Atlanta Flash Floods: Fulton County and Other Schools Closed

Heavy rains and flash floods hit Atlanta and other parts of Georgia throughout Monday. Hundreds of schools were shut down, including all the schools in the Fulton county. Fulton county and many other counties'...

Australia A to meet India A in final

"Australia A secured a place in the A Team Triangular Series final after allrounder Cameron White triggered a New Zealand A collapse that left his side needing 145 runs in 50 overs. Australia did the needful in 24.5; David Hussey hurrying matters with a 56-ball 78. New...

Atlanta: Judge, Deputy Son Charged with Human Trafficking

Any form of human trafficking is digusting. Even worse, this time a judge, a deputy sheriff, and the deputy's wife are being charged in the case of the captive nanny." A former magistrate judge, his son -- who is...

Four Alarm Chemical Fire, Area Evacuated, Mount Vernon, NY

Four Alarm Chemical Fire Area Evacuated, Mount Vernon, NYUpdate 6:55 am Saturday, March 30, 2008 -"Air-quality tests and checks for any hazardous material oozing from KEM Chemical Corp. found no dangerous contamination as of early Saturday, according to authorities. A fire...

Lil Wayne Busted in Idaho

 You would think with all that money someone else could carry the drugs and guns."Rapper Lil Wayne was arrested early Saturday morning in Boise, Id. Wayne, whose real name is Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr., was...

Fire Destroys Former HIS Building

" April 29, 2007 Kentucky - On Friday evening April 27th the former HIS Building in Fulton was destroyed by fire. The Fulton Fire Department received the call at 5:38 pm, and the building collapsed within an hour. At this time the cause of the fire is unknown. Firefighters...

Barn Fire Kills Thousands Of Fulton County Chickens

" April 28, 2007 Kentucky - About 10,000 chickens and roosters died in a poultry barn fire off of Crutchfield Road on Thursday morning. Flames quickly consumed the barn, and no birds survived, owner Don McClanahan said. The cause of the fire remained unclear Friday, and...

SF gardeners face down developer

A three-month-old community gardening project initiated by San Francisco residents is being threatened by the owner of the lot they adopted for their garden. The owner, who lives outside of the city, has...

On 9/11, CIA Was Running Simulation of a Plane Crashing into a Building

John Fulton - Intelligence Networking & Analysis - On the morning of September 11th 2001, Mr. Fulton and his team at the CIA were running a pre-planned simulation to explore the emergency ...

Why the spotlight on Ohio?

Who runs Ohio, gets Ohio's electronic voting machines. Who gets Ohio's electronic voting machines, gets Ohio's 20 Electoral Votes. Who gets Ohio's 20 Electoral Votes, gets the White House. Who gets the White House, runs the World.

Ohio again center of political stage - Governor's race drawing spotlight

Old molds are being broken. Moderate Republicans are leery of Blackwell's stringent stances. Liberal Democrats find some of Strickland's positions too conservative.

The count goes on -- Results delayed until Friday

Good. Let's see more slow counts in future elections. Better a slow count and correct than a fast count and wrong.

Ohio Elections 2006, 2008, 2010

Complete directory of Ohio candidates in the current election cycle. Also Ohio political parties, the official Ohio election office and Ohio news sources.

The next Governor of Ohio will either be black or an ordained Methodist Minister

November 7, 2006 -- Republican Blackwell versus Democrat Strickland. Traditional party stereotypes will not make any sense in November. Voters will have to find some other yardstick to judge by.

Cuyahoga County election problems stretch into Wednesday

Better late and correct, than early and wrong. There's nothing bad about taking a few days carefully hand-counting votes. Especially in Presidential Elections.

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