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International Paper said Friday it is selling three mills for about $470 million, satisfying a Justice Department requirement stemming from its $3.5 billion acquisition of rival Temple-Inland. Read More

They get stuck in trees, clog storm drains and litter streets. Read More

A former death row inmate who won a new trial in the 1983 murder of a Memphis grocer has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and was sentenced to time he already has served. Read More

This week 150 years ago in the Civil War opens with Confederate Gen. P.G.T. Beuregard ordering his troops to abandon Fort Pillow in Tennessee and, soon after, nearby Memphis. Read More

An earlier version of this story described the proposed sales-tax change as a half-cent increase. Read More

Pinnacle Airlines Corp.'s Memphis landlords say they're not reading too much into reports that the bankrupt airline is considering other cities for possible relocation. Read More

The Memphis City Council Memphis City Council Latest from The Business Journals Memphis councilwoman Janis Fullilove files for bankruptcy Memphis City Schools to lay off 70 employees Path to Chisca project paved with obstacles Follow this company will hear a proposal next week to consider hiking the city's sales tax rate by half a cent, to 2.75 percent, the maximum allowed under state law, The Commercial Appeal reports. Read More

Discussing the finer points of his many musicals with a special focus on the two currently running on Broadway - MEMPHIS and NICE WORK - DiPietro eloquently elaborates on the process of creating both shows and the challenges new musicals these days face on their developmental road to Broadway. Read More

Pinnacle Airlines Corp. posted a $31.4 million net loss in 2011, setting the stage for its plunge into Chapter 11 bankruptcy April 1, the company said Thursday. Read More

The University of Memphis men's golf team shot a 16-over-par 300 on Thursday to close its three-day run in the NCAA Championships at Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades, Calif., in 28th place at 49-over 901. Read More