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Posted: 11:22 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012

Woman's Body Found; Pres. Obama Ordered to GA Courtroom; Oscar Nods for 'The Help 

By Veronica Waters

Autopsy results are expected today on the decomposing remains of a black female, found wedged under a tree in southwest Atlanta Monday afternoon. Speculation is that it is Stacey English, the 36-year-old Buckhead woman who vanished the night after Christmas. Men hunting for tire rims found the body off St. John's Avenue. One woman in the neighborhood said it looked as if the body "had been placed there" and one of the men who discovered the remains said "It looked like it might have been stuffed."

The Fulton County medical examiner says that the body is "consistent in age" with English, and as of mid-afternoon was seeking her medical and dental records to compare in hopes of identifying the body.

English's family came out to the area, which was in the same vicinity of where her car was found running after her disappearance. Her aunt, Bernice Hursk, said even if it's not her niece's body, "I still have to be sad because it’s somebody else’s child.”

After bringing an ethics complaint against fellow member Trinia Garrett, the Clayton County School Board effectively dismisses it. The board voted 5-2 that she'd violated the ethics code by downloading porn onto her district-issued laptop; six votes were needed to carry the motion. Garrett insisted that she had not downloaded the pornography. A computer forensics expert said that he could not tell who had put it on the machine but that it couldn't have been done accidentally.

President Obama has been orderedto appear in a Georgia courtroom this Thursday to answer a new lawsuit from the birthers. This time, they are not challenging his Hawaiian birth certificate; instead, they're contending that his father wasn't a natural-born citizen so he can't be one either--even though his mother was. They're taking the case before the court that oversees ballot disputes in Georgia, and a judge said the president must appear. The group is hoping to have the president's name taken off the primary ballot this March.

The nation's five biggest mortgage lenders agree to a $25 billion settlement over claims they put people out of their homes with shady foreclosures. In the worst cases, Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo, Citibank and Ally Financial failed to verify foreclosure documents and robo-signed contracts no one had bothered to read. Those who lost their homes are not likely to get them back, but the ones eligible for assistance could get checks averaging $1,800 apiece.

President Barack Obama will try to corral the sympathies of middle-class when he delivers his State of the Union address to Congress tonight. The president has offered signals about his speech, telling campaign supporters he wants an economy "that works for everyone, not just a wealthy few."

One analyst says tonight's State of the Union speech will be "at least as much a political speech as a governing speech." Bill Galston, a former Clinton domestic policy adviser who's now at the Brookings Institution, says presidents need to run on their record--so the president will need to remind people of the economic challenges he faced when he took office, and what still needs to be done.

First Lady Michelle Obama and Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack are set to unveil new nutrition standards for federally-funded school lunches. The revamped meals will likely include more fresh produce, fewer calories and less sodium. Schools are supposed to meet the new standards by next fall.

Atlanta's school district messed up the math, so teachers are subtracting from their checks. More than 130 Atlanta school teachers have to cough up an average of $1,7000 each to repay the district--which accidentally overpaid them. A spokesman blames "inaccuracies" put into the system after certain hires.

Oscar nominations are out, and "The Help" receives a handful of nods including best picture; best supporting actresses Jessica Chastain and Octavia Spencer; and Viola Davis as best actress. Of all the best picture nominees, the film about Mississippi maids in a Civil Rights era has pulled in the most box office receipts thus far at $169.6 million. That is more than double the gross of any of the other nominees. To date, "Moneyball," starring Brad Pitt, is the closest runner-up with a $75.5 milion take.

How would you like to chill out in the evenings at one of your favorite morning coffee stops? In an effort to pull in an evening crowd, Starbucks will add beer, wine, and small plates like fruit & cheese and focaccia to its menu in four to six stores in both Atlanta and southern California. A senior VP says the locales have been carefully selected with an eye on community groups and book clubs looking for meeting places, and on giving the after-work crowd a place to unwind.

The KISS 104 weather forecast: mostly sunny, high of 64.

Veronica Waters

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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