EARLY VOTING: Polls closed at 7PM, but some turnout and lines. More from My Eyewitness News, WMC, Commercial Appeal.

Some are praying for the folks who are conducting the election.

Newspaper Presidential Endorsements:
Memphis Commercial Appeal: Obama.
Memphis Tri-State Defender: Obama.
Nashville Tennessean: Obama.
Knoxville News-Sentinel: McCain.
Jackson Sun: McCain.
Chattanooga Times: Obama.

TVA: They made payments to Memphis and Shelby County totalling $12 million. More from WMC.

Fire Safety: WREG discovers violations in up to 80% of state schools!

POLITICS: A Federal judge has ordered that Ophelia Ford’s legal bills from her 2005 special election contest be paid by the State. More from Fox13 and My Eyewitness News.

From Jackson Baker, a report from a Democratic Party event that points up the party’s problems in TN.

Oops! Gallatin candidate runs wrong ad! From four years ago…. Meanwhile, in Oakland, a furor over a 20 year old tattoo.

WMC Investigates the Cadillacs both mayors are driving and discovers it’s not the norm for other regional mayors. It’s also costing a lot of your money.

Shelby County officials claim the tax revenue shortfall will be hard to predict.

Final PAC campaign contribution report before the election is interesting reading. More from the Commercial Appeal.

Delta Queen: Another link to the past goes away, as the riverboat makes its last stop in Memphis. Another report from WMC, CA.

Delta Airlines: New post-merger company promises no ‘front line’ layoffs or hub closings.

David Duke: He speaks on his white supremacist conference planned for Southaven.

Gas Prices: Two Collierville stations are in a price war. $1.95/gallon and dropping?
 

University of Memphis: Some very modern amenities at the Campus Rec Center.

Hickory Ridge Mall: A Daily Helmsman story on plans for the property.

MISSISSIPPI: Governor Haley Barbour assures state it won’t need to raid the rainy day fund due to tax revenue losses.

Medtronic: Company launches new line of angioplasty products.

Dead and Voting: An expose from My Eyewitness News shows hundreds of dead people still on the voter rolls, and some are are still voting!

Shelby County: Another push for consolidation? Also, trying to find government solutions to the problems of foreclosure in the area; similar report from the Commercial Appeal.

Second Amendment: Gun sales are on the rise. A look at some possible reasons.

BUSINESS: YRC, after merger, lays off 15% of workforce. International Paper sees earnings drop of one-third; more from the Daily News and the Commercial Appeal. Dollar Thrifty car rentals also laying off employees.

Businesses are feeling the pinch of reduced spending.

Although the media has been crying recession for months, this past quarter was the first to show actual shrinkage in the economy. More from the Commercial Appeal. It’s not yet a recession, though.

FedEx: Working with US government, they are about to travel to India for trade mission.

Frayser Prep Academy: A strict dress code and strong expectations help overage-for-grade students to better.

Rock’n'Romp: The next event is this Saturday. Local music for adults at a volume kids can handle, plus a play area! Follow the link for the line-up.

Frank’s Market & Deli: New Downtown grocery has sausage-cutting ceremony.

TN Department of Corrections: Trying to curb the problems of cell phones in state jails and prisons.

TVA: CEO gets a half-million dollar raise, to $3.27 million!

Pfizer: The Memphis Logistics Center receives a Volunteer STAR award from the State.

WKNO: Program and operations manager joins the Public Television Programmer’s board of directors.

Halloween: Nightshade Manor haunted house to benefit The Food Bank.

Memphis Bioworks Foundation: After financial success from the first study, now comes a second.

Collierville: Three candidates for the town’s development director position due to be interviewed today. Also, Collierville Middle School students run a mock presidential campaign.

Race for Education: This Sunday is a 5K run to benefit county schools’ arts programs.

MLG&W: Winter moratorium on unpaid account cutoffs has begun.

John Conway Services: Business is finding innovative ways to catch customer attention — like using the boss’s likeness on their vans.

Buck’s Blog: Grilling!

vibinc: Moved by the Freedom Awards.

Jill Johnson Piper: Memories of the old Press-Scimitar, on the 25th anniversary of its demise.

Author of Y’all’s Destruction: Old cars are the best.

Fore Left!: Thoughts on the Palin effigy.

Commontaries: Observations on Rhode Island.

Rustmeister: Rounding up a lot of Second Amendment news and posts.

16 Balls in the Air: Her son, the censor.

Confessions of a West Tennessee Liberal: ‘Ballot-gate’, it seems, is still going on and on.

Gilmore Girl Goes Memphis: Someone’s happy for the Phillies.

Brain Release Valve: A two-fer! From talking heads to holo-pundits, then the Tsar Bomba.

In the Bluff: Thoughts on police reisdency.

Fertile Ground: Her child decides he’s not going on the big school field trip.

BEEB: Changes are coming.

55-40: Was it $250,00 or $200,000?