1. Burrell Ellis rejected misdemeanor plea, DA said: District Attorney Robert James said he approached DeKalb County CEO Burrell Ellis about pleading guilty to a misdemeanor that would involve no time in jail and woujld eventually result in Ellis' record being cleared. Intead, Elli will now serve an 18-month prison sentence after being convicted by a jury. [Read more]
2. Did Anonymous predict NYSE trading incident? The international hacktivist group Anonymous sent a curious tweet yesterday at 11:45 p.m. ET in which it wondered aloud if there'd be a disruption today on Wall Street. Twelve hours later, trading on the New York Stock Exchange was abruptly halted. [Read more]
3. Jimmy Carter: 'Very few people' see the Confederate flag as racist: The former president said Wednesday that "very few people" now see the Confederate flag as a racist symbol, but that it should still be "done away with" out of respect for those who do still see it negatively. [Read more]
4. Harper Lee's hometown abuzz over 'Mockingbird' sequel: It's a big time for this little town. "To Kill a Mockingbird" put Monroeville on the map, and citizens think the new book will pump up the volume. [Read more]
5. In the shadow of luxury, a slave cemetery, in ruins: Hidden in a bustling pocket of Buckhead, surrounded by half-million-dollar town homes being built in the Georgia clay, sits a historic black cemetery, unnoticed and untended. Soccer moms and joggers, bikers and Ga. 400 motorists rush past the burial ground located less than a mile south of Lenox Square, oblivious. [Read more]
