Boy swept in sewer sticks finger out of manhole and is saved

By TODD RICHMOND, Associated Press

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — An 11-year-old boy sucked into a flooded Wisconsin storm sewer was saved when an eagle-eyed firefighter saw the boy's fingers pop through an opening in a manhole cover.

2. The Week Ahead: Dec. 4-10 - Monday, December 4, 2017

Good morning, Memphis! The holidays are in full swing, and several events this week aim to help you make a dent in your shopping list while also supporting local artisans and small businesses. Check out the details on those, plus our entertainment picks and more you need to know about in The Week Ahead...

3. Final Goodbye: Roll Call of Some of Those Who Died in 2016 - Monday, January 2, 2017

Death claimed transcendent political figures in 2016, including Cuba's revolutionary leader and Thailand's longtime king, but also took away royals of a different sort: kings of pop music, from Prince and David Bowie to George Michael.

4. No ‘No-Go’ Zones? No Matter. Lynn, Ketron Have Plan - Thursday, March 12, 2015

File this under ultra-preventative measures. State Rep. Susan Lynn and state Sen. Bill Ketron admit they’ve never seen a “no-go zone” in Tennessee. Yet they are sponsoring legislation enabling the state attorney general to investigate such areas where people and public workers are being systematically intimidated or excluded, report it to the Department of Justice and, ultimately, eliminate such zones to comply with state and federal law.

5. Gibson Guitar Launches ‘Government’ Brand - Saturday, February 8, 2014

Gibson Guitar Corp. has launched a “Government Series” Les Paul guitar commemorating federal agents raiding the Gibson factories in Nashville and Memphis.

6. Gibson Guitar Launches ‘Government’ Brand - Tuesday, February 4, 2014

Gibson Guitar Corp. has launched a “Government Series” Les Paul guitar commemorating federal agents raiding the Gibson factories in Nashville and Memphis.

7. Round Of A Lifetime - Friday, May 31, 2013

WHAT THESE GUYS DO ISN’T PROFESSIONAL. IT’S IMPOSSIBLE. I told this story last year and, like describing an exceptional shot much less a whole round of golf, it’s worth telling again. After all, this was a round of a whole lifetime, and lifetimes last a whole lot longer because of it.

8. Serving Warriors - Wednesday, December 12, 2012

In November 2006, then-U.S. Army Spc. Susan Downes was serving as a military police officer in Afghanistan’s Logar Province when her Humvee drove over an improvised explosive device.

“The truck jerked and that’s really all I remember,” said the Tazewell, Tenn., veteran. “The next thing I knew, doctors in Germany were waking me up from a medically induced coma to tell me I had lost both my legs.”

9. Everything’s Possible, Even a 58 - Friday, June 1, 2012

WHAT THESE GUYS DO ISN’T PROFESSIONAL. IT’S IMPOSSIBLE. The other day, I played in a golf scramble – a format where four players hit every shot, pick the best, and turn in one score at the end. And we had two mulligans each (do-overs) and a toss (a throw yourself out of trouble when you’ve just hit a shot so nauseating you want to toss). We played well, making putts and clutch shots, using our mulligans and tosses wisely, and turning in a score two or three strokes better than we thought ourselves capable of – 62, 10 under par.

10. Shoppers Say 'Ho-Hum' Not 'Ho-Ho-Ho' to Sales - Thursday, December 8, 2011

Sale, schmale.

Used to be, customers would come running when stores cut prices. But these days, more Americans are becoming blasé about bargains.

Jennifer Beasley recently left a Toys R Us in Cary, N.C., unimpressed by the retailer's offers that day of 50 percent discounts on things like a $150 Sylvania tablet computer and a $45 My Baby Alive Doll.

11. NYC Investor Jones Recalls Memphis Roots - Monday, September 26, 2011

Decades before he worked his way to the top of the financial world as a billionaire hedge fund manager and influential market guru, Paul Tudor Jones had an early affinity for the newspaper business.

12. Golf Scramble to Benefit U of M Tennis Team - Friday, July 22, 2011

The University of Memphis Men’s Tennis Team will host its third annual Memphis Tennis Golf Scramble Aug. 27 at Glen Eagle Golf Club, 6168 Attu St. in Millington.

13. Boy Scout Bash - Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Thousands of Boy Scouts, parents, leaders and guests from the tri-state area descended on the Paul Battle Jr. Arena and the Tunica Exposition Center in Tunica over the weekend to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Boy Scouting.

14. Service Sector Growth Accelerates in September - Wednesday, October 6, 2010

NEW YORK (AP) – The U.S. service sector, the nation's predominant employer, expanded in September for a ninth straight month, although the growth has not been consistent enough to dent the high unemployment rate.

15. Americans Spend More in May, See Incomes Rise - Tuesday, June 29, 2010

WASHINGTON (AP) – Americans spent a little more in May but not enough to speed along the economic recovery.

Consumer spending rose 0.2 percent last month after no change in April, the Commerce Department said Monday.

16. U of M’s McClurg Honored With Legal Education Award - Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Andrew McClurg has received the Excellence in Legal Education Award from the University of Memphis’ Law Alumni Board. McClurg is a professor of law and the Herbert Herff Chair of Excellence in Law at the Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law. He also is associate dean for faculty development.

17. Golf Performance Center Slated For Timberlake’s Mirimichi - Tuesday, October 6, 2009

6129 Woodstock Cuba Road
Millington, TN 38053
Permit Amount: $1.3 Million

Project Cost: $1.3 million
Permit Date: Applied October 2009
Completion: 2010
Owner: Big Creek Golf LLC
Tenant: Callaway Performance Center
Contractor: Eagle Contractors Inc.
Architect: N/A

18. Mirimichi to Build Performance Center - Friday, October 2, 2009

Mirimichi golf course near Millington – the facility owned by megastar and Memphis native Justin Timberlake and his family – soon will begin work on the Callaway Performance Center, according to a $1.3 million building permit filed this week with the city-county Office of Construction Code Enforcement.

19. After the Fall: The messy cleanup of Stanford Financial - Monday, September 28, 2009

R. Allen Stanford, the Texas billionaire now passing time in a Texas jail for his role in what U.S. regulators have called a “massive Ponzi scheme,” once told a roomful of his employees they ought to have three priorities in life.

20. Opposition To Stanford Receiver’s Fee Request Mounts - Monday, September 7, 2009

This story is just one of hundreds of news stories and blog entries that have been written almost daily about the Stanford Financial Group investment scandal.

A public relations firm eventually will gather all of the Stanford media reports on behalf of the court-appointed receiver who’s in charge of what’s left of Stanford’s international business network. Those media reports will be printed, assembled and bound into a hard copy collection.

21. Stanford Receiver Wants Money Back from Advisers – Including Stanley - Monday, August 31, 2009

The court-appointed receiver in charge of what remains of jailed Texas financier R. Allen Stanford’s business is going after money former Stanford advisers made from selling bogus certificates of deposit.

22. Stanford, SEC Talk Down Receiver’s Fee Requests - Tuesday, June 9, 2009

It may be the only time Allen Stanford and the federal agency that helped dismantle his financial empire find something they can agree on.

23. Details Emerge in Stanford Fraud Case - Thursday, February 19, 2009

Word of the $50 billion Ponzi scheme perpetrated by a New York businessman was still a hot topic in the investment community when a note to depositors appeared on Stanford International Bank’s Web site.

24. Gruenberg Award Sheds Light on Kress Building - Tuesday, October 17, 2006

On North Main Street, old and new converge to create a feeling of revitalization and promise sprinkled with nostalgia.

The trolley rolls by Court Square as pedestrians toss crumbs to the birds, and ashes from the recently burned Lincoln-American Tower are swept up and carted away.

25. Archived Article: Resorts P.2 - Wednesday, October 3, 2001
Resorts prepare for hard winter

Resorts prepare for hard winter

Skiers and snowboarders could be the winners as some of the West's most popular ski resort towns are already cutting their budgets in case air service cutbacks and a declining eco...

26. Archived Article: Back - Wednesday, October 30, 1996
Galleria announces Galleria announces first group of stores Urban Shopping Centers Inc., owner of the Wolfchase Galleria under construction at I-40 and Germantown Parkway, announced Tuesday many of the new stores that will open in the mall Feb. 26. ...