Friday, May 16, 2008
News Morning headlines
Posted by Russell McLendon on Fri, May 16, 2008 at 3:49 PM
CHINA EARTHQUAKE RELIEF: Fourteen Atlanta Chinese organizations have banded together and will hold various on-site donation drives this weekend and next. Another 5.5-magnitude aftershock hit the China quake zone today, causing landslides.
MOTHER'S DAY TORNADOES: Damage in Georgia has already reached $100 million, may exceed $125 million. The tornadoes also caused environmental damage, such as an industrial park in McIntosh County that was leveled, leaking fuel, oil and acid into the soil.
SOUTH RISING: Record black voter turnout for Obama could loosen the GOP's decades-long stranglehold on the South.
TRIGGER MORTIS: Now that guns are the new iPod in Georgia, police are gearing up for a trigger-happier public, especially now that we don't have to hide our guns in our glove compartments while driving anymore.
BODIFORD: Can stay on the Brian Nichols case, despite comments he made to the Marietta Daily Journal shortly after the deadly shootings.
ATLANTA TRAVEL PROFILE: Aw shucks, St. Pete Times.
LIZARD MAN: After a mystery animal chews up the bumper of someone's car in Sumter, S.C., residents assume what anyone would — Lizard Man. They're also willing to consider Bigfoot as a suspect, though, as a "renowned Bigfoot hunter" tells the local paper that there are more than 3,500 "Bigfoot creatures" nationwide.
SUSPICIOUS PACKAGE: Closes Indian Creek MARTA station.
BRAIN TRUST: Scientists are studying the only three known hyperthymestics, or people with superhuman memories, to learn more about how memory works, hoping to help those with failing memories.
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