Posted: 10:54 a.m. Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Cobb May Close Libraries; Weaves Tied To Balding; City Says 'No' To Freaknik Revival
- Severe weather causes storm damage, but no injuries across metro Atlanta and north Georgia. Around a dozen counties report trees down. The storms that moved across north Georgia during the night are moving out of the state, and there is a wind advisory in effect for us today.
- Cobb County commissioners looking to cut costs are set to vote today on a plan to increase taxes to fund public safety while shutting down most of the county's branch libraries. Only four would remain open. The county's got a $32 million shortfall.
- A bipartisan majority in the state House okays a measure giving the governor the power to reshape the Atlanta school board. Lawmakers who supported the bill say its about doing what's best for the children. The bill also restructures the DeKalb School Board. The Senate still must okay the bill before the end of the session this week.
The House also wants a say in teacher layoffs. They have given thumbs-up to a bill that would make local school districts put performance ahead of seniority in deciding who keeps their jobs and gets let go. - In KISS news about your health: a study ties black women's hair loss to hair extensions. Hair extensions can cause permanent hair loss. Researchers in Ohio say very tight braiding or weaving inflames the hair follicles, leading to scarring and a type of balding called alopecia that could spread from the top of the scalp to the rest. The researchers say more than half the black women studied who had scarring hair loss wore braids, weaves or extensions, compared to a third of those with less severe hair loss. Angela Kyei of the Cleveland Clinic also says there could be other contributing causes. The research showed that women with type 2 diabetes, and women with bacterial scalp infections, were more likely to have scarring hair loss.
- In life, Paul Arason loved attention. In death, he is getting the close-up kind. The 95-year-old man agreed that after he died, he would donate his penis to a friend who runs a penis museum in Iceland. The man's pickled member will join an extensive collection of other mammals' organs including whale, bear, seal, and others at the Phallological Museum. This will be the first human specimen at the museum. www.phallus.is.
- There are few chances for do-overs in life. A federal court has ruled that is also the case for the Winklevoss twins, Tyler and Cameron, who were challenging a settlement over the profits of Facebook. They'd agreed to $20 million cash plus stock when they struck the deal with Mark Zuckerberg back in 2008, but have since claimed they were shorted on the stock's value--and the deal is now worth $160 million. A California court ruled against them, saying they knew what they were agreeing to when they signed.
- A 21-year-old woman is under arrest in Houston County, accused of helping rob a lemonade stand. Three girls were selling lemonade Saturday afternoon to raise money for a hospitalized toddler who has to have an operation. A couple approached the girls and talked to them about their lemonade stand before snatching a jar holding $150 and running off. The woman has been caught but the man is still at large.
- A Clayton County man fed up with his neighbor's Chihuahua using his lawn for a restroom shoots the little guy in the behind with his BB gun. Robert Hohenberger says he only put the pellet in the pup because his neighbor wouldn't put Casey on a leash or scoop up his poop. He points out he didn't try to kill him, just shot him in his rear end. The dog now walks with a limp; Hohenberger has an animal cruelty charge.
- Two former University of San Diego basketball players and a coach are under federal indictment for a points-shaving plot. USD's all-time leading scorer, Brandon Johnson; former player Brandon Dowdy; and ex-assistant coach Thaddeus Brown. The indictment claims they ran a bribery ring to influence the outcome of games. The men, along with seven others, are accused of operating an illegal bookmaking business and selling marijuana--then using the proceeds from that to bribe players and then bet on games in Las Vegas.
- Freaknik's revival is dead before arrival. Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed's chief of staff has denied a permit for an event this weekend to be named "iFreaknik." Candace Byrd said that organizer DaVinci Barcelo's application misrepresented the number of people he was expecting. Barcelo claimed there would be 250 people or fewer, which would not require hiring police to monitor the place. But when Barcelo promoted the event, he said there would be "thousands" of attendees, so Byrd denied the application, citing his "grossly inaccurate" information.
- The KISS 104.1 weather forecast: mostly sunny, gusty winds, high near 70, lows tonight in the mid-40s.
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