http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf Atlanta news and views, one slice at a time Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:27:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/06/07/streetalk-has-michael-vick-paid-his-dues/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/06/07/streetalk-has-michael-vick-paid-his-dues/#comments Sun, 07 Jun 2009 12:21:30 +0000 Jeff Slate http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=20452 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/06/07/streetalk-has-michael-vick-paid-his-dues/feed/ 12 Pit bull owners share their thoughts on the NFL's dog-fighting bad boy. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/05/23/word-vick-released-from-prison-wednesday/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/05/23/word-vick-released-from-prison-wednesday/#comments Sat, 23 May 2009 14:57:54 +0000 Asher Smith http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=19918 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/05/23/word-vick-released-from-prison-wednesday/feed/ 15 Will the former Atlanta Falcons star quarterback triumph over bad PR? http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/05/13/tony-dungy-vick-wants-a-second-chance/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/05/13/tony-dungy-vick-wants-a-second-chance/#comments Wed, 13 May 2009 22:11:43 +0000 Alejandro A. Leal http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=19728 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/05/13/tony-dungy-vick-wants-a-second-chance/feed/ 0 Former Colts coach met with Vick at the federal penitentiary where the former Atlanta Falcons quarterback is incarcerated. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/02/26/ap-michael-vick-to-be-released-from-prison/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/02/26/ap-michael-vick-to-be-released-from-prison/#comments Thu, 26 Feb 2009 17:43:47 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=15994 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/02/26/ap-michael-vick-to-be-released-from-prison/feed/ 0 Former Atlanta Falcon is serving 23-month sentence for dogfighting conspiracy. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/22/morning-headlines-139/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/22/morning-headlines-139/#comments Mon, 22 Sep 2008 14:51:43 +0000 Russell McLendon http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/22/morning-headlines-139/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/22/morning-headlines-139/feed/ 1 INVESTMENT BANKS: A thing of the past. RED, WHITE AND SACRÉ BLEU: TIME magazine bears the sobering message that all this federal financial fiddling is making us kind of French. BRIAN NICHOLS TRIAL: Scheduled to begin today. PUMP SLUMP: Gas is hard to find in parts of the Southeast as pipelines are slow to rebound from Ike, but [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/19/morning-headlines-138/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/19/morning-headlines-138/#comments Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:05:10 +0000 Russell McLendon http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/19/morning-headlines-138/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/19/morning-headlines-138/feed/ 0 HAULING ASSET: U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson held a press conference this morning about the federal government’s plan to take all those pain-in-the-ass assets off the hands of struggling financial companies. It’s expected to be the biggest federal meddling in the free market since the 1930s, and markets around the world are digging it. HADRON COLLIDER: [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/18/morning-headlines-137/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/18/morning-headlines-137/#comments Thu, 18 Sep 2008 15:05:35 +0000 Russell McLendon http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/18/morning-headlines-137/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/18/morning-headlines-137/feed/ 1 THE VISIBLE HAND: Smugness is growing abroad over the global free-market champion — especially under such an anti-regulation Republican administration — essentially nationalizing private corporations to combat its sputtering economy. PAIN IN THE BANK: Top central banks of the world unite to infuse $247 billion into money markets in an attempt to stave off a global [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/15/morning-headlines-134/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/15/morning-headlines-134/#comments Mon, 15 Sep 2008 15:11:54 +0000 Russell McLendon http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/15/morning-headlines-134/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/15/morning-headlines-134/feed/ 0 SARAH PALIN: The NY Times examines her governing style, which includes hiring several high school friends to high-paying state jobs for which they had no relevant experience. BEAR MARKET TO FLEA MARKET: The Lehman Brothers investment bank announces it will file for bankruptcy, and despite the possibly market-soothing buyout of Merrill Lynch by Bank of America, [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/12/morning-headlines-133/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/12/morning-headlines-133/#comments Fri, 12 Sep 2008 15:01:21 +0000 Russell McLendon http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/12/morning-headlines-133/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/12/morning-headlines-133/feed/ 2 SHARP AS ATTACK: Obama will kick off today a more aggressive approach in campaigning and defending himself against recent truthy attacks from the McCain campaign. HURRICANE IKE: The National Weather Service warns of “certain death” for coastal residents around Galveston who try to ride out the storm. Houston, however, is doing just that. In metro Atlanta, [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/08/morning-headlines-129/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/08/morning-headlines-129/#comments Mon, 08 Sep 2008 14:48:29 +0000 Russell McLendon http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/08/morning-headlines-129/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/08/morning-headlines-129/feed/ 0 ELECTORAL CURRENT: The Christian Science Monitor examines this year’s swingingest states, and how swinging they are compared with 2004. HURRICANE IKE: Hits Cuba, downgraded to a Category 2. It’s expected to head Gulfward from there, meaning Georgia’s streak of dodging major hurricanes will likely stay intact. The downside of that is Lake Lanier won’t get much [...]