Provides the latest RSS feeds for Atlanta News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Atlanta News.Net http://www.atlantanews.net/ en-us Thu, 29 Jul 2010 10:24:57 -0400 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 10:24:57 -0400 30 MACON, Ga. (AP) -- Macon and Bibb County leaders say they've been awarded a $1.5 million Community Block Development Grant to redevelop the old Atlantic Cotton Mills. The city and the county applied ... http://feeds.atlantanews.net/?rid=37329323&cat=ffe56b8f30c50146 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 08:13:54 -0400 News 11 http://feeds.atlantanews.net/?rid=37329323&cat=ffe56b8f30c50146 MAMOU, La. (AP) -- The government is doling out $20 million to farmers in eight states, including Georgia, to create habitats for migratory birds whose usual Gulf wintering spots may be fouled by th... http://feeds.atlantanews.net/?rid=37329324&cat=ffe56b8f30c50146 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 08:13:47 -0400 News 11 http://feeds.atlantanews.net/?rid=37329324&cat=ffe56b8f30c50146 SUWANEE, GA -- Up to 5,000 customers of Red Oak Sanitation Services may want to return their trash bins and get their deposits back. Red Oak was not picked as one of the five Gwinnett County choices ... http://feeds.atlantanews.net/?rid=37326218&cat=ffe56b8f30c50146 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 05:58:14 -0400 News 11 http://feeds.atlantanews.net/?rid=37326218&cat=ffe56b8f30c50146 ATLANTA (AP) -- A political blogger has filed an ethics complaint against Republican gubernatorial hopeful Karen Handel, alleging she illegally paid staffers from her old secretary of state campaign f... http://feeds.atlantanews.net/?rid=37326217&cat=ffe56b8f30c50146 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 05:58:08 -0400 News 11 http://feeds.atlantanews.net/?rid=37326217&cat=ffe56b8f30c50146 ATLANTA (AP) -- Agnes Scott College in Atlanta has received the second largest donation in the history of the women's college. The $2.5 million pledge comes from alumna Elizabeth Rhett Jones and her... http://feeds.atlantanews.net/?rid=37326219&cat=ffe56b8f30c50146 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 05:58:00 -0400 News 11 http://feeds.atlantanews.net/?rid=37326219&cat=ffe56b8f30c50146 ATLANTA (AP) -- President Barack Obama has nominated the former Atlanta police chief to serve as the U.S. Marshal in north Georgia. Obama named Beverly Harvard as his nominee on Wednesday. Harvard, ... http://feeds.atlantanews.net/?rid=37326220&cat=ffe56b8f30c50146 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 05:57:54 -0400 News 11 http://feeds.atlantanews.net/?rid=37326220&cat=ffe56b8f30c50146 VICTORIA, British Columbia, July 28. A trio of World Top 25 times went up on the scoreboard during the first evening of the Canadian Long Course Nationals.Savannah King pocketed the women's 800 fr... http://feeds.atlantanews.net/?rid=37322240&cat=ffe56b8f30c50146 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:21:25 -0400 Swimming World http://feeds.atlantanews.net/?rid=37322240&cat=ffe56b8f30c50146 VICTORIA, British Columbia, July 28. A trio of World Top 25 times went up on the scoreboard during the first evening of the Canadian Long Course Nationals.Savannah King pocketed the women's 800 fr... http://feeds.atlantanews.net/?rid=37319067&cat=ffe56b8f30c50146 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 02:06:24 -0400 Swimming World http://feeds.atlantanews.net/?rid=37319067&cat=ffe56b8f30c50146 ATLANTA (AP) -- Authorities have charged a driver who struck and killed a Georgia Department of Transportation worker with second-degree vehicular homicide. Atlanta police spokeswoman Kim Jones says... http://feeds.atlantanews.net/?rid=37319729&cat=ffe56b8f30c50146 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 01:31:17 -0400 News 11 http://feeds.atlantanews.net/?rid=37319729&cat=ffe56b8f30c50146 SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. (AP) -- A 29-year-old man fell to his death in Sandy Springs after the tree he was cutting snapped below him. Lt. Steve Rose with the Sandy Springs police department says the man, ... http://feeds.atlantanews.net/?rid=37319730&cat=ffe56b8f30c50146 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 01:31:12 -0400 News 11 http://feeds.atlantanews.net/?rid=37319730&cat=ffe56b8f30c50146 ATHENS, Ga. (AP) -- Emergency management officials say a fire at an Athens chemical plant poses no public health risk. Chuck Gulley, coordinator of the Athens-Clarke Emergency Management Agency, sai... http://feeds.atlantanews.net/?rid=37319731&cat=ffe56b8f30c50146 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 01:31:06 -0400 News 11 http://feeds.atlantanews.net/?rid=37319731&cat=ffe56b8f30c50146 ATLANTA (AP) -- A former Cobb County Department of Driver's Services worker and another man have been sentenced to federal prison after pleading guilty to handing out fake driver's licenses in exchan... http://feeds.atlantanews.net/?rid=37319732&cat=ffe56b8f30c50146 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 01:31:00 -0400 News 11 http://feeds.atlantanews.net/?rid=37319732&cat=ffe56b8f30c50146 ATLANTA (AP) -- An administrative law judge is recommending that Gov. Sonny Perdue remove three members of an east Georgia school board. Judge John B. Gatto reportedly released his recommendation Wed... http://feeds.atlantanews.net/?rid=37319733&cat=ffe56b8f30c50146 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 01:30:54 -0400 News 11 http://feeds.atlantanews.net/?rid=37319733&cat=ffe56b8f30c50146 GWINNETT COUNTY, GA -- Imagine you're sitting in your living room watching television when gunshots crash through your window. It happened to a Gwinnett County family Monday morning. The family lives... http://feeds.atlantanews.net/?rid=37317078&cat=ffe56b8f30c50146 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 23:20:12 -0400 News 11 http://feeds.atlantanews.net/?rid=37317078&cat=ffe56b8f30c50146 ATLANTA -- CBS Atlanta News has learned that 11 MARTA employees in the electrical power department were caught sleeping on the job less than a mile away from MARTA headquarters.The incident happened o... http://feeds.atlantanews.net/?rid=37314177&cat=ffe56b8f30c50146 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 21:13:07 -0400 CBS 46 http://feeds.atlantanews.net/?rid=37314177&cat=ffe56b8f30c50146 MARIETTA, GA -- Cobb County's Public Safety Director defended his honor Wednesday afternoon, saying he is not a fraud. Questions surfaced earlier this month over Mickey Lloyd's Vietnam military recor... http://feeds.atlantanews.net/?rid=37314175&cat=ffe56b8f30c50146 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 21:07:12 -0400 News 11 http://feeds.atlantanews.net/?rid=37314175&cat=ffe56b8f30c50146 Lodged at the dead end of a street near a busy train line, the vacant cinderblock building was, until this spring, the Christ Liberty Family Life Center. Its doors abruptly closed when the city of Avo... http://feeds.atlantanews.net/?rid=37314176&cat=ffe56b8f30c50146 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 21:06:59 -0400 News 11 http://feeds.atlantanews.net/?rid=37314176&cat=ffe56b8f30c50146 Flight delays Clevlen's big league return WASHINGTON -- Jason Heyward stole home in the first inning against the Washington Nationals on Wednesday night, the first such theft by a Brave in more than 1... http://feeds.atlantanews.net/?rid=37314174&cat=ffe56b8f30c50146 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 20:50:15 -0400 Atlanta Braves http://feeds.atlantanews.net/?rid=37314174&cat=ffe56b8f30c50146 DULUTH, Ga. -- A landmark Duluth restaurant is enjoying a rebirth. The Rexall Grill reopened this week, after being closed. If you're not from Duluth, you may not have heard of the Rexall Grill. Bu... http://feeds.atlantanews.net/?rid=37310453&cat=ffe56b8f30c50146 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:37:29 -0400 News 11 http://feeds.atlantanews.net/?rid=37310453&cat=ffe56b8f30c50146 DAHLONEGA, GA -- Some combinations are just meant to be: Ham and eggs, peanut butter and jelly, Smith and Wesson. But an unexpected merger in north Georgia has produced something that is attracting ... http://feeds.atlantanews.net/?rid=37310452&cat=ffe56b8f30c50146 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:37:22 -0400 News 11 http://feeds.atlantanews.net/?rid=37310452&cat=ffe56b8f30c50146 DEKALB COUNTY, GA -- A manhunt is underway in the south DeKalb County community of Ellenwood, where a police officer was shot Wednesday afternoon. SWAT teams are combing the area around the Boulder... http://feeds.atlantanews.net/?rid=37310454&cat=ffe56b8f30c50146 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:37:15 -0400 News 11 http://feeds.atlantanews.net/?rid=37310454&cat=ffe56b8f30c50146 Gospel Music Association reported it will move its annual Dove Awards show to Atlanta in 2011. It will mark the first time the show has taken place outside of Nashville, Tenn. GMC will broadcast wha... http://feeds.atlantanews.net/?rid=37310444&cat=ffe56b8f30c50146 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:52:58 -0400 Atlanta Business Chronicle http://feeds.atlantanews.net/?rid=37310444&cat=ffe56b8f30c50146 shrank its loss in fiscal 2010. The Atlanta-based energy-saving building projects company had a net loss of $1.7 million and a loss per share of 46 cents, compared with a net loss of $4.6 million and... http://feeds.atlantanews.net/?rid=37310445&cat=ffe56b8f30c50146 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:52:54 -0400 Atlanta Business Chronicle http://feeds.atlantanews.net/?rid=37310445&cat=ffe56b8f30c50146 is entering the Athens, Ga., market with its first store later this year. California-based Trader Joe's plans to open a 12,000-square-foot store at 1850 Epps Bridge Parkway in the fourth quarter,... http://feeds.atlantanews.net/?rid=37310446&cat=ffe56b8f30c50146 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:52:49 -0400 Atlanta Business Chronicle http://feeds.atlantanews.net/?rid=37310446&cat=ffe56b8f30c50146 Two metro Atlantans will go to federal prison for selling Georgia driver’s licenses in Marietta. Jules Armand Che Siewe Achou, 33, of Atlanta, and Gbemisola Wellington-Salako, 36, of Marietta, ... http://feeds.atlantanews.net/?rid=37310447&cat=ffe56b8f30c50146 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:52:45 -0400 Atlanta Business Chronicle http://feeds.atlantanews.net/?rid=37310447&cat=ffe56b8f30c50146 ’s profit jumped nearly 20 percent in the second quarter. The Atlanta-based credit reporting firm had net income of $71.3 million and earnings of 56 cents a share, compared with net income of $... http://feeds.atlantanews.net/?rid=37310448&cat=ffe56b8f30c50146 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:52:41 -0400 Atlanta Business Chronicle http://feeds.atlantanews.net/?rid=37310448&cat=ffe56b8f30c50146 Southeast LNG Distribution Co. , which will distribute liquefied natural gas (LNG) across the Southeast to the heavy-duty transportation market. Atlanta-based AGL Resources (NYSE: AGL) and Houston-ba... http://feeds.atlantanews.net/?rid=37310449&cat=ffe56b8f30c50146 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:52:34 -0400 Atlanta Business Chronicle http://feeds.atlantanews.net/?rid=37310449&cat=ffe56b8f30c50146 A panel of academic economists and business leaders Wednesday launched five months of work that could lead to an overhaul of Georgia’s tax laws. The 11-member http://feeds.atlantanews.net/?rid=37310450&cat=ffe56b8f30c50146 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:52:29 -0400 Atlanta Business Chronicle http://feeds.atlantanews.net/?rid=37310450&cat=ffe56b8f30c50146 BP plc said Tuesday it has spent nearly $4 billion on the response to the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Of that figure, $256 million went to claims to those who have lost income or net profits as ... http://feeds.atlantanews.net/?rid=37310451&cat=ffe56b8f30c50146 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:52:24 -0400 Atlanta Business Chronicle http://feeds.atlantanews.net/?rid=37310451&cat=ffe56b8f30c50146 in Midtown. Anytime temperatures reach 100 degrees according to CBS affiliate WGCL-TV Channel 46, RA Sushi’s Hot Mess will be available for $1 that day only and only in August. The dish has cr... http://feeds.atlantanews.net/?rid=37307022&cat=ffe56b8f30c50146 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:36:19 -0400 Atlanta Business Chronicle http://feeds.atlantanews.net/?rid=37307022&cat=ffe56b8f30c50146 MARIETTA, GA -- It's been nearly a week since 21-year-old Marcelle Elliot vanished. Now police from two metro districts are searching for the missing University of West Georgia student. "With every d... http://feeds.atlantanews.net/?rid=37303652&cat=ffe56b8f30c50146 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:03:39 -0400 News 11 http://feeds.atlantanews.net/?rid=37303652&cat=ffe56b8f30c50146 Inc., as the commercial real estate broker had improvements in most of its global business sectors. Net income was $54.8 million, or 17 cents per diluted share, compared with a net loss of $6.6 milli... http://feeds.atlantanews.net/?rid=37303651&cat=ffe56b8f30c50146 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:19:28 -0400 Atlanta Business Chronicle http://feeds.atlantanews.net/?rid=37303651&cat=ffe56b8f30c50146 ATLANTA -- Atlanta homicide detectives were on the scene of an apparent murder Wednesday morning.Employees arriving to work at a nearby construction project discovered a man's body in the street at ab... http://feeds.atlantanews.net/?rid=37299903&cat=ffe56b8f30c50146 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:50:38 -0400 CBS 46 http://feeds.atlantanews.net/?rid=37299903&cat=ffe56b8f30c50146 Warner Robins High School . "A demon never has a good connotation. Never," says Crosby. "If you look it up in Webster's Dictionary, there's nothing good about a demon." He is pastor of http://feeds.atlantanews.net/?rid=37299901&cat=ffe56b8f30c50146 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:44:55 -0400 News 11 http://feeds.atlantanews.net/?rid=37299901&cat=ffe56b8f30c50146 ATLANTA -- Georgia has the sixth-weakest state economy, according to a midyear review of state employment trends by Portfolio.com and bizjournals, the Internet arm of American City Business Journals, ... http://feeds.atlantanews.net/?rid=37299902&cat=ffe56b8f30c50146 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:44:47 -0400 News 11 http://feeds.atlantanews.net/?rid=37299902&cat=ffe56b8f30c50146 "); jQuery('#sendemailclick').attr('value','Processing...'); jQuery('#sendemailclick').attr('disabled','disabled'); jQuery('#sendemailclick').attr('readonly','readonly'); return true; } // post-... http://feeds.atlantanews.net/?rid=37299894&cat=ffe56b8f30c50146 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:02:26 -0400 Atlanta Business Chronicle http://feeds.atlantanews.net/?rid=37299894&cat=ffe56b8f30c50146 will add routes from New York and from Washington, D.C. this fall. Beginning Sept. 7, Atlanta-based Delta (NYSE: DAL) will begin new or expanded domestic service from New York to Nashville, Tenn.; St... http://feeds.atlantanews.net/?rid=37299895&cat=ffe56b8f30c50146 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:02:22 -0400 Atlanta Business Chronicle http://feeds.atlantanews.net/?rid=37299895&cat=ffe56b8f30c50146 is pondering a $5 million to $10 million offering to retail and institutional investors. The Atlanta-based HIV-1 vaccine developer expects to make the securities offering sometime after Labor Day, bu... http://feeds.atlantanews.net/?rid=37299896&cat=ffe56b8f30c50146 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:02:12 -0400 Atlanta Business Chronicle http://feeds.atlantanews.net/?rid=37299896&cat=ffe56b8f30c50146 increased its second-quarter profit on solid European volume growth, improved pricing trends and lower cost of goods per case. The Atlanta-based Coca-Cola products bottler and distributor had net inc... http://feeds.atlantanews.net/?rid=37299897&cat=ffe56b8f30c50146 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:02:03 -0400 Atlanta Business Chronicle http://feeds.atlantanews.net/?rid=37299897&cat=ffe56b8f30c50146 Southern Co. ’s second-quarter profit. The Atlanta-based energy giant posted net income of $510.2 million and earnings of 62 cents a share, compared with net income of $478.6 million and earnin... http://feeds.atlantanews.net/?rid=37299898&cat=ffe56b8f30c50146 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:01:58 -0400 Atlanta Business Chronicle http://feeds.atlantanews.net/?rid=37299898&cat=ffe56b8f30c50146 ’s Marietta, Ga., facility on Tuesday started F-35 Lightning II center wing production operations. The center wing assembly work for the multi-role stealth fighter kicks off July 30 in Marietta... http://feeds.atlantanews.net/?rid=37299899&cat=ffe56b8f30c50146 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:01:54 -0400 Atlanta Business Chronicle http://feeds.atlantanews.net/?rid=37299899&cat=ffe56b8f30c50146