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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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06/02/12 Guthrie to make PGA Tour debut in Memphis Source: Quincy Herald-Whig - Quincy IL Saturday morning, Luke Guthrie got the phone call every college senior hopes to receive.
06/02/12 W. Tennis. 2012 Memphis Women's Tennis Virtual... Source: GoTigersGo.com The University of Memphis women's tennis team reached unprecedented success in 2012, recording a 16-5 record and hauling in numerous postseason awards.
06/02/12 Rory McIlroy looks to Memphis to end run of early... Source: The Guardian - London - UK In 15 years as a professional Tiger Woods has never missed back-to-back cuts.
06/02/12 LSU lands another 4-star football commitment Source: KSLA News 12 Memphis Central High star Frank Herron committed to LSU today adding another strong 2013 football commitment for the Tigers.
06/02/12 Coffee Break: International Paper sells 3 mills for... Source: The Commercial Appeal - Memphis TN International Paper said Friday it is selling three mills for about $470 million, satisfying a Justice Department requirement stemming from its $3.5 billion acquisition of rival Temple-Inland.