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McCAIN TALKS UNITY, GOP ATTACKS
McCain talks unity while Palin and other
surrogates continue the rancorous attacks against Obama

John McCain preached bipartisanship and unity from a stage retooled to carry him out to the Republican faithful. He didn't have to be biting: On the previous night, his attack dogs had paved the way.

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Georgia GOP Congressman says Obama, wife 'uppity'

A Republican lawmaker is facing criticism over using the racially charged term "uppity" to describe Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, on Thursday.

SWAT raid nets six
arrests in Marietta

Six people face drug charges after a drug raid in Marietta. The Marietta Police Department's SWAT team, Crime Interdiction Unit, ALE and MCS Narcotics team raided a home on Polk Street after a four month investigation.

FCC tells Comcast to
stop blocking web traffic

Comcast is appealing an FCC ruling that the company is improperly blocking customers' Web traffic.

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T O D A Y ' S H E A D L I N E S
McCain speech was 'disappointing' and a 'rerun of old GOP ideas'

"It was mostly a rerun, retread of a lot of old Republican ideas that have brought us to where we are now. I think the country is looking for fresh answers, " said former GOP operative David Gergen.

McCain struggled during
lackluster, disconnected speech

"He's struggling, as he sometimes does -- misplacing the emphasis on words, sounding at times like he's reading the speech for the first time, losing energy during the sections on issues he's never been particularly passionate about, buring applause lines in a string of sentences."

Cindy McCain showed up at
convention in $300,000 outfit

One of the persistent memes in the Republican line of attack against Barack Obama is the notion that he is an elitist, whereas the G.O.P. represent real working Americans like Levi �F-in� Redneck� Johnston.

'We are being swindled'

MARIETTA - Temperatures and tempers were hot Thursday morning at the 70th annual members meeting of the Cobb Electric Membership Corporation at its headquarters off Cobb Parkway.

Knew of probe, superintendent
tells grand jury

MARIETTA - Superintendent Fred Sanderson "was aware of the investigation" of Dr. Lawrence Bynum when Bynum was promoted, according to grand jury findings presented Thursday.

Whitlock revisited

MARIETTA - A majority of the seven City Council members say they oppose adding a third lane to part of Whitlock Avenue as proposed by a citizens group they appointed.

GA shelters close as
evacuees return home

The Red Cross is closing two of the shelters that were opened to house evacuees from Hurricane Gustav. They estimate that more than 50 percent of evacuees have left Georgia, and volunteers have begun breaking down parts of their shelter in Lawrenceville.

KP will donate $5 million
to Grady Memorial Hospital

Kaiser Permanente will donate $5 million to Grady Memorial Hospital.

Midtown to get
Intercontinental

InterContinental Hotels Group Plc will put a new hotel in the planned 1400 Peachtree project at Peachtree and 17th streets, giving momentum to what its developers call the northern Gateway to Midtown.

Alligator captured
in Hall County

A three foot long alligator was captured in Hall County Thursday night, and apparently it is the same gator that people have reported seeing around the Flat Rock Creek area over the past several weeks.

Rash of smash And
grabs in Atlanta

Two more smash and grabs robberies Thursday night followed one earlier in the day that ended in gunfire. The target of the thieves was the Bloomingdale's in Buckhead.

Copper thieves leave football
players in the dark

Copper thieves have struck again -- this time they stole thousands worth of metal from four Gwinnett County parks and left some football players in the dark.

Alaska's largest newspaper
continues to slam Palin

One might have expected the home state's largest paper to rave more enthusiastically than most others about Gov. Sarah Palin's speech before the GOP convention on Wednesday but the paper that knows her best did no such thing.

Obama: Republican attacks
'not that big of a deal'

Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama on Thursday shrugged off the criticisms from the Republican convention, saying he's been called worse on the basketball court.

Obama camp raises $10 million
since Palin speech

The Obama campaign confirms to First Read that it has raised $8 million from more than 130,000 donors since Sarah Palin's speech last night -- and that it's on pace to raise a total of $10 million by the time McCain speaks.

Protesters interrupt
McCain speech

Anti-war protesters briefly interrupted John McCain's acceptance speech Thursday night at the Republican National Convention. The nominee told supporters "don't be diverted by the ground noise and the static."

Why disasters are
getting worse

In the space of two weeks, Hurricane Gustav has caused an estimated $3 billion in losses in the U.S. and killed about 110 people in the U.S. and the Caribbean, catastrophic floods in northern India have left a million people homeless, and a 6.2-magnitude earthquake has rocked China's southwest, smashing over 400,000 homes.

Hanna heading toward US
after blowing past Bahamas

NASSAU, Bahamas - Tropical Storm Hanna was accelerating early Friday as it made its way toward the United States' southeast coast.

Kids' protest highlights
rich-poor schools gap in Illinois

On what was supposed to be their first day of school this week, about 1,000 Chicago Public School students got a different sort of education.

Prisons scramble to
make digital TV switch

While TV might seem like an undeserved luxury for inmates, prison officials and inmates say the tube does more than fill year after year of idle hours -- it provides a sense of normalcy and is a bargaining chip that encourages good behavior.

Wet summer brings mushroom
boom to Northeast

Hillsides bloom with black trumpets. Disc-shaped mushrooms called artist's conch sprout from tree trunks. Forests are laced with tasty chanterelles giving off faint whiffs of apricot and with a pretty but deadly variety called destroying angels.

Army: soldier suicide rate
may set record again

Soldier suicides this year could surpass the record rate of last year, Army officials said Thursday, urging military leaders at all levels to redouble prevention efforts for a force strained by two wars.

Palin child's pregnancy
may hurt the ticket

"Don't they have birth control up in Alaska?" she asked. If that view has any currency among Republican-leaners, you can imagine what other independents are thinking.

Southside H.S. Renamed
For Jackson

Local and state leaders helped rename an Atlanta High School Thursday. Southside Comprehensive High School is now named after former Atlanta Mayor Maynard Jackson.Jackson was Atlanta's first African American mayor. He was also a lawyer who fought for affirmitive action laws for African American workers. Jackson died in 2003.

Good Samaritan Chases
Hit-and-Run Driver

When a school bus stops to pick up children, you're supposed to stop. In Dawson County, sheriff deputies say a car blew by a school bus and hit a 5-year old boy. The driver of that car would have gotten away if it wasn't for a Good Samaritan who tracked him down.

DeKalb Police Offering Amnesty
To Petty Criminals

If you thought you could commit a petty crime in DeKalb County and get away with it, think again. The DeKalb County Police Department launched Operation Warrant Round-Up Thursday.Two officers are assigned to track down people who owe the county money for a misdemeanor citation.

Off Duty Deputy Shoots
Robbery Suspect

Authorities have three men in custody and are searching for a fourth after a smash and grab robbery at Lenox Square in Buckhead early Thursday afternoon.

American Red Cross
Out of Money

An organization that helps people put their lives and belongings back together after natural disasters is in need of some help of its own.

Parr Successful In Debut
As Braves Blank Nats

James Parr made a successful major-league debut, allowing a mere two hits in six scoreless innings of work as Atlanta blanked Washington 2-0 in the opener of a four-game series.

5-Year-Old Witnesses
Fatal Stabbing

A 5-year-old boy witnessed a stabbing Thursday between a couple that left the woman dead and the man hospitalized in critical condition. The fight began in an apartment off Deerfield Parkway and spilled out onto the breezeway of the unit, according to Milton Police.

Georgia Speedway Closed
After Woman Dies

Cochran Motor Speedway is closed indefinitely following the death of a Danville woman hit by debris from a car Labor Day weekend. Forty-three-year-old Cynthia Nobles died Monday of injuries she sustained during a Saturday night race. A tire and part of an axle flew from a race car and landed in a section of the pit area that wasn't protected by a fence.

Georgia Hunter Sentenced
For Killing Kodiak Bear

A hunter from Georgia was fined more than $14,000 for killing a brown bear without a proper license last year in Kodiak. Alaska State Troopers say 57-year-old Stan Steiner of Americus purchased a resident hunting license and bear tag without meeting residency requirements.

Autopsy Shows 39 Wounds
In Man Killed By Police

An autopsy shows a man killed in a shootout with Atlanta police officers had 39 wounds, although some bullets may have caused more than one wound.

Fed official: U.S. must focus
on education, immigration

While the country braces for the remainder of a busy hurricane season that ends in two months, the economy will continue to be battered by �tempestuous� market forces beyond 2008, a top Federal Reserve official said Thursday.

Sony recalls 438,000
laptops on burn concern

Japan's Sony Corp (6758.T) has launched a voluntary recall of 438,000 Vaio portable computers, citing a potential hazard that could cause the machines to overheat or possibly burn a user.

Motorcyclist dies in Utah
speed record attempt

A motorcyclist was killed after losing control of his bike at 385 kilometers (239 miles) per hour and crashing on Utah's famous Bonneville Salt Flats, authorities and reports said Thursday.

SARAH PALIN, QUEEN
OF THE NOBODIES

Experience is Overrated. What About IQ?Until four years ago, no one had heard of our current Democratic nominee. "Who is Barack Obama?" asked CBS News after he was picked to deliver the keynote address at the Dems' 2004 confab.

Attacks, praise stretch
truth at GOP convention

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and her Republican supporters held back little Wednesday as they issued dismissive attacks on Barack Obama and flattering praise on her credentials to be vice president. In some cases, the reproach and the praise stretched the truth.

Why Disasters Are
Getting Worse

Firebrand filmmaker Michael Moore will release his latest documentary exclusively on the Internet for free on September 23, eschewing a traditional theatrical rollout, he said on Thursday.

Dr. Greene returns in
`ER' final-season flashback

Dr. Mark Greene is coming back to "ER," but he's not coming back from the dead. Anthony Edwards will reprise the role of Greene, who died of a brain tumor at the end of the 2002 season, in flashback scenes in the Nov. 13 episode, NBC announced Thursday.

The Word From Wasilla

Everyone is trying to get the measure of Sarah Palin, the woman who was rocketed from small-state obscurity to the national stage when John McCain selected her as his running-mate on the 2008 Republican ticket.

UPS driver surpasses 1 million
miles in his truck

A routine package delivery turned into a milestone for a UPS driver in East Texas. Brent Boyd, 51, on Thursday surpassed one million miles on his UPS delivery truck, the same vehicle he's driven for 22 years with the company.

McCain, Obama pitted in
8-week contest of 'change'

Republican presidential nominee John McCain, buoyed by a unifying GOP convention and the spark of running mate Sarah Palin, plunged into a competitive, eight-week struggle with Democrat Barack Obama over which party can best bring change to Washington.

McCain's "Worst Speech"
Panned by Pundits

John McCain's nomination speech was so flat, so disjointed, so utterly devoid of any vision or affirmative plan for the U.S. -- it's hard to say much about it, other than it sucked.

McCain Camp to Leave Convention
With $200 Million, Aide Says

John McCain's campaign expects to leave the Republican National Convention with $200 million in the bank and be able to match the Democrats' spending in the next two months, an aide said.

World's richest got even
richer last year: report

Even as world financial markets broke down last year, personal wealth around the world grew 5 percent to $109.5 trillion, according to a global wealth report released on Thursday by Boston Consulting Group.

Thinking Makes
Us Pig Out

Food for thought: Intellectual activities make people eat more than when just resting, according to a study that sheds new light on brain food.

Obama says GOP avoiding
issues on voters' minds

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said Thursday that Republicans at their national convention are attacking him to avoid talking about the sagging economy and housing problems.

Army: soldier suicide rate
may set record again

Some Southeastern states declared emergencies and officials urged residents to head inland Thursday as Tropical Storm Hanna headed toward the Atlantic coast, where it could bring high winds and rain from South Carolina to Maine.

FDA orders stronger warnings
for 4 arthritis drugs

The Food and Drug Administration ordered stronger warnings Thursday on four medications widely used to treat rheumatoid arthritis and other serious illnesses, saying they can raise the risk of possibly fatal fungal infections.

Protesters interrupt
McCain speech

The Rev. Jesse Jackson was hospitalized and undergoing tests Thursday after complaining of severe stomach pains.

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