British actor steps into Capote role a year after Hoffman's triumph
(10/11/06 12:00am)
TORONTO (AP) - Toby Jones has one of the toughest acts to follow in cinema history.
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Plane crash in NYC kills Yankee
(10/11/06 12:00am)
NEW YORK (AP) - A small plane carrying New York Yankee Cory Lidle slammed into a 50-story skyscraper Wednesday, apparently killing the pitcher and a second person in a crash that rained flaming debris onto the sidewalks and briefly raised fears of another terrorist attack.
Lone gunman aims at principal with assault rifle
(10/10/06 12:00am)
JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) -Assistant Superintendent Steve Doerr happened to be visiting Joplin Memorial Middle School Monday when he witnessed a chilling sight: a student wearing a mask and a trenchcoat, armed with an assault rifle.
Controversial writer visits Memphis
(10/04/06 12:00am)
Tonight at the Rose Theatre, Norman Finkelstein, political science professor at DePaul University and author of books such as Beyond Chutzpah and The Holocaust Industry, will speak at The University of Memphis.
Hijacker gives up
(10/04/06 12:00am)
BRINDISI, Italy (AP) - A Turkish man hijacked a jetliner carrying 113 people from Albania to Istanbul on Tuesday and forced it to land in southern Italy, where he surrendered and released all the passengers unharmed, officials said.
Gunman admits to prior molestation
(10/04/06 12:00am)
QUARRYVILLE, Pa. (AP) - The gunman who killed five girls in an Amish schoolroom confided to his wife during the siege that he molested two relatives 20 years ago when he was boy and was tormented by dreams of doing it again, authorities said Tuesday.
Former nurse admits guilt
(10/04/06 12:00am)
SAN ANGELO, Texas (AP) - A former hospital nurse pleaded no contest Tuesday to killing 10 patients nearly six years ago by injecting them with a drug used to temporarily halt breathing.
Bluff City tops in bankruptcy
(10/03/06 12:00am)
Barbecue, blues and bankruptcy - Memphis can claim home to all three, with more people per capita filing for bankruptcy here than in any other major city.
Plan ahead for game parking
(10/03/06 12:00am)
The University of Memphis Tigers' game with the University of Tennessee Volunteers this Saturday is causing a stir with city traffic officials, especially since it is also the end of the Mid-South Fair.
Student group aims for green
(09/28/06 12:00am)
Yesterday afternoon the Environmental Action Club unleashed its weapon to attract students - small dogs.
Uof M has special interests
(09/26/06 12:00am)
Big corporations and special interest groups are not alone when it comes to lobbying Congress for legislation.
Rumors of bin Laden's death circulate again
(09/26/06 12:00am)
PARIS (AP) - A leaked French intelligence document raises the possibility Osama bin Laden died of typhoid, but President Jacques Chirac said Saturday the report was "in no way whatsoever confirmed" and officials from Kabul to Washington expressed skepticism about its accuracy.
Cheating rampant at some grad schools
(09/21/06 12:00am)
PHILADELPHIA - When it comes to cheating in graduate school, a new study finds that MBA students are the champs.
Memphis alumnus pens novel
(09/21/06 12:00am)
He doesn't notice the breeze blowing against his face as he walks across the parking lot of his apartment complex and hops into his car.
Three charged in Duquesne shooting
(09/19/06 12:00am)
PITTSBURGH - Police charged two men Tuesday with shooting five Duquesne University basketball players after a school dance, and they accused a 19-year-old sophomore of helping get the men and their friends into the dance despite knowing some were armed.
Chief judge in Saddam case replaced
(09/19/06 12:00am)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - The chief judge in Saddam Hussein's genocide trial was replaced Tuesday amid complaints from Shiite and Kurdish officials that he was too easy on the deposed Iraqi leader.
Police charge mother in text message rescue
(09/19/06 12:00am)
CAMDEN, S.C. (AP) - The mother of a Kershaw County man accused of abducting and assaulting a 14-year-old girl was charged Tuesday with helping her son elude authorities and survive in underground bunkers, Sheriff Steve McCaskill said.
Mich. plan not so black and white
(09/19/06 12:00am)
BERKELEY, Calif. - Michigan has a question for California: Was it a good idea to prohibit, as your voters did in 1996, the use of race- and gender-based affirmative action by public schools and government agencies for hiring, contracting and admissions decisions?
Shots ring out at college campus
(09/13/06 12:00am)
MONTREAL (AP) - A gunman in a black trench coat and sporting a mohawk haircut opened fire Wednesday at a Montreal college and wounded at least 20 people - six critically - before he apparently was killed by police, witnesses and authorities said.
Author and publisher settle over Oprah best-seller
(09/07/06 12:00am)
NEW YORK (AP) - It's payback time for disgraced memoirist James Frey and his publisher, Random House Inc.