http://www.ajc.com The latest headlines from AJC en-us Copyright 2008, Cox Newspapers Inc., AJC Sun, 6 Jul 2008 20:51:01 EDT 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/metro/stories/2008/07/06/weather_0706_web.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=13 http://www.ajc.com/services/content/metro/stories/2008/07/06/weather_0706_web.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=13 Sun, 6 Jul 2008 20:22:39 EDT Fast-moving thunderstorms threw off lightning that caused two house fires and dumped rain that flooded five apartments Sunday afternoon in suburban areas south of Atlanta. http://www.ajc.com/services/content/metro/cobb/stories/2008/07/06/obama_cobb_county.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=13 http://www.ajc.com/services/content/metro/cobb/stories/2008/07/06/obama_cobb_county.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=13 Sun, 6 Jul 2008 20:07:49 EDT All of the tickets to U.S. Sen. Barack Obama's town hall meeting Tuesday in Powder Springs were snatched up within two hours of their becoming available this weekend, event organizers said. http://www.ajc.com/services/content/metro/gwinnett/stories/2008/07/06/teacher_accused_cheating_crct.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=13 http://www.ajc.com/services/content/metro/gwinnett/stories/2008/07/06/teacher_accused_cheating_crct.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=13 Sun, 6 Jul 2008 19:29:24 EDT Complaints against two Gwinnett County teachers accused of trying to help students cheat on a standardized test were among several cases sent to a state ethics agency recently. http://www.ajc.com/services/content/sports/braves/stories/2008/07/06/allstars_0707.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=21 http://www.ajc.com/services/content/sports/braves/stories/2008/07/06/allstars_0707.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=21 Sun, 6 Jul 2008 19:10:41 EDT NATIONAL LEAGUE ALL-STAR STARTERS http://www.ajc.com/services/content/metro/stories/2008/07/06/lanier_0707_web.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=13 http://www.ajc.com/services/content/metro/stories/2008/07/06/lanier_0707_web.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=13 Sun, 6 Jul 2008 18:38:38 EDT Four people drowned at Lake Lanier during the Fourth of July weekend, including two Alpharetta men who jumped in the lake to push their rented pontoon boat off a sandbar during a late-night rainstorm. http://www.ajc.com/services/content/business/stories/2008/07/06/ap_weather_channel.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=6 http://www.ajc.com/services/content/business/stories/2008/07/06/ap_weather_channel.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=6 Sun, 6 Jul 2008 18:07:08 EDT That large high-definition television screen isn't going anywhere, and your favorite Weather Channel anchors don't have to pack their bags either. They get to stay as part of NBC Universal's agreement, announced Sunday, to buy the Atlanta-based Weather Channel. http://www.ajc.com/services/content/sports/braves/stories/2008/07/06/BRallstars0706.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=21 http://www.ajc.com/services/content/sports/braves/stories/2008/07/06/BRallstars0706.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=21 Sun, 6 Jul 2008 16:33:50 EDT A sure fire way to make Brian McCann blush? Ask him when the last time is he didn't make an All-Star team. http://www.ajc.com/services/content/sports/braves/stories/2008/07/06/aaron_letter_07007.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=21 http://www.ajc.com/services/content/sports/braves/stories/2008/07/06/aaron_letter_07007.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=21 Sun, 6 Jul 2008 16:33:14 EDT Charlotte, N.C. — A Charlotte businessman paid $21,000 for a short letter written by a 17-year-old Hank Aaron, in which the future home run king tells the owner of a Negro League baseball team that his parents approve of him joining the team. http://www.ajc.com/services/content/metro/stories/2008/07/06/eve_carson_charges.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=13 http://www.ajc.com/services/content/metro/stories/2008/07/06/eve_carson_charges.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=13 Sun, 6 Jul 2008 16:07:02 EDT Chapel Hill, N.C. — A local expert in criminal law predicts District Attorney Jim Woodall will charge Eve Carson's accused killers with "just about everything you could imagine" when the Orange County grand jury meets Monday. http://www.ajc.com/services/content/metro/atlanta/stories/2008/07/05/lewis_election_challenge.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=13 http://www.ajc.com/services/content/metro/atlanta/stories/2008/07/05/lewis_election_challenge.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=13 Sun, 6 Jul 2008 15:24:09 EDT On a recent, blisteringly hot afternoon in southwest Atlanta, John Lewis was walking door-to-door, asking for votes, when he paused at a Greenwich Street home and offered to mow a constituent's lawn.