A day after President Barack Obama took his second oath of office, 150 new Americans in Memphis took a different oath, an oath of citizenship.

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Office held a naturalization ceremony at the main library to

administer the "Oath of Allegiance" to 150 people from 53 countries.

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Camping out in freezing temperatures for five nights. Lining up before dawn?

This is what some Memphis parents did to get their children enrolled in optional schools.

Optional school enrollment allows parents to tailor their child's curriculum to focus on theme-based

programs, like college prep or fine arts.

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For the first time in seven years, Sir Elton John will play in Memphis.

He has scheduled to perform March 16 at FedExForum. Memphis is one stop on a nine-city leg of another world tour that will take him to several southern cities.

Sir John is also set to perform in Chattanooga,

A male's body that washed up at the port of West Memphis, Ark., Jan. 18, is not the same body of a man who fell overboard into the Mississippi River in DeSoto County, Miss., the Crittenden County Sheriff said.

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