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  • August 2008

    • Memphis Bids Hayes Soulful So-Long

      Commercial Appeal (Memphis)  |  Aug 19, 08 6:22 AM CDT

      Memphis Bids Hayes Soulful So-Long

      (Newser) - Thousands gathered at a Memphis-area mega-church to say a final farewell to Isaac Hayes, the Memphis Commercial Appeal reports. Family members mixed with musicians from across the genres, as well as Hollywood stars, politicians, Scientologists, African royalty, and thousands of ordinary people paying tribute to the soul legend who died earlier this month of a stroke. More »

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      singer  • Memphis  • soul  • memorial  • memorial service  • Isaac Hayes

    • Elvis, Priscilla Barbies Wed

      Associated Press  |  Aug 13, 08 12:17 PM CDT

      Elvis, Priscilla Barbies Wed

      (Newser) - Elvis and Priscilla Presley wedding day Barbies are the latest in King kitsch, the AP reports. The $65 boxed set, released yesterday, draws on the couple’s 1967 wedding photo—groom in paisley, bride in tiara. One fan paid $6,800 for a pair of dolls signed by Priscilla, while others waited at Graceland overnight to fete the mannequins with wedding cake. More »

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      Mattel  • Barbie  • Elvis Presley  • Memphis  • Graceland  • fashion dolls

  • June 2008

    • Why Is Memphis the New South Bronx?

      Atlantic Monthly  |  Jun 29, 08 4:00 PM CDT

      Why Is Memphis the New South Bronx?

      (Newser) - Despite a flattened national crime rate in large cities, Memphis was recently dubbed the nation's leader in violent crime, prompting Atlantic Monthly to ask: “Why has Elvis’s hometown turned into America’s new South Bronx?" Local experts offer an unsettling answer: demolition of low-income housing projects isn’t eradicating crime and poverty by giving residents a fresh start—it’s just decentralizing and relocating the problem.   More »

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      poverty  • gang violence  • Memphis  • urban poverty  • public housing

    • Lost Pyramid Found in Egypt

      National Geographic  |  Jun 6, 08 3:06 AM CDT

      Lost Pyramid Found in Egypt

      (Newser) - The remnants of a 4,500-year-old Egyptian pyramid lost for generations has been rediscovered by archaeologists, National Geographic reports. It's believed to be the tomb of  King Menkauhor—who ruled in 2,400 BC—and was found in the midst of a sprawling burial complex at Saqqara, where scientists also unearthed a new stretch of a sacred road that was used for lavish funeral processions. More »

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      ancient Egypt  • Memphis  • Pyramids

  • March 2008

    • Cops Charge Brother in Mass Killing

      Commercial Appeal (Memphis)  |  Mar 8, 08 5:56 PM CST

      Cops Charge Brother in Mass Killing

      (Newser) - Memphis police collared a man yesterday and charged him in a mass killing that shocked the city last weekend. Jessie Dotson, 33, allegedly shot his brother Cecil, 30, in an argument and then murdered five possible witnesses. “When Jessie left, he believed everyone in the home was dead,” a police director said. “But as we know, through the grace of God, three children survived.” More »

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      murder  • crime  • police  • arrest  • Memphis  • mass shootings  • Memphis killings

    • Memphis Massacre Kids Under Guard

      Associated Press  |  Mar 6, 08 9:52 AM CST

      Memphis Massacre Kids Under Guard

      (Newser) - Memphis police are keeping a tight watch on three seriously wounded children who could be key to solving the murder of six people—including two other kids—at a brick house in a tough neighborhood over the weekend. Police aren’t allowing any visitors, including relatives. They’ve also declined to identify the children, slain or living. More »

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      murder  • crime  • children  • Memphis  • Memphis killings  • Cecil Dotson

    • 2 Toddlers, 4 Adults Shot Dead in Memphis Home

      Commercial Appeal (Memphis)  |  Mar 4, 08 7:39 AM CST

      2 Toddlers, 4 Adults Shot Dead in Memphis Home

      (Newser) - Memphis police found two toddler girls and four adults shot dead in a home in the city's Binghamton neighborhood yesterday. Three other young children have been taken to a local hospital with gunshot wounds and are said to be critically injured, reports the Commercial Appeal. Police say the shootings happened Sunday night but the bodies weren't discovered until a relative of one of the children went to the house yesterday. More »

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      children  • shooting  • Tennessee  • homicide  • Memphis  • Memphis killings  • gunshots

  • February 2008
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