gun drive, a first-time effort of circus organizers, Metro police and four loc... http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25818428/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:23:14 -0400 WBIR http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25818428/ Nissan's plans to create up to 1,300 jobs to build electric cars and batteries don't necessarily mean more overall employees at the Smyrna factory. More than 5,000 workers, including about 4,000 empl... http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25816265/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:23:10 -0400 WBIR http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25816265/ LenDale White has come too far to blow it now - he promises. Since the end of last season, the Titans running back has remained on a strict diet and been loyal to the team's offseason conditioning pr... http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25818429/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:23:12 -0400 WBIR http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25818429/ CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A Clarksville teenager was released from jail after she was charged along with her brother in the death of their father. During a hearing earlier this week, the bond for 1... http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25818426/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:13:28 -0400 Eyewitness News http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25818426/ JACKSON, Tenn. (AP) - For the third time this year, officials at financially ailing Lambuth University in Jackson told employees that they would not be paid on time. In a meeting on the campus Wedn... http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25818425/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:13:28 -0400 Eyewitness News http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25818425/ PEARL, Miss. (AP) -- Pearl police says a 2-year-old girl was on her own at a local McDonald's for about an hour Wednesday when she was accidentally left behind by a church group.Police Capt. Ron Coner... http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25818431/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:13:27 -0400 Eyewitness News http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25818431/ CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) - Chattanoogans can get free bicycle valet service during the public fireworks display July 4 on the riverfront. The service will be provided by the Outdoor Chattanooga Bicy... http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25818424/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:13:27 -0400 Eyewitness News http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25818424/ (Getty Images/File) NASHVILLE, Ark. (AP) -- Police in Nashville, Arkansas say a woman led officer's to her son's methamphetamine lab after fighting with him.Police have arrested 28-year-old Joseph P... http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25818430/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:13:26 -0400 Eyewitness News http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25818430/ Employers cut more jobs in the U.S. in June causing unemployment to rise to 9.5 percent from 9.4 percent in May, the highest since August 1983. The http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25818423/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:57:15 -0400 Memphis Business Journal http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25818423/ A clerk at the Mapco, 680 N. Bellevue, told police she was in the store’s cooler Monday about 11:15 p.m. when she heard a crash and saw that a white SUV had backed into the store. http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25818427/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:00:26 -0400 Commercial Appeal http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25818427/ CHATTANOOGA — Tennessee has broken the 30-percent mark in its rates of adult obesity, joining three other states in which nearly one-third of the adult population is obese, according to a study ... http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25814529/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:28:05 -0400 Knox News http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25814529/ The Tennessee Highway Patrol will conduct sobriety checkpoints across the state during the long holiday weekend. The checkpoints will be set up Thursday evening through Sunday evening. The THP said ... http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25811252/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 07:12:14 -0400 WBIR http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25811252/ The woman focused on the prosecutor as she explained how the rape has changed her life. She paid no attention to the man in the yellow jumpsuit listening attentively. She never gave much thought to h... http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25811253/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 07:12:09 -0400 WBIR http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25811253/ When the Martinez family drives the half-hour from home into Nashville, wife Deanna is behind the wheel every time. It's not because of some standing debate between husband and wife about who is the ... http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25811254/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 07:12:04 -0400 WBIR http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25811254/ "Memphis," the 1950s-set musical that had a pre-Broadway tryout this year at the 5th Avenue, is going to Broadway, opening at the Shubert Theatre on Sept. 23, 2009. http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25810153/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:47:17 -0400 The Seattle Times http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25810153/ Not to worry, Blake Griffin will have plenty of room to operate. The Clippers agreed to a deal Wednesday that will send power forward Zach Randolph to the Memphis Grizzlies in exchange for guard Quen... http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25808325/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 04:08:31 -0400 Daily News http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25808325/ – Memphis Mayor Willie Herenton describes current 9th district Congressman Steve Cohen in vulgar terms. He also gets personal about a secret conversation with Shelby County Mayor A C Wharton. http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25805585/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 02:25:34 -0400 Eyewitness News http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25805585/ University of Tennessee emeritus professor J. Reece Roth, 71, made an appeal before U.S. District Judge Tom Varlan for leniency as he faced sentencing for violating the Arms Export Control Act in his ... http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25805583/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 02:23:36 -0400 Knox News http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25805583/ Robin Smith, former chairwoman of the Tennessee Republican Party, will be in East Tennessee today as part of a two-day swing officially announcing she is seeking the Republican nomination to represent... http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25805584/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 02:23:32 -0400 Knox News http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25805584/ "We will continue registration through Aug. 8 with league games beginning Aug. 24," said Chris Bryant, a coordinator for the fall baseball program. http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25805572/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 01:24:06 -0400 Commercial Appeal http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25805572/ A large-volume drug dealer was sentenced to 20 years in prison with 20 years of postrelease supervision after he pleaded guilty before Circuit Court Judge Bobby Chamberlin. http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25805575/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 01:23:55 -0400 Commercial Appeal http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25805575/ A lone burglar needed just 52 seconds to smash the glass door of a Fred's Dollar Store, break the store pharmacy window and escape with more than 2,000 hydrocodone pills. http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25805582/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 01:23:55 -0400 Commercial Appeal http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25805582/ Beginning Wednesday, CrimeStoppers of Memphis and Shelby County started receiving citizens' tips via the Web and by way of text message in addition to the traditional phoned-in tip. http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25805571/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 01:24:11 -0400 Commercial Appeal http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25805571/ The kids at Camp Steady know it. When you work in a camp where 75 percent of the campers are homeless, you do what you can to lift spirits, connect hearts and set an example. http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25805576/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 01:23:41 -0400 Commercial Appeal http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25805576/ Dartmouth College students will drive home a message of sustainability today with the Big Green Bus, a renewable fuel-powered vehicle on display from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Civic Center Plaza in Dow... http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25805578/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 01:23:39 -0400 Commercial Appeal http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25805578/ Two high-level Memphis police officers paid a steep price Wednesday for the way they handled an incident last month involving the son of a City Council member. http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25805579/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 01:23:37 -0400 Commercial Appeal http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25805579/ Legislators ended a three-day special session at midnight Tuesday and completed everything in the $6 billion state budget except the PSC's spending plan. http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25805574/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 01:23:57 -0400 Commercial Appeal http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25805574/ Two years ago, late in Brandon Roy's rookie year, the Portland Trail Blazers lost yet another game. Zach Randolph went on a rant in the locker room afterward, calling out teammates, pointing fingers, ... http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25805577/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 01:23:43 -0400 Commercial Appeal http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25805577/ In the meantime we've put it on the council agenda on Tuesday, voting on an ordinance adopting the state law so that police officers can write tickets for that violation,” Strickland said. http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25802885/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:54 -0400 Eyewitness News http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25802885/ (The following information is from a news release issued by the Tennessee Department of Human Services on July 1, 2009.) NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Department of Human Services announced Wednesday that ... http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25802883/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:55 -0400 Eyewitness News http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25802883/ MEMPHIS, TN - There’s a strong chance telemarketers will be calling your home, even if you’re on the “Do Not Call Registry.” The person on the other end promises to lower your credit card inte... http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25802886/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:53 -0400 Eyewitness News http://story.memphissun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ca80f72a3dd6ba88/id/25802886/