Storm in Sandy-torn region doesn't add much damage
Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) - The nor'easter that stymied recovery efforts from Superstorm Sandy pulled away from New York and New Jersey Thursday, leaving a blanket of thick, wet snow that snapped storm-weakened trees and downed power lines, but didn't appear to add much more to the
...State to take over 10 MCS schools
Ten more Memphis City Schools will be taken over by the state.
Currently, six schools are already scheduled for takeover by next year.
14 Memphis elementary and middle schools are in the bottom five percent of underperforming schools in the state, but only 10 will be chosen to be taken over by the achievement school
...Man charged in fatal church van crash
SEYMOUR, Tenn. (AP) - A Sevier County grand jury has indicted a Seymour man in a church van crash that killed two people and injured others.
Investigators said 21-year-old Tyler James Schaeffer was apparently high on bath salts when his car hit a Cedar Grove Baptist Church van returning to Maryville from a trip on Sept. 16. The crash killed
...Suicide bomber kills 3 Pakistani troops in Karachi
Associated Press
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) - A Taliban suicide bomber rammed a truck packed with explosives into a compound housing a paramilitary force in Pakistan's largest city on Thursday, killing three officers and wounding 20.
The attack underlined the deteriorating security in Karachi, the sprawling port city
...Answers sought for dangerous intersection
BOONEVILLE, Miss. (AP) - A fourth fatality in less than a year at a busy Prentiss County intersection has prompted supervisors to ask the Mississippi Department of Transportation for a traffic review.
The Daily Corinthian reports (http://bit.ly/QqGLOz ) that the board of supervisors wants MDOT to recommend what additional safety features could be
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