Metro News | ajc.com http://www.ajc.com The latest headlines from AJC en-us Copyright 2008, Cox Newspapers Inc., AJC Wed, 15 Oct 2008 19:57:43 EDT Newspapers COXnet RSS Generator v1.0 http://img.coxnewsweb.com/C/08/17/52/image_1352178.jpg Metro News | ajc.com http://www.ajc.com 5 Brookhaven couple's friends keep case going http://www.ajc.com/services/content/metro/dekalb/stories/2008/10/16/missing_couple_remembered.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=13 http://www.ajc.com/services/content/metro/dekalb/stories/2008/10/16/missing_couple_remembered.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=13 Wed, 15 Oct 2008 19:17:26 EDT Friends and family of a Hilton Head Island couple missing for more than seven months gathered to remember them and to make sure the case doesn't fade away. Shaq's stalking case delayed till November http://www.ajc.com/services/content/metro/atlanta/stories/2008/10/15/shaq_case_delayed.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=13 http://www.ajc.com/services/content/metro/atlanta/stories/2008/10/15/shaq_case_delayed.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=13 Wed, 15 Oct 2008 18:35:53 EDT The legal case involving NBA star Shaquille O'Neal and an Atlanta woman who accused him of stalking has been delayed again, fueling speculation that a deal to avert a trial might be in the works. October execution date set for Troy Davis http://www.ajc.com/services/content/metro/stories/2008/10/15/troy_davis_execution.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=13 http://www.ajc.com/services/content/metro/stories/2008/10/15/troy_davis_execution.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=13 Wed, 15 Oct 2008 18:20:00 EDT The state has set a time and date to execute Troy Anthony Davis 7 p.m. Oct. 27 even as his advocates continue to insist Georgia is about to execute an innocent man. Franklin has $850,000 plan to turn around city's finances http://www.ajc.com/services/content/metro/atlanta/stories/2008/10/15/atlanta_budget_crisis.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=13 http://www.ajc.com/services/content/metro/atlanta/stories/2008/10/15/atlanta_budget_crisis.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=13 Wed, 15 Oct 2008 17:55:01 EDT Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin — faced with stagnant revenues and other longstanding financial problems — wants to spend $850,000 to hire two outside groups to improve the city's finance department and put the city in the black before she leaves office at the end of 2009. Man arrested at Hartsfield after incident with police officer http://www.ajc.com/services/content/metro/stories/2008/10/15/atlanta_airport_arrest.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=13 http://www.ajc.com/services/content/metro/stories/2008/10/15/atlanta_airport_arrest.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=13 Wed, 15 Oct 2008 17:38:26 EDT A Tennessee man was out on bond Wednesday after Atlanta police say he assaulted an officer at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. Appeals board rules against Snellville crematory http://www.ajc.com/services/content/metro/gwinnett/stories/2008/10/15/snellville_crematory_gwinnett.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=13 http://www.ajc.com/services/content/metro/gwinnett/stories/2008/10/15/snellville_crematory_gwinnett.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=13 Wed, 15 Oct 2008 17:37:53 EDT The Snellville Board of Appeals voted to reverse the city's decision to issue operating licenses to a controversial crematory. Atlanta City Council's spending to be scrutinized http://www.ajc.com/services/content/metro/atlanta/stories/2008/10/15/ethics_city_council.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=13 http://www.ajc.com/services/content/metro/atlanta/stories/2008/10/15/ethics_city_council.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=13 Wed, 15 Oct 2008 16:55:42 EDT Atlanta's City Council has asked the city's Integrity Steering Committee to examine the council's expenditures over the past three years and determine if they comply with city code. Georgia to crack down on counterfeit items http://www.ajc.com/services/content/metro/stories/2008/10/15/georgia_counterfeit_sale.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=13 http://www.ajc.com/services/content/metro/stories/2008/10/15/georgia_counterfeit_sale.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=13 Wed, 15 Oct 2008 16:30:14 EDT Georgia will seek to stop the flood of counterfeit items — cigarettes, clothing and movies — as profits from those sales are going to gangs, international fraud rings and terrorist organizations, the state's chief law enforcement officer said Wednesday. Atlanta fire chief says 'brownout' will cut costs http://www.ajc.com/services/content/metro/atlanta/stories/2008/10/15/fire_department_costs.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=13 http://www.ajc.com/services/content/metro/atlanta/stories/2008/10/15/fire_department_costs.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=13 Wed, 15 Oct 2008 16:24:25 EDT Atlanta Fire Chief Kelvin Cochran said Wednesday his "brownout" strategy of temporarily shutting down ladder trucks at some stations to cut costs will continue until the city is on stronger financial footing. Seven candidates running for appeals court opening http://www.ajc.com/services/content/metro/stories/2008/10/15/appeals_court_election.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=13 http://www.ajc.com/services/content/metro/stories/2008/10/15/appeals_court_election.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=13 Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:55:20 EDT Four years ago, an open seat on the Georgia Court of Appeals generated eye-popping amounts of campaign cash and one of the strangest elections in state history. Money surges from national Democrats to Ga. Senate race http://www.ajc.com/services/content/metro/stories/2008/10/14/money_martin_chambliss.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=13 http://www.ajc.com/services/content/metro/stories/2008/10/14/money_martin_chambliss.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=13 Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:52:52 EDT Democrats at the national level have begun pumping money into Georgia's U.S. Senate race, once thought to be a sure-bet for Republicans but now a real horse race, according to recent polls. Multi-state shoplifting ring busted in Woodstock http://www.ajc.com/services/content/metro/cherokee/stories/2008/10/15/woodstock_shoplift_ring.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=13 http://www.ajc.com/services/content/metro/cherokee/stories/2008/10/15/woodstock_shoplift_ring.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=13 Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:47:45 EDT Woodstock police said Wednesday they have arrested the mastermind behind a shoplifting ring operating in North Georgia and Florida. Beltline breaks ground near City Hall East http://www.ajc.com/services/content/metro/atlanta/stories/2008/10/15/beltline_atlanta_groundbreaking.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=13 http://www.ajc.com/services/content/metro/atlanta/stories/2008/10/15/beltline_atlanta_groundbreaking.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=13 Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:21:17 EDT The Atlanta Beltline project is about to become more real to a lot more people. Ground was broken Wednesday for the first park to be built in the Beltline, a planned system of transit, trails and green space along a 22-mile loop of historic rail lines circling Atlanta's core. Workers quit in droves; ATL jail tries 12-hour shifts http://www.ajc.com/services/content/metro/atlanta/stories/2008/10/14/atlanta_jail_workers.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=13 http://www.ajc.com/services/content/metro/atlanta/stories/2008/10/14/atlanta_jail_workers.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=13 Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:18:36 EDT Atlanta corrections officials have come up with an unconventional plan to slow the exodus of officers leaving the department. Twelve-hour shifts. Midtown building on 'most imperiled" list http://www.ajc.com/services/content/metro/stories/2008/10/15/historic_preservation_peril.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=13 http://www.ajc.com/services/content/metro/stories/2008/10/15/historic_preservation_peril.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=13 Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:13:54 EDT The Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation has placed the Crum & Forster Building on its statewide list, "Places in Peril."