Atlanta News, Weather, Traffic, and Sports | FOX 5 Oil rises for 3rd straight … – MyFox Atlanta
By By JOSHUA FREED Oil prices rose for the third day in a row on Thursday as hopeful signs for U.S. housing suggested that oil demand could rise, too. Applications for building permits rose to their highest level in four years, according to the Commerce Department. If housing is picking up, the economy could be, […]
Atlanta News, Weather, Traffic, and Sports | FOX 5 Officer, gunman among 3 … – MyFox Atlanta
Law enforcement officers congregate at the site of a shooting near Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas, Monday, Aug. 13, 2012. (AP Photo/Bryan-College Station Eagle, Dave McDermand) By MICHAEL GRACZYK Associated Press COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) – A deadly shootout erupted Monday near the Texas A&M University campus when a man being brought an […]
Atlanta News, Weather, Traffic, and Sports | FOX 5 It’s Paul Ryan: Romney … – MyFox Atlanta
By KASIE HUNT Associated Press NORFOLK, Va. (AP) – Republican Mitt Romney anointed Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan, an ardent conservative and devoted budget cutter, as his vice presidential running mate on Saturday, and the two men immediately embarked on a tour of campaign battleground states vowing to defeat President Barack Obama and repair the long-ailing […]
Atlanta News, Weather, Traffic, and Sports | FOX 5 Police: Woman stole baby … – MyFox Atlanta
By SHAYA TAYEFE MOHAJER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) – A woman who snatched an infant from an Orange County hospital had lied to her estranged husband that she was pregnant and was trying to continue her deception, police said Tuesday. Grisel Ramirez, 48, allegedly disguised herself in hospital scrubs and posed as a visitor […]
Atlanta News, Weather, Traffic, and Sports | FOX 5 NASA rover Curiosity lands … – MyFox Atlanta
By ALICIA CHANG AP Science Writer PASADENA, Calif. (AP) – In a show of technological wizardry, the robotic explorer Curiosity blazed through the pink skies of Mars, steering itself to a gentle landing inside a giant crater for the most ambitious dig yet into the red planet’s past. A chorus of cheers and applause echoed […]
Atlanta News, Weather, Traffic, and Sports | FOX 5 Pistorius debuts in … – MyFox Atlanta
By JAY COHEN AP Sports Writer LONDON (AP) – Five things to know about Saturday, Day 8 of the London Olympics: -Phelps in medley relay for final Olympic race. -Pistorius makes 400 semis; Bolt, Blake advance in 100 meters. -Tested: U.S. men pushed in hoops win over Lithuania. -Serena dominates Sharapova in Olympic tennis final. […]
Atlanta News, Weather, Traffic, and Sports | FOX 5 Chinese badminton player … – MyFox Atlanta
LONDON (AP) – A Chinese badminton star is apparently quitting the sport after she was one of eight players disqualified from the doubles tournament at the London Olympics for trying to lose. A comment on a verified account for Yu Yang on the Tencent microblogging service late Wednesday read: “This is my last game. Farewell […]
Atlanta News, Weather, Traffic, and Sports | FOX 5 Zara adds to family silver … – MyFox Atlanta
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press LONDON (AP) – The queen’s granddaughter Zara Phillips added to the family silver on Tuesday, helping team Britain to a second-place finish behind Germany in Olympic equestrian eventing. Putting shine on the moment: Her mother, Princess Anne, presented the medal. It was a very royal family affair Tuesday at Greenwich […]
Twitter blamed systems failures – not a crush of traffic around the Olympic games
By CASSANDRA VINOGRAD and RAPHAEL SATTER The Associated Press LONDON (AP) – Twitter blamed systems failures – not a crush of traffic around the Olympic games – for an outage on Thursday that saw people around the world experience problems accessing the micro blogging site for more than an hour. The San Francisco-based company said […]
EYES ON LONDON
LONDON (AP) – Around the 2012 Olympics and its host city with journalists from The Associated Press bringing the flavor and details of the games to you: ___ THE QUEEN WILL BE GETTING HIGH Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II is about to scale new heights. Royal officials say the queen will whiz to the top of […]
