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Playing with Fire: Fire Department Study

Published Feb. 22, 2011 at 3:18 a.m.

A study by a group, put together by the mayor, found Memphis has twice as many battalions as six other cities it was compared to but the Memphis fire chief said that's not comparing apples with apples ...

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Council Wary of Mayor’s Budget Lay-offs

Published Feb. 22, 2011 at 2:30 a.m.

Facing a shortfall that could be as much as $70 million, laying-off city employees are an obvious way to save and that's the direction Mayor A C Wharton appears to be heading, there's just one problem- the Memphis City Council ...

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Memphis to host USTA tennis championships

Published Feb. 21, 2011 at 12:00 a.m.

Memphis Mayor A C Wharton and other city officials are expected to announce Tuesday that Memphis will host the U.S. Tennis Association’s Tennessee Adult and Senior State Championships in 2011 and 2012.Wharton and officials with the Memphis Convention & Visitors Bureau, Memphis & Shelby County Sports Council and Sports Tennessee will hold a news conference at 11 a.m. at the Hall of Mayors, 125 N. Main St., to make the announcement.The USTA Adult and Senior division tennis championships will be

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Rice Crushes Memphis,67-52

Published Feb. 20, 2011 at 3:23 a.m.

The Memphis Tigers played one of their worst games of the season, losing to Rice in Houston. Frank Murtaugh has details ... [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ] ...

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Rice 67, Tigers 52

Published Feb. 20, 2011 at 2:48 a.m.

Josh Pastner loves to describe how hard winning is. And how no game is a gimme in an improved Conference USA. It's time Tiger fans start listening.… ... [ Read more ] ... [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ] ...

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kings of pastry

Published Feb. 20, 2011 at 1:00 a.m.

Check out D.A. Pennebaker's humorous documentary, Kings of Pastry , at The Brooks Sunday ... [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ] ...

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Traveling cowboys rescue fallen carriage horse on Beale Street

Published Feb. 19, 2011 at 6:08 p.m.

Upon leaving dinner downtown around 9 p.m. Friday, a group of cowboys visiting Memphis for a roping competition happened upon a strange scene on Beale Street ...

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Memphis mayor ponders top cop Godwin's future

Published Feb. 19, 2011 at 6:00 a.m.

Police Director Larry Godwin is set to retire April 15 under the city's Deferred Retirement Option Plan ...

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February 19, 2011

Published Feb. 19, 2011 at 6:00 a.m.

A wider, straighter version of Riverside Drive would cut some land out of Tom Lee Park according to a preliminary plan approved yesterday by the City Council ...

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Opportunity Challenge Ends, But Work Just Beginning

Published Feb. 18, 2011 at 6:11 p.m.

This morning concluded the three-day Opportunity Challenge that brought together influential people from the local business and civic communities to brainstorm about improving Memphis ... The nonprofit CEOs for Cities and Mayor A C Wharton's Office of Talent & Human Capital staged the event at the Memphis Bioworks Foundation.… ... [ Read more ] ... [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ] ...

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