Provides the latest RSS feeds for Atlanta News. 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/ffe56b8f30c50146/ en-us Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:35:08 -0500 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:35:08 -0500 30 (END/2011) (APN) ATLANTA -- At the Wednesday, December 14, 2011, meeting of the Transportation Committee of the City Council of Atlanta, Councilwoman Felicia Moore (District 9) took issue with ... http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ffe56b8f30c50146/id/203252322/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:18:36 -0500 Atlanta Progressive News http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ffe56b8f30c50146/id/203252322/ The Atlanta Falcons today signed running back Dimitri Nance to a reserve/future contract. Nance, 5-10, 219 pounds, was signed by the Falcons as a college free agent on April 26, 2010. He was later ... http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ffe56b8f30c50146/id/203252321/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:18:04 -0500 Atlanta Falcons http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ffe56b8f30c50146/id/203252321/ SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. - He has two Super Bowl rings and a victory on Dancing with the Stars, but Hines Ward has a dream of returning to the University of Georgia to ... http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ffe56b8f30c50146/id/203252318/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:16:20 -0500 11 Alive http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ffe56b8f30c50146/id/203252318/ LAS VEGAS - Republican front-runner Mitt Romney cruised to victory in the Nevada caucuses Saturday night. The former Massachusetts governor held a double-digit lead over his nearest pursuer. Newt ... http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ffe56b8f30c50146/id/203250807/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 08:41:25 -0500 11 Alive http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ffe56b8f30c50146/id/203250807/ A Georgia university plans to ban smoking on its Savannah campus later this year. Administrators at Armstrong Atlantic State University says smoking, chewing tobacco and all other tobacco use will ... http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ffe56b8f30c50146/id/203250808/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 08:24:26 -0500 Washington Examiner http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ffe56b8f30c50146/id/203250808/ This worker high atop a hydraulic lift makes some final checks to the lighting system at the North Stand at the Queen's Park Savannah in ... http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ffe56b8f30c50146/id/203249506/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 07:09:55 -0500 Newsday http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ffe56b8f30c50146/id/203249506/ (APN) ATLANTA -- The US House of Representatives has voted to ban what appear to be a wide array of synethic cannabinoid strains, some which may have been used in herbal incense products in stores ... http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ffe56b8f30c50146/id/203249863/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 06:53:33 -0500 Atlanta Progressive News http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ffe56b8f30c50146/id/203249863/ (END/2011) (APN) ATLANTA -- Outwrite bookstore, Midtown Atlanta's iconic gay bookstore, will be leaving its10th and Piedmont location within the next few weeks, signaling a key milestone in ... http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ffe56b8f30c50146/id/203249864/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 06:53:30 -0500 Atlanta Progressive News http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ffe56b8f30c50146/id/203249864/ During the APD response to Occupy Atlanta protesters, one officer literally rode his motorcycle into a group of protesters, causing outrage and a bit of a show-down, according to a video of the ... http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ffe56b8f30c50146/id/203249865/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 06:53:29 -0500 Atlanta Progressive News http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ffe56b8f30c50146/id/203249865/ ATLANTA, Georgia, Oct 26, 2011 (IPS) - "Innocence matters" is one of the slogans used by activists opposing the U.S. state of Georgia's execution of Troy Davis, up until the day the ... http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ffe56b8f30c50146/id/203249867/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 06:53:22 -0500 Atlanta Progressive News http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ffe56b8f30c50146/id/203249867/ (END/2011) (APN) ATLANTA -- The Atlanta Progressive News Board of Directors has issued the following endorsements for the upcoming General Election on November 08, 2011. ATLANTA PUBLIC SCHOOLS ... http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ffe56b8f30c50146/id/203249868/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 06:53:20 -0500 Atlanta Progressive News http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ffe56b8f30c50146/id/203249868/ (APN) ATLANTA -- Activists from Georgia Women's Action for New Directions and other organizations have been lobbying US Sen. Johnny Isakson (R-GA), who sits on the Foreign Relations Committee, ... http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ffe56b8f30c50146/id/203249869/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 06:53:07 -0500 Atlanta Progressive News http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ffe56b8f30c50146/id/203249869/ ATLANTA, Georgia, May 30 (IPS/IFEJ) - In the face of an economic system which seems to be premised on environmental harm and profit-driven growth, a handful of communities across the U.S. and the ... http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ffe56b8f30c50146/id/203249870/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 06:52:57 -0500 Atlanta Progressive News http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ffe56b8f30c50146/id/203249870/ (APN) ATLANTA -- A three-judge federal panel ruled October 27, 2008, that Georgia should have sought approval from the U.S. Department of Justice before using Social Security and driver's ... http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ffe56b8f30c50146/id/203249871/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 06:52:53 -0500 Atlanta Progressive News http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ffe56b8f30c50146/id/203249871/ (APN) ATLANTA -- Members of the Fulton/DeKalb Hospital Authority (FDHA) exploratory committee and ad hoc advisory group met Tuesday, October 30, 2007, to discuss possible funding solutions to the ... http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ffe56b8f30c50146/id/203249872/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 06:52:47 -0500 Atlanta Progressive News http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ffe56b8f30c50146/id/203249872/ ATLANTA, Georgia, Dec 30, 2011 (IPS) - Civil liberties groups and many citizen activists are outraged over language in the National Defense Authorization Act of 2011 (NDAA) that appears to lay the ... http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ffe56b8f30c50146/id/203246474/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:22:13 -0500 Atlanta Progressive News http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ffe56b8f30c50146/id/203246474/ ATLANTA, Georgia, Dec 14, 2011 (IPS) - When Vandy Beth Glenn, a transgender woman formerly known as Mr. Glenn Morrison, told her supervisors at the Georgia state legislature where she served as a ... http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ffe56b8f30c50146/id/203246475/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:22:10 -0500 Atlanta Progressive News http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ffe56b8f30c50146/id/203246475/ (END / 2011) (APN) ATLANTA -- Kwabena Nkromo, a community activist who recently announced his intention to run in the November 2011 Special Election for a vacancy in the Atlanta Public Schools Board ... http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ffe56b8f30c50146/id/203246477/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:22:00 -0500 Atlanta Progressive News http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ffe56b8f30c50146/id/203246477/ Atlanta Falcons Cheerleader Brandy K. is in Hawaii this week as she was chosen to be the Falcons’ representative on the Pro Bowl Cheerleading team. Before she left, we equipped Brandy with a ... http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ffe56b8f30c50146/id/203246473/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:21:35 -0500 Atlanta Falcons http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ffe56b8f30c50146/id/203246473/ GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. - Fire officials are investigating a deadly house fire which happened on Flowery Branch Road near Pilgrim Road just north of Auburn on Saturday evening. Lt. Eric Eberly with ... http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ffe56b8f30c50146/id/203243927/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:59:36 -0500 Fox 5 http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ffe56b8f30c50146/id/203243927/ ATLANTA - Dozens of protestors gathered in Downtown Atlanta to protest the United State's intervention in Iran. Saturday's protest was part of a national day of ... http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ffe56b8f30c50146/id/203240649/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:15:19 -0500 Fox 5 http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ffe56b8f30c50146/id/203240649/ Former Atlanta Falcons defensive end Chris Doleman was announced today as a member of the 2012 enshrinement class of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, marking the second year in a row a former Falcon ... http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ffe56b8f30c50146/id/203240645/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:00:30 -0500 Atlanta Falcons http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ffe56b8f30c50146/id/203240645/ Falcons head coach Mike Smith held his final Monday news conference of the season and announced that defensive coordinator Brian VanGorder had accepted a position as the defensive coordinator at ... http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ffe56b8f30c50146/id/203240646/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:00:22 -0500 Atlanta Falcons http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ffe56b8f30c50146/id/203240646/ The Tigers (13-10, 7-2 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference) jumped out to a 23-8 lead with 7:09 elapsed and led 41-27 at halftime. The Bulldogs (4-18, 0-9) opened the second half on a 15-4 run, capped ... http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ffe56b8f30c50146/id/203240648/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:40:00 -0500 USA Today http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ffe56b8f30c50146/id/203240648/ Nancy Pension, 43, was reported missing Friday morning. Her family said she left for work in Kennesaw on Thursday, dropped off her child at daycare and did not come ... http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ffe56b8f30c50146/id/203239214/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:25:44 -0500 Fox 5 http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ffe56b8f30c50146/id/203239214/ ATLANTA - A couple of dollars could lead to whopping $200 million in Saturday's Powerball drawing. No one matched all six numbers plus the Powerball on Wednesday. Wednesday's numbers 8 - ... http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ffe56b8f30c50146/id/203239215/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:25:42 -0500 Fox 5 http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ffe56b8f30c50146/id/203239215/ The Athens Banner-Herald reports that 47-year-old Avery Christopher Bradford was sentenced Friday, two weeks after a Clarke County jury convicted him of rape, aggravated assault, aggravated sodomy ... http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ffe56b8f30c50146/id/203239216/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:25:39 -0500 Fox 5 http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ffe56b8f30c50146/id/203239216/ ATLANTA - Three military veterans who now serve in the Georgia Senate are proposing legislation aimed at helping soldiers make the transition back into civilian life after returning from the wars in ... http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ffe56b8f30c50146/id/203239217/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:25:37 -0500 Fox 5 http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ffe56b8f30c50146/id/203239217/ ATLANTA - Georgia activists say they're glad to see House leaders pushing to restore some powers to the state ethics commission, but they would like to see additional improvements left out of ... http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ffe56b8f30c50146/id/203239218/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:25:34 -0500 Fox 5 http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ffe56b8f30c50146/id/203239218/ GAINESVILLE, Fla. - The lives of the 11 people killed in last weekend's chain-reaction crashes on Interstate 75 in Florida were so diverse that the groups probably never would have encountered ... http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ffe56b8f30c50146/id/203239219/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:25:31 -0500 Fox 5 http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ffe56b8f30c50146/id/203239219/ ATLANTA - Campaign fundraising reports show that Georgians are opening their wallets wider for Mitt Romney than they are for Newt Gingrich, who represented the state in Congress for more than two ... http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ffe56b8f30c50146/id/203239220/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:25:29 -0500 Fox 5 http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ffe56b8f30c50146/id/203239220/ The Candler School of Theology is hosting a conference called "The Singing Church: Current Practices and Emerging Trends in Congregational Song" March 19 to 21. Organizers say the ... http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ffe56b8f30c50146/id/203239221/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:25:27 -0500 Fox 5 http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ffe56b8f30c50146/id/203239221/ Last week's blog entry from yours truly is a classic example of the need to employ a second set of eyes before submitting your thoughts to the world wide web. There was nothing wrong with the ... http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ffe56b8f30c50146/id/203239213/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:10:00 -0500 11 Alive http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ffe56b8f30c50146/id/203239213/ Smyrna, GA -- A 9-year-old boy from Smyrna is safe at home after giving his family and police quite a scare overnight. Kevin Perez was first reported missing from the Carriage House Apartments on ... http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ffe56b8f30c50146/id/203236013/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:58:28 -0500 11 Alive http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ffe56b8f30c50146/id/203236013/ Smyrna, GA -- The outcomes were very different, but the search for a missing boy in Smyrna on Saturday was influenced by the abduction and murder of Jorelys Rivera, 7, in December. "That case ... http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ffe56b8f30c50146/id/203236012/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:58:22 -0500 11 Alive http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ffe56b8f30c50146/id/203236012/ The site has a listing that indicates whether the item for sale is new, in an opened box, or being sold as is. Discounts vary from 40 to 70 ... http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ffe56b8f30c50146/id/203236014/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:58:18 -0500 11 Alive http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ffe56b8f30c50146/id/203236014/ Dunwoody, GA -- On the third Friday of every month, the cafeteria at Dunwoody Elementary School fills with dozens of dads and their kids for a program called All Pro Dads, founded by former NFL ... http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ffe56b8f30c50146/id/203232364/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 09:04:48 -0500 11 Alive http://story.atlantaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ffe56b8f30c50146/id/203232364/