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That little ol’ band from Texas is now, sadly, littler. Dusty Hill, one-third of ZZ Top for the last 51 years, was revealed Wednesday to have died of indeterminate causes. On Thursday, remaining members Billy Gibbons announced that the tour they just began would resume Friday after a brief lull, with their guitar tech of three decades filling in. A funeral is expected to take place next week, but it’s perhaps not surprising that the survivors would work through their grief by wrapping some of their scheduled road dates around a memorial that will represent friends’ and family’s last chance...

Sex-offender net nabs 108 who didn't notify By Chris Conley conley@gomemphis.com August 22, 2003 More than 100 convicted sex offenders in Shelby County who allegedly have failed to register with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation have been rounded up over the past three days. The 108 convicted offenders, most of whom have completed probation, now face additional misdemeanor charges that carry a mandatory minimum of 180 days in jail. They have been convicted of a wide range of sexual crimes, including rape, statutory rape, rape of a child, soliciting a child and sexual exploitation of a child. They are among...