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Randolph donates Thanksgiving food baskets

Zach Randolph (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (FOX13) -

Memphis Grizzlies forward Zach Randolph donated and distributed Thanksgiving holiday food baskets to 400 families at Carver High School.

The baskets include ham, turkey or chicken, macaroni and cheese, stuffing, green beans, cornbread, and brownie mix.

Wednesday's event is

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Bernard Lansky, clothier to the King, dies at age 85

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (FOX13) -

Bernard Joseph Lansky, 85, passed away peacefully at his home Thursday. He was a loving husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather, a retail visionary, a businessman, a storyteller, and most notably, clothier to the King.

Founder of Lansky Brothers, Mr. Lansky started his retail business in 1946 on 126

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Elvis Presley Blvd improvements underway

WHITEHAVEN, Tenn. (FOX13) -

Memphis political officials, including Mayor A C Wharton and Councilman Harold Collins, attended the groundbreaking Thursday afternoon for planned improvements to Elvis Presley Boulevard.

Collins helped secure $43 million for the project, which is expected to make major infrastructure and cosmetic improvements

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Quinn, Blunt join in on river concerns

AP File Photo/Nikki Boertman

ST. LOUIS (AP) -

Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn and Sen. Roy Blunt of Missouri are joining the chorus expressing concern over the Army Corps of Engineers plan to reduce flow from an Missouri River reservoir, potentially affecting shipping on the Mississippi River.

The corps has said that around Nov. 23 it will reduce

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DesJarlais testified wife had 2 abortions

By ERIK SCHELZIG
Associated Press

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Republican U.S. Rep. Scott DesJarlais testified during divorce proceedings that he and his former wife made a "mutual" decision for her to have two abortions.

The 2001 court transcripts were released Thursday by the state Democratic Party, which had tried to air the documents before the Nov.

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