NEWS

Memphis' Thomas to enter NBA Draft

Memphis Tigers sophomore guard / forward Adonis Thomas in a game against Southern Miss (AP Photo, file/Hattiesburg American, Ryan Moore)

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) -

Memphis forward-guard Adonis Thomas plans to forego his final two seasons with the Tigers to sign with an agent and declare for the NBA draft.

The 6-foot-7, 240-pound Thomas was a

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Sun-Times: Famed movie critic Roger Ebert dies

By CARYN ROUSSEAU
Associated Press

CHICAGO (AP) - Roger Ebert, the most famous and most popular film reviewer of his time who became the first journalist to win a Pulitzer Prize for movie criticism and, on his long-running TV program, wielded the nation's most influential thumb, died Thursday, the Chicago Sun-Times

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FBI warns of a jury duty scam

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (FOX13) -

The FBI and federal court system have issued nationwide alerts telling citizens to beware of a Jury Duty Scam.

The scam is spreading fast so please beware.

If you get a call from someone claiming to be a Jury Duty coordinator and questioning you about a summons for jury duty you may be about to be scammed.

If you

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AMBER ALERT: missing children spotted in Tenn.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has issued a statewide alert after a car wanted in a Florida child abduction was believed seen in southeast Tennessee.

The TBI said the kidnapping occurred in Florida when 2- and 4-year-old boys were taken from their custodial grandmother in Tampa. Police

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Walking in Memphis

Yesterday The National Heart Association was urging people to keep it moving for National Walking Day.

These days we are all spending more time than ever at work and the side effect of that is, as a nation, we're becoming more inactive. The National Heart Association says the result of inactivity doubles the risk of heart

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