http://www.ajc.com The latest headlines from AJC en-us Copyright 2008, Cox Newspapers Inc., AJC Tue, 2 Dec 2008 23:15:53 EST Newspapers COXnet RSS Generator v1.0 http://img.coxnewsweb.com/C/08/17/52/image_1352178.jpg http://www.ajc.com 5 http://www.ajc.com/services/content/sports/thrashers/stories/2008/12/02/thrashers_canadiens.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=21 http://www.ajc.com/services/content/sports/thrashers/stories/2008/12/02/thrashers_canadiens.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=21 Tue, 2 Dec 2008 23:10:27 EST Montreal — It has come to this for the Thrashers: Even the most productive minute of their season couldn't keep them from dropping into sole possession of last place in the NHL. http://www.ajc.com/services/content/metro/clayton/stories/2008/12/02/clayton_county_finances.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=13 http://www.ajc.com/services/content/metro/clayton/stories/2008/12/02/clayton_county_finances.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=13 Tue, 2 Dec 2008 22:25:57 EST Clayton County Commissioners took no public action against the finance director Tuesday, but said she has been negligent and insubordinate. http://www.ajc.com/services/content/sports/thrashers/stories/2008/12/02/thrashers_ilya_kovalchuk.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=21 http://www.ajc.com/services/content/sports/thrashers/stories/2008/12/02/thrashers_ilya_kovalchuk.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=21 Tue, 2 Dec 2008 22:19:44 EST Thrashers winger Ilya Kovalchuk on Monday said the Thrashers are a good team and proved it on their five-game winning streak. http://www.ajc.com/services/content/sports/braves/stories/2008/12/02/braves_trade_vazquez.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=21 http://www.ajc.com/services/content/sports/braves/stories/2008/12/02/braves_trade_vazquez.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=21 Tue, 2 Dec 2008 22:18:37 EST He ain't Jake Peavy, but it's a start(er). http://www.ajc.com/services/content/metro/clayton/stories/2008/12/02/clayton_moving_graves.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=13 http://www.ajc.com/services/content/metro/clayton/stories/2008/12/02/clayton_moving_graves.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=13 Tue, 2 Dec 2008 21:40:49 EST The Georgia NAACP called for an investigation of the Clayton County Commission Tuesday after the board voted for 311 historic African-American graves to be moved to another cemetery. http://www.ajc.com/services/content/metro/atlanta/stories/2008/12/02/atlanta_shootout.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=13 http://www.ajc.com/services/content/metro/atlanta/stories/2008/12/02/atlanta_shootout.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=13 Tue, 2 Dec 2008 21:24:37 EST Four people were injured in a Tuesday afternoon shootout involving an assault rifle on Metropolitan Parkway, Atlanta police say. http://www.ajc.com/services/content/sports/falcons/stories/2008/12/02/falcons_grady_jackson.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=21 http://www.ajc.com/services/content/sports/falcons/stories/2008/12/02/falcons_grady_jackson.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=21 Tue, 2 Dec 2008 20:51:45 EST Falcons defensive tackle Grady Jackson's appeal of his four-game suspension remains pending before the NFL office, which has requested further information, according to league spokesman Greg Aiello. http://www.ajc.com/services/content/metro/cobb/stories/2008/12/02/acworth_students_computers.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=13 http://www.ajc.com/services/content/metro/cobb/stories/2008/12/02/acworth_students_computers.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=13 Tue, 2 Dec 2008 20:11:37 EST From now on, when 16-year-old Corinthia Beavers needs a computer to help with homework, she won't have to wait in line at the local public library. A shiny desktop computer, complete with a printer and Internet access, sits in the living room of the home she shares with her mom and three siblings. http://www.ajc.com/services/content/metro/atlanta/stories/2008/12/02/brian_nichols_testimony.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=13 http://www.ajc.com/services/content/metro/atlanta/stories/2008/12/02/brian_nichols_testimony.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=13 Tue, 2 Dec 2008 19:46:13 EST A defense witness who asked the jury to show mercy on convicted murderer Brian Nichols turned her head and shut her eyes in apparent revulsion when a prosecuting attorney showed her a graphic photograph of a bullet hole in the head of one of Nichols' victims. http://www.ajc.com/services/content/sports/hawks/stories/2008/12/02/hawks_josh_smith.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=21 http://www.ajc.com/services/content/sports/hawks/stories/2008/12/02/hawks_josh_smith.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=21 Tue, 2 Dec 2008 19:32:41 EST After spending nearly every moment of the past three weeks plotting his return from a high ankle sprain, the last thing Hawks forward Josh Smith wants to do Wednesday night is rush things.