Metro News | ajc.com http://www.ajc.com The latest headlines from AJC en-us Copyright 2008, Cox Newspapers Inc., AJC Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:30:09 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 Clayton woman acquitted in trucker husband's murder http://www.ajc.com/services/content/metro/clayton/stories/2008/08/28/police_murder_clayton.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=13 http://www.ajc.com/services/content/metro/clayton/stories/2008/08/28/police_murder_clayton.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=13 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:27:27 EDT A Clayton County jury on Thursday acquitted a woman charged with murder for allegedly plotting to have her husband gunned down in a trucking company parking lot Ex-deputy accused of killing wife, laborer gets bond http://www.ajc.com/services/content/metro/dekalb/stories/2008/08/28/deputy_gets_house_arrest.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=13 http://www.ajc.com/services/content/metro/dekalb/stories/2008/08/28/deputy_gets_house_arrest.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=13 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:08:14 EDT Former DeKalb County sheriff's deputy Derrick Yancey can await his double murder trial under house arrest, a judge ruled Thursday. Clayton schools lose accreditation; board members ousted http://www.ajc.com/services/content/metro/clayton/stories/2008/08/28/clayton_schools_accreditation.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=13 http://www.ajc.com/services/content/metro/clayton/stories/2008/08/28/clayton_schools_accreditation.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=13 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:58:19 EDT Clayton County schools are the first in the nation in the last 40 years to lose accreditation, failing to meet eight of nine improvement mandates. Revision of ethics code for educators in works http://www.ajc.com/services/content/metro/stories/2008/08/28/school_sanctions.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=13 http://www.ajc.com/services/content/metro/stories/2008/08/28/school_sanctions.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=13 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:33:10 EDT Changes could soon be in store for rules governing Georgia teachers. Aug. 28: Day of destiny for John Lewis, Obama http://www.ajc.com/services/content/news/stories/2008/08/27/john_lewis_obama.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=15 http://www.ajc.com/services/content/news/stories/2008/08/27/john_lewis_obama.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=15 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:20:17 EDT When Barack Obama accepts the Democratic Party's nomination for president Thursday night, in front of 75,000 jubilant supporters, John Lewis will see his life, and his country, come full circle from another historic Aug. 28. Cops cleared in College Park bar shooting http://www.ajc.com/services/content/metro/atlanta/stories/2008/08/28/college_park_shooting.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=13 http://www.ajc.com/services/content/metro/atlanta/stories/2008/08/28/college_park_shooting.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=13 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:19:25 EDT A grand jury has cleared two Fulton County police officers in the killing of one man and the wounding of another during a fight outside a nightclub last year. Lake Lanier 2.4 feet fuller, southwest Georgia flooded http://www.ajc.com/services/content/metro/stories/2008/08/28/lanier_rises_georgia_flooding.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=13 http://www.ajc.com/services/content/metro/stories/2008/08/28/lanier_rises_georgia_flooding.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=13 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:46:14 EDT Rainfall from the remnants of Tropical Storm Fay has boosted the level of Lake Lanier by 2.4 feet, while in southwest Georgia a state of emergency has been declared for seven counties inundated by Fay's heavy rain. Cuts approved that could close 13 state parks http://www.ajc.com/services/content/metro/stories/2008/08/27/dnr_budget_parks.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=13 http://www.ajc.com/services/content/metro/stories/2008/08/27/dnr_budget_parks.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=13 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:35:51 EDT The Georgia Board of Natural Resources on Wednesday unanimously approved recommended budget cuts that could close up to 13 state parks and historic sites, shut down a trout hatchery, and remove conservation rangers from wildlife management areas in north Georgia. Atlanta cop shoots man near Fulton courthouse http://www.ajc.com/services/content/metro/atlanta/stories/2008/08/27/courthouse_police_investigation.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=13 http://www.ajc.com/services/content/metro/atlanta/stories/2008/08/27/courthouse_police_investigation.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=13 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:32:31 EDT An Atlanta police officer shot and wounded a man Wednesday afternoon on the sidewalk near the Fulton County Courthouse, turning one of the city's busiest downtown streets into a traffic-halting crime scene, police and witnesses said. Advocates give green light to health department spinoff http://www.ajc.com/services/content/metro/stories/2008/08/27/dhr_0828_web.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=13 http://www.ajc.com/services/content/metro/stories/2008/08/27/dhr_0828_web.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=13 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:24:27 EDT Social service advocates on Wednesday praised Gov. Sonny Perdue's plan to restructure the state's health and human services superagencies, if only because they say the services couldn't get much worse. Expect Labor Day weekend traffic mess on connector http://www.ajc.com/services/content/metro/atlanta/stories/2008/08/26/downtown_connector_traffic.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=13 http://www.ajc.com/services/content/metro/atlanta/stories/2008/08/26/downtown_connector_traffic.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=13 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:20:21 EDT Labor Day is taking no holiday on the Downtown Connector this weekend. Teacher's union joins chorus against superintendent http://www.ajc.com/services/content/metro/gwinnett/stories/2008/08/28/wilbanks_gwinnett.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=13 http://www.ajc.com/services/content/metro/gwinnett/stories/2008/08/28/wilbanks_gwinnett.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=13 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:12:12 EDT A Georgia teacher's union has added its name to the list of those offended by comments made by the Gwinnett County schools chief at a public meeting. Missing student found unharmed http://www.ajc.com/services/content/metro/atlanta/stories/2008/08/27/missing_boy.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=13 http://www.ajc.com/services/content/metro/atlanta/stories/2008/08/27/missing_boy.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=13 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:35:40 EDT A mentally challenged teenager who disappeared from an Atlanta high school Wednesday afternoon has been found safe. Judge: Yank 4 Clayton board members now http://www.ajc.com/services/content/metro/clayton/stories/2008/08/27/judge_clayton_school_board.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=13 http://www.ajc.com/services/content/metro/clayton/stories/2008/08/27/judge_clayton_school_board.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=13 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:16:59 EDT A state judge has recommended that Gov. Sonny Perdue immediately remove four Clayton County school board members as the schools await a decision Thursday on whether they will lose their accreditation. Bookkeeper gets prison for $200K embezzlement http://www.ajc.com/services/content/metro/atlanta/stories/2008/08/28/embezzling_bookkeeper.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=13 http://www.ajc.com/services/content/metro/atlanta/stories/2008/08/28/embezzling_bookkeeper.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=13 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:24:09 EDT A Luthersville woman will serve four years in prison for embezzling nearly $200,000 from an Atlanta engineering company, Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard said Wednesday.