Sunday, October 7, 2012
News First Slice 10/7/12: Congressman Paul Broun calls evolution a lie 'straight from the pit of Hell'
Posted by Thomas Wheatley @thomaswheatley on Sun, Oct 7, 2012 at 10:10 AM
Georgia Congressman Paul Broun tries to meet his quota of crazy comments before the year's end by standing in front of a wall of stuffed deer heads and calling the Big Bang Theory, evolution, and embryology "lies straight from the pit of Hell." Consider that quota met.
Students and parents at North Atlanta High School are furious after the interim principal was suddenly removed — he apparently slipped through a back door to avoid humiliation — on Friday. One student says she and her fellow pupils are considering a walkout on Wednesday to protest the popular official's ouster.
How much would you wager that voters will give Glenn Richardson, the former powerful state House Speaker who resigned in disgrace after his ethical peccadilloes were revealed in his ex-wife's TV interview, another chance under the Gold Dome?
An early Saturday morning scuffle at a Midtown club led to the shooting death of 24-year-old Morie Brooks. The fight was apparently "over a woman."
What led to the bizarre Friday afternoon shooting involving multiple suspects at Ponce de Leon Avenue and Briarcliff Road?
And if you're heading to Atlanta Streets Alive today and angry that you missed the capoeira group, please don't treat the route like Atlanta Braves fans did Turner Field:
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