News — Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2008

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News — Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2008

David Kernell Investigation: The Department of Justice presents a case to a grand jury and they decline to hand down an indictment. Terry Frank provides more background on Kernell’s attorney, Wade Davies. Wired has a story with more details and the full text of Davies’ statement to the press.

You can now find all Main Street Journal coverage of David Kernell’s investigation for hacking the email account of Republican VP candidate Sarah Palin on this page.


Commercial Appeal: The daily is cutting home delivery, in Arkansas.


Collierville: A report from the Collierville Independent on the Chamber of Commerce forum with local political candidates. Also, a report on the greenbelt, from the Collierville end of the trail.


Memphis City Council: Council utility committee favors paying Joseph Lee’s bill. But is resisting Mayor Herenton’s plan for the Hickory Ridge Mall property; WMC report here. (Fox13 report.) Total losses in Pyramid theft may never be known; WREG report. WMC: City administrators are the engines driving Pyramid / Bass Pro push. Daily News report on Pyramid activity.


POLITICS: Bruce Thompson, former County Commissioner, receives sentencing delay. WREG investigates Rep. Larry Miller’s actual residence.

U.S. District Judge Wiseman dismisses ACLU lawsuit trying to overturn law removing voting rights from felons.

Tennessee’s two senators “find sharp differences” in how to deal with Wall Street crisis.


Tennessee Lottery: Gas shortages, various economic boogeymen, blamed for Powerball slowdown.


Millington: A report from the Millington Star on the four candidates for Position 7 on the Board of Mayor and Aldermen. And a Commercial Appeal report.


Central Church: Praying for the land to grow on.


MPACT Memphis: Will host the first-ever bipartisan presidential Debate Watch Party this Friday.


Oxford Presidential Debate: All the local media are on this one. The Commercial Appeal has an entire online section devoted to coverage. Fox13 reports on preparations, the Secret Service and an interview with the mayor of Oxford. Their collected coverage page is here. WREG’s coverage website is here. And WMC has a debate blog and a Twitter feed.

Official Ole Miss debate website is here.


First Horizon National Corporation: Named to Working Moms Top 100 list of workplaces.


Krispy Kreme: Company trying new push with new store designs.


BUSINESS: A Business Journal report on August unemployment figures. BancorpSouth, Inc. moves into the S&P400 index. The Daily News reports on a FedEx conference call with President and CEO Fred Smith. New Kroger store coming to Arlington. AutoZone reports $2.2 billion in sales fiscal Q4.

WMC talks with U of M business professor Dr. John Gnuschke about the Wall Street bailout.


Memphis City Schools: Despite wailing and gnashing of teeth, the school system doing fine with budget cuts. WMC report on Supt. Cash’s appearance before the City Council.


Tennessee Highway Patrol: New commander of Memphis District stripped of duties and placed on leave.


Memphis Police Department: Hundreds of missing persons cases monthly.


UT Health Science Center: Two hundred fifty million dollar expansion and upgrade planned.


Beale Street: Merchants there fear subterrainean dealings by Mayor.


Manufacturers Industrial Group Expansion into new products and new markets kept the business growing.


Strings’n'Things: Move to new, smaller, store, near to Sun Studios, revitalised business traffic.


Bartlett: Parent of Bartlett High School students plead with City School Board for help with declining enrollment.



Picture of the Day

The moonlit landscape of Vosges Mountains, France, from Earth Science Picture of the Day, taken by Thierry Demange. Picture © 2008, Thierry Demange.


Opinion and Blogs

The Conservative Zone: A two-fer! Taking another blogger to the woodshed and thoughts on Obama.


Bruce VanWyngarden: Bruce rides the trolley … well, he tries to.


Complacencies of the Peignoir: Surprises all over town and why reading is like watching NASCAR!


The English Major Bookstore: A Stephen Crane poem sparks a realisation.


theology & geometry: She says her family isn’t crazy; you judge the photo evidence.


Kristina Goetz: Experiencing Ramadan in Morocco.


Commercial Appeal: The paper’s recommendations in the Millington aldermen’s races.


tiarica09: From a student, a sense that schools are like prisons.


The Chubby Vegetarian: Spinach and goat-cheese phyllo rolls and balsamic marinated tomatoes. Yum!


Urf!: RJA says his family rates as Category 2.


A View From the Middle: Markus has had yet another busy, interesting weekend.


16 Balls in the Air: It’s not about the shoes.


Midtown Stomp: A dinner and wine tasting, this Thursday. The post has the menu.


Vegan Crunk: Double Birthday! That pic is the cake….
 
 


Commontaries: A two-fer! Arguing to look past the man to the desired end result in the new convention center discussion; and, applauding the return of scholastic debate to the MCS.