FOX13: They now offer a roundup of their ‘hottest weekend stories’.

Alzheimer’s: New Silver Alert bracelets could be lifesavers.

Olive Branch Emergency Food Pantry: As cold weather and the holiday season approach, they need donations.

Delta Airlines: The merger is likely to take a while. A report on the local impact from WMC.

BUSINESS: Is Memphis growing in importance in the medical device industry? Businessmen and lobbyists expect new wave of regulations with the new Congress. New administrative center for Enterprise Rent-A-Car in Memphis. Schering-Plough will appeal a $7 million Medicaid ruling. Finally, Vaco, going the extra mile for your customer.

World Overcomers Church closed on the Hickory Ridge Mall late last month.

People in business and more and again, from the Commercial Appeal.

Even art galleries are responding to the economic downturn! If you are looking for a holiday job, it’s almost too late.

On the effects of talking politics at work.

EPA: For reasons unknown, many of the regulations the environmental agency inflicts on Memphis won’t happen this year.

No Child Left Behind: Tougher accounting and tracking of students will standardise and improve graduation rate reporting by 2011.

Shelby County Commission: A first reading of a proposed ‘fringe financial industry’ resolution is today.

TENNESSEE: A bleak economic forecast for the state — including 8.3% unemployment later next year.

First Horizon: A new president for FTN Financial. More from the Business Journal.

Young Life: Introducing teens to Jesus and Christianity.
 

Blogging: An inmate is blogging from prison, with pen and paper and the help of outsiders.

ARKANSAS: A story on early voting there.

TennCare: Shift to new insurers going badly, may affect thousands of those covered. Another report from the Business Journal.

COGIC: The 101st annual convocation of saints starts today!

Memphis City Schools: City lunch menu; County lunch menu. Board of Education very gingerly explores a new elementary school for Cordova.

SunTrust Banks: Analysts suggest they ’seriously consider’ merger with Regions Financial or another institution.

Longleaf Partners: Managers of mutual fund family of investments are taking it personally.

POLITICS: How aware are voters about this season’s local ballot issues? And, the Commercial Appeal finally looks at legislative races across Tennessee and what it all might mean.

Final campaign days in the MS First Congressional District for Wicker and Davis; more from the Daily News. In Bartlett, the stealth candidate? Also, the Flyer is making a contest of the election: Call the electoral vote!

Jackson Baker on recent comments by Al Gore and Bob Corker.

A look at campaign expenditures in Bartlett, Germantown and Collierville, via the CA.

Relocation: Study ranks Memphis 70 out of 100 as a destination singles consider when relocating, though Nashville and Knoxville don’t fare much better.

Memphis City Council: Councilwoman Janis Fullilove may ask Council for censure today. More from My Eyewitness News.

Councilman Steve Mulroy is stumping for Charter Amendment Referendum 5.

West Tennessee River Basin Authority: Plans to join with Corps of Engineers’ study to help out river basins in this part of state.

MLG&W: Even though gas prices are falling worldwide, rates for natural gas for customers will stay the same. A story on ‘vampire appliances’ that silently use up your electricity!

Stop the Killing: A report from Saturday’s 2nd annual rally.
 
 

Mediaverse: Memphis: Richard is not impressed by CD and DVD anti-piracy efforts locally and explains why.

Paul Ryburn: Saturday’s activities and a review of the RiverArts Fest.

vibinc: An Annoying Autobiographical Pause .. that isn’t.

Commercial Appeal: Four citizens write on why they support either McCain or Obama.

Mick Wright: Is John McCain a selfish man?

The Chockley Blogs: A three-peat! First preparations for Halloween, and a sad report from the Big Evening. And then, a mixed report from Saturday’s final Rock-n-Romp.

Urf!: The impoliteness of asking who someone is voting for.

Blake Fontenay: He’s learned his lesson regarding polls.

Apostle Alton Williams: Bringing Jesus into the marketplace is why World Overcomers Church bought Hickory Ridge Mall.

Tom Garrott: Tax revenues must rise and entitlements decrease or government will go under with the next president.

Chris Peck: Al Gore shows us how to put the past behind us and solve the world’s problems.

Confessions of a West Tennessee Liberal: Some folks are hoping to get more resolution on the ‘ballot-gate’ matter.

a field guide to urban memphis: Is this really the best Halloween story ever?

Long Tall Animals: Amanda is creepily fascinated by child beaty contests.

Panacea: Home decorating ralisation.

Sassy Molassy: Early voting purgatory and discovering how different you are since high school.

Randy Haspel: War and the youth vote.

Commercial Appeal: Keep the old jobs we want; scrap the ones we don’t; retool our local economy for the future.