RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Florence rapidly strengthened into a potentially catastrophic Category 4 hurricane on Monday as it closed in on North and South Carolina, carrying winds and water that could wreak havoc over a wide stretch of the eastern United States later this week.

2. In a Comeback Season For Hollywood, a Summer Without Bombs - Monday, August 20, 2018

NEW YORK (AP) — Have you noticed something oddly tranquil about this summer movie season? For the first time in recent memory, there hasn't been one major bomb.

Usually by now, there would be blockbuster-sized craters left on the charred summer-movie battlefield, the inevitable toll of Hollywood's most high-stakes season. But this year, summer-movie bomb-watching, long one of the most dependable spectator sports of the season, has gone entirely without the sight of a "Lone Ranger"-sized mushroom cloud.

3. Former Bar Louie Space Lands New Tenant - Saturday, April 14, 2018

The team behind Flight restaurant Downtown and Southern Social in Germantown – Tom Powers and Russ Graham – are the new tenants for the cornerstone space in Overton Square occupied until recently by Bar Louie.

4. Overton Square Adds Two New Restaurants in One Week - Monday, April 16, 2018

2110 Madison Ave.

Memphis, TN 38104

Lease Amount: 3,790 square feet 

Tenant: Bogard

Tenant’s Agent: Barry Maynard, LRG

Landlord: Loeb Properties Inc.

5. Bar Louie Space to Become Porch & Parlor - Tuesday, April 10, 2018

The team behind Flight restaurant Downtown and Southern Social in Germantown – Tom Powers and Russ Graham – are the new tenants for the cornerstone space in Overton Square occupied until recently by Bar Louie.

6. Last Word: Plans and More Plans, Badu and Byrne and Gun Bills In Nashville - Thursday, February 22, 2018

Plans, plans, plans. I’ve seen so many overhead views and schematics in the last 24-hours that I had to go for a walk in the rain Wednesday to avoid vertigo. I saw a lot of green Save the Greensward t-shirts Wednesday evening at the Pink Palace that looked like they hadn’t been out of the bottom drawer in a while and even a couple of banners.

7. Final Goodbye: Roll Call of Some Who Died in 2017 - Monday, January 1, 2018

They made music that inspired legions of fans. Rock 'n' roll founding fathers Chuck Berry and Fats Domino, rockers Tom Petty and Gregg Allman, grunge icon Chris Cornell, country superstar Glen Campbell and jazz great Al Jarreau were among the notable figures who died in 2017, leaving a void in virtually every genre of music.

8. The Week Ahead: Sept. 11-18 - Monday, September 11, 2017

Hey, Memphis! This week we’re gearing up for the Cooper Young Festival and a packed house at the Tigers vs. UCLA game. Plus, Uptown Funk heads Downtown and The Joker hits East Memphis. Here’s what else you need to know about in The Week Ahead…

9. 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.

10. Memphis Women’s Basketball Has New Attendance Initiative - Friday, November 4, 2016

The University of Memphis athletic department has a new initiative designed to increase the number of families that attend women’s basketball games.

Children 12 and younger will receive free admission to all Memphis Tigers home women’s basketball games.

11. Feds Preview Rules of the Road for Self-Driving Cars - Wednesday, September 21, 2016

WASHINGTON (AP) – Obama administration officials are previewing long-awaited guidance that attempts to bring self-driving cars to the nation's roadways safely – without creating so many roadblocks that the technology can't make it to market quickly.

12. 8th District Republican Contenders Highlight Differences - Friday, June 24, 2016

Most of the 13 contenders in the August Republican primary in the 8th Congressional District agree on a lot. They think the country is going in the wrong direction. They believe the policies of a Democratic president are a factor in that, and they support Donald Trump as the Republican Party’s presidential nominee.

13. Flight Owners Opening Germantown Restaurant - Saturday, June 4, 2016

Tom and Lauren Powers, the owners of Flight Restaurant and Wine Bar, are opening a new fine dining restaurant in Germantown this summer.

14. Flight Owners Opening Germantown Restaurant - Friday, June 3, 2016

Tom and Lauren Powers, the owners of Flight Restaurant and Wine Bar, are opening a new fine dining restaurant in Germantown this summer.

15. Last Word: Hedgepeth Speaks, Josh Pastner's Future and Big Box Liquor - Friday, March 4, 2016

Where else is there to begin but the Greensward controversy.
And we start with an email from Memphis City Council member Reid Hedgepeth in what is rapidly becoming a Last Word tradition and institution – the email in full.

16. Memphis Powers That Be Could Still Vote to Keep Pastner - Friday, March 4, 2016

Delegates are like points. States are like games. Conference titles are like party nominations.

And to win the general election is to win the national championship.

Yeah, sports and politics have a few things in common.

17. Luttrell Could Impact 2 Races - Thursday, February 25, 2016

Shelby County Mayor Mark Luttrell made a few stops between his first thought this month that he might want to run for Congress and going public with those thoughts Tuesday, Feb. 23.

18. Court: Obama Appointments are Unconstitutional - Monday, January 28, 2013

WASHINGTON (AP) – In a setback for President Barack Obama, a federal appeals court ruled Friday that he violated the Constitution in making recess appointments last year, a decision that could severely curtail the president's ability to bypass the Senate to fill administration vacancies.

19. Recovery Threatened by Runaway Student Loan Debt - Wednesday, April 4, 2012

WASHINGTON (AP) – The federal student loan program seemed like a great idea back in 1965: Borrow to go to college now, pay it back later when you have a job.

But many borrowers these days are close to flunking out, tripped up by painful real-life lessons in math and economics.

20. Congress Tries to Give President Line-Item Veto - Thursday, February 9, 2012

WASHINGTON (AP) – The Republican-controlled House sought Wednesday to give President Barack Obama and his successors the line-item veto, a constitutionally questionable power over the purse that has been sought by Republican and Democrats alike.

21. Litigators, Alligators and Lawyers - Monday, August 22, 2011

There comes a time in business when you need a courtroom attorney. This may be either to defend yourself or sue. The fun factor ranks right in there with seeing a urologist.

Good attorneys cost $250 to $300 an hour. Using one with his name on the firm costs more. It is not clear why one would be $250 an hour and another even $400 an hour, but the inference is the $400-an-hour one never loses or is married to the judge. A day in court costs $10,000.

22. 112th Congress Convenes; Boehner Elected Speaker - Thursday, January 6, 2011

WASHINGTON (AP) — Newly elected speaker John Boehner hailed the Republican Party's return to control of the House Wednesday, vowing a more open legislative process but acknowledging that "a great deal of scar tissue has built up on both sides of the aisle."

23. Democrats Attempt to Revive Food Safety Bill - Thursday, December 9, 2010

WASHINGTON (AP) – Food safety legislation stalled by a constitutional snag could be revived as part of a giant year-end budget bill.

The bill to increase the Food and Drug Administration's powers to keep food safe stalled after the Senate overwhelmingly passed it last week. House Democrats said the bill contained fees that are considered tax provisions, and under the Constitution such legislation must originate in the House.

24. GOP Governors: Deep Budget Cuts are Coming - Friday, November 19, 2010

SAN DIEGO (AP) – Incoming Republican governors from Pennsylvania to New Mexico are vowing to keep campaign promises to slice already cut-to-the-bone budgets and balance them without raising taxes.

25. Register’s Office Unearths Historic Paper Gems - Friday, November 12, 2010

Tom Leatherwood’s official job title is Shelby County’s register of deeds.

By collecting and storing property records and a host of other filings that include tax liens, marriage settlements and powers of attorney, the job makes Leatherwood the county’s official record-keeper.

26. States' Probe of Foreclosures Could Force Reforms - Friday, October 15, 2010

WASHINGTON (AP) – A joint investigation by every state and the District of Columbia could force mortgage companies to settle allegations that they used flawed documents to foreclose on hundreds of thousands of homeowners.

27. French Fries And Other Constants - Monday, June 14, 2010

There are only three industries that guarantee investors and employees a future: women’s cosmetics, toilet paper and French fries. Maybe an Apple I-whatever. The rest have to contend with considerable uncertainty.

28. Thompson & Co. to Fill Vacant Smooth Moves Space - Thursday, April 22, 2010

A Center City Commission-affiliated board on Wednesday approved almost $270,000 in financial incentives to support developing new businesses, jobs and service providers Downtown.

That money will finance a wide range of activity, from South Main Street to the Downtown core. The new business activity includes the renovation of a long-vacant storefront at the intersection of Main Street and Union Avenue as well as the move of a new tenant into that space.

29. Thompson & Co. Plans to Fill Vacant Smooth Moves Space - Wednesday, April 21, 2010

A Center City Commission-affiliated board on Wednesday approved almost $270,000 in financial incentives to support developing new businesses, jobs and service providers Downtown.

That money will finance a wide range of activity, from South Main Street to the Downtown core. The new business activity includes the renovation of a long-vacant storefront at the intersection of Main Street and Union Avenue as well as the move of a new tenant into that space.

30. CCDC to Consider Loan, Grant Applications - Wednesday, April 21, 2010

The board of directors for the Center City Development Corp. at its meeting Wednesday will discuss a development loan application for a corner location at 77 S. Main St. and 85 Union Ave. and a second one for the Memphis College Preparatory Elementary School at 278 Greenlaw Ave.

31. Register Preps for Lower Revenue in 2011 - Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Shelby County Register of Deeds Tom Leatherwood is building his office’s budget for next year around the assumption it will probably collect a little less fee revenue than it did this year.

32. Greenville, S.C., Publisher Elected SNPA President - Tuesday, October 20, 2009

NAPLES, Fla. (AP) - Steve Brandt, president and publisher of The Greenville (S.C.) News, was elected president of the Southern Newspaper Publishers Association during the SNPA's annual convention Monday.

33. Dalai Lama Calls For "Inner Peace" In Accepting NCRM Award - Thursday, September 24, 2009

The Dalai Lama toured the National Civil Rights Museum Wednesday and stood and prayed on the balcony where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated.

34. Dalai Lama Calls For "Inner Peace" In Accepting NCRM Award - Wednesday, September 23, 2009
 

The Dalai Lama toured the National Civil Rights Museum Wednesday and stood and prayed on the balcony where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated.

But the Tibetan spiritual leader declined to compare himself to King or other advocates of non violence as he talked with reporters later in the museum.

“I investigate myself. My motivations should be honest, truthful,” he said. “If I were to put my name with others who are famous, it is wrong.”

The Dalai Lama was in Memphis to accept the NCRM’s International Freedom Award before a crowd of 500 at The Peabody.

He spoke with an interpreter who didn’t so much translate his words into English as provide the religious leader with the correct word in English for what he wanted to say.

His Memphis stop was part of an international tour with stops in the U.S. as well as a controversial visit to Taiwan at the end of August that angered the Chinese government.

The Buddhist holy figure fled Tibet at a young age 50 years ago following the Chinese’s government’s invasion of Tibet and an uprising crushed by the Chinese army. The Tibet government that was overthrown in the invasion exists as a government in exile in India and a growing community of 150,000 people with democratically elected officials. The Chinese government does not recognize the government in exile and portrayed the Dalai Lama’s visit to Taiwan as an attempt to promote independence of the island nation which the Communist government also considers to be part of China. The Lama said his visit was not political but a visit to pray for victims of a recent typhoon.

In Memphis, he said totalitarian regimes are out of step.

“Totaliarian regimes themselves are always changing. The free world has a moral responsibility to remind them that totalitarian is not a practical way – is outdated,” he said.

The spiritual leader has also criticized the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan that began during the administration of President George W. Bush.

“It is no secret, I love President Bush. He is very straight forward. But some of his policies I had great reservations about,” the Dalai Lama said. “I told him friendly the U.S. motivation is good to spread democracy. But its methods are wrong.”

The Dalai Lama said nothing about the fist bump he got Wednesday in Tom Lee Park from Memphis Mayor Pro Tempore Myron Lowery. No one asked during a press conference although the greeting made national news. But he displayed a sense of humor about other things. At one point, he told the crowd at The Peabody that he recently had surgery to remove his gall bladder. “It scientifically proved that I had no healing powers,” he joked.

“We all have the same potential to create inner peace,” he said after accepting the award from philanthropist and award sponsor J.R. “Pitt” Hyde and civil rights veteran Rev. Benjamin Hooks. The award comes with an honorarium from the Hyde Foundation. But he donated the money back to the museum.

He called for “more effort for the promotion of human compassion.” And the Dalai Lama called for women to take a more active role citing the feminist movement.

“Women have more potential to alter the biological pattern,” he said.

35. Bush, Bernanke Open to New Stimulus Package - Tuesday, October 21, 2008

WASHINGTON (AP) – Momentum increased Monday for a new economic stimulus package as Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke endorsed extra help for the ailing economy, while the White House was open to the idea.

36. Bruised Economy Likely to Limp Into Next Year - Tuesday, October 21, 2008

WASHINGTON (AP) - Beaten down by housing, credit and financial crises, the bruised economy is likely to drag into next year, leaving more people out of work and more businesses wary of making big investments.

37. US Moves To Jump Start Bank Rescue Effort - Tuesday, October 14, 2008

WASHINGTON (AP) – The Bush administration announced Monday it is moving quickly to implement a $700 billion rescue program, including consulting with private law firms on how to buy ownership shares in banks to help thaw frozen lending and get the economy moving again.

38. Fannie, Freddie Spent Millions On Lobbying - Friday, July 18, 2008

WASHINGTON (AP) – For years, mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac tenaciously worked to nurture, and then protect, their financial empires by invoking the political sacred cow of homeownership and fielding an army of lobbyists, power brokers and political contributors.

39. Charter Commission Explores Old Ideas - Monday, April 14, 2008

Members of the Memphis Charter Commission are about to begin debating some of the most basic questions about how city government functions.

The group is drafting charter amendments to go to Memphis voters on the November ballot.

40. Lag in Register's Office Underscores Overall Housing Decline - Friday, April 4, 2008

Every time a mortgage is taken out and a home is bought in Shelby County, a small fee gets dropped into the coffers of county government. The office that collects that fee belongs to the Shelby County Register of Deeds.

41. Council Hustles On Tying Loose Ends - Thursday, October 18, 2007

Memphis City Council members, most of them leaving office with the New Year, took several steps this week toward shaping the four-year term of their successors as well as the fifth term of Mayor Willie Herenton.

42. Marketing Agency Hires New Art Director - Wednesday, January 25, 2006

Lyle Wardlaw has joined full-service advertising, marketing, design and public relations firm inferno as art director. Prior to that she spent three years providing design support for clients at Imre Communications and Babcock Advertising in the Washington, D.C., area. She graduated from Millsaps College in 1996 with a double major in studio art and elementary education, and has completed advertising and graphics programs from Memphis College of Art and Southwest Community College. In her position as art director, Wardlaw will serve clients and help with new creative projects.

43. Archived Article: Register's (lead) - Wednesday, May 15, 2002
Registers office records go online Registers records available online By MARY DANDO The Daily News Trying to locate property information just got a lot easier as Shelby County Registers Office recently went online. As the countys keeper of records, ...

44. Archived Article: Voting P.2 - Friday, July 14, 2000
Early voting polls open today Polls open for early voting today Early voting starts today at the Shelby County Election Commission and 18 satellite locations in the county for the Aug. 3 Democratic and Republican primaries, as well as state and coun...

45. Archived Article: Real Fcs (annex) Lj - Tuesday, July 15, 1997
By LAURIE JOHNSON Uncertain times The home-building community ponders the possible ramifications of the annexation issue By LAURIE JOHNSON The Daily News During the past two weeks, four areas of Shelby County have announced their intentions to incor...

46. Archived Article: Real Focus Lj - Tuesday, April 15, 1997
lj 10/5 cates Haunted Houses Realtors can find themselves in a sticky situation when trying to sell a home with an unsavory reputation By LAURIE JOHNSON The Daily News Lately, several high-profile tragedies, such as the deaths of Nicole Brown Simpso...