Morning headlines
Thursday, August 7th, 2008FIRE ANTS: All U.S. fire ants can be traced back to a handful of queens that stowed away on a boat from Argentina to Mobile, Ala., in the 1930s, according to a UGA entomologist.
BRETT AND THE JETS: Brett Favre was traded early this morning by the Packers to the New York Jets, ending his historic tenure in Green Bay on a sour note.
KWAME KILPATRICK: The mayor of Detroit is ordered to jail for violating the terms of his bond.
CRACKDOWN: Atlanta police begin an “indefinite” crackdown on panhandling, drug-dealing and other tourist-worrying behavior in Five Points.
CHAMBLISS: Says he’s ready for the Democratic “onslaught” now that Jim Martin is the nominee.
TED TURNER: Naturally occurring anthrax is found on his Montana ranch.
WAIT WATCHERS: CDC researchers in Atlanta report that the average nationwide emergency-room wait time has grown from 38 minutes to almost an hour over the past decade, due to increases in patients and decreases in hospital resources.
