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"The Color Purple," a musical based on Alice Walker's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, will have Oprah Winfrey as a producer and investor when it opens on Broadway in December.
FORKED ISLAND, La. - From a few neighborhoods in New Orleans to the bayous of southwest Louisiana and the oil refinery cities of east Texas, dislocated Americans returned Monday to their homes - and, in many cases, to the hurricane-blasted shells of their lives.
Students are always being told that their determination and hard work will eventually pay off.
The River City Writers welcome award winning poet and professor Mark Jarman to The University of Memphis tonight.
Freedom is something many people take for granted. In the United States our basic freedoms are outlined in one document, the Constitution. However, apart from learning the preamble in grade school, most Americans know very little about the document and its relevance today.
The 11 children removed from a house where authorities say some of them slept in homemade cages are polite, well-behaved, well-dressed and appear to have been well-fed, neighbors and authorities said Tuesday.
SEATTLE - Trish Kump enjoyed working behind the bar at the Tides Tavern in Gig Harbor, Wash., pouring drinks in front of a lineup of ashtrays - and the smoking customers who used them.
LOS ANGELES (AP) -Utility workers connected the wrong wires and caused a blackout across major portions of Los Angeles on Monday afternoon, trapping people in elevators and snarling traffic at intersections, authorities said.
NEW ORLEANS - It all lies submerged in a toxic gumbo: grease and gas from up to 350,000 vehicles; raw sewage; bleach and cleansers from the pantries of 160,000 flood-damaged homes; and, authorities fear, contaminants from damaged chemical plants and refineries.
Gas prices are up and some public transportation prices are on the rise as well.
David Sedaris has two books on the New York Times Bestseller list this week. Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim and Me Talk Pretty One Day are considered satirical and comedic gold. The question is, are these works gracing your bookshelf?
SAN JOSE, Calif. — You think the Web is big? In truth, it’s far bigger than it appears.
The Center for Southern Folklore will present the 18th Annual Memphis Music and Heritage Festival in the downtown area this weekend.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Emergency workers on Tuesday attempted to repair local power distribution equipment damaged by remnants of Hurricane Katrina that left thousands of customers across the state without electricity, officials said.
NEW ORLEANS — Buildings collapsed, floods inundated entire neighborhoods and hundreds of desperate residents retreated to wind-blown roofs Monday as one of the most sweeping hurricanes of modern times drilled through the upper Gulf Coast.
COLUMBIA, S.C. - Them good ol' boys, Bo and Luke, are back in the big-screen version of TV's "The Dukes of Hazzard."
During the fall, Memphis Light, Gas and Water will raise their rates. For many University of Memphis students this means they will have to work harder to make ends meet.
The University of Memphis Department of Public Safety issued a public safety alert Wednesday concerning several armed robberies which occurred between 11 a.m. and noon in the University area (but not on campus) in the past eight days. While none of the victims were injured, police urge students and faculty to be cautious and report any suspicious activities to authorities. In two of the incidents, the suspect was in a vehicle, and pulled up next to the victim and demanded the victim’s backpack.
One of the world's most expressive robots will soon be on display at the FedEx Institute of Technology.
A recent case of alleged cyber stalking has brought attention to the security and safety of e-mail accounts at The University of Memphis.