Posted: 12:19 p.m. Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Deadly Storms; Dad Sentenced For Tattooing Toddler; OT Bad For The Heart
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- Destruction, damage, and death in the wake of strong north Georgia storms. In Butts County, a sleeping father and son were killed when a tree fell into their home. At least six people are dead across the southeast, several of them in Georgia. Chaos and a screaming crowd were the story Monday night in downtown Atlanta, when wrestling fans flowed out of Philips Arena only to see what looked like a tornado spinning down the street. They banged on the doors and windows until security guards let them back inside to take cover. So far, no tornadoes have been confirmed. At the height of the storm, 187,000 Georgia Power customers were without electricity. Crews hope to have everyone back online by midnight.
- A tattooed toddler's dad gets a slap on the wrist for inking his tot's shoulder. Eugene Ashley, 26, was arrested in 2009 after a DFACS worker saw "DB" tattooed on the three-year-old boy. "DB" stands for "Daddy's Boy." Ashley gets a year's probation and a $300 fine after pleading guilty to tattooing a child under the age of 18.
- A DeKalb County triple murder investigation lands a 21-year-old in jail, accused of fatally stabbing his mother and brothers. Eugene McCoy was arrested after the sole survivor--his teenaged sister--fingered him as the killer. McCoy's mother had a restraining order on him, and a family friend says she had called the police about him in the past saying "something is wrong with him." An AJC reporter actually found the bloody knife, still of the Rockland Road house.
- In KISS news about your health: overtime may be good for your wallet, but it is bad for the heart. People who work 11 hours a day are 67% more likely to develop heart disease than those who put in a seven- or eight-hour day. British researchers conducted an 11-year study that did not include manual laborers. They call it "a wakeup call for people who overwork themselves."
- Cobb County Superior Court Judge Jim Bodiford is recuperating after open-heart surgery. The 61-year-old went in for a stress test last week, and doctors found four blocked arteries. His wife says the surgery could not have gone better; he's expected to be away from the bench for the next six weeks.
- Inspections are ordered on older 737s worldwide after a frightening emergency landing for a Southwest plane. A five-foot-long hole ripped open in a jet's passenger cabin roof area Friday. So far, cracks have been found in three more planes.
- Will and Jaden Smith pursued "Happyness" in a 2006 film; now, father and son have successfully pursued another pair of leading movie roles. They have been cast now in an as-yet-untitled project about a boy who tries to save himself and his estranged dad after their ship crashes on an abandoned Earth 1,000 years in the future. M. Night Shyamalan directs.
- Two Mormon missionaries are stuck up at gunpoint. They were in Augusta, talking to a man about baptism, when he pulled a gun on them and took off with their purses. He ran off with their drivers' licences, a cell phone, a camera and the Book of Mormon.
- Do you say you're addicted to chocolate? Medical tests may prove you right. MRIs revealed that certain women who were shown photographs of chocolate milkshakes showed the same brain activity as those who are addicted to alcohol or drugs. These are women who have unhealthy food fixations. Other women did not have the same response. The women with the unhealthy patterns also tend to overeat in order to stimulate the reward center of the brain.
- The eldest son of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. says that if father hadn't been killed 43 years ago Monday, he would be fighting to protect collective bargaining rights. At the time of his death, Dr. King was in Memphis, Tenn., supporting a strike of black municipal sanitation workers.
- The Connecticut Huskies are national champions for the third time in men's basketball after Kemba Walker scored 16 points in a 53-41 win over Butler. Five UConn students were among a dozen people arrested celebrating the Huskies' NCAA title win. A sofa and a couple of Dumpsters were set on fire, a car was overturned, and some in the crowd threw bottles at responding state troopers.
- The KISS 104.1 weather forecast: partly cloudy, windy high of 58.
About Veronica Waters
Veronica Waters is the morning news anchor on KISS 104.1 and B-98.5FM. She is also an anchor and reporter for 95.
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