Head start on the news: What the AJC's covering today
Here are some of the stories you will see on MyAJC.com today and in the newspaper on Thursday.
» HOME DEPOT: Three Home Depot employees have arrested after stealing employing information, including social security numbers, in December. The breach announcement is the second for a major Atlanta company – Coca-Cola announced a similar internal employee information breach just weeks ago – over the past few weeks. Home Depot points out that the information stolen was contained to employees and does not affect customers. We'll interview experts to determine how bad it is.
» SNOW COSTS: A week after snow and ice shuttered metro Atlanta, we look to tally the financial cost of the storm, including both public and private costs and costs to workers. We talk to economists, businesses and the state insurance commissioner, and survey local governments and schools to see what costs they incurred.
» ENGLISH: GEMA Director Charley English has been at the center of the storm over the state's lackluster response to last week's "snowfail." Our staff is closely monitoring the situation for any news that would affect English's status with GEMA.
» MLK DRIVE: Construction around the future Atlanta Falcons stadium has begun, with traffic being detoured around Martin Luther King Drive. Residents there are frustrated and confused about plans to reroute the roadway, which Mayor Kasim Reed has pledged to make the most prominent MLK Drive in the nation. Council members are asking Reed's administration for detailed plans about how the road will be rerouted, but so far, none have been given.
