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Metro man gets 14 years
for mortgage fraud

Joseph Sterling, a licensed real estate agent form Woodstock, Ga., was sentenced Friday to 14 years in federal prison and ordered to pay $11.2 million in restitution for leading a mortgage fraud ring in metro Atlanta.

Cobb property taxes
due Wednesday

Payments of Cobb County property tax bills are due Wednesday. Tori Steele, Cobb Deputy Tax Commissioner, said bills need to paid or postmarked by Oct. 15.

Atlanta gas prices
down a dime

AAA South says Atlanta gas prices fell another dime between Friday and Saturday.

Erratic: McCain abandons
plan for new tax cuts

Presented with 30 options for new economic measures, Sen. John McCain has – at least for now -- chosen none of them.

New ABC News poll:
Obama 53, McCain 43

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is leading his Republican rival John McCain 53 percent to 43 percent among likely voters, according to a Washington Post-ABC News opinion poll released on Monday.
>> Electoral vote estimate: Obama 346,
McCain 181 (270 needed to win)

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Cobb talking
trash with firms

MARIETTA - Cobb County is looking to begin negotiations to privatize its solid-waste operations.

Chambliss says he's
in 'fight of his life'

WARNER ROBINS, Ga. - This central-Georgia military town outside Robins Air Force Base should be a cakewalk on Election Day for Republican Sen. Saxby Chambliss. But ask people here if they support him and one finds surprising ambivalence,
even hostility.

Twelve Cobb students in running for National Achievement

MARIETTA - Twelve Cobb students are among more than 1,600 black high school students across the country in the running to receive scholarships from the National Achievement Scholarship Program.

Dorsey project
awarded $8.3 million

MARIETTA - The Marietta Housing Authority has been awarded $8.3 million in tax credits for its Dorsey Manor renovation project by the Georgia Department of Community Affairs.

World markets doing better today

Global stock markets rebounded strongly on Monday after last week's historic sell-off as governments from Europe to Australia and the U.S. intensified efforts to ease a financial crisis that threatened to the throw the world into recession.

Jacoby won’t develop
GM Doraville

Jacoby Development Inc. has pulled itself out of the running to redevelop General Motor Co.’s Doraville assembly plant.

Feral cats threaten to
overwhelm Jekyll Island

John Allison says he's spent $50,000 out of his own pocket to correct the feral cat problem on Jekyll Island by getting them trapped, neutered and spayed. He says he doesn't mind doing it, but he'd like some help from the island authority.

Homecoming dance goes
on despite TB case

Despite a confirmed case of tuberculosis and 25 others at Meadowcreek High School who tested positive to being exposed to TB, the school went ahead with the homecoming dance Saturday night.

Allgood Road murder
case: Guilty

Relatives of a Cobb County murder victim said Saturday they're satisfied with guilty verdicts in the trial of William Brian Hughes. "A great weight has been lifted from our shoulders," said Frank Barnes, the victim's brother-in-law.

Paul Krugman wins
the Nobel economics prize

American Paul Krugman won the Nobel economics prize on Monday for his analysis of trade patterns and locations of economic activity.

US taps Canada's oil sands, but at an environmental cost

For decades, the U.S. has vowed to reduce its dependence on imported oil and to find a reliable Now, Canada offers a solution.

Registration surge hints
at Obama landslide

A boom in voter registration across America has raised the possibility of a landslide victory for Senator Barack Obama, with an overwhelming majority of the nine million new voters believed to favour the Democratic candidate.

Rush is on to get
rescue plan moving

With the world's financial markets on a stomach-churning ride, the Bush administration is scrambling to get a $700 billion rescue effort for the U.S. banking system up and running.

ABC News: Palin makes Troopergate assertions that are flatly false

On Saturday, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin twice spoke to reporters about the so-called "Troopergate" scandal and the investigative report on whether she had abused her power.

Historic disapproval:
Bush at all-time low

A tornado of economic discontent is buffeting the nation, sending satisfaction with the country's direction to a 35-year low, George W. Bush's approval rating below Richard Nixon's worst.

Iraq pours in police
to protect Christians

Iraq dispatched nearly 1,000 police to the northern city of Mosul on Sunday to protect Christians fleeing the worst violence perpetrated against them in five years, the government said.

Civil Rights hero says
McCain 'sowing seeds of hatred'

Rep. John Lewis, a Georgia Democrat and veteran of the civil rights movement, says the negative tone of the Republican presidential campaign reminds him of the hateful atmosphere that segregationist Gov. George Wallace fostered in Alabama in the 1960s.

Friends Mourn Teen
Killed in Crash

Fall break had a tragic ending for students in Rockdale County after the death of a high school senior. Dozens of students from Heritage High School gathered tonight at the spot where 17-year-old Mariyam Crossley died in a car crash.

Field Goal Gives Falcons
Last-Second Win Over Bears

Making up for a miss just minutes earlier, Jason Elam kicked a 48-yard field goal on the final play, giving the Atlanta Falcons an improbable 22-20 victory over the Chicago Bears on Sunday.

Students Get Laptops
Despite Burglars

In May, students at KIPP WAYS Academy in West Atlanta counted down the days. Computers For Youth had collected 148 donated laptops for their students like Asile Patin.

Junior League Helps
Grady Preemies

Tiny babies at Grady Hospital are getting help from several nonprofit organizations, including the Junior League of Atlanta. Grady's Neonatal Intensive Care Unit made news earlier this week as the Grady Health System Foundation spread the word about a fundraiser on Friday designed to collect enough money to buy four new incubators.

Some New Atlanta Police
Hires Have Arrest Records

Atlanta has made concessions in hiring new police officers in trying to reach a goal of 2,000 officers. A review of job applications at the Atlanta Police Academy found that more than one-third of recent graduates -- 12 out of 33 officers hired -- have been arrested or cited for a crime.

Teens Arrested In DeKalb
Drive-by Shooting

Police arrested and charged four teens in DeKalb County with aggravated assault after a drive-by shooting near a skating rink wounded a 16-year-old boy in the leg.

Film Festival Pushes More Black
Films Onto Big Screen

Supporters of black films are using a grassroots style of marketing to draw people to theaters and hopefully appease major studios hesitant to continue backing them if they don't do well at the box office.

Georgia's Win Over Tennessee
Didn't Improve Ranking

Georgia's 26-14 win over Tennessee Saturday didn't result in a move in the AP Top 25. Georgia, which was dominant in some phases in the win, still committed too many penalties and stopped drives with two interceptions.

DeKalb School Employees
Face Layoffs

More than 200 employees in the DeKalb County school system may lose their jobs in a budget-cutting move to save money.

Domestic Violence Rises In
Georgia With Tough Economy

Phones are ringing off the hook at Georgia's violence crisis centers as the tough economy translates into more reports of abuse in cash-strapped homes.

Corporate job cuts likely,
economists predict

To get its projected $5 billion per year in merger savings on the Wachovia Corp. deal, Wells Fargo & Co. will likely have to cut nearly 25,000 jobs nationwide. And about 1,000 jobs at Wachovia’s corporate headquarters in Charlotte, N.C., will be the first to go, according to people familiar with Wachovia’s operations.

Fresh Fare to
open Oct. 19

After nearly $6 million in renovations, the Kroger at Piedmont-Peachtree Crossing in Buckhead is slated to open Oct. 19 as the Cincinnati-based grocery chain's Fresh Fare concept.

Holocaust survivors
tell love story

In the beginning, there was a boy, a girl and an apple. He was a teenager in a death camp in Nazi-controlled Germany. She was a bit younger, living free in the village, her family posing as Christians.

Ohio shooting puts face
on foreclosure crisis

By the time deputies came to escort Addie Polk out of her home of 38 years, the 90-year-old had taken out her life insurance policy and placed it next to her pocketbook and keys in the neatly kept house.

Pediatricians double vitamin
D recommendations

The nation's leading pediatricians group says children from newborns to teens should get double the usually recommended amount of vitamin D because of evidence that it may help prevent serious diseases.

U.S. taps Canada's oil sands _ but
at an environmental cost

For decades, the U.S. has vowed to reduce its dependence on imported oil and to find a reliable source to meet the nation's growing oil needs.

Cambodian couple saw
house in half in divorce

A couple in rural Cambodia has terminated their 18-year marriage with a divorce settlement that entailed sawing in two the wooden house they once shared, villagers said Friday.

New Genetic Links
to Baldness Discovered

New genetic links to male pattern baldness have been discovered by researchers in England and Germany.

British govt to take control
of two major banks: reports

The British government will on Monday announce plans to take controlling shares in HBOS and Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), two of the banks worst affected by the global financial crisis, media reports said.

Obama leads McCain by 10 points:
Wash Post/ABC poll

Republican John McCain vowed Sunday to "whip" Democratic rival Barack Obama's "you-know-what" when the two presidential candidates meet Wednesday in their final televised debate.

GOP frets about McCain's
strategy, prospects

Three weeks before the election, Republicans are growing increasingly concerned about John McCain's ability to mount a comeback, questioning his tactics and even his campaign's main thrust in a White House race increasingly focused on economic turmoil.

Gunmen kill 6 at party
in northern Mexico

Gunmen killed six young men at a family party in the gang-plagued Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez, prosecutors said Sunday.

China milk scandal
companies apologize

Three Chinese dairy companies have publicly apologized for their involvement in a toxic milk scandal that has killed at least four children and led to Chinese-made products pulled from shelves around the world.

Rush is on to get
rescue plan moving

With the world's financial markets on a stomach-churning ride, the Bush administration is scrambling to get a $700 billion rescue effort for the U.S. banking system up and running. And Europe's central banks began to take unified actions Monday aimed at easing the credit crisis.

Is the era of easy credit
over for the long haul?

An inflatable gorilla beckoned from the roof of Don Brown Chevrolet in St. Louis, servers doled out free bowls of pasta and a salesman urged potential customers to "come on up under the canopy and put your hands on" a new set of wheels.

All that money you've
lost — where did it go?

Trillions in stock market value — gone. Trillions in retirement savings — gone. A huge chunk of the money you paid for your house, the money you're saving for college, the money your boss needs to make payroll — gone, gone, gone.

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