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Local News from WSB-TV 2 Atlanta via Yahoo! News

Palin Draws Big Crowd In Augusta; Heads For Atlanta

Dec 1, 2008 6:12 pm

Palin ends the campaign swing with a 4 p.m. rally at the Gwinnett Center.

 

Judge To Nichols Defense: 'I Don't Trust You'

Dec 1, 2008 5:13 pm

ATLANTA -- The judge in the Brian Nichols case gave the defense attorneys a major tongue-lashing Monday morning. The judge let them know he was stopping just short of calling them liars.

 

Suspicious Package Found In Atlanta Sent For Tests

Dec 1, 2008 5:13 pm

ATLANTA -- Atlanta police are waiting for an analysis on a suspicious package found downtown that caused surrounding streets to be blocked off for several hours.

 

Former Georgia Tech Star Lashes Out At Coach, Teammates

Dec 1, 2008 2:12 pm

NEW YORK -- With his career in New York seemingly finished, Knicks guard Stephon Marbury lashed out at teammates and coach Mike D'Antoni a day before he was to meet with team president Donnie Walsh ab...

 

Snow Falls In North Georgia; Flurries Spotted In Midtown

Dec 1, 2008 12:57 pm

The wintry mix closed schools in Rabun and Fannin Counties.

 

Atlanta Airport Braces For Busy Monday Morning

Dec 1, 2008 11:27 am

ATLANTA -- Thanksgiving travelers found some flights delayed at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport by fog, rain and a threat of snow flurries Sunday night.

 

Tech Passes Georgia In Polls

Dec 1, 2008 11:27 am

ATLANTA -- The 9-3 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets rose to 15th in the BCS standings Sunday. They are ranked 15th in the Associated Press media poll and 16th in the USA Today coaches poll. Georgia, also 9...

 

Palin Hits Georgia For Saxby Chambliss

Dec 1, 2008 10:57 am

ATLANTA -- Republican Sen. Saxby Chambliss enlisted Sarah Palin to rally conservatives while Democratic challenger Jim Martin pushes to activate black voters. The two are grappling for advantage in a ...

 

Falcons Beat San Diego Chargers

Dec 1, 2008 12:12 am

Sunday's game between the Atlanta Falcons and San Diego Chargers ended with a 22-16 victory for Atlanta.

 

Georgia Senate Candidates Head Into Final Stretch

Nov 30, 2008 10:57 pm

Republican Sen. Saxby Chambliss enlisted Gov. Sarah Palin to rally conservatives while Democratic challenger Jim Martin pushes to activate black voters.

 
 

Greg Norman's Southern Cross Developments Selects River Rim Ranch

Greg Norman’s Southern Cross Developments, proprietor of the exclusive “Norman Estates” real estate brand, is pleased to announce that River Rim Ranch in Teton Valley, Idaho will be the location for its newest project, the “Norman Ranch Estates. [Read More]

 

News and Lifestyle Information from The Augusta Chronicle

Living briefs

Mar 29, 2006 7:20 pm

Storm Team 12 at WRDW-TV (CBS) is joining with Fort Discovery to present StormFest from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday in Classroom E and the PowerStation at Fort Discovery, 1 Seventh St.

 

Men's shoppng magazine, Cargo, to shut down

Mar 29, 2006 7:18 pm

NEW YORK - Cargo magazine, a shopping guide for men that was launched by Conde Nast Publications Inc. with much fanfare two years ago, is shutting down with its May issue, the publisher announced.

 

Bluetooth group adopts ultrafast radio technology

Mar 29, 2006 7:18 pm

NEW YORK - The Bluetooth wireless standard used in cell phones and other small devices will take a leap in transmission speed, broadening its scope to enable high-definition video and files for digita...

 

Hospitals are not immune to power of superstition

Mar 29, 2006 7:18 pm

NEW YORK - Many of his patients know Dr. Todd Ponsky as the man who saved their lives, but to his colleagues, he's known as The Black Cloud.

 

Watch your mouth! Use of profanity getting worse

Mar 29, 2006 7:17 pm

This is a story about words we can't print in this story.

 
 

News from Macon and Central Georgia from The Macon News

Sarah Palin a hit with big GOP crowd in Perry

Dec 1, 2008 7:53 pm

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin lent her rock-star status to U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss this afternoon in a state fly-around that GOP strategists hope will help put Chambliss over the top in Tuesday's Senate r...

 

Palin campaigns in Ga.'s Senate runoff

Dec 1, 2008 6:59 pm

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin implored Georgia Republicans to back Sen. Saxby Chambliss in his hotly contested Senate runoff, telling a cheering crowd Monday that the first step in rebuilding the GOP begins...

 

Flint River dam proposals revive statewide controversy

Dec 1, 2008 12:03 pm

THOMASTON — Some days it seems like the Flint River flows backward.

 

Visually impaired Macon woman seeks reading device

Dec 1, 2008 11:52 am

Lilye Wilder can’t see the sheet music when she plays the piano in church every Sunday morning.

 

Winter brings house fire dangers

Dec 1, 2008 11:50 am

As the temperatures drop, the number of house fires soar — with the majority of fire deaths typically occurring November though March, a Georgia fire officials says.

 

Lake Tobesofkee lowered for repairs

Dec 1, 2008 6:16 am

Water levels at Lake Tobesofkee will be lowered by six feet starting Friday to allow property owners and lake officials to make needed repairs around the park.

 

Three men execute home invasion

Dec 1, 2008 5:29 am

Three men execute home invasion

 

Fog, rain slow some flights at Hartsfield-Jackson

Nov 30, 2008 10:56 pm

Thanksgiving travelers found some flights delayed at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport by fog, rain and a threat of snow flurries Sunday night.

 

Democrat makes final visit to Macon in U.S. Senate runoff campaign

Nov 30, 2008 7:19 pm

Jim Martin returned to Macon on Saturday afternoon for a news conference about his candidacy for U.S. Senate, the state of the economy and his plans to grow jobs for midstate residents.

 

Possible U.S. attorney change unlikely to affect Macon probe

Nov 30, 2008 6:19 pm

The Macon area is likely to get a new U.S. attorney next year, adding another in a series of question marks that have punctuated a 4-year-old financial investigation of former Mayor Jack Ellis

 

Statewide Headlines from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Veterans left homeless due to state budget cuts

Dec 1, 2008 7:37 pm

This is moving day. Michael Seamands' cramped home for the past five years is no longer his. The landlord, the state of Georgia, says he has to go. He has packed cleaning materials, clothes, the model...

 

Palin to speak at Gwinnett Arena, Ludacris to help Martin

Dec 1, 2008 2:52 pm

Georgia's seemingly endless U.S. Senate runoff finally winds down Monday, its last day marked by high-profile rallies, withering attack ads and stealthy efforts to get campaign-weary voters back to th...

 

Attorney, Herb Shafer, 88, often outraged, outrageous

Dec 1, 2008 2:02 pm

At first blush, a visitor entering a courtroom and seeing attorney Herb Shafer thinks one thing: Isn't George Burns dead? [ Post your comments below. ] The legendary comedian has indeed passed on. But...

 

Senate runoff in Georgia draws national interest

Dec 1, 2008 1:51 pm

Anybody who thought the national election ended Nov. 4 hasn't been to Georgia lately. Tuesday's runoff between U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.) and Democratic challenger Jim Martin has attracted ever...

 

Metro area officials line up for foreclosure aid

Dec 1, 2008 1:35 pm

The deadline is Monday for local and state officials to apply for federal aid to help restore neighborhoods blighted by foreclosures and abandoned properties. As the deadline nears, nine local governm...

 

Motor trail may trace Revolution's path through Georgia

Nov 30, 2008 12:21 pm

Bill Ramsaur, Bob Galer and a lot of other historically minded Georgians have a message they want to send from one side of Georgia to the other: Before Sherman, there was Cornwallis. Before the troops...

 

Campaign ads turning voters off or vice versa?

Nov 30, 2008 11:53 am

Take heart, TV viewers, just a couple of more days to the runoff election and it will all come to a merciful end. No more grainy pictures of Jim "Soft on Crime" Martin. No more slow-motion f...

 

Public's help sought to find Paulding woman

Nov 29, 2008 2:06 am

The Paulding County Sheriff's Office said Friday afternoon that there were no new leads in the search for a 22-year-old woman who went missing Monday night. Meanwhile Melvin Mackey continues to follow...

 

Rain, cooler temperatures on the way

Nov 28, 2008 7:59 pm

Keep that raincoat or umbrella handy if you plan any outdoor activities this weekend, because it WILL rain on Saturday. Count on it, says the National Weather Service. In a rare no-doubter of a foreca...

 

Paulding County woman, 22, missing after celebration

Nov 28, 2008 5:46 pm

Melvin Mackey always taught his children to be prepared for the unexpected. But there was nothing that could have prepared him for his youngest daughter's disappearance. Laneeka Varnado, who had been ...

 
 

Metro Atlanta News and Information from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Latest poll: Chambliss 53%, Martin 46%

Dec 1, 2008 7:45 pm

Public Policy Polling of North Carolina, Nov. 29-30: (PDF)

 

Veterans left homeless due to state budget cuts

Dec 1, 2008 7:37 pm

This is moving day. Michael Seamands' cramped home for the past five years is no longer his. The landlord, the state of Georgia, says he has to go.

 

Suspicious package at downtown federal building

Dec 1, 2008 7:36 pm

The Five Points MARTA station and some surrounding downtown streets were shut down for more than three hours Monday morning before authorities removed a suspicious package at a nearby federal center.

 

Snow flurries seen in Lawrenceville, Marietta

Dec 1, 2008 7:33 pm

Sleet and a few snow flurries were reported across northern metro Atlanta on Monday, and while no accumulation was expected, some mountain counties farther north got a good dusting.

 

Opposing Senate candidates bring in Palin, ex-Miss Alaska

Dec 1, 2008 7:20 pm

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin roared back onto the campaign trail Monday, calling on Georgians to re-elect incumbent Republican U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss in his hotly contested runoff with Democrat Jim Mart...

 

Credit card companies quick to raise rates, fees

Dec 1, 2008 6:47 pm

Greg Fischer was already fed up with Bank of America for doubling his credit card's interest rate to 28.99 percent — the price for being a couple of weeks late with a payment in April.

 

Senate leader: Merge historically black colleges

Dec 1, 2008 6:31 pm

The chairman of the state Senate Higher Education Committee told University System leaders they should consider merging two of the state's three historically black colleges with nearby white-majority ...

 

Dunwoody up and running on first day as city

Dec 1, 2008 4:57 pm

Dunwoody got down to business Monday morning on the first day of Georgia's newest city.

 

Declaration of Human Rights celebrated here

Dec 1, 2008 3:42 pm

Organizers of the city's planned civil and human rights museum are planning 10 days of recognition to mark the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

 

Jupiter, Venus, moon together on Monday night

Dec 1, 2008 3:04 pm

On Monday night the three brightest objects in the night sky — Venus, Jupiter and a crescent moon — will crowd around each other for an unusual group shot.