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  • December 2007

    • Men Suspected of Carjacking Williams Caught

      Atlanta Journal-Constitution  |  Dec 17, 07 9:50 PM CST

      Men Suspected of Carjacking Williams Caught

      (Newser) - The two men believed to be responsible for stealing the car of the Atlanta Hawk’s Shelden Williams on Saturday are being charged with armed robbery. The 18-year-olds were arrested later Saturday at an Atlanta-area mall while attempting to rob someone else. Williams’ car was stolen outside his barbershop shortly before Atlanta game against Charlotte, reports the Atlanta Journal-Constitution . More »

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      basketball  • NBA  • Atlanta Hawks  • Atlanta  • carjacking  • Shelden Williams

    • Vick in Jail, Now Coach Will Bail

      Atlanta Journal-Constitution  |  Dec 11, 07 7:00 PM CST

      Vick in Jail, Now Coach Will Bail

      (Newser) - After 13 games as Atlanta Falcons' head coach, Bobby Petrino is done, sources tell ESPN. The former University of Louisville coach told his bosses today that he will return to college ball to be head coach at the University of Arkansas. Petrino signed a 5-year, $24 million contract prior to the 2007 season, when Michael Vick was still slated to be quarterback. More »

  • November 2007

    • Judge Draws Ire for Shelving Capital Trial

      New York Times  |  Nov 3, 07 7:18 PM CDT

      Judge Draws Ire for Shelving Capital Trial

      (Newser) - Judge Hilton Fuller has drawn ire for shelving a Georgia death penalty case, but other states are hitting the same snag: low funds for capital court costs, the New York Times reports. Georgia can’t afford the $1.2 million to defend Brian Nichols, charged with killing four in a 2005 courthouse shooting. Six other states can't afford capital trials, which need defenders to make “extraordinary efforts," the American Bar Association says. More »

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      California  • Texas  • US Supreme Court  • Georgia  • Louisiana  • death penalty  • North Carolina  • Utah  • New Jersey  • Atlanta  • American Bar Association

    • Water Runs Out In Tenn. Town

      Associated Press  |  Nov 2, 07 7:07 PM CDT

      Water Runs Out In Tenn. Town

      (Newser) - If the Southeast drought’s effects on Orme, Tenn., are a sign of things to come, folks in Atlanta should start scheduling their showers. The rural home to 145 people has run completely dry, and what water gets trucked in can be used only between 6 and 9 pm. This means citizens have to rush to get supper made, clothes washed, and baths drawn, the AP reports. More »

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      Atlanta  • Tennessee  • water  • Alabama  • drought  • Southeast  • emergency funding

  • October 2007

    • Freed Wilson Set on College

      CNN  |  Oct 27, 07 6:54 AM CDT

      Freed Wilson Set on College

      (Newser) - "I've got a new life," Genarlow Wilson said yesterday as he left prison after two years behind bars for a teen sex conviction. "You will not be disappointed," he vowed to his supporters. "I plan on succeeding in life." Wilson was released after the Georgia Supreme Court ruled yesterday that his 10-year sentence for consensual oral sex at age 17 with a 15-year-old girl was "cruel and unusual," CNN reports. More »

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      Georgia  • teenagers  • racism  • Atlanta  • Genarlow Wilson  • Rev. Al Sharpton

    • Kid Rock Jailed in Short Order After Waffle House Dustup

      Atlanta Journal-Constitution  |  Oct 22, 07 6:26 AM CDT

      Kid Rock Jailed in Short Order After Waffle House Dustup

      (Newser) - Singer Kid Rock raised the rafters at a sold-out concert to promote his latest CD in Atlanta and then was busted when he and his posse beat up a customer in a waffle house who was chatting up a woman in Rock's party, according to  police. He and his five cronies were charged with simple battery, a misdemeanor. More »

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      Atlanta  • Pamela Anderson  • Kid Rock

  • September 2007

    • Happy First Birthday, Mei Lan!

      Atlanta Journal-Constitution  |  Sep 7, 07 3:16 AM CDT

      Happy First Birthday, Mei Lan!

      (Newser) - Atlanta's Panda cub Mei Lan celebrated her first birthday yesterday, and her keepers invited local fans and Chinese dignitaries to her party. The guest of honor napped through the hoopla, even when the zoo president called the big day "one of the most significant" in the zoo's 118-year history. The festivities drew birthday wishes from as far away as London. More »

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      zoo  • Atlanta  • panda  • birthday  • Mei Lan

  • August 2007
  • July 2007

    • Franco Returns 'Home' to Atlanta

      Atlanta Journal-Constitution  |  Jul 20, 07 6:27 AM CDT

      Franco Returns 'Home' to Atlanta

      (Newser) - Giving new meaning to the term "senior circuit," 48-year-old Julio Franco returned to Atlanta last night and drove in two runs in a 10-1 rout of St. Louis. Cut loose by the Mets on July 12, Franco says he's glad to be "home" with the Braves, who won five division championships with the slugger before releasing him in 2005. More »

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      baseball  • New York Mets  • Atlanta Braves  • Atlanta  • NL East  • Bobby Cox

    • Atlanta QB Vick Indicted on Dogfighting Charges

      Atlanta Journal-Constitution  |  Jul 18, 07 5:31 AM CDT

      Atlanta QB Vick Indicted on Dogfighting Charges

      (Newser) - A federal grand jury formally accused Falcons star Michael Vick of sponsoring and governing a Virginia-based dogfighting ring, along with three other Virginia men. The operation was based on Vick's Surry County property, and the QB is alleged to have attended fights and personally overseen the execution of underachieving pit bulls by brutal means—including hanging, drowning, and electrocution. More »

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      NFL  • Michael Vick  • Atlanta Falcons  • Atlanta  • dogfighting

    • Georgia Execution Halted

      Atlanta Journal-Constitution  |  Jul 17, 07 5:46 AM CDT

      Georgia Execution Halted

      (Newser) - The execution of a convicted cop-killer was stayed in the final hours yesterday after seven of nine witnesses recanted their testimony and others admitted they lied to police. Troy Anthony Davis was scheduled to die today by lethal injection; the Georgia Parole Board granted him 90 days to prove his innocence, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. More »

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      Atlanta

    • Fellow Airline Passengers Sue TB Lawyer

      Atlanta Journal-Constitution  |  Jul 13, 07 4:37 AM CDT

      Fellow Airline Passengers Sue TB Lawyer

      (Newser) - Nine airline passengers are suing the Atlanta lawyer infected with a rare TB strain who flew to Europe for his wedding despite CDC warnings not to travel. The $1.3 million suit filed in Montreal claims Andrew Speaker recklessly exposed them to a deadly disease. The passengers, seven Canadians and two from the Czech Republic, flew from Prague to Montreal on Speaker's flight. More »

  • March 2007

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