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Another Woman Dies in W Hotel Plunge

Second death in a month after falls from hotel

(Newser) - A month ago, two women fell from a W hotel in Atlanta ; one died. Now another woman has been killed in a fall from a W hotel—this one in Washington, DC, Gawker reports. She had been drinking at the rooftop bar and climbed over a fence, witnesses said, ending...

Model Dead After Falling Out Window on 30th Birthday

'Play fight' with best friend leads to tragedy

(Newser) - Aspiring model LaShawna Threatt’s 30th birthday turned tragic yesterday when she plunged from the 10th story window of an Atlanta hotel. Threatt, mom to a 15-year-old girl, was “play fighting” with Ciara Williams at her birthday party when they crashed through a thick window at around 3:15am,...

Delta Jet Catches Fire on Landing

Brakes overheated at Atlanta airport

(Newser) - Scary landing for some Delta Air Lines passengers in Atlanta today: They had to take the emergency slides after the plane caught fire, reports the Atlanta Journal-Constitution . All of the 48 passengers and crew got off safely; the AP notes that four people suffered minor injuries that did not require...

Newt Gingrich to Announce 2012 Run on Facebook

He'll make it official on Wednesday

(Newser) - It is (more or less) official: Newt Gingrich is running for president. The former House speaker will make the not-exactly-unexpected announcement on Facebook and Twitter Wednesday, spokesman Rick Tyler tells the AP . The announcement comes ahead of an address to the Georgia Republican Party Convention on Friday. Gingrich has made...

Man Blows Nose, Goes to Jail
 Man Blows Nose, Goes to Jail 
Apr 6, 2011 9:31 AM CDT

Man Blows Nose, Goes to Jail

Of course, it didn't help that he allegedly punched a cop...

(Newser) - All Alfred Murphy wanted to do was blow his nose, and he ended up in jail. The problem? The paper towels Murphy chose to use Monday afternoon came off a maintenance cart at an Atlanta subway station. A MARTA police officer who spotted Murphy told him he couldn't take the...

Toddler Gets Locked in Bank Vault

But she's safe after locksmith cracks it in four hours

(Newser) - Scary story, happy ending: A 14-month-old girl visiting grandma at work couldn't resist toddling into an open vault at the Atlanta bank. An unwitting employee shut the door behind her, and nobody could open it because of the time-released lock, reports the Atlanta Journal Constitution . As rescue workers pumped fresh...

Delta Engine Flaws Force 3 Emergency Landings

Airline, feds probing spate of new trouble

(Newser) - Delta Airlines made not one but three emergency landings over the weekend, causing racing hearts but no injuries in the hair-raising touchdowns in New York, Atlanta, and Ireland. An unspecified engine or air duct problem forced a Los Angles-bound flight to return to Atlanta just over an hour after takeoff,...

Hundreds Mourn Teen Beaten to Death at Party

Atlanta's Bobby Tillman didn't know his attackers

(Newser) - Cory Green stood over his nephew's coffin and asked the hundreds of mourners gathered to touch one another and repeat after him. "If I am not a part of the solution, then I am part of the problem," Green said, the audience reciting his words. "Because I...

Pastor Scandal Should Shake Homophobic Black Church

Eddie Long represents a too-large portion of the black community

(Newser) - Bishop Eddie Long’s sex scandal has predictably generated a media firestorm. After all, Long “is one of the most outspoken homophobes in the black church,” writes Joshua Alston in Newsweek . But Alston hopes the community takes the time to skip past the tawdry details of Long’s...

Prominent Pastor Faces Sexual Coercion Claims

Bishop Eddie Long runs Atlanta megachurch

(Newser) - Two men have sued a prominent national pastor in Atlanta, claiming that he used his position as head of the 25,000-member New Birth Missionary Baptist Church to coerce male employees and members into sex. Church leader Eddie Long is accused of taking one of the plaintiffs on overnight trips...

Plane Lands on Interstate
 Plane Lands on Interstate 
Sep 21, 2010 2:00 AM CDT

Plane Lands on Interstate

Nobody injured in rush-hour emergency touchdown

(Newser) - The pilot of a Piper Saratoga emerged unscathed after landing his small plane on an interstate highway north of downtown Atlanta during rush hour yesterday. No cars were hit but traffic was backed up for miles, CNN reports. The FAA says it hasn't yet determined the cause of the emergency...

Atlanta Will Pay $4.9M in Wrongful Death of 92-Year-Old

Cops killed grandma, planted drugs on her

(Newser) - The city of Atlanta has settled with the family of a 92-year-old woman killed in an illegal police raid, agreeing to cough up $4.9 million in damages. Mayor Kasim Reed said the settlement allows the city and police department to close the door on the controversial shooting, which caused...

30K-Strong Mob Swarms Housing Wait List

Small crowd arrives today to drop them off

(Newser) - A mob of 30,000 people swarmed over an Atlanta parking lot in a heat wave yesterday, clamoring for an application to get on a waiting list for Section 8 housing assistance. Fights broke out, and children were reportedly trampled, with police stepping in to stop the onslaught, according to...

Jimmy Carter's Grandson Wins Ga. Senate Race

Jason brings Carter name back to Georgia politics

(Newser) - The Carter name is back in Georgia politics for the first time since the '70s. Jason Carter, grandson of Jimmy Carter, was elected to the State Senate for a suburban Atlanta seat in a special election to fill the seat vacated when David Edelman was appointed US ambassador to Singapore....

Video of Animal Abuse Prompts Raid of Pet Supplier

(Newser) - They sell hundreds of thousands of animals annually to companies like PETCO, PetSmart and Petland as well as many other small pet stores across the country. Based on the disturbing undercover video PETA made inside the Atanta facility owned by Sun Pet, abusing small animals for profit and amusement is...

Bomb-Toting Georgians Busted in Traffic Stop

5 busted after explosives found in car

(Newser) - Five people were arrested in Georgia yesterday after police in suburban Atlanta found explosives in a car during a routine traffic stop. The officer suspected that the car may have been carrying contraband and uncovered shrapnel-packed devices "manufactured with the intent to cause great bodily harm," a police...

Hate Obama? Tell Passing Motorists
Hate Obama? Tell Passing Motorists
Apr 2, 2010 4:55 PM CDT

Hate Obama? Tell Passing Motorists

Site sells anti-Obama billboards to angry Republicans

(Newser) - Are you an Atlanta-area conservative with a couple of thousand bucks to blow? Then why not give the highway of your choice a piece of your mind with your very own anti-Obama billboard? An anonymous conservative group has set up a website where, for $2,500 to $3,500, Obama...

Flight Attendant Fisticuffs Ground Plane

Passengers cleared after brawl on NY-to-Atlanta flight

(Newser) - A flight from Rochester, NY, to Atlanta wasn’t even off the ground when a throwdown between two flight attendants scrapped the whole trip. The two women “got into a fistfight,” one passenger says. So “the pilot decided to kick everyone off the plane.” Pinnacle Airlines,...

Loose Zebra Causes Havoc in Atlanta

Ringling Bros. circus animal apprehended on congested highway

(Newser) - An escaped Ringling Brothers circus zebra led police on a mile-long high-speed chase yesterday in Atlanta, interfering with traffic on the city’s already congested Interstate. The episode lasted about 40 minutes, the AP reports. “All of a sudden a freaking zebra comes running down the street like a...

Billboards Paint Abortion as Attack on Black Babies

It's 'in your face,' say supporters

(Newser) - Controversial anti-abortion billboards in Georgia are charging that abortion is making black children an "endangered species." The campaign, sponsored by Georgia Right to Life, highlights the fact that African-American women are three times more likely to have an abortion than white women. Anti-abortion advocates across the country have...

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