Stories for November 2005
Stories for Wednesday, November 30
Clark Howard's Advice On Buying HDTV's
The first time you look for a big screen TV you might be overwhelmed by the choices and the High Def jargon, such as plasma, LDC and DLP.Each differs in price and some argue quality.You’ll pay the most for plasma.We priced a 50 inch at $3,299 or $800 more than ...
Gas Leak Closes Streets In Marietta
A gas leak has shut down the area around the Marietta Square.Gas is leaking from a broken main line at a construction site at the corner of Green and Roswell Streets.Traffic on streets leading to the Square has been stopped.There is no word yet on any evacuations in the downtown ...
Suspects Lead Police On High Speed Chase
Police have just arrested three suspects after a high speed chase through parts of Cobb County.All three suspects were arrested after running from their car near the intersection of Chastain Road and Chastain Lakes Drive.The chase began when police tried to stop the car on a routine traffic violation.There were ...
Thieves Target Salvation Army Toys
Salvation Army officials say someone broke into their office in Jonesboro sometime Tuesday night.Officials at the charity say they suspect the thieves were looking for the thousands of toys collected by the group for needy children.But the thieves came up empty handed.The toys collected so far by the Salvation Army ...
Home Invaders Beat Roswell Man
A Roswell homeowner told police he was beaten Tuesday by two men during a home invasion robbery.Jeremy Andrew Sarab says he answered a knock at his door at his home on Terramont Drive. He told police a man entered his home and pulled a gun on him.The gunman then allowed ...
Stories for Tuesday, November 29
Search Continues for Prison Escapee
Law enforcement authorities in Atlanta were continuing their search Wednesday for a prisoner who escaped Tuesday as he was being transported to jail.Elton Daniels, 23, of Atlanta may have kicked out the back door of the city police vehicle, police spokeswoman Sylvia Abernathy said.Daniels, who was being held on drug ...
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Lead Found In Holiday Decorations
Environmental experts are warning consumers that lead is a key ingredient in the plastic needles and light cords of artificial Christmas trees.84 year old Carolyn Wynn bought a new tree her last year at her local Kroger store."We were so thrilled with it because I didn't have to put 500 ...
Chemical Spill Shuts Down Gwinnett Roads
Clean up is underway after a truck overturned in Gwinnett County spilling chemicals onto a busy road.Crews worked Tuesday afternoon to pump out the rest of the cargo of aluminum sulfate from the tanker truck.The truck tipped over at the corner of Jones Mill Road and Peachtree Corners Circle in ...
Tanker Truck Carrying Chemical Overturns in Gwinnett
A tractor-trailer carrying a potentially hazardous material overturned Tuesday in Gwinnett County, authorities said.No injuries have been reported from the wreck, which occurred shortly after 9 a.m. at Jones Mill Road and Peachtree Corners Circle. Police shut down several roads in the area while emergency crews worked to contain the ...
Elderly Woman Killed in High-Rise Fire
Authorities said they suspect careless smoking was to blame for a fire that started in a North Fulton County retirement high-rise building in which a wheelchair-bound woman was killed.The woman, who was in her 60s, was pronounced dead at the scene after the blaze swept through her apartment on the ...
Suspect Found Dead After Standoff
Authorities said a police standoff ended after more than 10 hours after a suspect who had wounded a Cobb County Sheriff's deputy apparently killed himself. Sheriff Neil Warren told Channel 2 Action News that the standoff ended just after 8 a.m. when a SWAT team entered the house in east ...
Stories for Monday, November 28
Kidnap Victim Rescued; One Man Dead
A deadly kidnappinig attempt ended today when one victim got a convenience store clerk to call police.Fulton County police say one man was killed as the kidnapping unfolded at a home on Brandon Mill Road in Sandy Springs.Police say the kidnappers stuffed the body of the unidentified man into the ...
Man Shot Trying To Stop Robbery
A Gwinnett County man was shot and wounded while trying to stop a robbery.Police say the man was shot in the leg late Sunday night during a confrontation along Park Crossing Way.The victim was trying to stop the robbery of a woman when he was shot.Paramedics took him to the ...
Nineteen Killed In Holiday Weekend Wrecks
The Georgia State Patrol says at least 19 people were killed in wrecks on Georgia highways during the long Thanksgiving holiday weekend.That's six more than the State Patrol predicted.There were more than 3,100 crashes across the state with almost 800 people injured.Colonel Bill Hitchens, Commissioner of the Department of Public ...
Child Struck, Killed by Car
A young child was killed and their mother and sibling critically injured when they were struck by a car late Sunday in Gwinnett County while trying to cross a dark road, authorities said.The woman was rushed for medical treatment to Gwinnett Medical Center and her child was taken to Children's ...
Wet Weather Blamed For Airport Delays
The combination of rain and holiday travelers returning home caused delays today up to two hours at Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport.Airport officials expect more than 284,000 travelers to pass through the airport today.Yesterday was expected to be the single busiest day in the history of the world's busiest airport as ...
Stories for Sunday, November 27
The Way I See It...
The Georgia-Ga. Tech game will not go down in the history books as one of the most entertaining ever played. As a matter of fact, it was pretty boring except for a few plays. The Bulldogs won it, 14-7, for their 5th victory in a row over their arch rivals. ...
Georgia 69 Western Kentucky 65
Levi Stukes scored 17 points to lead the Georgia Bulldogs to a 69-65 victory over the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers in a non-league affair. Billy Humphrey added 13 points for Georgia (3-1), while Channing Toney contributed 11 points in the victory. Anthony Winchester connected on 10-of-22 shots from the field and ...
Georgia 14 Georgia Tech 7
D.J. Shockley hit Bryan McClendon with a 19- yard touchdown strike with 3:18 remaining, as 13th-ranked Georgia beat No. 20 Georgia Tech, 14-7. Tim Jennings intercepted Reggie Ball at the two-yard line with just over a minute to play to secure Georgia's (9-2) second straight win, as the Bulldogs head ...
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