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8 hrs ago | WPTY

Ike's Discount Stores Set To Close In Memphis

" Ike's Discount stores in Memphis will all close soon. The president of the store's parent company, USA Drug, said the Memphis market is "soft," so they're closing two stores and negotiating to sell two others to Walgreens.

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Sat Mar 20, 2010

WPTY

Arrest Made In Highland Gas Station Carjacking

Memphis police have arrested a man they say pushed a woman down while she was pumping gas and took off in her car.

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Fri Mar 19, 2010

WMC-FM

Lipscomb is the man with the plan in Memphis

If a project is planned in Memphis, chances are Robert Lipscomb's fingerprints are on it.

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Thu Mar 18, 2010

WMC-FM

Body of missing mother of five found under hotel bed

Police found the body of a mother of five missing for months Wednesday. Family members said the way 28-year-old Sony Millbrook died feels like a blow to the stomach that will not go away.

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Wed Mar 17, 2010

WPTY

Missing Mom Found Dead Under Hotel Bed in Memphis

MEMPHIS, TN a ' Memphis police say a woman who was reported missing after she failed to pick up her children from school, has been found dead under a hotel bed.

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Tue Mar 16, 2010

WMC-TV Memphis

Police do not believe baby was tossed down trash chute

Rachelle Nelson, the mother of a Memphis infant reportedly dropped down a trash chute, was in custody Tuesday in connection with the bizarre case related to her son.

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Memphis Commercial Appeal

Memphis council chairman Collins criticizes Wharton for new jobs, pay

City Council chairman Harold Collins is questioning Mayor A C Wharton's decision to create several new positions in his administration and pay top dollar to new hires in existing positions.

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Mon Mar 15, 2010

WMC

Two Memphis area officers charged with DUI

A Shelby County sheriff's deputy and a Memphis police Major have both been charged with DUI in two separate cases that happened just 24 hours apart.

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Commercial Appeal

61-year-old man dies in Memphis fire

A 61-year-old man died in a fire before dawn today at a two-story apartment building on Mount Moriah, south of Poplar.

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Commercial Appeal

Geoff Calkins: Service its own reward for Memphis veteran

Ted Cutshaw is sitting at the family table and reading from his laptop and telling me about his father, also named Ted.

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Sun Mar 14, 2010

Philip Greenspun's Weblog

The Recession in Memphis

Waiting for a new Cirrus alternator, I've had plenty of time to roam around downtown Memphis, Tennessee.

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Sat Mar 13, 2010

MyFoxMemphis

Officials Looking into Mayor Photo Flap

The Memphis Fire Department is trying to find out who placed a photo of Mayor A C Wharton alongside photos of Osama bin Laden and Adolf Hitler inside a fire station.

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Fri Mar 12, 2010

Commercial Appeal

Police find woman's body in North Memphis park

Memphis police found a woman dead in Bauman Park in North Memphis Friday at about 6:45 p.m. The woman was pronounced dead on the scene, near the intersection of Chelsea Avenue and Bauman Drive.

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WREG

a C Wharton Picture Placement Causes Stir

We're told Wharton's photo was alongside Al Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden and Adolf Hitler.

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Thu Mar 11, 2010

Commercial Appeal

Man convicted of killing Memphis policeman gets new trial

A death row inmate convicted of killing an off-duty Memphis officer in 1997 has been awarded by a new trial by an appeals court that said his lawyers did a poor job of representing him.

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Wed Mar 10, 2010

WLBT-TV Jackson

Memphis man charged after encounter with suspected drunk driver

Thurstle Mullen and his wife Helen Holiday are wondering how a seemingly good deed ended so badly.

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Memphis Commercial Appeal

Lines shorter at Memphis vehicle inspection stations, but more help needed

Since the city extended operational hours at its motor vehicle inspection stations wait times have improved but motorists should still expect a line, city officials told City Council members today.

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Tue Mar 09, 2010

WPTY

"Cash For Tires" Memphis and Shelby County Team Up Again

Memphis and Shelby County's popular "Cash For Tires" program is up and running again for the second time.

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Mon Mar 08, 2010

Knoxville News Sentinel

Memphis security guard charged in fatal shooting

Shelby County Sheriff's deputies have charged a security guard in the shooting death of a man outside a nightclub on Covington Pike early Saturday.

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Sun Mar 07, 2010

Commercial Appeal

Review links 5 Memphis General Services Division bosses to employees

At least five current and former high-ranking members of the city's General Services Division have relatives employed in the division, including some whom they directly supervise, a violation of city policy.

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