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NBA Fines Grizzlies Allen $5000 For Flop
MEMPHIS, Tenn. | The NBA has fined Grizzlies guard Tony Allen $5,000 for violating the league's anti-flopping rule during Game 2 of the Western Conference finals against San ...
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Man shoots at Memphis police-commits suicide www.privateofficer.com
The situation unfolded around 12:45 a.m. Friday on Raines Road between Orleans and Auburn. Police say a woman came into the Raines Station precinct headquarters and told officers that a man wearing camouflage shot at her near Craft and Orleans. Officers went out to check the area and found the man on ...
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Ginnifer Goodwin comes home to her Jewish faith
Associated Press files Ginnifer Goodwin (left) as Snow White is pictured alongside Lana Parrilla’s Evil Queen in a scene from the ABC series ';Once Upon a Time.'; Goodwin’s Prince Charming on the show — co-star Josh Dallas — also happens to be her real-life boyfriend. TV and movie actress GinnyGoodwin returns home to Memphis to speak at Sabbath service at ...
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At Manassas try unprecedented — 100 percent college acceptance
May 20, 2013 — Manassas High School senior Christopher Austin jokes with classmates during a banquet lunch at the University of Memphis Holiday Inn Monday afternoon. The school is proud of it’s post graduate placement this year with all of the graduating seniors going to some type of schooling after they graduate this weekend. Austin is trying to decide between the University of ...
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Grizzlies and City of Memphis celebrate playoffs run with activities
To show support for the team’s success in the NBA Playoffs, Mayor A C Wharton, Jr. joined Grizz and the Grizz Girls yesterday, May 23, at Mud Island River Park and raised Memphis Grizzlies flags, with the American flag remaining at the center of this collection of seven flag poles. Mayor Wharton also announced plans to place large LED screens in the downtown area for outdoor public ...
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Glitter
Neil Diamond failed miserably in The Jazz Singer (1980). Rick Springfield couldn't do it in Hard to Hold (1984). So why should it be of any surprise that Glitter, pop diva Mariah Carey's vanity project about the trials and tribulations of being a pop star, should fail as well? ...
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Sunset Symphony adjusts time adds Grizz watch party
The Sunset Symphony moved up its schedule 30 minutes to host a watch party for Grizzlies fans wanting to watch Game 3 of the Western Conference finals against the San Antonio Spurs. After the completion of fireworks, Hampton said, a projector will broadcast the game on a giant ...
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The Addams Family wraps up Broadway at the Tennessee series News Sentinel
The creepy, kooky "Addams Family" dance their dark family dynamics into the Tennessee Theatre May 31-June 1. The musical starring Gomez, Morticia, Wednesday, Lurch, Pugsley, Uncle Fester and Grandma is the last of the theater's 2012-13 Broadway at the Tennessee ...
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Memphians Show Heart in Giving to Oklahoma Tornado Victims
MEMPHIS, TN (abc24.com) - The best of Memphis was on display Friday morning. Dozens woke up bright and early to load a truck full of donations for Oklahoma tornado victims.When Newby's owner Todd Adams started collecting donations Tuesday, he didn't know what would happen. The end result was Memphians of all ages showing our city's heart."People have donated and donated and ...
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The MED to Start Violence Intervention Program
MEMPHIS, TN (abc24.com) - The old saying is revenge is a dish best served cold. And in Memphis, we serve up a lot of cold dishes - revenge and deadly violence go hand in hand. But there's a new soldier in the war on crime in the Bluff City: The MED.Respect is something most of us earn. Sometimes on the streets of Memphis, respect is thought to be earned with a gun and violence. Now when ...
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Seven Memphis motels closed for prostitution other crimes
May 24, 2013 — Shelby County District Attorney General Amy Weirich (left) and Memphis Police Director Toney Armstrong talk before a press conference in the parking lot of the Summer Motel on Summer Ave. after it was closed by authorities along with six other motels deemed public nuisances. Police have responded hundreds of times to the motels for complaints from theft to forcible rape and ...
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We must define the nature and scope of this struggle, or else it will define us. Neither I, nor any President can promise the total defeat of terror. What we must do is dismantle networks that pose a direct danger.
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Hyatt Regency Islandia on San Diego's Mission Bay
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