Lawyers want lower bond in slaying of law grad
BY: Associated Press MACON, Ga. — Attorneys for a man accused of killing Mercer University law school graduate Lauren Giddings say bond in the case is too high. They say they want to show their client could live in suburban Atlanta with no danger to the community. The lawyers for Stephen McDaniel argue in court motions that the [...] |
Alleged Maryland drug kingpin arrested in Atlanta
BY: Associated Press ATLANTA — Authorities say an alleged Baltimore drug kingpin who may have been trying to expand his operation in Atlanta and has been arrested. U.S. Marshals spokesman Gavin Duffy says Jeffrey Cofield was arrested Wednesday night after authorities with the U.S. Marshals in the Washington, D.C. area told them Cofield had recently relocated from Baltimore [...] |
Megachurch shooting suspect was committed in Md.
BY: Associated Press  ATLANTA — The man suspected of walking into a service at an Atlanta-area megachurch and gunning down a church volunteer leading a prayer was committed eight years ago to a psychiatric hospital after a violent incident in Maryland, court records show. Police in Georgia said former church worker Floyd Palmer, 51, entered a chapel at [...] |
Appalachian Trail marks 75th anniversary
BY: Associated Press  HARPERS FERRY, W.Va. — Like the people who hike it, the Appalachian Trail is always moving. Technically, Tuesday marks the 75th anniversary of its completion. But the 2,180-mile path stretching across 14 states from Springer Mountain, Ga., to Katahdin, Maine, is never really finished. It took 15 years for hundreds of volunteers, state and federal [...] |
Atlanta opens new international terminal
BY: Associated Press ATLANTA — A sleek new $1.4 billion international terminal featuring airy windows and eye-popping artwork opened Wednesday at the world’s busiest airport in hopes of positioning Atlanta to attract more globe-trotting travelers. The sparkling launching pad has been in the works for more than a decade at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. Besides helping to grab [...] |
Georgia company to fuel Maryland vehicles
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NRC approves first new nuclear plant in three decades
BY: Associated Press WASHINGTON — The nation’s first new nuclear power plant in a generation won approval Thursday as federal regulators voted to grant a license for two new reactors in Georgia. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission voted 4-1 to approve Atlanta-based Southern Co.’s request to build two nuclear reactors at its Vogtle site south of Augusta. The vote [...] |
Supreme Court to look at state immigration laws
BY: Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court agreed Monday to rule on Arizona’s controversial law targeting illegal immigrants. The justices said they will review a federal appeals court ruling that blocked several tough provisions in the Arizona law. One of those requires that police, while enforcing other laws, question a person’s immigration status if officers suspect he [...] |
Prosecutors seek death penalty in law grad slaying
BY: Associated Press MACON, Ga. — Prosecutors will seek the death penalty for the suspect accused of killing Mercer University law school graduate Lauren Giddings. The Macon Telegraph reports that prosecutors filed a notice of their intention to seek the death penalty in Bibb County Superior Court Thursday morning. The suspect, 26-year-old Stephen McDaniel, has been charged with [...] |
Atlanta’s High features masterpieces of modern art
BY: Associated Press  ATLANTA — With bright, bold colors, varying formats and iconic images, a new exhibition at Atlanta’s main art museum allows visitors to experience dozens of modern art masterpieces and to explore the relationships among the artists who created them. “Picasso to Warhol: Fourteen Modern Masters” at the High Museum of Art brings together more than [...] |
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