It's been a hard week of school and work, but now it's Saturday night, and you're headed for Beale Street with friends for some much needed fun. You stop at the ATM, slide your card in, punch in your pass code, enter the amount of money you want, take your receipt and you are on your way.

Perhaps the Real Time Crime Center could have helped Henry Burtis when he was the victim of an attempted robbery in a parking lot on Winchester Road four years ago. But until recently, there was no one watching with the intent of helping someone like Burtis.

It's 10 p.m. at the corner of Peabody and Bellevue, and three scantily-clad women stand idly on the street corner. They peep into passing cars, waving to the drivers as the women pace dutifully back and forth from the curb to the bus stop. A black BMW pulls up next to the trio, and the driver lowers the passenger-side window.

About 90 percent of Memphis middle and high school students are learning about sexual harassment first-hand, according to a new University of Memphis study released today. The U of M's Center for Research on Women and the Memphis Area Women's Council will present their findings on sexual harassment in Memphis public and private schools today, at the Urban Child Institute.

In millionaire Logan Young's house, there was blood everywhere - bloody handprints on the staircase, blood-soaked towels in the kitchen and bathroom and blood on the floor and walls. Young's housekeeper found his body and called police, who initially ruled the death as a "most serious" homicide.

Fictional courtrooms have been a staple of television shows for at least 50 years, but recently the lines have become blurred between fiction and reality, thanks to the influx of technology in the courtroom and the "CSI Effect" on jurors. While technology and scientific evidence are becoming increasingly common in real-life courtrooms, TV doesn't show a true picture of real criminal trials.

Kevin Massey's gun may have been the only thing standing between him and a potentially fatal confrontation that took place years ago outside of a college fraternity party. Massey, then an undergrad, had just returned from a shooting range when he was confronted by armed assailants.

Hand-cuffed in the back of a police car is where Andrew Collins found himself late one evening in Memphis. The year is 1990, and getting arrested in connection with a homicide earlier that night is not what the 21-year old Collins had in mind. More than that, Collins had no part in any murder but happened to be running with the wrong people at just the wrong time.

Not every intern meets George Stephanopoulos, John Negroponte and Lamar Alexander in a single semester. But Shannon Hayes, senior international studies, political science and foreign languages triple major, has enjoyed such experiences this semester. Hayes was one of four U of M students who interned at The Washington Center for Internships and Academic Seminars in Washington, D.

As police patrolled the parking area, hundreds of people in tie-dye shirts and free-flowing skirts lit up in Overton Park yesterday. The crowd gathered to celebrate April 20, also known to some as "National Pot Smoking Day."  One of the patrolling officers had little to say when asked if he knew if people in the crowd were using illegal drugs.

The Japanese drummers moved in perfect rhythm, interacting with the crowd as they hammered on instruments of all shapes and sizes. They called to each other in their native tongue as their music pulsed through the growing crowd that gathered around them. The performance of the Kaminari Taiko Drummers was part of a celebration to open the west Tennessee chapter of the Japan America Society of Tennessee's office on campus at The U of M Monday night.

Recycling isn't always high on people's list of priorities. In an effort to change people's attitudes and actions, a group of students will host Recycle Mania on Earth Day tomorrow outside the Tiger Den from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. "Down South, we're not big on recycling," said arts and liberal studies graduate student Amanda Williams.

Students can ask U of M President Shirley Raines about the school's budget tomorrow at 12:30 p.m. in Brister Hall 220 at a student forum. "She'll be able to answer the real questions," said James Johnson, president of the Student Government Association. "Students don't often get an opportunity like this, where they can actually talk to the president of the university.

Competitors stacked Oreos as high as they could go yesterday afternoon. The Empowered Men of Color at The University of Memphis hosted the event to raise money for their organization. Cortney Richardson, president of EMOC, said he wanted the participants to stay loose heading toward finals.