Georgia
Girl, 8, wounded by stray bullet as she slept
Authorities say an 8-year-old girl was hospitalized after she was shot by a stray bullet as she slept in her Atlanta home. The shooting happened around 10:30 p.m. Monday at the Hollywood Shawnee Apartments on the city's northwest side. Police say the child was asleep in her bed when a ...
3 charged in LA-area bank robbery
A man was charged Monday with a $565,000 bank robbery in which his girlfriend — an assistant bank manager — was forced to strap on a fake bomb so she would seem to be a hostage and could take the money. The woman said she was abducted in September from ...
Ga. looking to lower cyclist fatalities
Officials from the Governor's Office of Highway Safety are looking to lower the number of cyclist fatalities in 2013. Department spokeswoman Ashley Fielding says 18 cyclists were killed in the state in 2012, representing a 28 percent increase in the number of cyclist fatalities since 2011. Officials say nearly three ...
Study: Most shipwrecks a minor US pollution threat
Shipwrecks lying deep off America's coasts are more often historical artifacts than present-day threats from leaking old oil tanks, a new federal report says. While 87 of the ships — most sunk during World War II by German submarines — have the potential to leak tens of millions of gallons ...
10 make finals of National Geographic Bee
Ten young scholars have made it to the finals of the National Geographic Bee, where they'll compete for a $25,000 college scholarship. The preliminary rounds of the national competition were held Monday, narrowing the field of 54 state-level winners to the final 10. The field for Wednesday's finals includes one ...
Trial to begin for man accused of shooting wife
A man accused of shooting his wife eight times outsider the couple's Sandy Springs apartment is set to go on trial this week. Jury selection started Monday in the case of 43-year-old Michael Parson. He is accused of shooting his wife, 41-year-old Adina Parson, in April 2012. She was hit ...
Atheists to put books next to Bibles in Ga. parks
A national atheist group said Monday that it will donate its literature for use in cabins and lodges in Georgia's state parks after the governor's recent decision to allow Bibles there. David Silverman, president of the Cranford, N.J.-based American Atheists organization, said his group is just waiting for an answer ...
Woman shot on Ga. golf course, hospitalized
Police in Glynn County say a man has been charged with reckless conduct in an accidental shooting at a coastal Georgia golf course. Police say a 70-year-old Sea Island woman was shot in her stomach Sunday morning and is hospitalized in stable condition. Authorities say 65-year-old Edward Johnson called emergency ...
Man sought in death of wife shoots self to death
The sheriff of Hamilton County says a homicide suspect police had been searching for has killed himself in a Georgia motel room. Terry Lee Releford of Soddy-Daisy had been sought since his wife, Tammy Releford, was found dead inside a home on Sunday. The Chattanooga Times Free Press (http://bit.ly/12PaUsk ) ...
Ga. woman to be re-arraigned in husband's death
A woman accused of arranging for her husband to be killed outside a suburban Atlanta preschool is set to be arraigned for a third time Tuesday. Andrea Sneiderman is scheduled to appear in DeKalb County Superior Court. Sneiderman is accused of arranging for her former boss, Hemy Neuman, to kill ...
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