Top Stories | ajc.com http://www.ajc.com The latest headlines from AJC en-us Copyright 2009, Cox Newspapers Inc., AJC Fri, 3 Jul 2009 21:55:39 EDT Newspapers COXnet RSS Generator v1.0 http://img.coxnewsweb.com/C/08/17/52/image_1352178.jpg Top Stories | ajc.com http://www.ajc.com 5 Braves put Johnson on DL with tendinitis http://www.ajc.com/services/content/sports/braves/stories/2009/07/03/braves_johnson_injury.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=21 http://www.ajc.com/services/content/sports/braves/stories/2009/07/03/braves_johnson_injury.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=21 Fri, 3 Jul 2009 20:53:50 EDT Washington, D.C.- The Braves put struggling second baseman Kelly Johnson on the disabled list Friday with right wrist tendinitis and called up Brooks Conrad from Class AAA Gwinnett. 11 suspected blue jean bandits arrested http://www.ajc.com/services/content/metro/atlanta/stories/2009/07/03/bluejeanarrest_0703_web.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=13 http://www.ajc.com/services/content/metro/atlanta/stories/2009/07/03/bluejeanarrest_0703_web.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=13 Fri, 3 Jul 2009 19:32:26 EDT A tip led Atlanta Police on Friday to an arrest of 11 alleged bluej ean bandits and about $10,000 in stolen jeans, a police spokeswoman said. Water, crowds return to Lake Lanier http://www.ajc.com/services/content/metro/stories/2009/07/03/lake_lanier_holiday.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=13 http://www.ajc.com/services/content/metro/stories/2009/07/03/lake_lanier_holiday.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=13 Fri, 3 Jul 2009 17:28:07 EDT Buoyed by a sustained rise in the water level at Lake Lanier, Tom Helmka is now a glass-half-full kind of guy. Palin resigning as Alaska governor http://www.ajc.com/services/content/news/stories/2009/07/03/palin_resigning.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=15 http://www.ajc.com/services/content/news/stories/2009/07/03/palin_resigning.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=15 Fri, 3 Jul 2009 17:16:42 EDT Wasilla, Alaska — Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin made a surprise announcement Friday that she is resigning from office at the end of the month without explaining why she plans to step down, raising speculation that she would focus on a run for the White House in the 2012 race. Serial killer has South Carolina residents on edge http://www.ajc.com/services/content/news/stories/2009/07/03/gaffney_carolina_shootings.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=15 http://www.ajc.com/services/content/news/stories/2009/07/03/gaffney_carolina_shootings.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=15 Fri, 3 Jul 2009 17:15:04 EDT Gaffney, S.C. —- Terrified residents canceled Fourth of July plans and holed up in their homes Friday as investigators hunted a serial killer believed to have shot four people to death. One killed in wreck on I-20 http://www.ajc.com/services/content/metro/stories/2009/07/03/holiday_fatal_accidents.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=13 http://www.ajc.com/services/content/metro/stories/2009/07/03/holiday_fatal_accidents.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=13 Fri, 3 Jul 2009 15:01:32 EDT Georgia State Patrol Lt. Paul Cosper said the single-vehicle wreck happened shortly after 4 a.m. on I-20 between Lee Road and Ga. 92. Garage closed as collapse cause investigated http://www.ajc.com/services/content/metro/atlanta/stories/2009/07/03/parking_deck_collapse.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=13 http://www.ajc.com/services/content/metro/atlanta/stories/2009/07/03/parking_deck_collapse.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=13 Fri, 3 Jul 2009 13:56:13 EDT It may be weeks before the cause of the Centergy parking deck collapse at Spring and Fifth streets is determined, the company that operates the garage said Friday. Atlanta Dream re-signs guard Latta http://www.ajc.com/services/content/sports/stories/2009/07/03/dream_ivory_latta.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=21 http://www.ajc.com/services/content/sports/stories/2009/07/03/dream_ivory_latta.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=21 Fri, 3 Jul 2009 12:15:29 EDT Ivory Latta is back with the Dream. Tears, relief as Sparkle Rai's killer gets death sentence http://www.ajc.com/services/content/metro/atlanta/stories/2009/07/02/hitman_clark_gets_death.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=13 http://www.ajc.com/services/content/metro/atlanta/stories/2009/07/02/hitman_clark_gets_death.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=13 Fri, 3 Jul 2009 10:29:18 EDT Sparkle Rai's father Bennet Reid wiped away a tear Thursday evening when he heard the sentence. Freedom Rider recalls being outcast, incident at counter http://www.ajc.com/services/content/news/stories/2009/07/03/freedom_rider_mulholland.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=15 http://www.ajc.com/services/content/news/stories/2009/07/03/freedom_rider_mulholland.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=15 Fri, 3 Jul 2009 08:54:30 EDT orey Carter could hear snippets of music in his head — a calm and subtle melody that hadn't found its shape. The 19-year-old college student simply needed a hero to visualize before he could finish his composition for wind ensemble.