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Fulton Co. couple gets life for killing 2 -year-old
A Fulton County couple will serve life in prison, for what they did to her two-year- old boy. Twenty-five-year-old Nikita Moore and her boyfriend, 27-year-old Reginald Johnson, were convicted in Fulton County Superior Court of murder, aggravated assault and battery and child cruelty in the death of Makel Moore-Thompkins. When ...
Study finds religious persons most charitable
A new report by the Chronicle of Philanthropy finds people who live in states where religious participation is highest tend to give the most to charity. Utah tops the list, with a median contribution of $5,255. Georgia is number eight, at just under $3,400. The New England states are the ...
New survey shows it’s costing more to keep money in bank
It’s costing more and more money to keep your own money in the bank. A new survey by moneyrates.com finds the average daily balance you need to avoid a monthly fee is up more than $850 to almost $4,500. Some people are switching to credit unions, but fewer of them ...
Advocates welcome Ralston's change of heart
House Speaker David Ralston says he had a change of heart on lobbyist gifts to legislators. Ralston told the AJC that a simple cap on the value of those gifts would do little to stem the influence of special interests, so he said he will propose to end the practice ...
Gwinnett fugitive arrested in Mexico
A man wanted for killing a three-year-old girl in Gwinnett County more than five years ago has finally been apprehended. Christian Vasquez was arrested Tuesday in Puebla, Mexico, in a joint effort between Mexican police and the FBI office at the American embassy there. Gwinnett police say he killed the ...
Erickson: "The governor has a real chance to lead"
After all the money and political capital spent trying to get the TSPLOST passed, it lost by a 2-1 margin. It failed in nine of the 12 districts where it appeared on the ballot. So where do we go from here? WSB talk show host Erick Erickson thinks Georgia Governor ...
Opinions on gun control remain same
The movie theater massacre in Colorado has at least one thing in common with previous high-profile shootings: it hasn't changed any minds about gun control. The Pew Research Center's Michael Dimock says 47 percent of those they surveyed favor more control over gun ownership, while 46 percent are more concerned ...
It's all about guy stuff
It's the latest in supermarket product placement: an entire aisle devoted to guy stuff, and you may start seeing it soon at your favorite store. Right now it's an end cap to one of the aisles at the West Side Market in Manhattan, featuring manly staples like beef jerky, Doritos, ...
Drought expected to raise your grocery bill
The drought that has more than half the country sweating is expected to bring higher prices at the grocery store, and dairy products may be the first to rise. U.S. Agriculture Department of Agriculture economist Roger Hoskin says with crops roasting in the fields, feed prices will rise, meaning lower ...
I.C.E. investigating foreign nationals in flight school
Could flight schools in this country be unwittingly training foreign students to carry our terrorist attacks, as some did before 9/11? Stephen Lord with the General Accountability Office told a House Homeland Security subcommittee this morning they discovered that 25 foreign nationals the Immigration and Customs Enforcement office investigated at ...
Lake Lanier ranger attacked
A Suwanee man could face federal charges for allegedly slugging an Army Corps of Engineers ranger at Lake Lanier. Twenty-four year-old Charlie Jordan faces a felony charge of obstructing an officer over the incident Sunday afternoon at Burton Mill Park. Sgt. Stephen Wilbanks of the Hall County Sheriff's Office says ...
Reactor costs soaring at Plant Vogtle
Cost overruns on the two new nuclear reactors being built at Plant Vogtle are raising concerns that Georgia Power customers will end up paying higher bills. That’s what happened when the first two reactors were built in the 80's. Those reactors’ original cost estimate of $660 million ballooned to $8 ...
Sadow: Serious problems with Crowell's traffic stop
Former UGA running back Isaiah Crowell is now an Alabama State Hornet, as his lawyer handles the criminal charges he faces in Athens. Famed Atlanta defense attorney Steve Sadow says he has serious problems with how police handled last Friday's traffic stop on the UGA campus. "There were five individuals ...
Airlines improving customer service
The airline industry is doing a little better than last year when it comes to customer satisfaction, but that still leaves plenty of room for improvement. David Van Amburg with the American Customer Satisfaction Index says fares are the biggest concern for air travelers - understandable when they're this high: ...
Marietta teen charged with rape
A 16 year old Marietta boy has been charged with raping a woman after breaking into her apartment; the victim helped police track the suspect down. The teenager forced his way into the woman's unit at the Cinnamon Ridge Apartments on Franklin Road around 5 yesterday morning, as she was ...
Youth football organization works to reduce injuries
The country's oldest and biggest youth football organization is taking a big step toward reducing head injuries. Pop Warner Football, where many boys learn the game, is taking the lead in trying to reduce the risk of concussions, which may set an example at higher levels. Beginning this fall, the ...
Youth football initiative to reduce head injuries
Pop Warner Football, where many boys learn the game, is taking the lead in trying to reduce the risk of concussions, which may set an example at higher levels. Beginning this fall, the nation's oldest and largest youth football organization will limit contact to a third of practice time, and ...
Will gas prices stay low?
We've been getting a big break at the gas pump in recent weeks, but could this week's OPEC meeting reverse that trend? Crude is currently trading at around $83 a barrel, down almost 25 percent in the past month. Some OPEC countries, including Iran, are pushing production cutbacks to drive ...
Father: Nanny to blame for drowning of 5-year-olds
The father of one of two 5-year-old girls who drowned in a Paulding County pool says the nanny is "100 percent responsible." Eduardo Juarez told Mundo Hispanico that the girls should never have been outside. Jurarez says they went into the backyard while the nanny was on the phone. ...
Two 5-year-old girls drown in pool in Paulding Co.
Two little girls drown in a backyard swimming pool in Paulding County, and the grandmother of one of the girls faces charges. 5 year old Mia Penoyer of Gwinnett County was visiting her grandmother, a live-in housekeeper for the Juarez family on Mirage Lane in Dallas. Mia was playing with ...
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