(Tuesday, 25 November 2008)  DeKalb County has three "persons of interest" in an arsons probe; Michael Vick pleads guilty to state dogfighting charges in Virginia; some popular department stores are being sued for allegedly selling "fake furs" that really aren't.  Click here to read the latest KISS News Now!

• DeKalb County authorities probing up to a dozen suspicious fires along the Memorial Drive corridor may have caught a break with three people detained at a Clarkston apartment complex.  The trio were in a car which had been stolen from the scene of one of the arsons.  The fires were set over a 12-hour period starting Sunday afternoon; the targets included a church and a day care.
  
  
• Michael Vick appears in a Virginia courtroom today to finalize a plea agreement on state dogfighting charges.  It calls for a fine and three-year suspended sentence, and makes the 28-year-old eligible to serve part of his federal sentence on early release in a halfway house--and that could clear the way for him to start workouts with an NFL team.  A federal report which surfaced after the plea deal was finalized reveals that Vick sometimes put family pets in the ring with the Bad Newz Kennels pit bulls--because he "thought it was funny."
  
   
• The Humane Society is suing six major retailers--Dillard's, Lord & Taylor, Macy's, Neiman Marcus, Saks Fifth Avenue and designer Andrew Marc--for allegedly selling so-called faux fur products that weren't actually fake at all.  The complaint also alleges the stores marketed items as fox, raccoon or rabbit fur when they are actually "raccoon dog," which is an Asian canine species.  They've been documented to be skinned alive.  Sean Combs and Jay-Z are among the designers who have pulled items with raccoon dog from their clothing lines.
  
  
• Democratic leaders in Congress are moving to pass a massive economic recovery package that could be ready for Barack Obama to sign as soon as his first day in office.  The stimulus plan could cost more than $500 billion.  Meanwhile, former Georgia Governor Roy Barnes is said to be on the short list to become Obama's Education Secretary.
  
  
• A California man accused of driving to New Jersey to kill his estranged wife and another man in church is under arrest east of Atlanta.  A tipster led US Marshals to Joseph Pallipurath, who was found around midnight at a motel in Monroe, Georgia.  Relatives said his wife had fled an abusive, arranged marriage which had lasted about a year before she moved to live with a cousin in Jersey.
  
   
• Atlanta Police arrest the older brother of a 14-year-old girl who was shot in the face Sunday at their southwest Atlanta home on Susan Lane.  The 16-year-old boy had claimed an intruder shot his sister as she lay on the couch; police say as it turns out, he was playing with a gun when it fired.
  
  
• Pinched by the economy, GM ends its 10-year endorsement deal with Tiger Woods a year early.  Word is, the automaker wants to cut costs, and the golfer wants more personal time.
  
   
• Warren Sapp finds out tonight if he gets a mirror ball trophy to go with his Super Bowl ring in the Dancing With The Stars finale.  Alicia Keys also performs on the show tonight.
  
  
• The KISS 104.1 weather forecast:  sunny skies and a breezy high of 54.  Lows tonight, 25-32.  Wednesday, mostly sunny, high of 58.