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Thursday 2nd July, 2009

  • Hossa's Hawks deal tops busy day

    Japan Times

    And instead of taking a discount on a one-year deal to take a shot at a Stanley Cup title, Hossa cashed in a megadeal with the up-and-coming Chicago Blackhawks on Wednesday.

  • Neighbors Say 9-Year-Old Saved Them

    News 11

    Oglethorpe County-- At first, Josh McCannon's mom thought he had to be exaggerating. "I asked him to calm down," says Megan McCannon. "I went outside to check everything out and I saw huge flames." ...

  • Thrashers Sign Antropov From Rangers

    CBS 46

    The Atlanta Thrashers signed free agent forward Nik Antropov, the player general manager Don Waddell said was his top priority in free agency.The Thrashers signed Antropov, 29, to a...

  • Six Flags to feature new Wii video game

    Atlanta Business Chronicle

    ... to prominently feature the new Wii Sports Resort video game. The game, which features 12 different sports activities including archery, basketball and table tennis, will be showcased at nine...

  • Braves Try To Sweep Phillies

    CBS 46

    Sports Network) - The Atlanta Braves are gradually working their way up the NL East standings and will try to extend their winning streak to a season-high four straight games tonight in the finale...

  • US swine flu cases rise to nearly 34,000

    Examiner

    U.s. swine flu cases has reached nearly 34,000, and deaths have risen 34 percent in the past week to 170, federal health officials reported Thursday.About four out of five of the swine flu deaths to...

  • Farmers markets reach out to food stamp recipients

    Examiner

    Atlanta Village Farmers Market - where shoppers peruse European-style breads and organic dog biscuits along with locally grown produce - are a stark contrast to the neighborhood, where Census...

  • Georgia One of Five States Considered for South Korean Plant

    News 11

    Ct&t says it will make a decision on where to build its electric vehicle manufacturing plant by September. Other states being considered include Alabama, North Carolina, South Carolina and...

  • Antropov moves to Thrashers

    CBC News

    Nik Antropov has signed with the Atlanta Thrashers on a four-year, $16 million US contract. It will be his third team since March. The powerful centreman spent the first nine years in the NHL with...

  • Tenn. Authorities Drop Kidnapping, Rape Charges Against Snellville Man

    News 11

    Tennessee authorities announced Thursday that they have dismissed all charges against David Jansen, the Snellville man originally accused of kidnapping an Atlanta woman and raping...

  • Eagles, Pats, Falcons produce best offseasons of '09

    Sports Illustrated

    Edgerrin James , most of those players are past their prime and still on the market for a reason. Here's my look at the best and worst offseasons for NFL franchises: Best...

  • Lawyer sanctioned in bond financing case

    Atlanta Business Chronicle

    Atlanta Development Authority and two co-defendants for the money they spent defending a lawsuit. Fulton Superior Court Judge Michael D. Johnson, who ruled in May that Woodham had intervened...

  • Boomers show entrepreneurial spirit

    Atlanta Business Chronicle

    Kauffman Foundation study that predicts the United States may be “on the cusp of an entrepreneurship boom.” Over the past decade, Americans between the ages of 55 and 64 had the highest...

  • Thrashers sign free agent forward Antropov

    TSN

    Nik Antropov experiment in New York is over, as the veteran forward has signed a four-year, $16 million deal with the Atlanta Thrashers. The 29-year-old saw his nine-year tenure with the Toronto...

  • Illinois guard Brust commits to Hawks

    New Jersey Online

    Illinois prep guard Ben Brust says he has verbally committed to play basketball at Iowa. Brust, a 6-foot-2 native of Mundelein, Ill., has one year of high school ball...

  • Georgian minister claims Russia guilty of 'ethnic cleansing'

    Earth Times

    Riga - Georgian Foreign Minister Grigol Vashadze accused Russia of a catalogue of crimes in the breakaway regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia Thursday, including ethnic cleansing, rape and...

  • 467K jobs cut in June; jobless rate at 9.5 percent

    Cordele Dispatch

    ... mdash; Employers cut a larger-than-expected 467,000 jobs in June, driving the unemployment rate up to a 26-year high of 9.5 percent, suggesting that the economy's road to recovery...

  • Democrat urges Barnes to reconsider

    Cordele Dispatch

    ... contest, when Barnes was...

  • 4 people killed in I-75 wreck near Valdosta

    Cordele Dispatch

    Valdosta, Ga. — The state Department of Transportation says four people have been killed in the collision of a passenger vehicle and a rental truck on I-75 near Valdosta.

  • Braves are Atlanta’s best

    Business Journal

    ... scored higher than Atlanta’s other three professional teams, according to ESPN the Magazine’s seventh annual rankings of all 122 professional sports teams in America. The annual Ultimate...

  • Georgians invited to 120th anniversary of Capitol

    News 11

    The event next Wednesday will include a tour of the Capitol and birthday cake. Attendees can sign a birthday card for Miss Freedom, the statue that tops the building's gold dome. The Capitol was...

  • Convicted Killer Taken From Courtroom After Outburst

    News 11

    Cleveland Clark, the man convicted of killing a 22-year-old mother just weeks after her wedding, was taken out of a Fulton County courtroom Thursday during closing arguments in his...

  • Atlanta homeless center builds new wing

    News 11

    ... s City of Refuge will use a $620,000 grant from the Atlanta Development Authority to open the second phase of its Eden Village transitional center. The construction will help 100 additional women...

  • Braves hope to break out the brooms against Phils

    SportsNetwork

    Sports Network) - The Atlanta Braves are gradually working their way up the NL East standings and will try to extend their winning streak to a season-high four straight games tonight in the finale...

  • Feds Accuse Ex-CAO Of Atlanta-Based Beazer Of Fraudulent Scheme

    News 11

    The federal Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday accused the former chief accounting officer of Atlanta-based Beazer Homes, USA, Inc., of conducting a fraudulent earnings...

  • Wachovia unit takes on Wells Fargo name

    Atlanta Business Chronicle

    The acquisition closed late last year. “Customers can expect to continue working with their existing insurance professionals and now have access to expanded national resources to serve their...

  • UGA public health program gets accreditation

    News 11

    The certification gives UGA one of the 41 colleges of public health nationwide approved by the Council on Education for Public Health. It also is the only accredited public health college in the...

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