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NASCAR crash at Texas Motor Speedway during qualifying
2008-04-06 03:45:00 gtvt_posts[1186] = {url: "http%3A%2F%2Fnovus2.com%2Fwordpress%2F%3 Fp%3D1186", title: "NASCAR%20crash%20at%20Texas%20Motor %20Sp eedway%20during%20qualifying", category: "Sports ", desc: "%3Cstrong%3EARLINGTON%2C%20Texas%20%3C%2 Fstrong%3E--%20NASCAR%20Sprint%20Cup%20ro okie%20Michael%20McDowell%20walked%20away %20virtually%20unscathed%20from%20a%20hor rific%20tumbling%20crash%20during%20quali fying%20Friday%20at%20Texas%20Motor%20Spe edway.%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Byoutube%5Dhttp%3A%2F %2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DSW8vXAX7 SR4%5B%2Fyoutube%5D"}; ARLINGTON, Texas – NASCAR Sprint Cup rookie Michael McDowell walked away virtually unscathed from a horrific tumbling crash during qualifying Friday at Texas Motor Speedway . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SW8vXAX7SR 4 Share More About: Nascar , Qualifying
The nuking of America
2008-04-05 14:54:00 Air Force pilot recalls fateful collision over Georgia/South Carolina border in 1958 Savannah Morning News (click image for larger view) In the 50 years since a nuclear weapon splashed into Wassaw Sound, it has become a local legend, a 7,600-pound good ol’ bomb that has dodged all efforts to detect it even as its draws enormous attention ... More About: America
Bob Barr for president? Maybe
2008-04-05 14:39:00 There’s talk of him creating an exploratory committee The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Former Georgia Republican Congressman may be returning to the campaign life ? as a Libertarian candidate for president. Barr is a featured speaker at the Heartland Libertarian Conference in Kansas City, Mo., today and the chatter in political circles is that he will announce the creation ... More About: Politics , President , Politicians , Presidential Primary
Guns allowed in more public places with bill?s passage
2008-04-05 14:36:00 Thank you GA Legislators! The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Georgians with weapons permits will be able to carry guns in far more places under a bill that passed both chambers Friday night. An amended version of House Bill 89 allows holders of concealed weapons permits to carry guns into restaurants, state parks, and on MARTA trains and other public ... More About: Guns , Public , Amendment , Places
Report: Acura at fault in deadly I-85 crash
2008-04-05 03:12:00 Gwinnett police place blame on red Acura driver with preliminary diagram Gwinnett Daily Post LAWRENCEVILLE - Police say a preliminary accident diagram released Thursday shows definitively that Carmon Cody Rhoden’s red Acura RSX - sweeping in a wide arc out of an HOV lane - triggered the deadliest single accident ever on Interstate 85 in Gwinnett. The report ... More About: Report , Crash , Fault , Deadly
Ted Turner: Global warming could lead to cannibalism
2008-04-04 13:31:00 Billionaire environmentalist says world has too many people AJC (click image for larger view) Admitting that he’s “always suffered from foot-in-the-mouth disease,” Turner added, “I’ve gotten a lot better, though. It’s been a long time since anybody caught me saying something stupid.” Failure to address global warming will have us all dead or eating each other by mid-century. So ... More About: Global Warming , Global , Ted Turner , Lead
Use ?Postage Paid? Envelopes to mail a brick to junk mailers!
2008-04-04 05:58:00 This guy is on a MISSION! You know those obnoxious “refinance your home” or credit card scams offers that you get in the mail? This is called direct marketing, where marketers use a reduced bulk postal rate to send entire forests of paper mail to you. Plenty of people think its cute to put the postage-paid ... More About: Mail , Paid , Junk , Brick
Photo essay on what the world eats
2008-04-04 05:46:00 Compare typical families around the world, including weekly food cost and favorite meals (click image for larger view). More About: Photo , World , The World , Essay
Google to make first big job cuts
2008-04-04 05:34:00 The big boys are not immune either Google has announced its first sizeable cuts, with the axing of 300 jobs at its online advertising unit DoubleClick. The lay-offs make up about a quarter of DoubleClick’s 1,200-strong workforce in the US. Worldwide, DoubleClick has about 1,500 employees. Google’s chief executive Eric Schmidt has suggested that overseas operations, employing a ... More About: Financial News , Business As Usual , Make , Cuts
The Incredible Shrinking Newspaper
2008-04-04 00:02:00 Thinner. Lighter. Skinnier. There’s a good chance your daily newspaper is a lot easier to lift off your front stoop than it used to be. Economic pressures and competition are brutal, forcing newspapers to slim down. Industry experts warn that editorial quality could suffer. But does dieting have to be a negative development? No. “Even though reporters ... More About: The Paper , Incredible , Newspaper
British Muslims ?planned to kill thousands by bombing SEVEN transatlantic a
2008-04-03 23:45:00 A British terror gang plotted to use liquid explosives to blow up transatlantic passenger jets in mid-flight, a court heard today. Daily Mail - UK (click image for larger view) Eight men planned to smuggle bombs disguised as soft drinks on to flights from Heathrow to the United States and Canada and detonate them on board, Woolwich ... More About: War On Terror , Current Events , Muslims , Kill
18-Year-Olds Can Now Buy Guns In South Carolina
2008-04-03 19:12:00 Is everybody O.K. with that? COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - Governor Mark Sanford has signed a bill that lowers the minimum age for South Carolina residents to own a handgun to 18. More About: Guns , Amendment , South Carolina
Slate starts the Hillary Deathwatch
2008-04-03 13:19:00 That is so sad … kind of When you’ve got a 1-in-10 shot of winning the Democratic nomination, a day without any major screw-ups is a good one. More About: Hillary , Slate
Amazing ? no, remarkable AND amazing!
2008-04-03 06:55:00 Daily Mail - UK (click image for larger view) Look at this amazing picture by an autistic artist who drew London from memory after a single helicopter trip This picture depicting the London skyline in fine detail was drawn after just one flight over the city and purely from memory. Stephen Wiltshire, who was diagnosed with autism ... More About: Amazing
Georgia Outdoors ? Places to Go
2008-04-03 06:41:00 Nature is waiting … start planning your outdoor activities GORP.com (click image for larger view) In the City An outdoor adventurer in Atlanta can find plenty to do without ever leaving the city, (which happens to be one of the most forested towns in the country). North Georgia and Middle Georgia A 100-mile radius around Atlanta encompasses a large number ... More About: Outdoors , Places
Investigators Reenact Fatal I-85 Wreck
2008-04-03 06:15:00 Gwinnett Police reviewing evidence at scene 11 Alive NORCROSS, Ga. — Gwinnett County Police accident investigators went back to I-85 Wednesday morning to continue their look into an accident Monday night that left four people dead. The investigation caused major traffic delays in the northbound lanes of the interstate between Jimmy Carter Boulevard and I-285. Meanwhile, police said ... More About: Fatal , Wreck
Book Names ?Pork-Barrel Pigs? Of Congress
2008-04-03 05:48:00 Congressional Oinkers & High-priced BBQ WGCL - 46 News (click image for larger view) Congress spent $17.2 billion of taxpayer money on pork-barrel projects, according to the Citizens Against Government Waste. The nonpartisan, nonprofit group released its annual book detailing congressional spending for the 2008 fiscal year. For the first time, the names of members of Congress were ... More About: Congress , Book , Pork , Pigs , Names
Georgia 12th in high-tech job creation
2008-04-03 05:06:00 Go with tech … wages 86 percent higher than private sector Atlanta Business Journal Georgia posted its first net job gain in high-tech since the tech bubble burst in 2001, but the state still dropped one notch nationally, according to a study published Wednesday by technology trade association AeA. The report — Cyberstates 2008: A Complete State-by-State ... More About: High Tech , Tech , High , Creation
Flowery Branch man among three arrested for ID crimes
2008-04-03 04:39:00 Nice work there Einstein AccessNorthGA.com Decatur ? On March 24th agents with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation arrested 23-year-old Jeremiah M. Vielmas of Flowery Branch for manufacturing fake Ids. Wednesday, GBI agents along with Georgia Tech Police arrested Georgia Tech Freshman, 19-year-old Andrew C. Saunders of Canton charging him with fraudulent ID cards. Agents seized his computer and ... More About: Arrested , Crimes
$188 round-trip to Los Angeles
2008-04-03 04:34:00 Is a trip to Hollywood on your mind? More About: Breaking News , Los Angeles , Financial News , Trip , Round
Senate OKs concealed guns in eateries, MARTA
2008-04-03 04:31:00 Great way to take a bite outa crime The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (click image for larger view) Georgians with concealed weapons permits could carry guns on MARTA trains, and into restaurants as long as they don’t drink, under a bill that passed the Senate after two rounds of contentious debate Wednesday. Senators tacked the provisions onto HB 257, ... More About: Guns , Amendment , Marta
Teen Allegedly Gang Raped in Gwinnett back in February
2008-04-03 04:12:00 Too close to home … 11 Alive Cynthia said it was less than a quarter-mile along Louis Road to Knight Elementary. She said her 14-year-old daughter was walking her younger brother to school after he had missed the bus in February . Cynthia’s daughter told her she was walking back home. The 14-year-old told police she got to the ... More About: Gang , Back
Barnes & Noble Offers How To Guide Site
2008-04-03 03:16:00 CHECK IT OUT! All the kids are doing it! Barnes & Noble recently announced Quamut.com, a how-to Web site. The twist here is that some of the how-tos are available as HTML and PDF and on laminated booklets in the stores? (Quamut is apparently derived from Latin and is pronounced kwómut. I guess they?re never going ... More About: Site , Guide , Offers
Now taking reservations for a Trip to the Moon
2008-04-03 03:13:00 And you’re just dying to go there If you are looking for a different way to depart this life, perhaps it’s time to take a look at Celestis, a Texas company that will begin launching human cremated remains to the surface of the moon by 2009. Cartridges that contain cremated remainsCartridges that contain cremated remainsBut beware: This ... More About: Moon , Reservations , Trip , The Moon , Taking
Obama says Gore would be considered for cabinet-level post
2008-04-03 00:41:00 Obama says Gore would be considered for cabinet-level post WALLINGFORD, Pa. ? Senator Barack Obama said Wednesday he would give Al Gore, a Nobel prize winner, a major role in an Obama administration to address the problem of global warming. At a town-hall meeting, Mr. Obama was asked if he would tap the former vice-president for ... More About: Post , Obama , Presidential Primary , Cabinet
Wall Street Shows Optimism That Crisis Is Fading
2008-04-03 00:37:00 Wall Street feels good again Stocks started the second quarter with a soaring rally on Tuesday that sent the Dow Jones industrial average up nearly 400 points, its best performance in two weeks, as investors found reasons to take heart in a fresh round of mortgage-related write-offs at UBS and Deutsche Bank and a capital infusion ... More About: Wall Street , Financial News , Wall , Crisis
UPDATE: I-85 Hit and run
2008-04-03 00:17:00 I-85 Crash Suspect To Appear In Court CBS 46 (click image for larger view) NORCROSS, Ga. — The man accused of causing a deadly crash in Gwinnett County Monday night is scheduled to appear in court Thursday. Cody Rhoden, 20, turned himself in Tuesday just before midnight, a little more than 24 hours after the accident near Norcross. Rhoden ... More About: Update
Stuff from here and there
2008-04-02 05:50:00 Editor’s distractions of the day … A vacation surprise leftover Ruskies get their groove on with Leningrad Cowboys & Red Army Choir - MUST SEE! Who woulda thunk? Stairs … as an art form? Children Find Head In Plastic Bag (NO PHOTOS … SORRY!) Pay-per-view funerals to go online Google Figures Out How to Insert Ads In Spoken Conversations (O.K., just one ... More About: Stuff
Curse of Tut coming to town ?
2008-04-02 04:47:00 New Tut exhibit to stop in Atlanta Access Atlanta (click image for larger view) At last, after a year of rumors, we know the truth about King Tut. The Michael C. Carlos Museum of Emory University will host an exhibition of artifacts belonging to the boy king this fall, but not the one that already has toured the ... More About: History , Curse , Town
UPDATE: Witness Tried To Prevent Crash on I-85
More articles from this author:2008-04-02 04:31:00 Witness Tried To Prevent Crash 11 Alive A witness to Monday night’s deadly crash on I-85 North in Gwinnett County said he tried to prevent it. Gene Lohry called 911 to warn police about a dangerous driver right before the accident happened. “You know something bad is going to happen,” Lohry said Tuesday. He said he feared ... More About: Witness , Update 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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