Stewart Brothers Hardware: A profile of the Midtown institution.

DAVID KERNELL: Judge agrees to delay alleged hacker’s trial until next Spring. Commercial Appeal runs AP version of Knoxville News-Sentinel story, which is here.

See the Main Street Journal’s archive of Kernell stories, the most complete available.

BUSINESS: National retail sales down 2.8% for October. Although a price survey by the American Farm Bureau Federation shows Thanksgiving dinner will cost more this year. MLG&W data that Hickory Ridge and Cordova are the destinations of choice for new residents. Mixed news on the foreclosure front in Shelby County for October. More homeowners opt for remodelling instead of selling.

State bankers may be changing their tune on accepting Federal bailout help. Memphis bankers are applying. Jobs in the banking sector getting harder to find.

Memphis gaming company targets the iPhone. Computer related: Germantown and Collierville will both update their city websites.

People in business: Monday’s CA.

Better Business Bureau warns of scams and ‘phishing’ schemes in Memphis area. A stolen check almost wipes out Blue Fin restaurant.

Pinnacle Airlines: Air traffic for all subsidiaries is up.

FedEx: Announced Friday that ground and home delivery rates will rise about 6%. More from the Daily News.

Lenny’s Sub Shops: Local franchise will launch $100,000 promotion. More from the Daily News.

Delta Airlines: Teaming up with Alaska Air. In a related story, family-friendly TSA security checkpoints at air terminals?

Second Amendment: Gun safety instructor says too many learn their shooting technique from television and movies, leading to tragedy. Gun sales are up locally, after Obama election.

California Proposition 8: A report on the local group joining nationwide protests against CA’s ‘no gay marriage’ referendum. More from WMC.

I-385: Budget woes push back project from 4 to 5 years.

Germantown: City is asking departments to trim their budgets 3%.

Neighborhood Christian Center: Non-profit desperately needs donations for the holiday season.

Thanksgiving: Some money saving tips, via Eyewitness News.

Memphis City Schools: Unbelievable. Schools don’t have textbooks or have ratty books.

City of Memphis: City Councilman Reid Hedgepeth re-introduces the police residency relaxation proposal. Agreement on the Fairgrounds redevelopment proposal is expected Tuesday. Also, City agrees to fund $300,000 for increased MATA security.

POLITICS: State Republicans are very cool to independent Democratic Senator Rosalind Kurita’s bid for Secretary of State under new Republican majority. Governor Bredesen opts to put budget hearings online for public to watch.

Mayor Herenton has closed door meetings with upper staff over interviews with FBI. More on that story from Fox13. And the CA looks at one of those staff members: Pete Aviotti.

Consolidation is still a dirty word in some part of Shelby County. In Bartlett, Barzano appears to have won over Faith.

US Representative Steve Cohen posts some thoughts on Obama and Hillary at the Huffington Post.

Students and AAA approaching TN General Assembly to limit cell phone usage while driving.

MLG&W: Utility rates expected to remain steady this winter. MLG&W offers seminars and classes to teach energy efficiency.

Aphesis House Memphis: Helping newly released prisoners re-integrate into society through Christian principles.

Alzheimer’s: Using RFID technology — similar to pet chips — to track lost patients.

CB Richard Ellis: Expect common stock offering to net $180 million.

DeSoto County: A new County Public Health Department building by next Spring. DeSoto Arts Council using Tom Sawyer to teach reading; mentors for special needs students in Horn Lake; humor helps too.

County may have to split four voting precincts due to growth.

Pigeon Roost rail crossing to close.

Group sending care packages to troops overseas this holiday season.

Two hospitals fighting LeBonheur’s efforts to use MS legislature to bypass certification process.

Millington: Setting public use fees for public buildings not as easy as it looks.

Jim Keras Chevrolet: Closing their Millington lot to consolidate on Covington Pike.

Glen Echos Estates: Former property of a Holiday Inns founder to become a high-end, exclusive, gated community.

Operation Safe Community: A review of the public safety intiative from the Commercial Appeal. In a related crime story, using the internet to fight crime in the High Point Terrace neighborhood.

Commercial Appeal: From the weekend, they argue for greater transparency and more restraint in City-paid lawsuits, and at the start of the University of Memphis Tigers’ new basketball season, hope springs eternal. Operation Safe Community: after two years, one goal down and 14 more to go!

From today, make Al Gore … something … in the new administration.

The Chockley Blogs: Metal shop.

BEEB: Creepy dolls.

MPD Enforcer 2.0: Police Director Godwin should pay that $88,000.

Blake Fontenay: Thoughts on potential friction between Germantown Mayor Goldsworthy and the new Board of Aldermen.

The Gates of Memphis: Term of the week: irrational paralysis.

Smart City Memphis: Thoughts on misplaced priorities at the Memphis Police Department.

Paul Ryburn: He attended a PR workshop and has some great thoughts for bloggers to consider. First, on commenting on your blog and then, advertising.

Mediaverse: Memphis: Thoughts on the story behind the story on Mayor Herenton’s administration’s investigation. And thoughts on the UofM Tigers.

Fertile Ground: Thoughts on the Dave Brubeck show and a list of things done recently but not blogged.

Dining With Monkeys: A guest restaurant reviewer took her tribe to the Castle Restaurant.

Otis L. Sanford: Obama’s win removes excuses for succeeding.

at home she feels like a tourist: ambivalent thoughts on CA’s Proposition 8 and the protests.

Chris Peck: National Republicans should look to Tennessee for ideas.

artbutcher: A call for submissions from Southern artists in the New American Painting competition.