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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Atlanta Leader.com http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/10/id/9716d7590cce49d4/ en-us Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:54:29 -0400 Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:54:29 -0400 30 COLUMBUS, Ga. -- About 4,900 Jehovah's Witnesses from west Georgia, east Alabama and north Florida are meeting in Columbus this weekend.The three-day convention at the Columbus Civic Center started Fr... http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25863689/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:29:35 -0400 Ledger-Enquirer http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25863689/ 11Alive Meteorologist Chesley McNeil says temperatures should be around 70 degrees when the elite runners start the race at 7:30 a.m at Lenox Square. http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25863344/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:17:31 -0400 News 11 http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25863344/ SAVANNAH -- Two nurse sharks at the University of Georgia aquarium on Skidaway Island have been given a more spacious home -- the Atlantic Ocean. Aquarium staffers released the two -- Hoover and a ne... http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25863345/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:17:30 -0400 News 11 http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25863345/ An Athens woman recently answered an Internet posting for a job to clean a rental home in Athens before tenants arrived. She received a check for thousands of dollars, with instructions to keep a sma... http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25860242/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:58:54 -0400 Athens Banner-Herald http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25860242/ A 19-year-old Winder woman died after her Lincoln Navigator overturned several times Thursday night on the Athens Perimeter. She was the fifth person to die in a crash on the perimeter in the past si... http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25860239/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:58:54 -0400 Athens Banner-Herald http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25860239/ Fireworks light up the sky over Lake Russell during the 13th Annual Elbert County Fireworks Show on Friday night at Richard B. Russell State Park in Elberton. http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25860241/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:58:53 -0400 Athens Banner-Herald http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25860241/ Colin Daymude, seen Friday at his home in Dacula, only recently received his state income tax refund after filing electronically six months ago. Budget cuts and falling revenues have forced many state... http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25860245/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:58:52 -0400 Athens Banner-Herald http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25860245/ When Winder Cultural Affairs Director Don Wildsmith and Robert Siple, the lead technician at WTV 21, were looking for a way to show appreciation for the veterans who live, work and drill in Barrow Cou... http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25860247/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:58:52 -0400 Athens Banner-Herald http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25860247/ MARIETTA - Marietta has canceled a job fair because most of the companies involved aren't hiring. City Councilman Anthony Coleman said he didn't want to give people attending the Marietta /Cobb Career... http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25860244/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:58:52 -0400 Athens Banner-Herald http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25860244/ SAVANNAH - Police say a 21-year-old soldier from Hunter Army Airfield was found dead on Savannah's Hutchinson Island, not long before his 1-year-old child was discovered unharmed in an abandoned car s... http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25860246/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:58:50 -0400 Athens Banner-Herald http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25860246/ ATLANTA - The last of the vehicles have been removed from the collapsed parking deck in Midtown Atlanta. Harry Conley, president and CEO of Fifth Street Management Co., said nearly 700 cars have been... http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25860243/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:58:51 -0400 Athens Banner-Herald http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25860243/ Athens-Clarke County will apply next week for a $6.6 million federal grant to replace two aging fire stations. Fire Station No. 2 on Atlanta Highway and Station No. 6 on Athena Drive, both built in ... http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25860240/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:58:53 -0400 Athens Banner-Herald http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25860240/ COLUMBIA, S.C. - After a week that offered the world a glimpse into the conflicted mind of philandering South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, his constituents differed Friday on whether he should leave of... http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25860248/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:58:50 -0400 Athens Banner-Herald http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25860248/ ATLANTA, Ga. -- Former Georgia Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney, who was taken into custody by the Israeli Navy on Tuesday with 20 others while trying to sail through a navy blockade to deliver humanita... http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25859747/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:43:49 -0400 News 11 http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25859747/ WASHINGTON -- In a dark visiting team lounge at Nationals Park, a large high-definition television illuminated Tommy Hanson's body, as the 6-foot-6 pitcher leaned back in a leather seat, watched a mov... http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25860249/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:34:02 -0400 Atlanta Braves http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25860249/ Pinch-hitter Brooks Conrad hit a go-ahead three-run homer in the seventh inning and the Atlanta Braves beat the Washington Nationals 9-8 on Friday night for their season-high fifth straight win. http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25860238/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:48:09 -0400 Cox.net http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25860238/ NBC Published: July 3, 2009 Millions of Americans got a jump-start on their July Fourth holiday. In Washington, D.C., Barry Manilow was warming up for a red-hot Fourth of July. It’s our nati... http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25858490/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:43:01 -0400 WSAV 3 http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25858490/ ASSOCIATED PRESS Published: July 3, 2009 About $400,000 in beef is missing after a truck was stolen today from a Ramada Limited in Ellenton, Florida. John Lord, 47, of Palmetto, had parked his semi... http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25858489/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:43:00 -0400 WSAV 3 http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25858489/ Richard Klindworth, WSPA Published: July 3, 2009 The youngest victim of the suspected serial killer in Cherokee County is fighting to stay alive Friday night. Authorities aren’t releasing her... http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25858487/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:42:59 -0400 WSAV 3 http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25858487/ A new sketch rendered the suspect that is being sought in the four murders that have shook up Cherokee County. In Cherokee County, another tense and anxious night where the citizens of the county rem... http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25858493/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:42:56 -0400 WSAV 3 http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25858493/ WCMH Published: July 3, 2009 COLUMBUS, Ohio —Experience the biggest and best Independence Day fireworks celebration in the Midwest. Red, White & Boom! launches for the 29th time at Vetera... http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25858494/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:42:55 -0400 WSAV 3 http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25858494/ WSPA Published: July 3, 2009 Fifteen year old Ryan Stancell has lost his hand and most likely have to have both legs amputated after a fireworks accident Thursday night. He is currently at Greenvil... http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25858491/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:42:58 -0400 WSAV 3 http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25858491/ ROBERT KITTLE, SC CAPITOL REPORTER Published: July 3, 2009 The fear generated in Cherokee County over four murders by a serial killer has the phone ringing almost constantly at Crimestoppers in Colu... http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25858488/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:43:00 -0400 WSAV 3 http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25858488/ MELISSA KEENEY, WSPA Published: July 3, 2009 With a killer on the loose many people are relying on faith to find strength. More than 100 people gathered at Restoration Church in n Gaffney Friday nig... http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25858492/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:42:57 -0400 WSAV 3 http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25858492/ ATLANTA -- Chamique Holdsclaw scored 18 points, and Sancho Lyttle added 16, helping the Atlanta Dream snap a two-game losing streak with a 72-65 victory over the Washington Mystics on Friday night.Ala... http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25858498/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:32:57 -0400 Ledger-Enquirer http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25858498/ As the July 4th holiday gets underway officials from the Georgia Department of Natural Resources have reported a death at a local lake. A man, believed to be in his 60's, drowned at the lake in Stone... http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25858100/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:20:51 -0400 News 11 http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25858100/ WASHINGTON -- After learning he had been called up to replace injured second baseman Kelly Johnson, Brooks Conrad arrived three hours early for a 45-minute flight from Norfolk, Va., where Triple-A Gwi... http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25858496/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:10:35 -0400 Atlanta Braves http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25858496/ staff SAVANNAH, GA (WTOC) - A wreck sends one person to the hospital. It happened around 3pm on Interstate 16 near the 37th Street exit. Police say two vehicles were involved in the crash. An off duty... http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25858495/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:57:36 -0400 WTOC 11 http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25858495/ WASHINGTON -- With starting center fielder Nate McLouth out of the lineup with a strained left hamstring, the Braves went 4-1 and crept back up into serious National League East contention, as they ar... http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25856817/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:27:17 -0400 Atlanta Braves http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25856817/ A Cadillac Deville taken after a Thursday homicide was located tonight on 51st Street in between Montgomery and Barnard streets, according to Savannah-Chatham metro police. At about 7:15 p.m. metro po... http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25856812/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:35:46 -0400 Savannah Morning News http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25856812/ SAVANNAH, GA (WTOC) - Savannah-Chatham police are looking for a suspect who they say has escaped from police custody. Police say the suspect is wearing a white polo shirt and tan pants and also wearin... http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25856813/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:14:23 -0400 WTOC 11 http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25856813/ LADY'S ISLAND, SC (WT0C) - Independence Day is almost here and many will be celebrating with fireworks. But local firefighters are urging everyone using fireworks to take precautions. While they c... http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25856814/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:14:21 -0400 WTOC 11 http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25856814/ CHATHAM COUNTY, GA (WTOC) - Police are still trying to figure out how a toddler ended up on a busy road in Garden City Thursday night just hours after his father was found murdered on Hutchinson Islan... http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25856815/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:14:20 -0400 WTOC 11 http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25856815/ SAVANNAH, GA (WTOC) - Lamar Owens is not as interested in a hero's return to his old high school as the opportunity to come back at all. "It's great,'' he said. "I'm still wearing ... http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25856816/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:14:19 -0400 WTOC 11 http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25856816/ ATLANTA ---- Atlanta Police officers arrested 11 people and recovered thousands of dollars of stolen items in a Friday afternoon raid. Officers made the raid at a house on 992 Farrington Place in Sou... http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25854130/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:11:51 -0400 News 11 http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25854130/ TYBEE ISLAND, GA (WTOC ) - Friday night is Tybee's annual 4th of July fireworks show. You may have noticed a ton of traffic heading out to Tybee Island, with thousands of people planning to spend ... http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25854673/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:47:20 -0400 WTOC 11 http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25854673/ . But two men went back inside to make sure their neighbors were safe from the flames. It didn't take long for the fire to spread at through the complex and it didn't take long for DeAndre War... http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25854672/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:47:19 -0400 WTOC 11 http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25854672/ Barricades, vendors, and plenty of red, white, and blue were being placed throughout the historic river walk. There will be plenty of food and beverages and live music for the anticipated large crowds... http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25854674/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:47:16 -0400 WTOC 11 http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25854674/ CNN and Associated Press Published: July 3, 2009 4:05 p.m.: Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin says she is resigning from office. She didn’t say why she decided to step down, but the surprise announceme... http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25852313/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:10:15 -0400 WSAV 3 http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25852313/ Randi Hempel Published: July 3, 2009 SCMPD officials have identified the homicide victim found Thursday afternoon on Hutchinson Island as 21-year old Necco McCrawl. They say McCrawl was a soldier ... http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25852318/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:10:10 -0400 WSAV 3 http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25852318/ Alice Massimi Published: July 3, 2009 We have some good news and maybe a little bad news. The good news first, with a bad economy, the City of Savannah is trying to hold taxes. The bad news is i... http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25852316/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:10:13 -0400 WSAV 3 http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25852316/ Alice Massimi Published: July 3, 2009 Fourth of July is synonymous with fireworks…but before you shoot rockets into the night sky listen to this. Georgia has some pretty strict laws regardi... http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25852315/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:10:14 -0400 WSAV 3 http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25852315/ Traffic on Interstate 16 was snarled this afternoon after an eastbound vehicle overturned, according to witnesses. At about 3:10 p.m. an eastbound vehicle catapulted over a shoulder guardrail, flippin... http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25852311/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:45:30 -0400 Savannah Morning News http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25852311/ GAFFNEY, S.C. — Sheriff's deputies searched Friday for a serial killer blamed for four deaths over the past six days as terrified residents wondered who might be next. Investigators have not figure... http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25852312/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:45:29 -0400 Savannah Morning News http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25852312/ Kelly Johnson will have to wait until after the All-Star break to attempt to regain regular playing time. The Braves placed the second baseman on the 15-day disabled list on Friday because of right wr... http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25852323/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:37:26 -0400 Atlanta Braves http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25852323/ Randi Hempel Published: July 3, 2009 The 4th of July is a time for us to celebrate our nation’s birthday. It’s often spent with familiy or friends, but instead of a party, picnic or ba... http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25852320/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:10:09 -0400 WSAV 3 http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25852320/ Alice Massimi Published: July 3, 2009 In addition to keeping an eye out for unsafe drivers the City of Savannah is also checking your window tint. Beginning today and running through the holiday ... http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25852317/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:10:12 -0400 WSAV 3 http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25852317/ JoAnn Merrigan Published: July 3, 2009 There are plenty of cars, SUV’s and RV’s on I-95 today but some vacationers we talked to think there are fewer travelers than last year. “N... http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25852314/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:10:15 -0400 WSAV 3 http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25852314/ FORT STEWART, Ga. -- Artillery cannons flashed and bellowed.Each loud crescendo soared above Fort Stewart's Cottrell Field, where 3,000 Oregon National Guardsman from the 41st Brigade Combat Team stoo... http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25852327/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:58:33 -0400 Ledger-Enquirer http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25852327/ MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- The University of Alabama is ending an alliance with the Montgomery-based Alabama Shakespeare Festival that has produced top actors, stage managers and designers for Broadway and H... http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25852326/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:58:34 -0400 Ledger-Enquirer http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25852326/ BEAUFORT, SC (WTOC) - South Carolina senator Tom Davis of Beaufort has released a statement in response to the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division's findings of Gov. Mark Sanford's spendin... http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25852322/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:24:32 -0400 WTOC 11 http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25852322/ ROCK HILL, SC (WBTV) - A large, old factory in Rock Hill that was to be converted into a residential complex caught fire around 2pm Friday. The building was engulfed in flames as of 2:15pm. A large cr... http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25852321/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:24:31 -0400 WTOC 11 http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25852321/ of having harassed its citizens living on Russian territory in a dispute dating back three years. The court said in statement the decision to hear the complaint "in no way prejudges the merits of th... http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25851435/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:56:29 -0400 Morning Star http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25851435/ Matt Diaz drove in the go-ahead run with an eighth-inning double and the Atlanta Braves beat Philadelphia 5-2 on Thursday night to complete their first home sweep of the Phillies in four years. http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25852310/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:55:45 -0400 Cox.net http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25852310/ The new CEO of Atlanta's second largest, locally headquartered bank said his appointment signals a strategic shift in the midst of the worst financial industry crisis in decades. Late Thursday, http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25848667/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:53:49 -0400 Business Journal http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25848667/ BRUNSWICK, Ga. — Georgia's coast will soon have a public bus system that runs through nine counties because of federal stimulus money. The Coastal Regional Careers will operate weekdays during busi... http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25850220/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:49:41 -0400 Savannah Morning News http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25850220/ Georgia authorities have issued a statewide Mattie's Call for a missing elderly man, 82-year-old Robert Hamilton, who suffers from Alzheimer's disease. http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25849714/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:51:42 -0400 News 11 http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25849714/ Tax day - April 15 - has long since come and gone, but sharp budget cuts and falling revenues have forced many states to delay income tax returns for months - and left taxpayers longing for their mone... http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25850227/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:40:07 -0400 Associated Press http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25850227/ NEW YORK -- When the United Football League debuts in October, Michael Vick could be one of its players.Michael Huyghue, the commissioner of the new four-team league, says the UFL is willing to give V... http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25850230/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:03:25 -0400 Ledger-Enquirer http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25850230/ The first case involved a Jones County man who was diagnosed and treated in Texas in May. The other two cases involved children at summer camps. A Wilkinson County teen was diagnosed Wednesday at a ... http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25849715/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:51:41 -0400 News 11 http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25849715/ SAVANNAH, GA (WTOC) - We first introduced you to go kart racer katy jackman a little over a year ago. since then she's continued to race and she continues to win...but now she's trying to win ... http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25850224/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:26:54 -0400 WTOC 11 http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25850224/ . Police say 21-year-old Necco McCrawl was a soldier stationed at Hunter Army Airfield. Third ID officials say McCrawl was a private assigned to the 110th Quartermaster Battalion of the 3rd Sustainmen... http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25850223/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:26:53 -0400 WTOC 11 http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25850223/ BEAUFORT, SC (WTOC) - Many local boaters will be hitting the waterways this weekend for the July 4 holiday. To help keep boaters safe, the Department of Natural Resources will be out in full force, ch... http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25850222/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:26:49 -0400 WTOC 11 http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25850222/ , the bill aims to prevent embryo donors from later asserting legal rights to children born from adopted embryos (Bluestein, , 6/30). The bill's authors did not address whether an embryo is a person, ... http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25846489/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:31:43 -0400 Medical News Today http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25846489/ Eighty families showed up at the nearby Crisson Gold Mine last Tuesday to pan for gold, fun and, occasionally, profit. Midweek days last year, half that many families headed to the tourist spot 75 min... http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25847767/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:06:41 -0400 Associated Press http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25847767/ Kevin Brennan Published: July 3, 2009 This from the City of Port Wentworth: They will shut water service off in the I-95 and Highway 21 area from 7:30 PM until approximately 9:30 PM tonight to per... http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25847764/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:42:25 -0400 WSAV 3 http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25847764/ NAWA, Afghanistan — U.S. Marines moved into villages in Taliban strongholds in southern Afghanistan on Friday, meeting little resistance as they tried to win over local chiefs on the second day of t... http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25847763/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:17:10 -0400 Savannah Morning News http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25847763/ SAVANNAH, GA (WTOC) - A diesel spill slowed down traffic on Ogeechee Road Friday morning. Around 6am, Southside Fire crews responded to a diesel spill in the 5500 block of Ogeechee Road. About 20 to 3... http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25847765/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:53:47 -0400 WTOC 11 http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25847765/ SAVANNAH, GA (WTOC) - Savannah-Chatham police will be cracking down on window tint violations over the holiday weekend. Tinted windows in Georgia can be no darker than 29-percent and it cannot come do... http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25847766/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:53:44 -0400 WTOC 11 http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25847766/ Kim Gusby Published: July 3, 2009 Starting today and running through the holiday weekend, Savannah-Chatham Metro Police will be cracking down on window tent violations. In the state of Georgia af... http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25845334/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:10:16 -0400 WSAV 3 http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25845334/ A Georgian national who was tackled and disarmed of his gun by the owner of the shop he raided has been jailed for seven years at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.Pakur Pakurian, who has two other aliase... http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25844609/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:51:59 -0400 Breaking News.ie http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25844609/ LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. (AP) -- Police say a passer-by has found skeletal remains in a Lawrenceville creek bed, the second set of human bones found in Gwinnett County this week. Police spokeswoman Cpl. Il... http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25844868/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:47:37 -0400 News 11 http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25844868/ DECATUR, Ga. (AP) -- A man convicted of racketeering and violations of Georgia securities law has been sentenced to 10 years in prison followed by 10 years probation. Darryl Hicks was convicted Thurs... http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25844866/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:47:39 -0400 News 11 http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25844866/ Savannah-Chatham police will be operating radar hot spots along Islands Expressway today. The police department reminds all drivers that school zones are zero tolerance everyday. http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25845332/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:45:09 -0400 Savannah Morning News http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25845332/ LOS ANGELES — The question of when and where a public memorial service will be held for Michael Jackson has finally been answered. But how city officials will handle the likelihood of a massive crow... http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25845333/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:45:08 -0400 Savannah Morning News http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25845333/ ATLANTA - A 24-year-old man and a 17-year-old woman were shot around 12:30 am Friday at the 'Hidden Pines Apartments' on Cushman Circle. Police say the man was shot several times and is in critical c... http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25844867/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:47:39 -0400 News 11 http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25844867/ JACKSON, Miss. (AP) -- Corey Carter could hear snippets of music in his head - a calm and subtle melody that hadn't found its shape. The 19-year-old college student simply needed a hero to visualize b... http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25845335/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:35:56 -0400 Associated Press http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25845335/ Situation in the city of Gori, Georgia MOSCOW, June 3 (RIA Novosti) - Georgia's parliament could introduce a ban on all foreign movies being dubbed into Russian, Azerbaijan's Trend News agency reporte... http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25843805/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:26:22 -0400 RIA Novosti http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25843805/ Tonight's Picks Privileged - CW Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? - FOX Inside - PBS Star Wars V: The Empire Strikes Back - SPIKE Beowulf - SHO http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25845331/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:54:20 -0400 Cox.net http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25845331/ ATLANTA -- Atlanta's Margaret Mitchell House museum is planning a special celebration for the holiday weekend.On Saturday and Sunday, visitors will enjoy free admission to the museum, tours of Mitchel... http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25842852/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:34:57 -0400 Ledger-Enquirer http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25842852/ STATTS MILL, W.Va. (AP) -- Searchers have recovered the body of a Lawrenceville teenager who apparently drowned while swimming in a Jackson County lake. Jackson County Emergency Services Director Wal... http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25842381/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:20:59 -0400 News 11 http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25842381/ LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. (AP) -- Gwinnett County police say they seized 457 pounds of marijuana, arrested four men and confiscated five guns including an M16 and AK-47 assault rifles. Police said Thursday ... http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25842382/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:20:57 -0400 News 11 http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25842382/ FLINT TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) -- A Georgia-based company that hauls medium-duty trucks built at a doomed General Motors Corporation plant is laying off 115 to 120 workers. Most of those Allied Systems H... http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25842383/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:20:55 -0400 News 11 http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25842383/ JOHNS CREEK, Ga. (AP) -- Police say a 56-year-old man who was wounded during a shootout with officers in Johns Creek has died. Police say Gregory Wayne Keith died at Emory Johns Creek Hospital. A po... http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25842384/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:20:54 -0400 News 11 http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25842384/ RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- Suspended NFL star Michael Vick has submitted a revised bankruptcy plan that funnels more of his future earnings to creditors, though a judge did not immediately rule on the prop... http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25842385/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:20:52 -0400 News 11 http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25842385/ MOSCOW, July 3 (RIA Novosti) - Russian investigations into Georgia's attack on South Ossetia last August have found that the onslaught killed, injured or damaged the homes of a total of 5,315 people, ... http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25842232/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:00:12 -0400 RIA Novosti http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25842232/ Republican legislative leaders criticized Democratic Gov. Beverly Perdue Thursday for saying she didn't care which legislative tax plan was used to balance the state budget. http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25842849/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:58:14 -0400 News & Observer http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25842849/ CONCORD, N.H. -- Tomato plants have been removed from stores in half a dozen states as a destructive and infectious plant disease makes its earliest and most widespread appearance ever in the eastern ... http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25840304/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:08:08 -0400 Ledger-Enquirer http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25840304/ ATLANTA, GA, July 03, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- The Atlanta Business Chronicle has named JP Turner & Company, LLC one of Atlanta's Top 10 Brokerage Firms. The survey, which ranked firms by the number... http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25839754/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:50:13 -0400 24 / 7 Press Release http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25839754/ MOSCOW, July 2 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's Defense Ministry said on Thursday they were holding talks with Georgia on the return of a soldier who requested political asylum in Georgia after leaving his po... http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25839235/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:36:07 -0400 RIA Novosti http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25839235/ Tonight's Picks Privileged - CW Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? - FOX Inside - PBS Star Wars V: The Empire Strikes Back - SPIKE Beowulf - SHO http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25840302/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:01:11 -0400 Cox.net http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25840302/ This Independence Day marks the fifth year since the state legislature legalized sparklers and other nonexplosive fireworks in Georgia. Some Georgians still are griping that they can't legally get th... http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25837680/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:57:16 -0400 Athens Banner-Herald http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25837680/ When a revenue shortfall nearly forced the Athens-Clarke government to cancel Athens' annual July Fourth fireworks show at Bishop Park, smalltown fireworks organizers across the area kind of shook the... http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25837682/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:57:15 -0400 Athens Banner-Herald http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25837682/ Police have taken dozens of drunken drivers off Athens roadways this year by setting up sobriety checkpoints along busy thoroughfares on party nights. http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25837683/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:57:15 -0400 Athens Banner-Herald http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25837683/ ATLANTA - Former Georgia National Guard commander and Democratic gubernatorial candidate David Poythress is urging former Gov. Roy Barnes, a fellow Democrat, to "rethink" his decision to run for offic... http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25837685/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:57:12 -0400 Athens Banner-Herald http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25837685/ ATLANTA -- A year after a 9-0 record in Atlanta helped give Philadelphia momentum for its World Series championship run, three straight losses at Turner Field left the Phillies feeling flawed.Matt Dia... http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25837692/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:53:53 -0400 Ledger-Enquirer http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25837692/ A proposal for a new building in downtown Athens will go to the Athens-Clarke Commission in August after planners recommended approval Thursday. Athens architect Bob Segrest has proposed a four-story... http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25837686/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:57:12 -0400 Athens Banner-Herald http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25837686/ When it comes to drawing major employers, Athens has been the bridesmaid so many times, it's starting to seem like a bad romantic comedy. Carmakers Mercedes and BMW passed over Athens for Alabama and... http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25837684/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:57:14 -0400 Athens Banner-Herald http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25837684/ ATLANTA - A Fulton County jury has sentenced a man to death for carrying out a contract killing by strangling a young mother with a vacuum cleaner cord. http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25837689/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:57:12 -0400 Athens Banner-Herald http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25837689/ A meeting of Athens-Clarke commissioners and other officials Tuesday would have violated the state sunshine law if one more commissioner had shown up. http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25837687/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:57:13 -0400 Athens Banner-Herald http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9716d7590cce49d4/id/25837687/