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Ms Young celebrates 104th birthday

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (FOX13) -

Friday was a very special day in the life of Ms. Vera Young, a very sassy Memphian.

She turned 104 years young.

Ms. Young, who is an attorney, graduated from Manassas High School and Lemoyne Owen College. From there she went on to the Howard University School of Law.

while she was at LeMoyne Owen, Ms. Young founded

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Black Friday kicks off holiday shopping season

By ANNE D'INNOCENZIO
Associated Press

UNDATED (AP) - Black Friday got off to its earliest start ever as the nation's shoppers put their turkey down and headed directly to the malls.

Stores typically open in the wee hours of the morning on the day after Thanksgiving that's named Black Friday because that is when they traditionally turn a profit for

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Muni schools lawsuit mediation fails

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (FOX13) -

Mediation in the municipal schools lawsuit has failed.

Each side walked away from the negotiation table on Friday after a third round of talks saying there is no way a compromise can be reached.

The case is back in the hands of federal Judge Samuel "Hardy" Mays, Jr., who ordered the mediation last week.

Many of the

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Couple dies in apparent murder-suicide

NORTH MEMPHIS, Tenn. (FOX13) -

Memphis police continue to investigating what they believe is a murder-suicide between a married couple in a North Memphis mobile home park early Friday morning.

Officers say they found the body of a male in his 40s and a female in her mid-20s lying on the front porch in the Green Acres Mobile Home Park,

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Woman holds up Robinsonville bank

ROBINSONVILLE, Miss. (FOX13) -

An unidentified woman stole an undetermined amount of cash Friday morning at the First Security Bank branch in Robinsonville, Miss., about 10 miles north of Tunica.

The Tunica County Sheriff's Department and Mid-South Electronic Crimes Task Force said the heist took place at around 9:15 a.m.

Surveillance video

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