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Published April 30, 2009 at 6:00 a.m.

by Pamela Denney ... Beignet Café, downtown's newest eatery off South Main, is an ideal marriage for Nashville transplant Norma Crow. "I love to cook and I love to restore old buildings," she says. Crow purchased the two-story brick building that is now Beignet Café about a year and a half ago. She was attracted to the building's history (it was built in 1946 as the Tri-State Bank) and its location near the South Main arts district, Beale Street, and the National Civil Rights ... "> ...

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World of Sound

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Published April 30, 2009 at 6:00 a.m.

Stars of rock, soul, rap, and blues lead a diverse lineup at the Beale Street Music Festival ... by Flyer Staff ... Combining the best of Memphis music past and present with some of the most legendary performers in rock and soul history and a sampling of today's biggest bands, Memphis in May's Beale Street Music Festival has become one of the largest music festivals in the country, routinely drawing over 150,000 fans to the banks of the Big Muddy. This year's lineup should only help continue the

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Beale Street Music Festival

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Published April 30, 2009 at 6:00 a.m.

The schedule for Saturday, May 2nd ... by Flyer Staff ... Band Listings Saturday, May 2 Green River Ordinance Cellular South Stage • 2:30 p.m. This Texas-based quintet is a straightforward, radio-friendly rock band in the vein of Collective Soul or Matchbox Twenty. After building up their audience the grassroots way for a few years, the band released its major-label debut album, Out of My Hands, earlier this year. Chancho En Piedra Cellular South Stage • 4:10 p.m. Representing this year's

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$5 Cover: Jason Freeman

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Published April 30, 2009 at 12:00 a.m.

Sun Studio tour guide by day, enterprising musician by night, Jason Freeman, 36, is determined to bring Memphis’ longstanding musical traditions into the 21st century. He cut his teeth in the jug band-inspired roots project Bluff City Backsliders and currently plays guitar in Amy LaVere’s backing band, the Tramps ...

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Eight Indicted in County Clerk's Office

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Published April 29, 2009 at 5:58 p.m.

[image-1]Memphis City Council member Barbara Swearengen Ware has been vexed by many issues during her tenure in public life -- police-residency resolutions, management of city contracts, and the presence (or lack) of telephones in City Hall rest rooms -- but she has a brand-new concern after being designated as having offered bribes for official services in a new Grand Jury indictment ... Ware is not one of the indicted parties, all eight of whom are former of current employees of the Shelby

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Herenton-Cohen Poll Flawed, Voters Say

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Published April 29, 2009 at 5:14 p.m.

A new political poll gives a surprisingly wide edge to incumbentSteve Cohen in a congressional race against Memphis Mayor WillieHerenton. But, some Memphis African American voters are accusingthe Yacoubian Research poll of reversing an earlier prediction of apossible Herenton victory in the 2010 Democratic Primary ...

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Council Member Accused of Bribery

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Published April 29, 2009 at 5:08 p.m.

There was a shake up in the Shelby County Clerk's officeWednesday morning. Eight employees were indicted, accused of takingbribes. At least three were allegedly bribed by Memphis CityCouncil woman Barbara Swearengen-Ware ...

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8 employees indicted in Shelby County Clerk’s Office probe

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Published April 29, 2009 at 11:10 a.m.

Three Shelby County auto-registration workers were arrested on bribery charges Wednesday for allegedly taking illegal payments from Memphis City Councilwoman Barbara Swearengen Ware. Ware, a five-term council member, has not been charged but prosecutors said a criminal investigation is "ongoing." The revelation came Wednesday as the Shelby County District Attorney's Office announced indictments against eight County Clerk's employees accused of accepting bribes ...

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In brief: GPAC, Walgreens OK’d to sell beer

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Published April 29, 2009 at 12:00 a.m.

The Germantown Beer Board, which is made up of the Board of Mayor and Aldermen, agreed to allow the Germantown Performing Arts Commission and the Walgreens at 7605 W. Farmington sell beer ...

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Doug Poutasse featured speaker at ULI Memphis event

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Published April 27, 2009 at 1:23 p.m.

Doug Poutasse, executive director of the National Council of Real Estate Investment Fiduciaries, will be the guest speaker at an event, “America’s Lost Decade of Growth,” hosted by the Memphis chapter of the Urban Land Institute on May 7 ...

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