NEW YORK (AP) – The maker of Ambien said Wednesday that "racism is not a known side effect" after Roseanne Barr cited the insomnia drug in explaining the tweet that led ABC to cancel her show.

2. FDA Clears Nerve Stimulator to Aid Recovery From Opioids - Thursday, November 16, 2017

WASHINGTON (AP) – U.S. health authorities have cleared a brain-stimulating device for patients suffering from debilitating withdrawal symptoms caused by addiction to heroin and other opioids.

3. Midtown Retail Property Sells for $5 Million - Thursday, December 29, 2016

1625 Poplar Avenue

Memphis, TN 38104 

Sale Amount: $5 million

Sale Date: Dec. 21, 2016

4. Last Word: Beale's Status Quo, The ASD and Change and Tri-State Bank's Big Year - Monday, December 26, 2016

Here comes the AutoZone Liberty Bowl … specifically the pre-game festivities. The day after Christmas will find both teams – Georgia and TCU – at Bass Pro Shops at the Pyramid for some food and some entertainment and probably some shopping. The game itself is Friday at 11 a.m.

5. Cordova’s Future LA Fitness Site Sells for $2.4M - Monday, December 26, 2016

LA Fitness is one step closer to opening a Cordova location.

Insomnia Inc., the company owned by former topless-club operator Steve Cooper, sold two parcels near its former restaurant/nightclub on Fischer Steel Road to Orlando, Florida-based National Retail Properties Inc. for $2.4 million, according to a Dec. 20 warranty deed. The same day as the sale, Fitness International LLC, an affiliate of L.A. Fitness International LLC, signed a lease with National Retail Properties for the property.

6. Cookie Shop Coming To University of Memphis Area - Saturday, October 22, 2016

A new cookie shop, Insomnia Cookies, is opening in Memphis at 545 S. Highland St., later this fall.

7. Northwest Arkansas Paramedics in Short Supply - Thursday, October 20, 2016

BENTONVILLE, Ark. (AP) — A mock-up of an ambulance filled one corner of the classroom and simulated hospital rooms took up the opposite wall, but Grant Wilson's students one recent morning were focused on the 3-inch-thick books in front of them simply labeled "Paramedic Textbook."

8. Last Word: Stop & Frisk, Council Day and The Big 12 Holds What It's Got - Tuesday, October 18, 2016

We had quite the conversation with the two leaders of the Memphis-Shelby Crime Commission about “stop and frisk” and what will be in the upcoming draft of a new Operation: Safe Community plan for Memphis.

9. Cookie Shop Coming To University of Memphis Area - Tuesday, October 18, 2016

A new cookie shop, Insomnia Cookies, is opening in Memphis at 545 S. Highland St., later this fall.

10. Germantown Parkway Parcels Sell for $3.4 Million - Tuesday, May 5, 2015

789 and 725 N. Germantown Parkway
Memphis, TN 38018
Sale Amount: $3.4 million

11. Germantown Parkway Sites Bought for $3.4 Million - Saturday, May 2, 2015

Two parcels of rarely available land on Germantown Parkway have been purchased for $3.4 million.

Marketplace Monroe LLC acquired the parcels at 789 and 725 N. Germantown Parkway, according to two April warranty deeds.

12. Germantown Parkway Sites Bought for $3.4 Million - Wednesday, April 29, 2015

Two parcels of rarely available land on Germantown Parkway have been purchased for $3.4 million.

Marketplace Monroe LLC acquired the parcels at 789 and 725 N. Germantown Parkway, according to two April warranty deeds.

13. Workforce Group Elects Downtown for Office - Friday, April 10, 2015

The Greater Memphis Alliance for a Competitive Workforce has found a headquarters location Downtown, leasing 2,967 square feet at the One Commerce Square office tower.

The alliance aims to produce a united regional workforce development system by generating extensive workforce data, creating a pipeline of ready-to-work employees, crafting career roadmaps for workers and students and helping meet the near-term employment needs of local employers.

14. Data Breaches: A New Source of Worry for CEOs - Wednesday, May 7, 2014

NEW YORK (AP) – Add hackers to the long list of things that give CEOs insomnia.

Target's chief executive, Gregg Steinhafel, is the first boss of a major corporation to lose his job over a theft of customer data. His exit from the helm of the nation's second-largest retailer on Monday shows that –in addition to guiding company strategy and keeping Wall Street happy with ever-growing profits– today's chief executives are being held responsible for lapses in computer security.

15. FDA Has Safety Concerns With Merck Insomnia Drug - Tuesday, May 21, 2013

WASHINGTON (AP) – Federal health regulators say an experimental insomnia drug from Merck can help patients fall asleep, but it also carries worrisome side effects, including daytime drowsiness and suicidal thinking.

16. FDA Requires Lower Doses for Sleep Medications - Friday, January 11, 2013

WASHINGTON (AP) – The Food and Drug Administration is requiring makers of Ambien and similar sleeping pills to lower the dosage of their drugs, based on studies suggesting patients face a higher risk of injury due to morning drowsiness.

17. Memphian Pens Sleep Self-Help Book - Thursday, August 26, 2010

Dr. Karin Thompson would prefer her new book on post-traumatic insomnia end up on somebody’s nightstand than a medical library.

18. Sanofi-Aventis to Buy Gold Bond Maker Chattem - Tuesday, December 22, 2009

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - French drugmaker Sanofi-Aventis SA said Monday it plans to buy the Chattanooga-based health-care company Chattem Inc., maker of over-the-counter mainstays like Gold Bond skin products, for $1.9 billion in cash.

19. Puckett Brings Acupuncture to Cooper-Young - Friday, January 16, 2009

Across the street from the Tsunami Pacific-Rim cuisine restaurant in the Cooper-Young neighborhood, Jessica Puckett is readying the building at 917 S. Cooper St. for its new life.

20. Sleep Treatment Company Targets 24-7 Operations for Growth - Monday, November 24, 2008

Instead of relying solely on physician referrals, the sleep treatment company Opus Medical Management wants businesses to send fatigued employees to its clinics.

Logistics companies, casinos, hospitals and other employers that run 24-hour-a-day, seven-day-a-week operations expose themselves to liability and lower productivity when their workers don’t get enough sleep, said Derek Denman, president of Opus Medical.

21. Topless-Club Owner in Court Over Cordova Restaurant - Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Over the past several months, construction has appeared to progress slowly or not at all at the Cordova property where topless-nightclub businessman Steve Cooper is building what he says will be a restaurant.

22. Here's to Being 'A Maverick Pain in the (Expletive)' - Friday, July 20, 2007

When I was in college, I worked in a grocery store on the weekends in a rural West Tennessee town when I wasn't commuting to school or studying like a mad demon.

My mother and I lived with my grandmother at the time, so the roughly $60 to $80 I earned each week at E.W. James & Sons went toward our groceries and other living expenses. It was not an easy life.

23. When it Comes To Cooper’s Proposed Restaurant, Questions Abound - Tuesday, May 22, 2007

Judging by his living circumstances alone, it would be difficult to argue the topless club business has been anything less than wildly profitable for Steven Craig Cooper.

Cooper, reportedly a high school dropout and later a self-made entrepreneur who built a network of successful adult entertainment clubs, splits his time between Phoenix and Memphis. The Bluff City is where he keeps a nine-room stucco home in an upscale neighborhood that currently is appraised at more than $700,000.

24. Archived Article: Comm Focus (sleep) - Friday, March 24, 2000
Getting a good nights rest is no longer a dream Getting a good nights rest is no longer a dream By KATHLEEN D. BARK The Best Times Chronic insomnia sufferers who dream of getting a good nights rest without the use of medication may be able to learn ...

25. Archived Article: Comm Briefs - Friday, March 5, 1999
Mayor Willie Herenton has signed the contract for the Memphis Cook Convention Center expansion project Mayor Willie Herenton has signed the contract for the Memphis Cook Convention Center expansion project. The contract, totaling more than $68.26 mi...

26. Archived Article: Law Analys - Thursday, August 7, 1997
Sliding down the slippery slope: EEOC guidelines on mental disabilities Sliding down the slippery slope: EEOC guidelines on mental disabilities By Alicia C. Klyman Special to The Daily News The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission recently issued...