Posted: 10:29 a.m. Monday, Dec. 7, 2009
Emotional Return To Atlanta For Vick; New Clue In Missing Mom Cold Case; Homeowner Kills Intruder
By Veronica Waters
- It was an emotional return to Atlanta for Eagles quarterback Michael Vick, who ran for one touchdown, and threw for another, as the Philadelphia Eagles beat the Falcons, 34-7. He was booed as he led the team onto the field pre-game, and was picked as a team captain by Coach Andy Reid--who Vick said had predicted that he would score two touchdowns this week. They were his first since 2006, and he won over the booing fans, who then chanted his name: "We want Vick! We want Vick!" Vick said he got tears in his eyes on the bus ride to the Georgia Dome--and the chants sent chills down his spine.
- Kasim Reed's 715-vote victory in the Atlanta mayoral race was certified Saturday. Reed is set to take office January 4. Mary Norwood is expected to file paperwork today forcing a recount.
- The GBI may have a break in the case of a missing single mother. The 38-year-old Kristi Cornwell disappeared August 11, while walking near her parents' home in Union County. Her boyfriend was on the phone with her and says Cornwell told him a car had pulled up; then there were sounds of a struggle and her yelling, "Don't take me!" before she vanished. Now, GBI agents may have a composite sketch of a suspect, after linking the case to an attempted kidnapping in Cherokee County; the victim there escaped.
- Oyster beds in San Antonio Bay in Texas have been shut down after an outbreak of Norovirus. The oysters are being recalled; some people in the Carolinas have gotten sick.
- Eight Gwinnett County students are charged with peddling pot at school. Seven of the eight North Gwinnett High students arrested are juveniles; the last suspect is 19-year-old Russell Ashworth, who faces a felony count of violating Georgia's Controlled Substance Act on school grounds. A school spokesman says the teens sold and traded drugs including marijuana and prescription drugs like Prozac.
- The Senate gears up for a showdown over whether to restrict women's access to abortion as part of health insurance reform. Backers seem unlikely to get 60 votes to support the amendment, which would ban federally subsidized insurance from covering abortion--even if the patient's premiums paid for the entire procedure.
- An Oklahoma 911 dispatcher listens in as a homeowner kills a home invader. The 57-year-old woman with a shotgun was awaiting police when a man who'd been banging on her door and yelling for someone named "Pat" threw patio furniture through her back glass door--and she put the phone down and reacted. The tape reveals the shotgun blast and some crashing sounds before the woman gets back on the phone, saying, "I hit him. God help me." Police later found the man's sister Patricia passed out from a booze and drug overdose. They're not saying whether they think the man was trying to rescue his sister when he broke into the wrong house.
- The makers of Zhu-Zhu Pets, this season's hot holiday toy, insist the robotic toy hamsters are safe--despite a warning from consumer group GoodGuide that the toys have elevated levels of a chemical fire retardant called antimony. The chemical, in high doses, has been linked to cancer. The CEO of Cepia Toys says as a father, he would never allow a substandard product onto store shelves.
- Atlanta homicide detectives are on the case as human remains are found in a southwest Atlanta sewer. Watershed workers were cleaning the drain near Harwell Road and Del Mar Lane Sunday when they found the decomposing body. It's been sent to the medical examiner to try and make an ID and determine the cause of death.
- The bank bailouts are more successful than first thought. A Treasury official says thanks to faster repayments by big banks and less spending on some of the programs, the bailout is now expected to cost a lot less--abour $140 billion, not the $341 billion estimated in August.
- A Brinks armored truck dumped a bunch of cash on I-75 in Clayton County Sunday. The truck crashed after an Acura struck the back of it, causing it to spin out and into the cement wall near the Mt. Zion exit. Another Brinks truck arrived to pick up the money. The drivers of both vehicles were treated at the hospital.
- The KISS 104.1 weather forecast: increasing cloudiness, and a high of 53; low tonight, 42.
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