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Yesterday | Commercial Appeal

College loan interest rate drops

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 affordable.

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Fri Jul 03, 2009

Herald-Sun

Ex-Duke player says he'll transfer to Memphis

Jun 27, 2009 Ex-Duke basketball player Elliot Williams says he'll transfer to the University of Memphis.

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Thu Jul 02, 2009

ScrippsNews

current events, culture, commentary, community

Each year, it seems, Memphis is cast as one of the most dangerous, crime-ridden cities in America.

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Related Topix: Memphis, TN Metro

WMC TV

U of M names new basketball operations director

The University of Memphis has named Eric Sebastian to be director of operations for the Tigers' men's basketball program.

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Wed Jul 01, 2009

The Knoxville News-Sentinel

Memphis hits record $7M in donations

The University of Memphis announced Monday a record $7 million in donations to Tigers athletics for the fiscal year ending Tuesday.

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Related Topix: Sports

Tue Jun 30, 2009

The Daily News

Commercial Real Estate Takes a Beating

SILVER LINING: The Wesley Highland Manor senior nursing facility at 3549 Norriswood Ave.

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Related Topix: Memphis, TN, Shelby County, TN, Arlington, TN, Lakeland, TN, Millington, TN, Opinion

Mon Jun 29, 2009

The Jackson Sun

Tiger athletics announces record donations

The University of Memphis announced that donations to Tiger Athletics have reached $7 million, surpassing last year's record amount of $6 million.

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Commercial Appeal

Three appointees of Memphis Mayor Willie Herenton to leave their posts

Some of Mayor Willie Herenton's most controversial employees are following him out the door.

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Related Topix: Memphis, TN, Pop/Rock, The Neighborhoods

Murfreesboro Post

Lavery joins Safe Haven as executive director

Safe Haven Family Shelter, the only shelter program of its kind in Middle Tennessee, announces the selection of its new executive director, Joyce Lavery.

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Related Topix: Tennessee, Anthropology, Science, Non-Profit, University of Florida

Sun Jun 28, 2009

The Daily News

Ridder Takes Oath in Bittersweet Circumstance

SWORN IN: Circuit Court Judge Lorrie K. Ridder, right, takes the oath of office from Gov.

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Related Topix: Tennessee Government, US Governors, Phil Bredesen, Tennessee, January, Opinion

Sat Jun 27, 2009

Commercial Appeal

Annual meetings put focus on peace

By Michael Lollar , Memphis Commercial Appeal Saturday, June 27, 2009 With violent conflicts erupting across the globe, a Memphis conference this week hopes to serve as a reminder that history doesn't have to repeat itself.

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Related Topix: Liz Claiborne, Apparel, Immigration Reform, US Military Prisons, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Prison

WREG

Facebooking Their Way To City Hall

The campaigning has already begun. And it looks like many candidates will try to "tweet" and "face-book" their way to the top job at City Hall.

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Related Topix: Social Software

CBS 4

New Heat Player Had SAT Score Invalidated In 2004

While the Miami Heat spent most of the NBA Draft on the sidelines, the Heat did reel in a couple of draft picks before the night ended.

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Related Topix: Standardized Testing, Education, University of Arkansas

Fri Jun 26, 2009

Messenger

'Art Attack' host to teach at Averett

Averett University has announced that local art historian Lee Sandstead will bring his own style of teaching art history to the school when he joins its faculty in the fall.

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Related Topix: Emmy Awards, Entertainment, Television

The Daily News

New Memphis Coach Buys Southwind Home

Recently hired University of Memphis men's basketball coach Josh Pastner and his wife, Kerri, have bought a Southwind home for $775,000, according to a notice that appears in today's edition of The Daily News.

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Related Topix: Memphis, TN, Home Listing, Home, Shelby County, TN, US Governors, Phil Bredesen, Opinion

Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers a...

Poplar rail study juggles citizen, business concerns

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Paul Morris empathizes with the college students who climb over the trains stopped on the tracks that intersect the University of Memphis campus on their way to class.

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Related Topix: Memphis, TN

Thu Jun 25, 2009

The Daily News

Poplar Rail Study Juggles Citizen, Business Concerns

PERENNIAL HEADACHE: The railway crossing at Southern Avenue and Perkins Road Extended is one of the areas where the Memphis Metropolitan Planning Organization is looking at the traffic flow for its Poplar/Southern Corridor Study.

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Related Topix: Memphis, TN, Opinion

Commercial Appeal

Shooting victim a man with big plans

At noon today, she will join the mourners at Cummings Street Baptist Church to bid him farewell.

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Related Topix: Violent Crime, Memphis, TN, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, LeMoyne-Owen College

Wed Jun 24, 2009

Collier Citizen

Cops train for crisis intervention

Newly divorced, recently laid off and living with a family member, the man was despondent and suicidal by the time Collier County law enforcement was contacted.

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Related Topix: University of Tennessee

Sun Jun 21, 2009

WREG

Price Tag On College Education About To Go Up

Parents and students, hold onto your wallets. It appears the price tag on a college education in Tennessee is about to go up.

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