NEWS

Cardinals blast Giants, take 3-1 series lead

By R.B. FALLSTROM, AP Sports Writer

ST. LOUIS (AP) — One more win and another bunch of wild-card Cardinals get their chance to repeat.

Adam Wainwright threw seven innings of four-hit ball and St. Louis roughed up Tim Lincecum and the San Francisco Giants in an 8-3 rout Thursday night that gave the Cardinals a 3-1 lead in the NL championship series.

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AutoZone Park to show 'The Sandlot' Friday night

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (FOX13) -

It's been called the greatest baseball movie ever made.

Ask just about anyone over the age of 12 if they have seen "The Sandlot." You will see a big smile and then hear them say, 'I love that movie!"

"The Sandlot" hit the silver screen back in 1993, but it's making its way to an even bigger screen Friday night in

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SW Tenn CC AD stole $12K from the dead

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (FOX13) -

Southwest Community College head basketball coach and athletic director Benjamin Rhodes confessed in U.S. District Court in Memphis to stealing more than $12,000 in social security disability payments from four people who passed away.

Rhodes faces five years in a federal prison.

Rhodes also confessed to actually

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Overnight storms swat Mid-South

By JACK ELLIOTT JR.
Associated Press

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Authorities say seven people are recovering from injuries suffered after an overnight storm blew through the southeast.

Mississippi Emergency Management Agency spokesman Greg Flynn says there were two injuries in Tallahatchie County, and one each in Scott and Coahoma counties.

Sharkey County

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Appeals Court hears arguments on voter ID law

By TRAVIS LOLLER
Associated Press

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Attorneys for two Memphis voters told a panel of the state Appeals Court they should strike down a new law requiring voters to show photo identification at the polls because it disenfranchises voters.

Two Memphis residents who lack state-issued photo identification say their votes in the

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