( Lawrenceville , Ga. , Nov. 21, 2008) All aboard! The Vines Garden Railroad Club presents a two-track G scale display at George Pierce Park Community Recreation Center . The vintage scene features two train tracks and a quaint holiday town complete with people, cars, houses,landscape, stores,Read More...
Nov 08 09:48 Lod-based WorldMate Ltd., a mobile travel software developer, will keep its research and development and operations divisions in Israel while it moves its corporate headquarters to Atlanta, Georgia. Read More...
American Express announced today that it is giving the City of Atlanta $300,000 for tree-planting projects as part of the American Express Root for Our City Challenge, an initiative designed to help make eight U.S. cities cleaner, greener and more beautiful. The City of Trees will receive funding Read More...
The report from the Interactive Advertising Bureau and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP said that online advertising revenue totaled almost $5.9 billion in the third quarter, up 11 percent from the same period last year. It marked a 2 percent rise from the second quarter. Read More...
Barack Obama and Democrats in Washington have underway a massive national effort to take the Georgia Senate seat held by Republican Saxby Chambliss in the special run-off race scheduled there for December 2nd. Sen. Chambliss urgently needs your help. Read More...
Light up the 2008 holiday season with Gwinnett County Parks & Recreation and the Lawrenceville Tourism & Trade Association as they host the 21st annual Lighting of the Tree on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 27, at the Gwinnett Historic Courthouse in downtown Lawrenceville. Read More...
Be a part of Project AWARE (Added Warmth Assistance for Residences of our Elderly). Gwinnett County Senior Services (GCSS) and the Gwinnett County Department of Fire and Emergency Services are working together to assist senior citizens with staying warm during the bitter cold weather months. Read More...
Snellville boy's mom charged in fatal fire Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:01:07 GMT A soldier's wife has been charged with setting a fire at their Kentucky Army base home that killed her two young children.
SWAT team nabs fugitive wanted in shooting Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:09:17 GMT Gwinnett deputies on Wednesday arrested a fugitive wanted in connection with a shooting in DeKalb County.
Light up the 2008 holiday season with Gwinnett County Parks & Recreation and the Lawrenceville Tourism & Trade Association as they host the 21st annual Lighting of the Tree on Thanksgiving Day, Nov.
Be a part of Project AWARE . Gwinnett County Senior Services and the Gwinnett County Department of Fire and Emergency Services are working together to assist senior citizens with staying warm during the bitter ...
FAITH UNDER FIRE Lesbians, condoms go wild in attack on Christian church Making out at pulpit, shouting blasphemies in front of children Posted: November 11, 2008, 9:07 pm Eastern ...
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Submitted by Doug Thompson on November 17, 2008 - 7:48am. Musings At the football game at Floyd County High School Friday night the anti-Obama jokes were flying hot and heavy.
In this artists rendering of a probable cause hearing in Federal court, in Memphis, Tenn., Paul Michael Schlesselman, center, and Daniel Gregory Cowart, right, listen as Federal Court appointed attorney for ...
WASHINGTON The Justice Department announced today that former Atlanta Police Department (APD) Officer Arthur Bruce Tesler pleaded guilty in federal district court to conspiring to violate the civil rights of Kathryn Johnston, 92, in connection with her fatal shooting during the execution of ...Read More...
ATLANTA -- Commuters heading to work or school on Tuesday morning better have gas in the tank when they head out. Many of the gas stations they pass will have little or no gas. If they do stumble across a station that's still pumping any grade of fuel there's sure to be long lines of drivers waitingRead More...
Jobless claims jump to 16-year high Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:39:50 GMT First-time filings for unemployment benefits shot up to their highest level since July 1992 last week, rising 27,000 to a seasonally adjusted 542,000 and punctuating the struggling state of the U.S. labor market, government data showed Thursday.
Wall Street doubled down on its losses on Thursday, just a day after financial markets closed at their lowest point in nearly six years.
Judge Orders Five Detainees Freed From Guantanamo Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:05:24 GMT In the first hearing on the government's justification for holding detainees at the Guant?mo Bay detention camp, a federal judge ruled Thursday that five Algerian men were held unlawfully for nearly seven years and ordered their release.
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Judge Orders Release Of Five Guantanamo Bay Inmates Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:05:03 GMT Five of six Algerians must be released after nearly seven years of captivity at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba, a federal judge ruled on Thursday.
Police to end restrictions on ex-Gitmo detainee Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:11:58 GMT Australian police said Thursday they will stop restricting the movements and communications of a former Guantanamo Bay detainee after he broke his long media silence to ask them to let him 'get on with' his ...
US raid kills Iraqi blamed in 2004 reservist death Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:57:45 GMT The U.S. military says an Iraqi al-Qaida in Iraq leader blamed in the 2004 abduction and murder of an Army reservist has been killed.
Flight attendant helps land jet after co-pilot has mental breakdown Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:34:51 GMT An Air Canada co-pilot having a mental breakdown had to be forcibly removed from the cockpit, restrained and sedated, and a stewardess with flying experience helped the pilot safely make an emergency landing, ...
Stevens bids farewell to Senate Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:37:48 GMT Senator Ted Stevens, who conceded his re-election race earlier this week, gave an at-times emotional farewell speech on the floor of the Senate this morning.
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Ecuador audit recommends default on 40 pct debt (AP) Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:54:06 Etc/GMT A presidential commission on Thursday recommended that Ecuador default on almost 40 percent of its $10 billion foreign debt, accusing former officials and bankers of profiting from "illegitimate" bond deals.
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Gwinnett's emergency dispatches enter digital age Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:10:21 EST The recent switchover to a digitally encrypted emergency dispatch system in Gwinnett County has drawn a veil of secrecy around police communications even as it has made transmissions clearer and more secure. The $35 million Motorola P25 digital 911 system was paid for by the voter-approved penny sales tax. Static and interference typical on the old analog system have been virtually eliminated since the switchover Monday, said Angie Conley, the Gwinnett 911 center's communications manager.
Closed crematory sues Snellville to get back in business Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:15:30 EST A controversial crematory in Snellville, ordered to shut down in October after its operating licenses were revoked, is fighting back. The attorney for Chris Nuzum, owner of Cremation Society of the South, has filed a lawsuit against the city of Snellville, its planning department director and its appeals board, directing the city to reissue certificates of occupancy "to avoid further injustice." The appeals board ruled Oct. 14 that the building plan submitted by the crematory in 2006 differed substantially from the actual operation that opened Sept. 2, including the installation of a smokestack.
Georgia's hopes fading for reversing water ruling Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:50:47 EST Georgia is running into more resistance in its bid to convince the Supreme Court to overturn a critical ruling that undermined the state's water rights. The Justice Department recently recommended that the high court not take up the case, maintaining in a brief filed last week that Georgia's arguments are flawed and that the issue is not significant enough to merit Supreme Court attention. Georgia asked the Supreme Court in August to overturn a lower court decision that invalidated an agreement between Georgia and the Army Corps of Engineers for water withdrawals from Lake Lanier, a massive federal reservoir that provides most of Atlanta's water.
Duluth wrestles with developing old City Hall Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:21:32 EST Duluth already has decided on the fate of the old City Hall and adjacent museum. What's next to decide is how to redevelop the downtown block while preserving the area's historic sensibility. That was a big question Wednesday night as about 50 residents turned out to offer input on plans for a multi million-dollar mixed-used development at the old City Hall block. Mayor Nancy Harris, who moderated the public hearing in Duluth's new City Hall, said given that the property "is the core piece of the downtown area," the key issue is what the development will "look like, be like and feel like."
3 Meadowcreek football players in jail without bond Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:40:48 EST Four Gwinnett County teenagers — three of them members of this year's Meadowcreek High School football team — are in jail without bond following their arrests this week on armed robbery charges. Sean Frezell and Simon Terzian, both 18, and Cory Huck and Atiim Henderson, both 17, were arrested Monday and charged in connection with the Nov. 3 robbery of a man at the Orchard Park Apartments in Norcross, according to Gwinnett police Cpl. Illana Spellman. Each was charged with armed robbery, while Terzian was also charged with aggravated assault and Huck was also charged with loitering and prowling, according to the jail's Web site.
Counties debate, decide to take $81M in foreclosure aid Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:56:06 EST Georgia's largest local governments have all agreed to ask for federal money to create governmental house-flipping programs in hopes of propping up values in neighborhoods beset by foreclosures. In all, Atlanta and Fulton, DeKalb, Gwinnett, Clayton and Cobb counties stand to get about $81 million in federal aid through the Neighborhood Stabilization Program. There's a total of $153 million headed to Georgia. The program is part of the federal government's ongoing efforts to resolve the economic and foreclosure crisis. It allows local governments to buy problem foreclosures, fix them up and then sell or rent the properties to some of the same folks who have lost their homes during the crisis. They can also use it to create special financing to make the properties affordable.
Residents awakened by Molotov cocktail in home Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:27:37 EST Two Snellville residents had a rude awakening Wednesday when someone tossed a Molotov cocktail through a ground floor window into their living room. Two people happened to be sleeping in the living room that night when the explosive device came sailing through the window shortly before 5 a.m., igniting a nearby chair, said Gwinnett fire Capt. Thomas Rutledge. The pair jolted awake and quickly removed the burning chair from the house, Rutledge said. The fire caused minimal damage to the carpet and wall of the living room.
SWAT team nabs fugitive wanted in shooting Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:09:17 EST Gwinnett deputies on Wednesday arrested a fugitive wanted in connection with a shooting in DeKalb County. Deputies received information Wednesday morning from DeKalb County's fugitive unit that Bertram Alton Gordon was holed up at a residence near Norcross with several firearms. He had also made threats that he was not going back to jail, according to Gwinnett County Sheriff's spokeswoman Stacey Bourbonnais. A SWAT team was preparing to force entry into the house, on the 6000 block of Rotondo Place, when Gordon opened the door and got down on the ground. Gordon was arrested without a fight and released to the custody of DeKalb County, where he faces an aggravated assault charge. — Andria Simmons
( Lawrenceville , Ga. , Nov. 21, 2008) All aboard! The Vines Garden Railroad Club presents a two-track G scale display at George Pierce Park Community Recreation Center . The vintage scene features two train tracks and a quaint holiday town complete with people, cars, houses,landscape, stores,Read More...
Nov 08 09:48 Lod-based WorldMate Ltd., a mobile travel software developer, will keep its research and development and operations divisions in Israel while it moves its corporate headquarters to Atlanta, Georgia. Read More...
American Express announced today that it is giving the City of Atlanta $300,000 for tree-planting projects as part of the American Express Root for Our City Challenge, an initiative designed to help make eight U.S. cities cleaner, greener and more beautiful. The City of Trees will receive funding Read More...
The report from the Interactive Advertising Bureau and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP said that online advertising revenue totaled almost $5.9 billion in the third quarter, up 11 percent from the same period last year. It marked a 2 percent rise from the second quarter. Read More...
Barack Obama and Democrats in Washington have underway a massive national effort to take the Georgia Senate seat held by Republican Saxby Chambliss in the special run-off race scheduled there for December 2nd. Sen. Chambliss urgently needs your help. Read More...
Light up the 2008 holiday season with Gwinnett County Parks & Recreation and the Lawrenceville Tourism & Trade Association as they host the 21st annual Lighting of the Tree on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 27, at the Gwinnett Historic Courthouse in downtown Lawrenceville. Read More...
Be a part of Project AWARE (Added Warmth Assistance for Residences of our Elderly). Gwinnett County Senior Services (GCSS) and the Gwinnett County Department of Fire and Emergency Services are working together to assist senior citizens with staying warm during the bitter cold weather months. Read More...
The Georgia Mountain Fair is pleased to present The Tillis Family in concert on November 29, 2008 in Hiawassee, Georgia at the Anderson Music Hall.A Tillis Family Christmas is a lifetime of Christmas memories set to music. The Tilliss have been celebrating Christmas on stage as a family for over 20Read More...
Worshippers at a Bible-teaching church in Lansing, Mich., were stunned Sunday when members of a pro-homosexual, pro-anarchy organization named Bash Back interrupted their service to fling propaganda and condoms around the sanctuary, drape a profane banner from the balcony and feature two lesbians,Read More...
