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After Tornado, A Dog Rescue Raises Spirits, And Gains Fans

Before Monday's tornado hit, Barbara Garcia says, she had a gameplan. In the event of an emergency, the Moore, Okla., resident would gather up her little

After Tornado, A Dog Rescue Raises Spirits, And Gains Fans

Before Monday's tornado hit, Barbara Garcia says, she had a gameplan. In the event of an emergency, the Moore, Okla., resident would gather up her little
Advocates Struggle To Reach Growing Ranks Of Suburban Poor

Poverty has grown everywhere in the U.S. in recent years, but mostly in the suburbs. During the 2000s, it grew twice as fast in suburban areas as in cities
Giant Renaissance Food People Descend Upon New York

It takes a lot of chutzpah to reduce one of the most powerful men on Earth to a pile of fruits and vegetables.Luckily for art lovers, Giuseppe Arcimboldo
If Your Shrink Is A Bot, How Do You Respond?

Her hair is brown and tied back into a professional-looking ponytail. She wears a blue shirt, tan sweater and delicate gold chain. It's the first time she

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Radio Roundtable: Memphis Mayor Calls For Property Tax Increases

This week on the Behind the Headlines Radio Roundtable, Host Eric Barnes, publisher of the Memphis Daily News, and Bill Dries, Senior Reporter for...

A Literary Light In Oxford, Mississippi: The Square Books Story

Richard and Lisa Howorth opened Square Books in 1979 with $10,000 they had saved up and $10,000 they borrowed from a bank. The couple rented an...

Abe Fortas

Abe Fortas may be the only Supreme Court Justice whose first career was in a dance band. The son of Jewish immigrants from England, Fortas grew up...

There's More To The Game Than The Name

It’s gotten quite popular in the last few years to select dirty names for start-up businesses. There’s Dirty Dick’s Crab House, Fat Bastard Burrito...

Elmwood Cemetery

Elmwood Cemetery, founded in 1852, is the oldest active cemetery in Memphis. Fifty citizens put up $500 each to purchase and develop a 40-acre...

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