Morning headlines
April 24, 2008 at 10:47 am by Russell McLendon in NewsZEBRA WATCH ‘08: Metro Atlanta’s zebra infestation continues as workers extract one that was sneaked into an Emory at Oxford building Wednesday.
MAKING THE BANDIT: Local media eager to apply catchy monikers to bank robbers after the success of the Barbie Bandits story have found a new popular pilferer: the Grandpa Bandit.
LIVE GRENADE: Discovered in a trash can outside a convenience store in Floyd County.
CLAYTON SCHOOL BOARD: Offers the corrective superintendent job to a candidate who already withdrew himself from consideration.
ILL WIND: British first-time playwright gets railed for her musical version of Gone With the Wind.
QB OR NOT QB? Not, according to SI’s Don Banks (thanks, Falcoholic), despite the unavailability of Jake Long.
HAWKS: This isn’t going well.
ON A LOITER NOTE: News sites and blogs worldwide are falling all over themselves to cover the bum bot story. Here’s an AP video of the viral vigilante in action. In other loitering news, American cities have begun installing Kids Be Gone teen-loitering repellents, which emit an unbearable noise audible only to teens and young adults.
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April 26th, 2008 at 1:47 am
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