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/2008/07/28/morning-headlines-102/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/28/morning-headlines-102/#comments Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:41:38 +0000 Russell McLendon http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/28/morning-headlines-102/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/28/morning-headlines-102/feed/ 0 DAMMED IF HE DOESN’T: Jimmy Carter revives an old gubernatorial quest of his to prevent three dams from being built on the Flint River. CARRYING CAPACITY: The Chicago Tribune examines recent revolutions against gun control, from Disney World to Hartsfield-Jackson to the Windy City. WHAT BROWN CAN DO FOR YOU: Medical College of Georgia researchers identify brown [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/06/24/morning-headlines-79/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/06/24/morning-headlines-79/#comments Tue, 24 Jun 2008 15:29:22 +0000 Russell McLendon http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/06/24/morning-headlines-79/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/06/24/morning-headlines-79/feed/ 0 BOWEN OUT: HUD approves of the Atlanta Housing Authority tearing down Bowen Homes in northwest Atlanta; AHA says renovating the housing project would cost $100 million and tearing it down will be less than $6 million. UGA: Beats Fresno State in Game 1 of the College World Series; now one win away from winning the national [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/06/19/health-museum-i-know-just-the-place-yall/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/06/19/health-museum-i-know-just-the-place-yall/#comments Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:40:41 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/06/19/health-museum-i-know-just-the-place-yall/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/06/19/health-museum-i-know-just-the-place-yall/feed/ 0 From today’s AJC: Irony rocks. (Thanks to Mara Shalhoup — who’s done a “really great job being an asshole” — for the find.) Bookmark It http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/06/04/morning-headlines-65/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/06/04/morning-headlines-65/#comments Wed, 04 Jun 2008 13:59:09 +0000 Russell McLendon http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/06/04/morning-headlines-65/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/06/04/morning-headlines-65/feed/ 0 OBAMA: Clinches the Democratic nomination, gives rousing victory speech to thousands in St. Paul. DRYEST BEFORE DAWN: State climatologist expects drought will get worse before it gets better. HIGH ON THE SMOG: Atlanta’s under a code orange smog alert today. FOR GOV OF COUNTRY: Sonny Perdue hosts a gaggle of GOP governors, many of whom are also VP [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/05/06/metro-atlanta-smog-alert-todays-color-is-orange/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/05/06/metro-atlanta-smog-alert-todays-color-is-orange/#comments Tue, 06 May 2008 15:17:57 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/05/06/metro-atlanta-smog-alert-todays-color-is-orange/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/05/06/metro-atlanta-smog-alert-todays-color-is-orange/feed/ 3 Gather round, all Atlantans, and breathe through a handkerchief for the rest of the day. The Clean Air Campaign has issued a Code Orange Smog Alert — meaning that the air quality in the region today is unhealthy for such sensitive segments of the population as asthmatics, the elderly and people with heart or lung [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/05/05/air-pollution-jams-bees-radar/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/05/05/air-pollution-jams-bees-radar/#comments Mon, 05 May 2008 14:48:58 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/05/05/air-pollution-jams-bees-radar/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/05/05/air-pollution-jams-bees-radar/feed/ 2 Air pollution doesn’t just add to our region’s reputation as a smog-laden Mecca. It might even play a role in why honeybees — vital vectors in how we get our food — are dying off at a dizzying rate. The Washington Post reports on a study that found the scents flowers emit — which are broken [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/05/01/morning-headlines-43/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/05/01/morning-headlines-43/#comments Thu, 01 May 2008 15:39:44 +0000 Russell McLendon http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/05/01/morning-headlines-43/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/05/01/morning-headlines-43/feed/ 1 MAYDAY: Smog season starts today. ROLLING OUT THE RED CARPETBAG: Niagara County, New York, assuming companies in the South are too lethargic from dehydration to move elsewhere, considers venturing down here to liberate them to the Great Wet North. FLEXING ITS MUSSELS: Florida pulls the marine-life card again in response to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ [...]