Posted: 11:50 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2009
By Condace Pressley
Violence rocks an apartment complex in Sandy Springs. There was gunfire overnight at the 550 Abernathy apartments, but it took almost an hour for someone to call police. When the police arrived, investigators found two men had been shot and one was dead. A third wounded man turned up at Northside Hospital. He later died. Police believe the shootings are related.
She'd gone out to celebrate
her birthday. Today she's the 10th life lost in the Georgia
floods. Authorities in Douglas County have recovered the body of a 44 year old
woman from Whitesburg near the Dog Creek Dam. An autopsy will confirm the
remains are that of Debra Hooper.
A man is caught
molesting a 13-year-old girl in a Stone Mountain Park bathroom.
DeKalb County Sheriff's Deputy Ruth Stringer was off-duty, but soon realized
something wasn't right when she noticed a man in the ladies' room. Stringer
yelled for someone to call 9-1-1. GBI Agent Sara Thomas detained Patrick
Leithead until police arrived. He has been charged with aggravated child
molestation.
It'll be a while longer before
Snellville residents can buy a drink during Sunday brunch. The City Council has
put off plans for a November referendum on Sunday liquor sales. The vote is
being pushed back to January.
A new survey
finds its better to share the keys to the family car than to buy
your teen his or her own vehicle. Research in the Journal Pediatrics says families who set clear rules and limits about driving produce teens who are half
as likely to crash the family car, than those teens who get their own
rides.
There is a warning from the Food and
Drug Administration about Tamiflu and your children. The FDA says doctors
should prescribe the drug in milligrams and not teaspoons as the normally would
to avoid confusion in dosing and to match up to the measured syringe in the
drug's package.
Facebook pulls a poll asking if
President Obama should be assassinated. The social networking site says a user
posted the survey using one of the site's third party applications. Facebook
says it is cooperating with the Secret Service investigation.
You don't have to be of drinking age
to take off your clothes. The Georgia Supreme Court strikes down a City of
Atlanta ordinance barring strip club employees under the age of 21. Dancers at
the Cheetah contested the 2007 law. Their attorney, Alan Begner now says girls
18-20 now have full right-to-work status at Atlanta's Adult Clubs. The still
can't drink until they turn 21.
Despite
assurances that it would be more "girls gone mild" than "Girls
Gone Wild," the city of Rome has revoked permission to bring the event to town
next month. Rome's alcohol commission says the event would violate the cities
adult entertainment ordinance.
To see a victim of the recession, just look next door. New Census Bureau figures say some 26-thousand metro Atlanta families fell below the poverty level in 2008. The families are made up of two parents and at least one child. The increase is up 20-percent from the year before.
A tent city of homeless sex offenders
in Marietta may have to move even though the location behind an office park
is the only place that does not violate Georgia's sex offender law. The nine
men were told to go to the camp behind the Kennestone Circle Office Park by
their parole officers. The state Department of Transportation says the men may have to move.
Clayton County's mass transit system faces a budget crisis that's likely to cost commuters more money. C-Tran is operated by MARTA on a budget developed by the county. Officials say there's not enough money to operate the system. A public hearing next week could result in service cuts, fare
increases and a temporary surcharge that could cost riders more than 3
dollars to ride the bus.
CNN debuts a new iPhone application today with a number of new features including live news video and your opportunity to become a CNN iReporter. The app, available today at the iTunes store will cost users $1.99. CNN becomes the first of the major news organizations to charge users for content.
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