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LAKE LANIER-WATER LEVEL
Lake Lanier at lowest level since historic drought
(Information in the following story is from: The Times, http://www.gainesvilletimes.com)
GAINESVILLE, Ga. (AP) Authorities say Lake Lanier is now at its lowest level since March 2009 after dropping two feet in two weeks.
Officials say the lake is now at 1,058 feet above sea level, or 13 feet below full pool.
The Times of Gainesville reports that the last time Lake Lanier hit such a low mark was during the 2007-09 drought, when the lake was at 1,050.79 feet.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers predicts that Lanier could drop to 1,055.2 feet by Dec. 21.
The agency says there’s been very little rain anywhere in the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River basin in recent days. The basin includes portions of Georgia, Florida and Alabama.
WALMART DEATH
Man dies after confrontation with Walmart workers
LITHONIA, Ga. (AP) Two Walmart workers are suspended with pay after a man suspected of shoplifting DVD players at an Atlanta-area store died following a confrontation with workers.
The man was pronounced dead yesterday after the altercation outside the store in Lithonia.
The company says two workers were suspended with pay, and a security contractor will no longer work at the store.
A Walmart spokeswoman says no amount of
The postgame roars from Notre Dame’s locker room echoed right through the Los Angeles Coliseum’s thick cement walls and metal beams Saturday night, moving around the 89-year-old arena like a long-absent force of nature.
After decades away, the Fighting Irish are back on top of college football — unmatched in the rankings, unblemished in the standings, and unequivocally ready for a chance to end a 24-year national championship drought.
Manti Te’o, the star linebacker from Hawaii who led this improbable revival season, took a moment to listen to those echoes.
‘‘This is where you want to be when you go to Notre Dame,’’ he said.
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The Irish are No. 1 again — a Golden Dome atop their sport.
Notre Dame (12-0) beat Southern California, 22-13, to complete its first unbeaten regular season since 1988. That’s also the last championship year for the school that produced a legion of the sport’s most memorable figures: Knute Rockne, the Four Horsemen, Paul Hornung, and Joe Montana — heck, even Rudy Ruettiger.
A no-nonsense win over Notre Dame’s intersectional rivals in Los Angeles capped a year of historic dominance for a defense led by Te’o, its inspirational Heisman contender. That defense allowed
(RNN) – It was wonderful not to have to care about Oregon this week (they won, by the way, and as always, looked ridiculous doing it).
If you didn’t see the crime against humanity the Ducks called a uniform this week, here’s a description: It was hideous. (We saw highlights – and highlighters.) While they beat Oregon State, Stanford beat UCLA and gets to play UCLA again next week for the Pac-12 championship.
That means Oregon will be in whatever bowl game Pac-12 teams that don’t go to the Rose Bowl go to (Fiesta? Meineke Car Care? Hank’s Hardware House?), and we can ignore them again. This has been a great season.
Below is the weekly list of what we learned from watching SEC games in Week 13. Sadly, this was the final week.
1. An SEC team will play for the national championship. This news broke about six years ago, we just didn’t know it back then. Oh how naïve we were thinking everyone got a fair chance to be national champion.
Now we know better. We know that an SEC team will be in the championship game no matter what, and will most likely win it. We also know that when there isn’t
ALBANY, GA (WALB) -
Marines took time out of their holiday weekend to raise money for a good cause.
The Marine Corps League preserves the traditions of and promotes the interests of the United States Marine Corp.
Members of the organization stood outside Sams Club in Albany this weekend to help raise money for programs that benefit marines, their families, and children of the community.
One of those programs that is unique to the Albany Detachment is a flag replacement program, where they replace old or torn flags in the community.
“The flag means a lot to all of us, who have served in the Marine Corp or any service, it is a symbol of our nation and it is something that should be honored,” says Ernie Elmore, Marine Corp League.
Every penny they collect will go to programs that benefit veterans and youth programs in the area.
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PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas – Sometimes life is a fairy tale, even when it’s a college basketball game.
Quinn Cook directed No. 5 Duke on its run to the championship of the Battle 4 Atlantis. But holding the MVP trophy Saturday night isn’t what made this so special for him. It’s what this run of three games meant to his mother.
“His dad and I eloped here 25 years ago,” Janet Cook said. “This is like a fairy tale.”
It gets better.
She was supposed to head back to work Saturday afternoon, but she stuck around for the championship game to surprise her son.
“It was great,” Cook said. “My mom was supposed to go back to work. But she stayed for the game. I just wanted to play well for my team.”
He did.
The sophomore guard scored 11 of his 15 points in the final 7:46, including the Blue Devils’ last eight of the game, and they beat No. 2 Louisville 76-71 for the title.
“Respect is not something you can give. It’s earned,” Duke
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and stories that will be talked about today:
1. WHY BLACK FRIDAY IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER: Americans’ growing comfort with online shopping puts more pressure on brick-and-mortar stores, which depend so heavily on the holiday season.
2. WHAT BLACK LEADERS WANT FROM OBAMA: They say they don’t want the middle and working class to bear the brunt of the looming “fiscal cliff” of tax increases and spending cuts.
3. D.C. ON RECORD PACE FOR FEWEST HOMICIDES: The number of murders in the nation’s capital is on pace to finish lower than 100 for the first time since 1963.
4. EGYPTIANS SET TO PROTEST AGAINST MORSI: Decrees concerning the judiciary and a new constitution are seen as the latest power grab by the leader of the powerful Muslim Brotherhood.
5. WHAT ISRAELIS THINK ABOUT THE CEASE-FIRE WITH HAMAS: A poll finds about half believe the government should have continued its military offensive against the Palestinian militants.
6. ALL ABOARD A PARTY TRAIN TO VEGAS: The long trip from Southern California to Sin City is about to get bigger, better and boozier.
By The Associated Press
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and stories that will be talked about Friday:
1. WHY BLACK FRIDAY IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER
Americans’ growing comfort with online shopping puts more pressure on brick-and-mortar stores, which depend so heavily on the holiday season.
1. WHO THE U.S. IS COUNTING ON TO KEEP THE PEACE IN GAZA
Egypt’s President Morsi emerges from his first major international crisis with enhanced prestige after mediating between sworn enemies Israel and Hamas.
1. ANOTHER BIG ADVANCE FOR SYRIAN REBELS
They strengthen their hold on an oil-rich province, activists say, capturing a base seen as a bastion for Assad loyalists.
1. 100 CARS AND TRUCKS IN TEXAS HOLIDAY PILEUP
Big crash in extremely dense fog near Beaumont sends dozens to hospitals.
1. DEAR AMERICA: IT ONLY SEEMS LIKE YOU’RE GETTING MORE CATALOGS
The flow to U.S. mailboxes has dipped big time because of a postage increase, the weak economy and online purchases.
1. MEXICO WANTS TO BOOT THE U AND THE S
Its formal name is “The United Mexican States” and President Felipe Calderon wants to make it simply “Mexico.”
1. WHERE CHRIS BROWN WON’T BE APPEARING
Organizers say the American star cancels a Guyana concert after protests over his 2009 beating of Barbadian superstar
NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) — A helicopter crashed early Thursday in an upscale Bahamas resort community, killing one U.S. citizen and injuring four others, police reported.
Abaco Police Superintendent Noel Curry said all five passengers were Americans, but he could not confirm the identities or genders of the dead person or the four survivors. He also said he could not immediately comment on the extent of the survivors’ injuries.
A Florida television station, CBS Miami, identified one of the survivors as Jeffrey Soffer, principal of Florida-based real estate developer Turnberry Associates.
Renardo Curry, Parliament member for North Abaco, said the helicopter was attempting to land at the exclusive Baker’s Bay Golf Ocean Club on Great Guana Cay when a wind gust sent the aircraft spiraling.
An employee of the resort community told The Associated Press that he helped residents pull people out of the wreckage. He described the crash as a “nightmare.”
“They got into an air pocket and it went into a tailspin. It recovered, and then it went into a tailspin again and from there it hit the ground. The tail came off and the cabin just went into a spin and somebody got thrown out,” said the Baker’s Bay employee, who
