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Posted: 9:52 a.m. Monday, Oct. 26, 2009

UPS Worker Allegedly Stole Weed; No Baby Einstein? Get Money Back 

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By Veronica Waters

  • An Atlanta UPS manager is in trouble with the feds over a stolen box of marijuana.  Prosecutors say 33-year-old Anna Wright was supposed to be on the lookout for a package which authorities had been tipped may contain contraband.  Instead of reporting the box when it came, Wright allegedly took it herself--then sold the several pounds of pot inside for profit, and lied about the missing box when she was questioned. Each of the charges against her carries a max of five years.

  • Gas prices are surging upward.  The average price of gasoline nationwide has jumped 17.8 cents over the last two weeks to $2.66 a gallon.  Analyst Trilby Lundberg says it's "entirely crude oil at work," as speculative  investors drive up prices.  The latest survey by AAA shows regular unleaded gas in metro Atlanta averages $2.55 a gallon.  That's 23 cents higher than a month ago, but the same price we were paying this time last year.

  • You can't fight city hall, but you can break in nearby.  Brazen burglars smashed their way into a popular eatery just down the block from Atlanta City Hall early this morning, throwing a brick through the windows at Mama Mia's pizzeria on Central Avenue and grabbing three 64-inch flat-screen TVs.  They left a fourth on the wall.  The owner says he has surveillance cameras, but none of them trained on that part of the restaurant.

  • Gwinnett County is reintroducing talk of a property tax increase; county commissioners think residents want services restored.  A proposed 2.28 mill increase would bring in $31.3 million, which could fund all county libraries, three fire stations, 58 cops and keep the courts running.  The math would equal about up to $25 extra a month for the average taxpayer.

  • Don't have a baby genius in your house?  Get a refund.  Disney is offering parents who bought Baby Einstein videos, hoping to cultivate a little mastermind, their money back.  Disney no longer claims the videos are educational for kids under two.  The refund offer applies to up to four Baby Einstein DVDs bought from June 5, 2004-September 5, 2009.  You have until March 2010 to apply for your money back.

  • ESPN fires baseball analyst Steve Phillips over his affair with a young staffer, saying his ability to be an effective on-air presence has been "irreparably damaged."  Phillips has gone into rehab to "address his personal issues," according to his rep.  Marni Phillips called police Aug. 19 when she came home to find 22-year-old Brooke Hundley in her Wilton, Connecticut driveway, saying, "I have a crazy woman who is involved with my husband, and she's come to my house to harm me and my children."  Hundley allegedly contacted the Phillips' teen son through Facebook to get information about the family.

  • The mother of the Colorado "balloon boy" has confessed to the hoax in an affidavit.  Mayumi Heene reportedly told police that the balloon wasn't an ongoing project, as her husband had claimed, but that it was created specifically for this stunt; that they knew Falcon was safe all along; and that the parents had coached their kids to lie.

  • The KISS 104.1 weather forecast:  increasing cloudiness, high around 67.  Monday night, lows 48-53.  Tuesday, some rain is likely mostly in the afternoon and evening, with chilly highs up to 60.

 
 
 

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