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  • West Memphis Gets $11M Grant for Port

    WEST MEMPHIS, Ark. (AP) — West Memphis is to receive a $10.9 million grant to expand the city's port.The grant from the U.S. Transportation Department announced Wednesday will go toward rail improvements.The work will enable the port to handle more freight. The Transportation Department says the project will not only help the port but will spur other business activity by stimulating ...

  • Olive Branch Elects New Mayor

    OLIVE BRANCH, MS (abc24.com) - Voters in Olive Branch have elected Assistant Fire Chief Scott Phillips as their new mayor.Phillips won with 51 percent of the vote over business owner Art Shumway in Tuesday's Republican primary run-off election.Since there are no democrats or independent candidates running in the mayor's race, Phillips will be the only name on the ballot during the ...

  • Musselwhite Wins GOP Bid for Southaven Mayors Race

    SOUTHAVEN, MS (abc24.com) - Darren Musselwhite is officially in the running as Southaven's next mayor after securing his candidacy in Tuesday night's Republican primary run-off election.Musselwhite, a local insurance agent, won over police officer Jerald Wheeler with 70 percent of the vote.He will face Democrat Coria Williams and current Mayor Greg Davis, who's running as an ...

  • Taxpayer-Funded HARP Program Improved but Far from Fixed

    MEMPHIS, TN (abc24.com) - You paid for it: expensive, taxpayer-funded home renovations that left many homes in worse shape than before. ABC 24 News first exposed problems with the HARP program last fall. Memphis leaders promised to revamp its troubled home repair program as of April 1st. Now the question is whether the city kept that promise.According to Housing and Community Development ...

  • Spurs hold off Grizzlies in overtime

    The San Antonio Spurs held off the late-charging Memphis Grizzlies to triumph 93-89 in overtime on Tuesday and stretch their lead in the NBA Western Conference finals to 2-0.Tim Duncan's 17 points included six of the Spurs' eight points in overtime, when he also delivered a key block to help San Antonio hang on after they let a 13-point fourth-quarter lead evaporate."I hate that ...


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Movie Review

Boogie Nights [DVD]

Boogie Nights [DVD]

Paul Thomas Anderson's "Boogie Nights" is a shot of pure moviemaking adrenaline. Like a master craftsman who is just learning to walk, Anderson assembles the best parts of many other great movies, and reshapes them into a piece of pure dynamite. As vulgar as it is touching, "Boogie Nights" is an epic film that traces both the rise and fall of the Southern California porno film industry, and the de ... ...

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  • Fitch Affirms Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company Upgrades El Paso Natural Gas Company Outlook Stable

    Fitch: Recession Concern Dampens European Investor Sentiment An increasing number of investors expect fundamental credit conditions will deteriorate across sectors, according to a Fitch Ratings investor survey. The more circumspect sentiment was most notable for the sovereign segment, where the proportion of survey respondents anticipating worsening conditions more than doubled to 55%, from 24% ...

  • NBA playoffs Spurs beat the Grizzlies in Game 2 of the Western Conference finals - video

    Post-game reaction after the San Antonio Spurs defeated the Memphis Grizzlies 93-89 in Texas on Tuesday to take a 2-0 lead in their Western Conference Finals series. San Antonio Spurs coach Greg Popovich says his team struggled this time to hold on to a big early lead. Memphis Grizzlies coach Lionel Hollins thinks his team were back to ...

  • Literacy Mid-South announces new funding move to East Memphis

    Literacy Mid-South announces plans to move to East Memphis and that it will use $50,000 in new funding for its Collaborations Fund, which will provide money to education and literacy groups. "We're branching out big time," said Kevin Dean, executive ...

  • POLL Tennessee Voters Support Benefits For Same-Sex Couples

    new poll from Vanderbilt University shows that support for legally recognizing same-sex couples continues to grow in Tennessee, but at rates slower than the rest of the country. A 49 percent plurality now support civil unions or marriage equality, while 46 percent remain opposed to both. Still, 62 percent believe that gays and lesbians should receive health insurance and other employee benefits ...

  • Councilman Seeks Temporary Emissions Exemption for Memphians

    MEMPHIS, TN (abc24.com) - Memphis City Council jumped the first hurdle when it comes to Memphians getting out of emissions inspections. Councilman Lee Harris is trying to pass an ordinance that will exempt Memphis drivers from getting inspected for two years. This comes at a crucial time since the city will stop funding inspections and the state is planning to take over in June. Tuesday, the ...

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