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MCS Week of Monday, November 12, 2012

Week of Monday, November 12, 2012

Memphis City Schools Helps Jumpstart Read for the Record

Memphis City Schools' participation in Jumpstart's 2012 Read for the Record kick-off campaign was recorded at 23,596 students. On October 4, 2012, these students, along with participants from across the county, came together to read the c

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$1K reward for Ole Miss student racial attack

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (FOX13) -

A $1,000 reward is being offered by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and the Rainbow PUSH Coalition for information leading to the arrest of the person of persons responsible for racial attacks on an Ole Miss freshman.

The$1,000 was donated anonymously.

Representatives from the SCLC and Rainbow PUSH

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Public Auction of MCS Surplus Items November 17th

Public Auction of MCS Surplus Items November 17th

Memphis, Tenn. - Memphis City Schools is holding a public auction of surplus items on Saturday, November 17, 2012 at 9 a.m. at the MCS Mallory Warehouse, 1384-A Farmville. Auction items include classroom furniture, vehicles, auto shop equipment, televisions, and more. Vehicles,

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Memphis officer IDed who mistakenly shot another

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (FOX13) -

Memphis police officer Byron Willis mistakenly shot fellow Officer Willie Bryant while law enforcement was executing a drug-related search warrant Nov. 8, a police department spokesperson said.

MORE: Officer recovering from 'friendly fire' incident
MORE: Memphis policeman shot by fellow officer

Upon entering a house

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FDA wanted to close Mass pharmacy in 2003

WASHINGTON (AP) -

The Massachusetts pharmacy linked to a recent deadly meningitis outbreak has had run-ins with regulators before.

Congressional investigators say the Food and Drug Administration wanted to shut down the New England Compounding Center nearly a decade ago until it cleaned up its operations. But FDA officials deferred to

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