Logan Young’s death is now believed to be the result of an accidental fall down his stairs, Memphis Police announced in a press conference this afternoon.

“Based on our findings, the cause and manner of Logan Young’s death has been determined as blunt force trauma to the head, apparently accidental,” said Memphis police director Larry Godwin.

Homicide director Joe Scott recounted the theory of what happened to Young late Monday night using a sketched layout of his home.

According to Scott, Young had was heading up the stairs with a bowl of salad and a soda or juice drink when he lost his balance and fell backwards, hitting his head on a wrought-iron stair post at the bottom of the stairs.

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Bloomberg.com reports that CKX has bought the rights to Muhammad Ali’s likeness, name, and image for $50 million. CKX is Robert Sillerman’s media company, which has a similar deal with Elvis Presley Enterprises. Read the Bloomberg story here.

Elvis and Ali apparently knew each other, according to this undated Ali quote from the Elvis Information Network: “Elvis was my close personal friend. He came to my Deer Lake training camp about two years before he died. He told us he didn’t want nobody to bother us. He wanted peace and quiet and I gave him a cabin in my camp and nobody even knew it. When the cameras started watching me train, he was up on the hill sleeping in the cabin. Elvis had a robe made for me. I don’t admire nobody, but Elvis Presley was the sweetest, most humble and nicest man you’d want to know.”

Members of the Riverfront Development Corporation, the City Council, and the downtown business community officially opened the newest stretch of the bluff/river walk. The newest part of the path snakes behind the Rivermark and connects Ashburn Coppock Park to Martyr Park, which is in front of Founders Point neighborhood.
“Founders Point is beautiful, but it’s a well-kept secret. Now the secret will be out,” said Council member Barbara Swearengen Holt. “The riverwalk has moved closer to its destination … the National Ornamental Metal Museum.”
Finally! We might have a good way to get to the National Ornamental Metal Museum.

The World Poker Tour, which puts on the popular Travel Channel show, is bringing its two-day WPT Boot Camp to Gold Strike Casino, Saturday and Sunday, April 15th and 16th. Set up like a fantasy camp for poker players, students will receive intensive instruction in bluffing and betting and everything in-between from Linda Johnson (aka “The First Lady of Poker”) and other well-known players. For more information, visit the WPT Web site here .

With rumors circulating about a possible new film starring the pair, it looks like our boy Justin Timberlake and his honey Cameron Diaz are on their way to becoming the new Ben and Jennifer.

According to Irish newspaper The Kingdom, the pair may star in a film about Olympic skaters with J-Tim playing a speed skater and Diaz portraying a figure skater. All we can say is, remember Gigli?

On a related note, the couple will also be lending their voices to the third Shrek film (appropriately titled Shrek the Third), set to premiere in May 2007.

WMC-TV Channel 5 reported yesterday that a fisherman saw a big one while at McKellar Lake. A big alligator, that is. Maybe even 7 feet long. Channel 5 didn’t see anything when they went to check out the man’s story, so it could simply be a fish story. Or maybe not. There have got to be some weird chemicals in the water around President’s Island. Stay tuned. Or just go rent Lake Placid.

Local history buffs now have access to three remarkable collections focusing on local history, and they can be found in a rather unexpected place: The Shelby County Register of Deeds home page. An “Archives” link at the top take you to new collections devoted to the Dr. Martin Luther King assassination, Shelby County Schools, and even the county milk supply.
In the King exhibit, you can view hundreds of photos showing the boarding house used by James Earl Ray as a sniper’s nest, photos of Ray, photos of King, and copies of police reports. The highlight is the series of audiotapes which can be downloaded as MP3 files. These include one tape which compiles the frantic police radio broadcasts following the assassination, along with actual recordings of Ray’s trial. (Click headline for more)