Friday, February 19, 2016

5 overtimes! Memphis women outlast Temple 100-97 and other top stories.

  • 5 overtimes! Memphis women outlast Temple 100-97

    MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Memphis and Temple matched the longest game in NCAA women's basketball history Thursday night, with the Tigers outlasting the Owls 100-97 in five overtimes. Brianna Wright scored a career-high 35 points for Memphis, including the tie-breaking basket with 6.2 seconds left in the fifth overtime. Drexel beat Northeastern 98-80 on Feb. 22, 2007, in the only other Division I five-overtime game. Two Division II games have gone to five overtimes. The game was tied at 50 at the en..
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  • 1 killed, another injured after Memphis gas station shooting

    1 killed, another injured after Memphis gas station shooting
    Please enable Javascript to watch this video MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- One man is dead and a suspect is in the hospital in critical condition after an attempted robbery in East Memphis. Police said three men tried to rob a Citgo gas station in the 1500 block of Cherry Road when the shots were exchanged. Two other men are still on the run. Officers said the store clerk was shot and killed. According to the co-owner of the store, the father of the clerk who was shot and killed owns the store and i..
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  • Memphis Weather: Windy and warm Friday forecast

    Memphis Weather: Windy and warm Friday forecast
    by: Lindsey Monroe Updated: Feb 19, 2016 - 11:49 AM 11 AM Weather Update from Lindsey Monroe: Happy Friday! Our warming trend is well underway with temperatures already in the upper 60s. Winds are steady between 20-25 mph. Clouds are starting to build in and will continue to increase this afternoon. The wind stays gusty today with gusts from 30-35 mph from the south. This is just under advisory criteria. A stalled frontal boundary will push closer to the area, bringing increased clou..
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  • HUD officials tour South City Area in Memphis

    HUD officials tour South City Area in Memphis
    Please enable Javascript to watch this video MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Showing the future in black and white. Memphis Housing officials and political leaders mapped out the plans for a valuable piece of downtown property Thursday morning, showing folks from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development how federal dollars are at work. "It's going to be a big difference in Memphis, create a lot of jobs, give a lot of opportunities. I just can't wait to see what we have got here in Memphis ..
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  • Clippers trade Stephenson to Memphis for Green

    Clippers trade Stephenson to Memphis for Green
    Clippers trade Stephenson to Memphis for Green (AP Photo/Brandon Dill, File). FILE - In this Thursday, Jan. 28, 2016 file photo, Memphis Grizzlies forward Jeff Green (32) drives against Milwaukee Bucks guard Khris Middleton in the second half of an NBA basketball game in Memphis, Tenn. Two people w... (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri, File). FILE - In this Thursday, Nov. 12, 2015 file photo, Los Angeles Clippers forward Lance Stephenson (1) in the first quarter during an NBA basketball game against th..
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  • Memphis blight panel to reveal remedies at March summit

    Memphis blight panel to reveal remedies at March summit
    Memphis leaders will reveal a plan next month to stamp out blight in the city’s neighborhoods. The Memphis Blight Elimination Summit will detail the ideas contained in the Memphis Blight Elimination Compact, the work of a large group of Memphians who began to address the subject in meetings in 2015. Meetings were coordinated by Neighborhood Preservation Inc., which relied on a steering committee representing Memphis’ neighborhood, government and business leaders. "This compact is intended to se..
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  • Memphis may consider fee for transportation authority

    Memphis may consider fee for transportation authority
    MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - The CEO of the Memphis Area Transit Authority says the city is looking at a new fee to pay for the city's and the authority's transportation-related costs. The Commercial Appeal (http://bit.ly/20GpgHW ) reports MATA CEO Ron Garrison made the announcement Wednesday, a day after saying the transit authority was on the "verge of collapse." He told the city council Tuesday that a fee could resolve some issues at MATA, which he says faces cuts because of a lack of funding for o..
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  • Memphis baseball to open season against Vols

    Memphis baseball to open season against Vols
    Coming off its fifth consecutive 30-win season, the University of Memphis baseball team returns to diamond this weekend when it faces off against the University of Tennessee Volunteers, in a three-game series.After narrowly missing the NCAA Tournament last season, Tigers’ baseball coach Daron Schoenrock, who’s entering his twelfth season with Memphis baseball, said he’s excited to finally play another team after a successful fall practice.“You spend so much time with your team through a long fa..
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  • Memphis man accused of shooting, killing dog with sawed-off shotgun

    Memphis man accused of shooting, killing dog with sawed-off shotgun
    Memphis man accused of shooting, killing dog with sawed-off shotgun Updated: Feb 19, 2016 - 7:02 AM Memphis police have arrested a man accused of killing a dog earlier this month. The incident happened on February 4 in the 2600 block of Moss Valley. The dog’s owner told police he was at home when Christopher Finch came into his house without permission. Finch allegedly asked one of the homeowner’s friends to come outside. And when he did, the homeowner’s dog followed. At that ..
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  • Renovated Memphis Pink Palace planetarium brings stars closer to ...

    Renovated Memphis Pink Palace planetarium brings stars closer to ...
    Credit: Yalonda M. James/The Commercial Appeal Eighth-grade students Fabianua McCleary, 13, Sakiya Hamilton, 13, and Yasmine Mitchell, 14, all from East Junior High School in West Memphis, prepare to watch a film inside the Pink Palace’s Planetarium. Researchers recently electrified the world of science by announcing they finally had detected gravitational waves, the ripples in the fabric of space-time that Einstein predicted a century ago. The source of the rippling was a collisio..
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'Consequences' for the US if it quits Paris climate deal .At a glance: Memphis vs. UCF .
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