Friday, June 27, 2008
News Morning headlines
Posted by Andisheh Nouraee on Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 2:51 PM
GUILTY: A Fulton County jury convicts 68-year-old Chiman Rai for ordering the racially motivated contract killing of his 22 year-old daughter-in-law, Michelle Reid Rai in 2000.
AMEN-ING THE AMENDMENT: For the first-time, the U.S. Supreme Court rules that the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution allows individuals to have firearms. State Sen. Chip Roger, R-Woodstock, says Americans should celebrate. By firing into the air, perhaps?
MISSION KIMPOSSIBLE: The U.S. removes North Korea from its list of terrorist sponsoring nations. In a return gesture of goodwill, North Korea blew up the cooling tower at one of its disused nuclear reactors.
MAPLE STIR-UP: Braves manager Bobby Cox speaks out about the danger posed by maple baseball bats that shatter during play. Many players, including several on the Braves' roster, prefer maple bats to traditional ash bats.
HELP NOT WANTED AS MUCH: Metro Atlanta's unemployment jumps 0.6 percent in May to 5.5 percent. Georgia's unemployment jumped to 5.8 percent in May, it's highest number in 15 years.
WHAT'S THE 511, HUN?: Georgia's road travel info hotline, GA 511, receives its one-millionth call after just 10 months in operation. DOT Commissioner Gena Abraham calls it a "milestone," an exceedingly polite way of saying there are a lot of people stuck in traffic around here.
RUSTLED MCLENDIN': The Street publishes a list of Georgia's ten worst banks, as ranked by asset quality. Many of the banks on the list are there for making bad real estate loans. Alpharetta-based Integrity Bank tops the list. Or is it bottoms?
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