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2. Civil Asset Forfeiture: 'It's a State License to Steal' - Saturday, December 5, 2015

The drugs in Kathy Stiltner’s car were over-the-counter antacids. The $12,000 in cash was from an inheritance. Still, police took the money – quite legally – and are still fighting to keep it, even after the drug charge was dropped.

3. Events - Thursday, March 5, 2015

Rhodes College will host physicist and author Brian Greene as part of its Communities in Conversation series Thursday, March 5, at 6 p.m. in the McCallum Ballroom, Bryan Campus Life Center at Rhodes, 2000 North Parkway. Greene will present “The Cosmos: From the Big Bang to the End of Time.” Cost is free. Visit rhodes.edu.

4. Events - Wednesday, March 4, 2015

Leadership Memphis will host its 2015 Leadership Awards Luncheon Wednesday, March 4, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Hilton Memphis, 939 Ridge Lake Blvd. Awardees Pat Halloran, Brian Stephens and Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare will be honored for empowering the community and making a positive impact in the Mid-South. Tickets are $50. Visit leadershipmemphis.org.

5. ECS Selects Peterson as Head of School - Saturday, January 31, 2015

Dan Peterson is the new head of school for Evangelical Christian School at the start of the 2015-2016 school year.

6. ECS Selects Peterson As Head of School - Tuesday, January 27, 2015

Dan Peterson is the new head of school for Evangelical Christian School at the start of the 2015-2016 school year.

7. Harris Files Ford Challenge at Deadline - Thursday, April 3, 2014

Memphis City Council member Lee Harris is challenging Democratic state Sen. Ophelia Ford in the August primary for District 29, the Senate seat held by a member of the Ford family since 1975.

8. Events - Monday, February 3, 2014

Memphis Botanic Garden will host The Memphis Knights Big Band at the Garden Monday, Feb. 3, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at 750 Cherry Road. The 18-piece band will perform everything from Glenn Miller standards to modern jump jive and wail. Suggested donation is $5. Visit memphisbotanicgarden.com.

9. Events - Saturday, February 1, 2014

The University of Memphis will host its Black History Month opening ceremony and presentation of the Authur S. Holmon Lifetime Achievement Award to Dr. James L. Netters Friday, Jan. 31, at 7 p.m. in the Michael D. Rose Theatre, 470 University St. Visit memphis.edu for a schedule of other Black History Month activities.

10. Ravens’ Cox Long Snaps Way Into Anonymity - Friday, February 1, 2013

There’s more than one way to reach the big game.

For Briarcrest Christian School graduate Michael Oher, his journey was storybook and he’ll start on the offensive line for the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday, Feb. 3, when they play the San Francisco 49ers at the Superdome in New Orleans.

11. Events - Monday, January 21, 2013

The Daily News and Chandler Reports will be closed Monday, Jan. 21, in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Offices will reopen Tuesday, Jan. 22, at 8:30 a.m.

12. Obama Carries Shelby, Cohen Over Flinn and Two Tax Hikes Defeated - Wednesday, November 7, 2012

President Barack Obama carried Shelby County in unofficial Nov. 6 election returns as his Republican challenger Mitt Romney took the state’s 11 electoral votes.

Voter turnout in the most popular election cycle among Shelby County voters was 61.9 percent, about the same percentage as four years ago. But the 371,256 voters is fewer than 2008 when more than 400,000 Shelby County voters cast ballots. The percentage is about the same because there are fewer registered voters in Shelby County than there were four years ago after a purge by election officials.

13. Food Critics Contrast Old vs. New School - Monday, September 12, 2011

Every realm of human endeavor is subject to controversy and scandal, from politics, history and religion to sports, the arts, love and marriage, and just about any other effort, belief or philosophy that bears influence on our hearts and minds. How would newspapers and magazines, television and the Internet function without the constant fuel provided by the controversies and scandals that seem to engulf global culture?

14. Williams New President of Justice Group - Tuesday, June 28, 2011

NASHVILLE (AP) – Keith Williams of Lebanon, Tenn., has been elected president of the Tennessee Association for Justice.

15. Criminal Court Candidates Lined Up for August Ballot - Wednesday, June 16, 2010

A total of 21 candidates are in the race for General Sessions Court Judge Division 7.

The field remained at 21 at Monday’s deadline for candidates to withdraw. It is the largest field of any election, primary or general, on the Aug. 5 ballot.

16. 21 In Field for General Sessions Criminal Court Judge Race - Tuesday, June 15, 2010

A total of 21 candidates are in the race for General Sessions Court Judge Division 7.

The field remained at 21 at Monday’s noon deadline for candidates to withdraw. It is the largest field of contenders of any election, primary or general on the Aug. 5 ballot.

17. Local Banks Hanker To Repay TARP Money - Monday, June 15, 2009

Wall Street megabanks poised to repay the government’s bailout money aren’t the only ones eager to disentangle themselves from the grip of Uncle Sam.

Smaller banks on the local level also are intent to pay back loans they got last fall through the Troubled Asset Relief Program. And some of them want to dispose of those government IOUs soon – by the end of the year, if possible.

18. Commission to Vote On New Judge - Monday, January 26, 2009

The candidates will outnumber commissioners today when the Shelby County Board of Commissioners votes on a new General Sessions Criminal Court judge.

There are 15 candidates for the Division 10 judgeship that became vacant with the Jan. 2 death of veteran jurist Anthony Johnson. There are 13 county commissioners.

19. Bailout Questions Remain in ’09 - Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Back in October, U.S. Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., stood before an audience of bankers, civic leaders and businesspeople at the University of Memphis and defended his vote for the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008.

20. Fuld Replacement Named at Lehman - Friday, November 21, 2008

NEW YORK (AP) - A restructuring expert overseeing the liquidation of Lehman Brothers will replace Richard Fuld as chief executive on Dec. 31, Lehman lawyer Harvey Miller said Thursday.

21. Thompson Named Chair of MPACT Board - Wednesday, November 7, 2007

Jeni Stephens Thompson has been named the new chairwoman of the MPACT Memphis board of directors. Thompson is the director of marketing and development for the Memphis Bioworks Foundation. She has a bachelor's degree in communications from Lambuth University and a master's degree in education from Vanderbilt University. Thompson serves as the programs chair for the Association of Fundraising Professionals and sits on the Playhouse on the Square board. She is a member of the Leadership Memphis Class of 2008.

22. Local TV Journalist Wins Chance to Explore Issues in Tanzania - Wednesday, May 3, 2006

The National Association of Black Journalists has chosen WMC-TV Action News 5 anchor/reporter Syan Rhodes as one of four journalists for the NABJ/UN Tanzania Fellowship. Rhodes will travel with NABJ President Bryan Monroe to the Republic of Tanzania May 5-15 to focus on African health, malaria prevention and other issues.

23. Private Schools Step Up Expansion Efforts - Friday, August 19, 2005

Memphis-area private schools have been experiencing a period of rapid growth. St. Benedict at Auburndale High School, for example, completed a 184,000-square-foot campus last year in Cordova. That move followed the opening in recent years of Briarcrest Christian School's new campus just north of Collierville.

24. Archived Article: Law Focus - Thursday, January 29, 2004
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Rhodes Law Institute Examines Ethical Dilemma

LANCE ALLAN

The Daily News

Understanding the difference between right and wrong might seem as basic as anything learned in the first grade.

But on the corporate front, especially durin...

25. Archived Article: Lawpanel (lead) - Tuesday, January 28, 2003
Panel explores wall between religion, state

Panel explores wall between religion, state

By ANDREW BELL

The Daily News

While the topic at last years Institute on the Profession of Law was post-Sept. 11 anti-terrorism law and its threat to...

26. Archived Article: Memos - Wednesday, July 17, 2002
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Dr. E. Greer Richardson was elected 2002-2003 American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society president. Richardson is an orthopaedic surgeon at Campbell Clinic who sub-specializes in the care of the foot and ankle. He joined the Campbell Clinic s...

27. Archived Article: Success (bott) - Friday, February 5, 1999
By SUZANNE THOMPSON United Way receives grant for early childhood development By SUZANNE THOMPSON The Daily News Memphis will receive $266,264 from NationsBank to implement a national early childhood development program called Success By 6. "Ci...

28. Archived Article: Law Briefs - Thursday, January 22, 1998
The Meeman Center for Lifelong Learning at Rhodes College will offer its 11th continuing legal education seminar on Monday in the colleges Bryan Campus Life Center The Meeman Center for Lifelong Learning at Rhodes College will offer its 11th continu...

29. Archived Article: Law Briefs - Thursday, January 8, 1998
The Meeman Center for Lifelong Learning at Rhodes College will offer its 11th continuing legal education seminar on Jan The Meeman Center for Lifelong Learning at Rhodes College will offer its 11th continuing legal education seminar on Jan. 26 in th...

30. Archived Article: Memos - Wednesday, May 21, 1997
Bill Wilson Jr Bill Wilson Jr. and Linda B. Ward have joined the mortgage lending department of Victory Bank. Wilson has been named senior loan officer of mortgage lending. He previously was a loan officer at Community Mortgage Corp. Ward has joined...