Top Stories | ajc.com http://www.ajc.com The latest headlines from AJC en-us Copyright 2008, Cox Newspapers Inc., AJC Fri, 9 May 2008 17:42:18 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 Maggert confirms brother died in plane crash http://www.ajc.com/services/content/sports/stories/2008/05/09/maggert_0510.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=21 http://www.ajc.com/services/content/sports/stories/2008/05/09/maggert_0510.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=21 Fri, 9 May 2008 17:06:49 EDT Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. — Jeff Maggert withdrew from The Players Championship, telling tournament officials that his brother died in a small plane crash in Colorado en route to his son's college graduation. Mercker put on disabled list by Reds http://www.ajc.com/services/content/sports/braves/stories/2008/05/09/mercker_0510.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=21 http://www.ajc.com/services/content/sports/braves/stories/2008/05/09/mercker_0510.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=21 Fri, 9 May 2008 16:58:53 EDT Reliever Kent Mercker was put on the 15-day disabled list Friday by the Cincinnati Reds because of lower back pain. Padres release struggling outfielder Edmonds http://www.ajc.com/services/content/sports/stories/2008/05/09/edmonds_0510.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=21 http://www.ajc.com/services/content/sports/stories/2008/05/09/edmonds_0510.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=21 Fri, 9 May 2008 16:55:23 EDT Center fielder Jim Edmonds has been released by the San Diego Padres after his batting average dipped to .178 and he struggled to track down fly balls he once easily caught. Man jumped from Atlanta high-rise because he failed test http://www.ajc.com/services/content/metro/atlanta/stories/2008/05/09/midtown_death_0510.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=13 http://www.ajc.com/services/content/metro/atlanta/stories/2008/05/09/midtown_death_0510.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=13 Fri, 9 May 2008 16:43:07 EDT A 22-year-old Atlanta man, distraught over not passing a high school equivalency test, committed suicide late Friday morning by jumping from the balcony of an 11th-floor apartment in Midtown, police said. Two Cobb teens drown in Lake Allatoona http://www.ajc.com/services/content/metro/cobb/stories/2008/05/09/drown_0509.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=13 http://www.ajc.com/services/content/metro/cobb/stories/2008/05/09/drown_0509.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=13 Fri, 9 May 2008 16:39:47 EDT Two male students from North Cobb High School drowned around noon today while swimming at Lake Allatoona with school friends, according to Bartow County officials. Bam! Marietta mother of 17 wins Emeril contest http://www.ajc.com/services/content/metro/cobb/stories/2008/05/09/cobbmom_0510.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=13 http://www.ajc.com/services/content/metro/cobb/stories/2008/05/09/cobbmom_0510.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=13 Fri, 9 May 2008 14:16:59 EDT Dee Wissing's 17 kids sure know how to keep a secret. Students sell 'zebra prank' T-shirts, cover damages http://www.ajc.com/services/content/metro/dekalb/stories/2008/05/09/zebra_0509.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=13 http://www.ajc.com/services/content/metro/dekalb/stories/2008/05/09/zebra_0509.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=13 Fri, 9 May 2008 13:26:39 EDT Although the Oxford College zebra-nappers remain on the lam, some lame-duck sophomores are pitching in to cover prank-related expenses. Despite roadblocks, U.N. chief says Myanmar aid "moving" http://www.ajc.com/services/content/metro/stories/2008/05/09/global_aid_0509.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=13 http://www.ajc.com/services/content/metro/stories/2008/05/09/global_aid_0509.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=13 Fri, 9 May 2008 13:19:26 EDT U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said in Atlanta Friday that United Nations aid to Myanmar has not stopped and is "moving in the right direction." Two Cobb school buses crash; 6 injured http://www.ajc.com/services/content/metro/cobb/stories/2008/05/09/buscrash_0510.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=13 http://www.ajc.com/services/content/metro/cobb/stories/2008/05/09/buscrash_0510.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=13 Fri, 9 May 2008 12:53:19 EDT A Cobb County school bus filled with McCleskey Middle School students on their way to visit the King Center was rear-ended by another Cobb school bus Friday morning on the 14th Street exit of I-75. No one was injured seriously, said school district spokesman Jay Dillon. Obama picks ups 3 superdelegates, union endorsement http://www.ajc.com/services/content/news/stories/2008/05/09/Obama_Endorsement_0509.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=15 http://www.ajc.com/services/content/news/stories/2008/05/09/Obama_Endorsement_0509.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=15 Fri, 9 May 2008 10:20:46 EDT The movement of Democratic superdelegates to presidential hopeful Barack Obama gained steam Friday with endorsements from a union president and two congressmen, including one who switched his backing from rival Hillary Rodham Clinton.