8 tips for a comfortable air travel experience that probably weren’t on your radarATLANTA — Ever get thirsty during your flight and wished you didn’t have to wait an hour or so for the beverage cart to come down the aisle? Ga. man indicted in racially tinged beating of female soldier at Atlanta-area Cracker BarrelJONESBORO, Ga. — A white man accused of beating a black female Army reservist while yelling racial slurs at her outside a suburban Atlanta restaurant was indicted Wednesday on felony charges. Son of former European Parliament member from Ireland drowns in lake near Georgia collegeATLANTA — A former member of the European Parliament has flown to the United States after her son drowned while attending college in north Georgia. New death near Atlanta raises toll to 10 in Southeast floods as waters begin recedingAUSTELL, Ga. — As floodwaters around Atlanta began to recede, residents were packing moving vans with furniture and commiserating about water-logged homes. Washed out roads cause commuter headaches as floodwaters begin receding in the SoutheastAUSTELL, Ga. — As floodwaters around Atlanta began to recede, residents were packing moving vans with furniture and commiserating about water-logged apartments. Ga. residents suddenly surrounded by water get crash course in flood insuranceVININGS, Ga. — David Bush had a sweeping view of the Chattahoochee River from his backyard. And when he returned to his house Tuesday, the surging river was in his front yard, too. Southeast storm death toll rises to 9; highways, neighborhoods still awashAUSTELL, Ga. — Neighborhoods, schools and even roller coasters at Six Flags over Georgia remained awash in several feet of murky, brown water Tuesday, even as an emerging sun shed light on the widespread flood damage. Southeast storm death toll rises to 9; highways, neighborhoods still under waterAUSTELL, Ga. — Neighborhoods, schools and even roller coasters at Six Flags over Georgia were awash in several feet of murky, brown water Tuesday, and officials found a ninth storm victim who had been swept away from her car a day earlier. Ga. authorities say Southeast storm death toll rises to 9, believe woman was swept from carAUSTELL, Ga. — Authorities in Georgia say they have found another Southeast storm victim and the death toll is now nine. Six Flags Under Water, 8 dead, many missing
Former TV journalist Max Page, who oversaw construction of Newseum, dies at 60VIENNA, Va. — Max C. Page, a top executive at the Newseum and a former broadcast journalist, has died. Death toll rises to 8 in Southeast floods; flooded highways, washed-out bridges add miseryAUSTELL, Ga. — Neighborhoods, schools and even roller coasters at Six Flags over Georgia were awash in several feet of murky, brown water Tuesday, and officials warned worried residents to wait for the floodwaters to recede before checking out their damaged homes. Death toll rises to 8 in Southeast floods; rescuers find body of teen boy in Ga. riverATLANTA — The death toll in Southeast flooding has reached eight after rescuers found the body of a 15-year-old boy in northwest Georgia following days of heavy rain that turned docile creeks into surging rivers. Flooded highways, roads add misery after Southeast storms kill at least 6 peopleATLANTA — Washed-out roads and flooded interstate highways around Atlanta added to the misery Tuesday after days of torrential rain in the Southeast that claimed at least six lives and left several people missing in Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee. Creeks turn into surging rivers after Southeast storms dump up 20 inches on saturated groundATLANTA — Docile creeks turned into surging rivers and rivers into raging floodwaters as storms raking the Southeast for days dropped up to 20 inches of rain, killing at least six people and leaving communities under water. Toddler among 6 killed as storms pound the Southeast as forecasters call for more rainATLANTA — Surging floodwaters ripped apart a west Georgia trailer home, drowning a 2-year-old boy swept from his father’s arms. In Atlanta, stranded motorists scrambled to the tops of their car as waters rose on one of the city’s busiest highways. To the north, crews worked furiously to shore up a levee holding a surging river back from an isolated town. Toddler swept away from family’s mobile home among 6 killed as storms flood SoutheastATLANTA — Surging floodwaters ripped apart a west Georgia trailer home, drowning a 2-year-old boy swept from his father’s arms. In Atlanta, stranded motorists scrambled to the tops of their car as waters rose on one of the city’s busiest highways. To the north, crews worked furiously to shore up a levee holding a surging river back from an isolated town. Toddler swept away from family’s mobile home among 5 killed as storms flood SoutheastATLANTA — A two-year-old boy has been found dead in Georgia after floodwaters swept him from his father’s arms, and authorities say at least four others have died across the Southeast as rains drench the area. State Department says former Georgia deputy accused in 2 slayings caught in BelizeDECATUR, Ga. — A former DeKalb County sheriff’s deputy who fled after he was charged with killing his wife and a day laborer has been caught in Central America. Storms flood Southeast, killing 3 and leaving 5 others missing, with more rain forecastATLANTA — Floodwaters that swept across the rain-soaked Southeast killed at least three people and left five others missing Monday, including a Georgia toddler who disappeared after a mobile home was split apart by a swollen creek. Drenching storms flood Southeast as more to come; 2 killed, 2 missing including toddlerATLANTA — Floodwaters that swept across the rain-soaked Southeast killed at least three people and left five others missing Monday, including a Georgia toddler who disappeared after a mobile home was split apart by a swollen creek. Toddler missing in swollen Ga. creek; at least 2 others dead, man missing in Southeast floodsATLANTA — Authorities are searching for a toddler swept away in a rain-swollen creek in west Georgia as heavy rains and thunderstorms claimed at least 2 other lives in the Southeast. Authorities searching for missing toddler in Ga. creek after days of rain drench SoutheastATLANTA — Authorities are searching for a toddler who was swept away in a rain-swollen creek in west Georgia after heavy rains and thunderstorms rolled across the Southeast. 2 killed in Ga., 1 missing in Tenn. as storms drench Southeast, closing roads and schoolsATLANTA — At least two people died in floodwaters in Georgia and a Tennessee man was missing after swimming into an overflowing ditch on a dare as rows of thunderstorms drenched the Southeast, submerging some major highways in the Atlanta area and prompting flood warnings Monday. Tenn. man swept into culvert, Atlanta-area commuters bogged down as storms soak SoutheastCHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — A man swept away by floodwater in Chattanooga is presumed drowned as heavy rain and thunderstorms spawned flood warnings from eastern Tennessee and western North Carolina into north Georgia, including the Atlanta area. AMR gets $2.9B in cash and financing, builds hub capacity for international growthATLANTA — American Airlines’ parent company said Thursday it is taking on significant new debt at a time when revenues are being hammered, but the $2.9 billion in cash and fresh financing it raised should quiet concerns — for now — that it is in danger of a cash crunch and a bankruptcy filing. AMR gets $2.9 billion in financing, builds hub capacity for international growthATLANTA — American Airlines’ parent company said Thursday it is taking on significant new debt at a time when revenues are being hammered, but the $2.9 billion in cash and fresh financing it raised should quiet concerns — for now — that it is in danger of a cash crunch and a bankruptcy filing. Experts propose hefty sales tax to sweetened beverages; health reformers not buying itATLANTA — In a bid to ramp up the public health battle against obesity, a group of nutrition and economics experts are pushing for a tax of 1 cent on every of ounce of sodas and other sweetened beverages. Delta Air Lines to make offering of new debt with later maturity date to pay existing debtATLANTA — Delta Air Lines Inc. wants to give itself some more breathing room to deal with $904 million in debt that would come due after it receives a single operating certificate to fully integrate Northwest Airlines into its fold. Federal authorities investigating attack on black Ga. Army reservist as possible hate crimeATLANTA — A black female Army reservist said Wednesday she hasn’t been able to sleep since she was beaten by a white man in front of her 7-year-old daughter last week, and federal authorities said they were investigating the incident as a hate crime. |