Posted: 9:07 a.m. Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Arrests In Brutal MARTA Attack; Judge Rules For NFL Players; Cop's Wife Accused Of Theft
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- MARTA police have arrested three suspects in connection with the April 16 assault of two Delta flight attendents were headed to Hartsfield-Jackson Airport. Witnesses describe a large group of young people who jumped the men. One victim had a soda can smashed into his face and his wallet taken; the other was repeatedly punched in the face. Twenty- and 19-year-old brothers Zantavious and Jarquez Scott, along with a 16-year-old, are facing charges and more arrests are expected.
- Metro Atlanta got some bumps and bruises when strong pop-up storms barrelled through Monday. Nine metro counties report storm damage from lightning strikes to hail to downed trees to power outages. Residents of Arkansas are surveying damage this morning after violent storms tore through the state, leaving at least seven dead.
- A week after telling a Dallas TV reporter to "let me finish my answers," President Obama goes back on local television today with another round of interviews with stations in four cities--including Channel 2 Action News here in Atlanta. Justin Farmer will get seven minutes with the president in the Map Room at the White House.
- Federal judge Susan Richard Nelson lines up with the NFL players, granting an injunction to stop the seven-week-old lockout. The league is appealing. The players' union has told members to show up at team facilities ready for work today--and says that if they're denied access, that would be a violation of the judge's ruling. If the injunction is upheld on appeal, the NFL must resume business, although under what guidelines is uncertain--as both sides have been fighting over a new collective bargaining deal trying to split $9 billion worth of business.
- East Point Mayor Earnestine Pittman is angry that City Manager Crandell Jones granted a bunch of city workers unauthorized pay raises behind her back--and residents are afraid they'll take the hit as taxpayers. In an e-mail, Jones apologized, saying he didn't remember that last June, the City Council voted to suspend those pay increases. Still Jones hasn't yet moved to roll back the pay hikes. Pittman says, "He's acting as a rogue manager at this point."
- Clayton County Schools may finally get off probation after two years. A team from the accrediting agency SACS visits the district Wednesday and Thursday to see if the school system has earned its way back. The agency yanked the district's accreditation in 2008, citing its dysfunctional school board, and put them on probation the following year.
- The wife of an Alpharetta police captain is accused of stealing $12,000 from the Alpharetta High School booster club over the course of nearly a year. Although volunteer Patricia Harth's husband is not thought to be involved, he's been placed on administrative leave from the police department while the GBI investigates.
- The makers of electronic cigarettes can take a victory puff. The FDA agrees to regulate them as tobacco products instead of under stricter rules for drug-delivery devices. E-cigarettes heat a liquid nicotine solution in a disposable cartridge, creating vapor that the "smoker'' inhales.
- Nissan is recalling nearly 200,000 vehicles in the United States. The Pathfinders and Infiniti QX4s are susceptible to corrosion around the steering columns, which could cause a loss of control if the columns eventually break. The recall applies to Nissan Pathfinders from 1997 to 2003, as well as Infiniti QX4 models from 1998 to 2004. Nissan says it will do the repairs for free.
- Civil rights icon and Georgia Congressman John Lewis visits the Atlanta Press Club today as the nation prepares to mark the 50th anniversary of the Freedom Rides.
- The desecration of a Jesus statue at a Roswell church wasn't permanent as feared. Restoration expert John Morley raced to St. Peter Chanel when he heard the story, and cleaned off the neon-pink paint with solvent and graffiti remover. One of Jesus' fingers was broken in the restoration. Police are still looking for the vandal.
- Cobb County commissioners are expected to vote tonight to furlough county workers for five days as part of a move to close a $31 million budget shortfall. Cuts to CCT routes are also expected. Commission Chairman Tim Lee says he is planning to meet with a group concerned about the closure of the Fairground Road senior center that specializes in treating people with Alzheimer's--another victim of the budget cuts.
- The KISS 104.1 weather forecast: mostly to partly cloudy, with a breezy, humid high of 81 today. There's a 60% chance of strong thunderstorms late in the afternoon or evening with a low of 64 overnight.
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