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At Least 85 Dead as Tornadoes Devastate South

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. - Fierce storms obliterated large swaths of land from Mississippi to Georgia, wiping out homes and businesses, causing a nuclear power plant to use backup generators and even forcing the evacuation of a National Weather Service office. The death toll was staggering - at least 85 people killed in five...

Army Corps Delays Decision on Breaking Mo. Levee

MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has put off making a final decision on a controversial plan to intentionally breach a levee protecting valuable farmland from the rising Mississippi River. The agency made the announcement Tuesday in Memphis following a teleconference and decided to put off a formal...

Hundreds Search Tennessee Woods for Missing Nursing Student

Hundreds of volunteers combed wooded areas of Tennessee today in the search for missing nursing student Holly Bobo, believed to have been abducted from her home by a man wearing camouflage clothing. Bobo, 20, is the cousin of country music singer Whitney Duncan. The search has galvanized the area near the small community...

Clues Emerge in Tenn. Abduction; No Sign of Woman

PARSONS, Tenn. -- More clues have emerged in the case of a missing western Tennessee nursing student who was abducted from her home by a man wearing camouflage, but there's still no sign of the 20-year-old woman. Searchers found a lunchbox, authorities said Friday, and revealed that her brother saw blood outside of the...

High Winds, Rain Hit South, Killing at Least 7

JACKSON, Ga. -- Fast-moving spring storms packing high winds, hail and lightning blew through the South, uprooting trees, knocking out power to hundreds of thousands and killing at least seven people. The storms were part of a system that cut a wide swath from the Mississippi River across the Southeast to Georgia and the...

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05/30/12 Wells Fargo to Pay $432 Million in Lending Lawsuit -... Source: BankSITE Wells Fargo has promised $432.5 million in lending and other payments to end a lawsuit accusing the bank of discriminatory lending practices in Memphis.
05/30/12 Memphis advertising 'comeback' across region Source: Memphis Business Journal - Memphis TN The city of Memphis is targeting vacationers and former city residents alike with a new regional billboard campaign, The Commercial Appeal reports.
05/30/12 Piccadilly Restaurants pushes for slice of... Source: The Commercial Appeal - Memphis TN Piccadilly Restaurants has had a presence in Memphis for 64 years, and today the chain operates five popular cafeterias in the area.
05/30/12 Editorial: Parks ranking is a reminder Source: The Commercial Appeal - Memphis TN Memphis is a city that has always prided itself on having plentiful, well-maintained public parks.
05/30/12 Memphis City Council budget proposals bear contrasts... Source: The Commercial Appeal - Memphis TN Memphis City Council members on Tuesday began sifting through three council-generated proposals to fund city government for the fiscal year that begins July 1.