http://www.ajc.com/news/state-news-82001.html en-us Copyright 2009 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:05:07 GMT 2009-11-24T17:05:07Z en-us Copyright 2009 http://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta/victims-can-retrieve-stolen-210559.html?cxtype=rss_news_82001 Victims whose stolen items were recovered when Atlanta police searched a downtown garage allegedly being operated as an illegal pawn shop can claim their property at City Hall East beginning at noon Wednesday. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:27:19 GMT mmorris@ajc.com http://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta/victims-can-retrieve-stolen-210559.html Mike Morris 2009-11-24T16:27:19Z http://www.ajc.com/news/carter-leads-china-discussion-212257.html?cxtype=rss_news_82001 Former President Jimmy Carter will lead a panel of experts in a discussion on 30 years of relations between the U.S. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:22:50 GMT cquinn@ajc.com http://www.ajc.com/news/carter-leads-china-discussion-212257.html Christopher Quinn 2009-11-24T15:22:50Z http://www.ajc.com/news/georgia-politics-elections/bill-takes-aim-at-212197.html?cxtype=rss_news_82001 A top state senator filed a bill that would force lottery officials to get legislative approval before handing out bonuses to staffers. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:04:50 GMT jsalzer@ajc.com http://www.ajc.com/news/georgia-politics-elections/bill-takes-aim-at-212197.html James Salzer 2009-11-24T15:04:50Z http://www.ajc.com/news/ga-man-arrested-in-211877.html?cxtype=rss_news_82001 TUSCALOOSA, Ala. - A Georgia man has been arrested after police found a 19-year-old unconscious from a fight on the University of Alabama campus. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:25:22 GMT http://www.ajc.com/news/ga-man-arrested-in-211877.html 2009-11-24T10:25:22Z http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/dod-georgia-soldier-killed-211859.html?cxtype=rss_news_82001 FORT BENNING - The Department of Defense says a soldier from Georgia has been killed while fighting in Iraq. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:24:22 GMT http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/dod-georgia-soldier-killed-211859.html 2009-11-24T10:24:22Z http://www.ajc.com/news/gore-brings-environmental-solutions-211088.html?cxtype=rss_news_82001 Atlantans warmly welcomed former Vice President Al Gore and his environmental campaign to Atlanta on Monday. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:36:53 GMT cquinn@ajc.com http://www.ajc.com/news/gore-brings-environmental-solutions-211088.html Christopher Quinn 2009-11-24T02:36:53Z http://www.ajc.com/news/state-prisoners-clogging-local-211040.html?cxtype=rss_news_82001 Two decades ago, DeKalb County's then-Sheriff Pat Jarvis hauled two busloads of inmates to the state Capitol and parked them there. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:35:44 GMT asimmons@ajc.com http://www.ajc.com/news/state-prisoners-clogging-local-211040.html Andria Simmons 2009-11-23T22:35:44Z http://www.ajc.com/news/in-tuesday-s-ajc-211000.html?cxtype=rss_news_82001 Read our profile of Justice George Carley, who is serving his final term as a justice on the Georgia Supreme Court. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:02:28 GMT rhalicks@ajc.com http://www.ajc.com/news/in-tuesday-s-ajc-211000.html Richard Halicks 2009-11-23T22:02:28Z http://www.ajc.com/news/obama-administration-health-reform-210978.html?cxtype=rss_news_82001 WASHINGTON -- The health reform bill the Senate will take up next week would extend coverage to 1.7 million Georgians -- either through expansions in Medicaid or by allowing them to enroll in public insurance exchanges -- who do not currently have health insurance, according to a report released Monday by the U.S. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:37:25 GMT bkeefe@ajc.com http://www.ajc.com/news/obama-administration-health-reform-210978.html Bob Keefe 2009-11-23T21:37:25Z http://www.ajc.com/news/paula-deen-whacked-by-210715.html?cxtype=rss_news_82001 Celebrity chef Paula Deen got more than she bargained for when she went to Hosea Feed the Hungry & Homeless to make a donation on behalf of Smithfield Foods. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:41:38 GMT lhartstein@ajc.com http://www.ajc.com/news/paula-deen-whacked-by-210715.html Larry Hartstein 2009-11-23T19:41:38Z http://www.ajc.com/news/riding-mower-a-motor-210291.html?cxtype=rss_news_82001 Toro might be the "next level of lawn care," as its Web site claims, but a riding mower does not rise to the level of a motor vehicle, the Georgia Supreme Court ruled Monday. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:19:16 GMT lhartstein@ajc.com http://www.ajc.com/news/riding-mower-a-motor-210291.html Larry Hartstein 2009-11-23T17:19:16Z http://www.ajc.com/news/gainesville-toddler-dies-from-210326.html?cxtype=rss_news_82001 A Gainesville man was jailed after his toddler son accidentally shot himself with a gun the child found in his father's bedroom. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:13:25 GMT mmorris@ajc.com http://www.ajc.com/news/gainesville-toddler-dies-from-210326.html Mike Morris 2009-11-23T14:13:25Z http://www.ajc.com/news/gas-prices-down-for-210105.html?cxtype=rss_news_82001 Metro Atlantans began the holiday travel week paying nearly 20 cents less than the national average for a gallon of gasoline, but considerably more than last Thanksgiving, according a a Web site that tracks gas prices. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:26:07 GMT mmorris@ajc.com http://www.ajc.com/news/gas-prices-down-for-210105.html Mike Morris 2009-11-23T11:26:07Z http://www.ajc.com/business/airport-suites-for-solitude-210101.html?cxtype=rss_news_82001 Need a short nap or just a little peace and quiet to get some work done during a layover at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport? Now there’s a sweet option. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:37:14 GMT lstafford@ajc.com http://www.ajc.com/business/airport-suites-for-solitude-210101.html Leon Stafford 2009-11-23T10:37:14Z http://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta/new-chief-at-ga-210118.html?cxtype=rss_news_82001 The Georgia Christian Coalition has new leadership. Jerry Luquire has been named the group's new president. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:18:06 GMT http://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta/new-chief-at-ga-210118.html 2009-11-23T10:18:06Z http://www.ajc.com/news/landfills-cleanup-to-be-210083.html?cxtype=rss_news_82001 An auto tire dumping ground 65 miles south of Atlanta poses an environmental and safety hazard, but the state says it has no money to clean it up. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:16:17 GMT dchapman@ajc.com http://www.ajc.com/news/landfills-cleanup-to-be-210083.html Dan Chapman 2009-11-23T10:16:17Z http://www.ajc.com/news/third-grader-arrested-for-209694.html?cxtype=rss_news_82001 MACON - A Macon area third-grader was suspended from school after he pointed a toy gun at a parent while walking home from school Thursday. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:04:03 GMT http://www.ajc.com/news/third-grader-arrested-for-209694.html Rudy Isaza 2009-11-23T03:04:03Z http://www.ajc.com/news/uga-alumnus-charged-with-208080.html?cxtype=rss_news_82001 University of Georgia police have charged a 2009 UGA alumnus with false imprisonment and misdemeanor battery of an 18-year-old Clemson University student who says he was held captive and beaten in the basement of an Athens fraternity house a week ago. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:08:09 GMT rcook@ajc.com http://www.ajc.com/news/uga-alumnus-charged-with-208080.html Rhonda Cook 2009-11-22T22:08:09Z http://www.ajc.com/news/banks-woes-beyond-money-209457.html?cxtype=rss_news_82001 It was a golden opportunity: right cast, right time, right place. WestSide Bank in Hiram opened in mid-2006 at the crest of a building boom in a county whose population had tripled over 15 years. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:37:10 GMT 
btorpy@ajc.com http://www.ajc.com/news/banks-woes-beyond-money-209457.html Bill Torpy Russell Grantham
 2009-11-22T21:37:10Z http://www.ajc.com/news/winder-police-catch-suspected-208145.html?cxtype=rss_news_82001 Winder police have captured the woman believe to be soliciting donations from local merchants in a fraudulent manner, said police. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:53:04 GMT msimon@ajc.com http://www.ajc.com/news/winder-police-catch-suspected-208145.html Mashaun D. Simon 2009-11-21T23:53:04Z http://www.ajc.com/sports/uga/uga-vii-laid-to-208018.html?cxtype=rss_news_82001 With the University of Georgia battle hymn playing, a golf cart carrying the flag-shrouded body of Uga VII took the beloved Bulldog across the Sanford Stadium field -- one more time -- to the spot where he was interred Saturday next to his father. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:36:56 GMT rcook@ajc.com http://www.ajc.com/sports/uga/uga-vii-laid-to-208018.html Rhonda Cook Brant Sanderlin 2009-11-21T23:36:56Z http://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta/accused-wrong-way-driver-207963.html?cxtype=rss_news_82001 After a fun gathering at a relative's home in Douglasville, Sameyka Rochel Welch drove behind her dad until she turned to get on I-20. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:30:09 GMT apstevens@ajc.com http://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta/accused-wrong-way-driver-207963.html Alexis Stevens 2009-11-21T23:30:09Z http://www.ajc.com/news/investigation-under-way-into-207757.html?cxtype=rss_news_82001 Few details emerged Saturday on a reported threat at Fort Benning. Thursday a solider found a suspicious package and a note threatening a massacre similar to the Nov. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:52:16 GMT cboone@ajc.com http://www.ajc.com/news/investigation-under-way-into-207757.html Christian Boone Mashaun D. Simon 2009-11-21T19:52:16Z http://www.ajc.com/news/inspector-general-investigating-state-207862.html?cxtype=rss_news_82001 Georgia’s Inspector General is investigating two top  State Ethics Commission officials to determine if they were doing work for their law firm while on the public’s time, according to WSB-TV. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:19:19 GMT rcook@ajc.com http://www.ajc.com/news/inspector-general-investigating-state-207862.html Rhonda Cook 2009-11-21T14:19:19Z http://www.ajc.com/news/fort-hood-tragedy-hit-207555.html?cxtype=rss_news_82001 When The Atlanta Journal-Constitution learned that Paul Martin Sr. of Adel had been wounded at Fort Hood, editors told reporter Ralph Ellis to drive 3-1/2 hours and find out how the little town in South Georgia was taking the news. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:01:46 GMT rellis@ajc.com http://www.ajc.com/news/fort-hood-tragedy-hit-207555.html Ralph Ellis 2009-11-21T05:01:46Z