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

Some Georgia Schools Close Ahead Of Tropical Storm Fay

Aug 21, 2008 6:54 pm

Two coastal Georgia counties are closing schools as Tropical Storm Fay is forecast to bring wind and heavy rains to south Georgia.

 

Georgia Girl Kidnapped From Bedroom, Raped

Aug 21, 2008 4:09 pm

COLUMBUS, Ga. -- Police are investigating the abduction and rape of an 11-year-old girl. Authorities say a man broke into a Columbus home through a living room window early Wednesday morning and kidna...

 

Forsyth County Deputy Indicted On Child Exploitation Charges

Aug 21, 2008 3:39 pm

FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. -- A former Forsyth County deputy is in legal trouble. A federal grand jury indicted Milton Pruitt on child exploitation charges. Prosecutors said the 40-year-old used the Forsyth ...

 

Georgia Schools Superintendent To Appear On Game Show

Aug 21, 2008 2:54 pm

ATLANTA -- Comedian Jeff Foxworthy won't be the only Georgian on the season premiere of Fox's "Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?" Georgia schools Superintendent Kathy Cox will appear on the...

 

8 Ga. Southern Players Suspended From UGA Game

Aug 21, 2008 2:54 pm

Eight Georgia Southern players are suspended for the season opener against No. 1 Georgia.

 

Chase Makes Splash As Car Ends Up In Pool

Aug 21, 2008 2:24 pm

A police chase ended in a splash as an SUV ended up in a family's swimming pool.

 

Tax Bills Spell Trouble For Fulton County Homeowners

Aug 21, 2008 11:09 am

The county says it miscalculated property taxes, shorting itself more than a million dollars in revenue and some Fulton County homeowners will have to make up the difference.

 

Cobb Commuters Caught In Bumper-To-Bumper Traffic Thursday

Aug 21, 2008 10:25 am

GRIDLOCK UPDATE: Traffic is moving again along parts of Interstate 75, but crews are still working to clean up an area where a logging truck overturned.

 

Legal Battle Over James Brown's Estate Nearing An End

Aug 21, 2008 10:09 am

Several attorneys involved in the legal battle over James Brown's estate said they're nearing a settlement.

 

Alleged 'Bigfoot' Finders: Costume Was Filled With Roadkill

Aug 20, 2008 10:09 pm

In an exclusive interview with Channel 2, two Georgia men say their bigfoot hoax was a joke and that they never intended for it to go as far as it did. The men confessed to Channel 2 they bought a cos...

 
 

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

Macon State College gets OK for 3 more degree programs

Aug 21, 2008 9:34 am

Macon State College has added three more degrees to its stable of four-year programs, bringing the school's total number to 17.

 

Rep. Paul Broun busted budget on constituent mailings

Aug 21, 2008 9:30 am

Republican Rep. Paul Broun of Athens spent more than $500,000 on publicly funded mailings, automated phone calls and advertisements leading up to his July primary election - so much that his office is...

 

College tuition increase recommended by state regents

Aug 21, 2008 9:30 am

Faced with up to $228 million in expected budget cuts, Georgia's colleges are looking at laying off employees, increasing student fees and revoking guaranteed tuition rates.

 

Georgia Obama ad links McCain to Reed

Aug 21, 2008 9:28 am

Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama is set to debut a tough new ad in Georgia linking his Republican rival Sen. John McCain to Ralph Reed and the Christian Coalition leader's involvement...

 

Georgia board slashes social service spending

Aug 21, 2008 9:26 am

A state panel has recommended deep cuts to Georgia's social services programs, ranging from mental health to child welfare.

 

Meeting to explain outsourcing of DNR's licensing system draws few

Aug 21, 2008 9:26 am

The furor over the Georgia Department of Natural Resources outsourcing its licensing system to a Missouri company apparently has died down.

 

ACLU appeals federal decision in Ga. prayer case

Aug 21, 2008 9:26 am

Civil liberties attorneys Wednesday urged a federal appeals panel to block a suburban Atlanta county from allowing clergy to open meetings with Christian prayers, although the judges seemed reluctant ...

 

Military Police, Transportation companies head for Iraq

Aug 21, 2008 9:26 am

Friends and family members met with more than 200 Fort Benning soldiers as they prepared to depart for Iraq.

 

Gwinnett County police chief suspended

Aug 21, 2008 9:26 am

Gwinnett County Police Chief Charles Walters has been suspended for 10 days without pay.

 

$3.1M Mercer grant aims to prevent diabetes in blacks

Aug 21, 2008 4:45 am

Macon will soon be taking part in a health study that could have benefits for blacks across the nation who are at risk to develop diabetes.

 
 

Statewide Headlines from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Some coastal Georgia schools close ahead of storm

Aug 21, 2008 3:03 pm

Two coastal Georgia counties are closing schools as Tropical Storm Fay is forecast to bring wind and heavy rains to south Georgia. Schools were closed Thursday in Camden and McIntosh counties. The ent...

 

Cumberland Island visitors evacuated ahead of storm

Aug 21, 2008 3:02 pm

The National Park Service is closing Cumberland Island to visitors as Tropical Storm Fay creeps toward the Georgia-Florida border. Cumberland Island administration chief Julie Meeks says two campers w...

 

Public input: School lunches not good eating

Aug 21, 2008 1:48 pm

Pop-Tarts and doughnuts for breakfast for 2-year-olds. Rolls, chicken nuggets and French fries for school lunches. Brownies given the same nutritional value as a slice of whole-wheat bread. Federal nu...

 

$3M Mercer grant targets diabetes in blacks

Aug 21, 2008 12:33 pm

The Mercer School of Medicine is getting a $3.1 million grant, the largest one-time grant in the school's history, to conduct a five-year study aimed at decreasing health disparities from diabetes in ...

 

$75M in trauma care funds at risk

Aug 21, 2008 12:54 am

Georgia's budget crisis has cast doubt on the state's ability to provide millions of dollars to expand the network of hospitals that handle trauma care for car crashes, stabbings and shootings, top st...

 

Appeals court to review power plant ruling

Aug 21, 2008 12:24 am

The Georgia Court of Appeals decided Wednesday to review a lower court's decision invalidating the state permit for a proposed coal-fired power plant in south Georgia. The ruling earlier this year by ...

 

Georgia's soot amount is safe, says EPA

Aug 20, 2008 9:08 pm

The amount of soot found in Georgia's air every day is safe for public health, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said this week. The EPA did not penalize Georgia for several wildfires last year...

 

Survey: Georgia professors respect political views

Aug 20, 2008 7:08 pm

The majority of students at public colleges in Georgia believe their professors respect their political opinions and don't inappropriately push their own views, according to a survey released this wee...

 

Budget crunch could mean university layoffs, fee hikes

Aug 20, 2008 7:08 pm

Layoffs, furloughs and hikes in mandatory student fees could be on the table for public colleges and universities next year, if the state's fiscal crisis continues. Universities could have to cut up t...

 

In Georgia budget crisis, tax breaks, 'pork' are safe

Aug 20, 2008 6:51 pm

State agencies are preparing to furlough employees and slash spending because of the budget crisis, but insurance companies, pig farmers and donors to private-school scholarship groups are keeping the...

 
 

Metro Atlanta News and Information from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Nunn appears to have dropped from VP running

Aug 21, 2008 7:44 pm

Former Georgia Sen. Sam Nunn appears to have dropped from the running to be Barack Obama's vice presidential choice.

 

Little effect from Fay expected in metro Atlanta

Aug 21, 2008 6:48 pm

Flood watches were posted across extreme South Georgia Thursday as the outer rain bands from meandering Tropical Storm Fay began spreading into the state.

 

Franklin promises to veto fire station funds

Aug 21, 2008 5:47 pm

Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin said Thursday she still plans to veto the City Council's legislation to reopen Fire Station 7.

 

Chick-fil-A restores curb; will city have to pay?

Aug 21, 2008 5:35 pm

First you saw it, now you don't.

 

Cities to Perdue: Don't yank tax grants

Aug 21, 2008 4:52 pm

Georgia's slumping economy already has local governments cutting staff, reducing programs and raising taxes.

 

Police: Swastika is 'outrage' over school's expansion

Aug 21, 2008 3:21 pm

Sandy Springs police spokesman said Thursday he believes vandalism Tuesday night near the Epstein School was likely done by a resident angry over a City Council vote to allow another private school in...

 

Some coastal Georgia schools close ahead of storm

Aug 21, 2008 3:03 pm

Two coastal Georgia counties are closing schools as Tropical Storm Fay is forecast to bring wind and heavy rains to south Georgia.

 

Cumberland Island visitors evacuated ahead of storm

Aug 21, 2008 3:02 pm

The National Park Service is closing Cumberland Island to visitors as Tropical Storm Fay creeps toward the Georgia-Florida border.

 

Cheerleader's mom faces battery charge

Aug 21, 2008 2:57 pm

The mother of a 9-year-old cheerleader is facing charges for allegedly punching, then taunting, the president of a youth association.

 

Cameras reduce red-light running, raise city funds

Aug 21, 2008 2:47 pm

Atlanta put cameras at the most dangerous intersections in 2006 to cut down on crashes.