Morning headliness
Friday, May 30th, 2008WE FIT: Atlanta’s the sixth-fittest city in the country, according to a report released Thursday.
TAXES TWO-STEP: City Council, worried about approving the mayor’s property-tax increase, may not adopt the budget by the June 30 deadline, a delay the mayor says could affect city services such as public safety and trash pickup.
TRIBAL STUDY: Researchers shoot aerial photos of an Amazonian tribe that hasn’t had contact with the outside world while the tribe aims arrows at their plane. Survival International says the group is one of about 100 uncontacted tribes worldwide.
INTERPOL: Posts red-flag alert online for Columbus, Ga., double murder suspect.
HUSBANDRY: Decatur woman is indicted for allegedly being married to six men simultaneously to help them become U.S. citizens.
BEAR KILLED: The menagerie that is I-75 — where a zebra and a pig were hit by cars in April — suffers another casualty, this time a bear that was hit and killed at I-75 and I-285 in Cobb.
GREASE DE RESISTANCE: Restaurants are beginning to lock up their grease barrels as gas-price-weary thieves have been stealing thousands of dollars worth.
FRAUGHT TRAINS: The nation’s rail network is creaking under the strain of added workload on aging infrastructure.
