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KING SUIT – The children of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. will be in Superior Court on Wednesday in the first hearing in the case that have pitted the brothers against Bernice King over the possession of King's Nobel Peace Prize and traveling Bible. The brothers are seeking a restraining order against Bernice King.
WHISTLEBLOWER – Ralph D. Williams, a Gainesville man who has a long history in hospital management, was apparently the first person to blow the whistle on Hospital Management Associates, the large for-profit hospital chain based in Naples. Months after Williams first filed a whistle-blower lawsuit, the U.S. Justice Department has joined eight separate suits against HMA is six states. Williams, who has worked in numerous hospitals in Georgia, talks to the AJC's Carrie Teegardin about how he first got a sense that things weren't right at the hospital in Monroe, Ga, where he'd been hired as the CFO.
GOOGLE FIBER – Google is evaluating Atlanta, as well as the surrounding suburban communities of Avondale Estates, Brookhaven, College Park, Decatur, East Point, Hapeville, Sandy Springs and Smyrna, for an Internet and television service that could let you surf the web as quickly as you change the channel.
OPEN RECORDS – As the 2014 legislative session marches on, a number of attempts to limit public access to state and local records are also moving. Mug shots, 911 calls and more would all be kept beyond the public's purview under a variety of bills lawmakers are considering this year. It's a massive erosion of the public's right to know, First Amendment advocates say, while the bills' supporters say it's not a concerted effort but individual attempts to protect certain Georgians from abuse.
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