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Collierville ex-mayor and charter panelist Kerley asked to leave merger discussion

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Published Sept. 1, 2010 at 12:00 a.m.

Former Collierville mayor Linda Kerley says she was asked to leave a Monday meeting of consolidation opponents at Riverdale School after acknowledging her support for merging Memphis and Shelby County governments ...

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Court reduces former mayor Herenton's child support payments

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Published Sept. 1, 2010 at 12:00 a.m.

A former security guard lobbied Tuesday for more money in child-support payments from former Memphis mayor Willie Herenton. Instead, she walked out of court with $968 less a month ...

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Memphis Daily News - Big Changes On Beale

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Published June 7, 2010 at 4:40 p.m.

Big changes are underway for Beale Street now that the case between the city and Performa Entertainment has been settled ... Candice Ludlow caught up with Memphis Daily News Senior Reporter Bill Dries at the Hall of Mayors to find out about the settlement ...

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RealtyTrac: Memphis foreclosures fall in May

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Published June 10, 2010 at 11:49 a.m.

Memphis’ May foreclosure rate fell compared to a year ago and the previous month, according to a report released Thursday by RealtyTrac Inc ...

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First 48 Controversy in Detroit

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Published May 22, 2010 at 12:00 p.m.

Remember when the City Council decided they didn't want The First 48 filming in Memphis? ... Maybe there were on to something ... From the NYTimes' Tragedy in Detroit, With a Reality TV Crew in Tow, about the killing of a 7-year-old girl during a police raid: ... "Even in Detroit, where deadly violence can seem routine, Aiyana’s killing has transfixed the city, leaving many questioning what they see as heavy-handed tactics by the police — particularly the use of the so-called flash-bang

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Wamp's Controversial Med Proposal Steals a March on Gubernatorial Rivals

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Published May 23, 2010 at 11:15 p.m.
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JB Wamp with commissioners at last week's press conference Nothing so far has shaken up the 2010 gubernatorial race in Tennessee like Chattanooga congressman Zach Wamp’s pledge in Memphis last Wednesday that, as governor, he would return to the Regional Medical Center all federal funds received as a direct result of uncompensated medical care rendered by the Med ... In other words, if — as in the last fiscal year — the Med should provide some $90 million worth of charity medical care,

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Political Snapshots from the Week Just Passed

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Published May 23, 2010 at 10:50 a.m.
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JB ... State Rep. Jeanne Richardson (right) was one of what appeared to be hundreds of guests who swarmed the inside and outside of Earnestine & Hazel’s Restaurant downtown Saturday night to help 9th District congressman Steve Cohen celebrate his 61st birthday. Earlier Saturday, Cohen had directed a crew of volunteers on an “Orange Mound Cleanup.” ... JB ... A beaming Karen Shea, new president of the Memphis Central Rotary Club, presented Joe Ford (left) and Mark Luttrell (right),

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On the Record: Drive-By Truckers' Patterson Hood

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Published April 30, 2010 at 8:45 a.m.
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Last month, the Drive-By Truckers released their 8th studio album, The Big To-Do , a typically excellent collection Southern rock character sketches and story songs. The Georgia-based band — whose co-founders, Patterson Hood and Mike Cooley , once lived in Memphis — has often peppered their music with local and regional references, including songs about Sun Records founder Sam Phillips and the night punk provocateur G.G. Allin played the Antenna Club ... The Drive-By Truckers

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Gus Cannon and His Jug Stompers "Walk Right In" and Receive Top Blues Honors

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Published May 8, 2010 at 3:36 p.m.

This week is a big week for the Blues in Memphis ... Inductions into the Blues Hall of Fame, Blues Music Awards at the Convention Center, and Muddy Waters' sons played at train stations from New Orleans to Chicago as part of the Mississippi Blues Trail ... Gus Cannon was honored on Beale Street with a Brass Note and he was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame ... Candice Ludlow has more ...

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Best Friends: Driving Miss Daisy opens at Theatre Memphis

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Published April 30, 2010 at 4:41 p.m.
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Kevin Turner and Jo Lynne Palmer ... I can't fib. I'm really not thrilled at the thought of sitting through yet another Driving Miss Daisy ... On the other hand, Theatre Memphis' production, which opens this weekend, has two things going for it, that have me at least somewhat interested. The director, Bo List, tends to do intriguing work. And I'm genuinely curious to see what Jo Lynn Palmer will do with Ms. D ... The place is the Deep South. 1948, just prior to the Civil Rights Movement. Daisy

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