A river and everything else runs through the Chattahoochee. The river is ripe with e-coli.  Experts say the incidence of bacteria is  42 times higher than the highest safe levels and that it will be weeks before the waterways are free and clean of sewage and other debris left by the floods.  Clean up crews are advised to wear protective gear before getting into the river for work.

It's back to school for students in Douglas and Paulding counties.  Schools re-opened this morning after last week's flooding.   School officials say because many roads remain closed, parents may need to walk students to the nearest bus stop and stay with them until the bus picks up.  Water, power and air conditioning have been restored to all schools, but until a boil water advisory ends, students will be provided bottled water.

The search has resumed for an unnamed Carroll County woman whose Jeep Liberty was swept away by flood waters. Authorities found the mangled vehicle near where Mobley Creek and the Dog River meet in Douglas county.

Georgia Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine has doubled his estimate on damage from last week's floods.  He no estimates losses at half a billion dollars. The state is vowing to find the money needed to repair damaged roads and bridges.  Nine Georgians lost their lives in the flooding.

The surviving children of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King return to court.  They continue to argue over who controls their late parents' estate.  Dexter King's latest charge is that Martin III and the Rev. Bernice King failed to tell him about a safety deposit box their mother kept which contain love letters to their father.

The letters, lyrics, and scrips from the late rapper Tupac Shakurwill be archived at the Atlanta University Center.Experts say the collection will enhance hip-hop studies, resarch and scholarship.  Shakur was murdered in 1996, but in death has released a half dozen albums of previously unpublished material.  A number of books have been written about him.

President Barack Obama, father to third-grader Sasha and sixth grader Malia says US students don't spend enough time in school. He is proposing either a longer school day or longer school year so that American students will be more competitive with students from other countries.

In the meantime, the President will join the First Lady in Denmark later this week to support Chicago's bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics.  Obama becomes the first U.S. president to take on such a direct role in lobbying for an Olympics event.

It will cost you more to go home for the holidays.  Many airlines, including Atlanta-based Delta Airlines are tacking on a $10 surcharge for travel on the Sunday after Thanksgiving and on January 2nd and 3rd.  Airlines which have not added the surcharge are Southwest and Continental.

Crude oil prices are trading below $66 a barrell.  Gas prices are also down, averaging $2.52 nationwide.  Gas is significantly cheaper in metro Atlanta.  A year ago, gas cost drivers more than $4 a gallon.

Wal-Mart is the face of America.  Nearly 50-percent of Americans surveyed in a 60 Minutes/Vanity Fair poll think Wal-Mart best symbolizes America today.  Runners up include Google, Microsoft, and the NFL.