Listen To Tulsa's #1 News, Weather, & Traffic Station Online
Hi, (not you?) | Member Center | Sign Out
Georgia
Cancer Society hits 100 as US cancer rate falls
The American Cancer Society — one of the nation's best known and influential health advocacy groups — is 100 years old this week. Back in 1913 when it was formed, cancer was a lesser threat for most Americans. The biggest killers then were flu, pneumonia, tuberculosis, and stomach bugs. At ...
Housing recovery boosts Home Depot 1Q results
Home Depot Inc.'s first-quarter net income rose 18 percent, thanks to the ongoing housing recovery, despite a chilly and wet spring. Its quarterly results topped Wall Street expectations, and the world's biggest home improvement chain boosted its full-year earnings and revenue forecasts Tuesday. The company's shares rose to a 52-week ...
The 50th Super Bowl goes to San Francisco Bay Area
The NFL will celebrate its 50th Super Bowl in northern California, where its newest, most high-tech venue is being built. That makes South Florida, in the midst of a spat over expensive stadium renovations, a loser for the 2016 game. And Miami took a double defeat when Houston was awarded ...
Solar industry pushes for more use in Ga.
The solar industry in Georgia is pushing a power monopoly to expand its use of solar energy as it plans to meet the state's electricity needs over the next two decades. State utility regulators heard testimony Tuesday on the energy plans from Southern Co. subsidiary Georgia Power, which must submit ...
1 killed, 1 hospitalized in Monroe County crash
Monroe County sheriff's officials say a man has died after being partially ejected from a truck when it overturned. Sheriff's spokeswoman Allison Selman-Willis says 56-year-old Michael Wayne Lindler was nearly thrown from the passenger side window of a truck being driven by 46-year-old Jonathan Elijah Watson early Tuesday morning. Authorities ...
Bank worker accused of theft, fiscal exploitation
A personal banker is accused of stealing about $10,600 from an elderly customer's account, Atlanta police said Tuesday. While working as a Wells Fargo personal banker, Daniel Araujo befriended a 90-year-old bank customer and asked her to sign what she thought was a transfer slip from her checking to her ...
Third suspect arrested in Atlanta carjacking
Authorities say the third suspect in a carjacking from three weeks ago has been arrested in southwest Atlanta. U.S. Marshals spokesman Gavin Duffy says Darius Demond McKenzie is accused in the May 1 carjacking and was arrested Tuesday morning. Authorities have said the suspects would bump a car from behind, ...
Rapper Chief Keef arrested at hotel near Atlanta
Police in suburban Atlanta say rapper Chief Keef, whose name is Keith Cozart, has been arrested and charged with disorderly conduct. Dunwoody police spokesman Timothy Fecht says officers arrested Cozart after responding to a call about illegal drug activity at the Le Méridien hotel just north of Atlanta Monday afternoon. ...
Ga. widow re-arraigned in husband's death
A woman accused of arranging for her husband to be killed outside a suburban Atlanta preschool was arraigned for the third time Tuesday. Andrea Sneiderman appeared before a DeKalb County Superior Court judge, and her attorney entered a not guilty plea on her behalf. She was being arraigned again after ...
Suspect in FAMU hazing death files written plea
The attorney for the last of the suspects charged in the death of a Florida A&M University drum major during a hazing ritual said his client didn't have to appear for an arraignment Tuesday because he'd already entered a written not guilty plea. Darryl Cearnel was scheduled to be arraigned ...
© 2013 Cox Media Group. By using this website,
you accept the terms of our Visitor Agreement and Privacy Policy, and understand your options regarding Ad Choices
.
You're Almost Done!
Select a display name and password
{* #socialRegistrationForm *} {* socialRegistration_displayName *} {* socialRegistration_emailAddress *} {* traditionalRegistration_password *} {* traditionalRegistration_passwordConfirm *}Tell us about yourself
{* registration_firstName *} {* registration_lastName *} {* registration_postalZip *} {* registration_birthday *} {* registration_gender *} {* agreeToTerms *}