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An ancient city nearly wiped out by a fourth-century tsunami is being uncovered by archaeologists near the modern Egyptian resort of Marina. Behind the restored Roman pillar tombs is a modern hotel.   http://alt.coxnewsweb.com/cnishared/tools/shared/mediahub/06/16/00/slideshow_1001661565_120205_Mideast_Egypt_Ancien.JPG    

Quantcast Political Insider The Democratic attack on Mary Norwood 7:03 am October 30, 2009, by Jim Galloway Cover image of Flyer sent by Democratic Party of Georgia declaring Mary Norwood a Republican The first sharp, negative attack of the Atlanta mayoral race hit the mailboxes of voters on Thursday, declaring front-runner Mary Norwood’s Republican past to be “the elephant in the room.” The flyer, paid for by the state Democratic party, urged voters: ”Vote for Kasim Reed. Vote for Lisa Borders. Vote for Reuben McDaniel.” Reed and Borders, of course, are mayoral candidates trailing Norwood in the polls. McDaniel is...

Their 5,300-square-foot mini-mansion is scheduled to be sold on the Clayton County Courthouse steps Tuesday.And they’re not alone among winners of “Extreme Makeover,” the popular reality show that refurbishes or rebuilds home for families in need.Eric Hebert of Idaho lost his home in February with nearly $400,000 owed to the bank, the Associated Press reported.Families living in two other “Extreme Makeover” homes, one near Detroit, the other in central Florida, were granted last-minute reprieves after their financial struggles were publicized.The Harpers, who have three sons, are unlikely to get such charity. In fact, Milton Harper said Monday his family has...

Nitesh Shetty may be Bangalore's youngest property billionaire. Aged 30, he has 4,000 apartments under construction in the city, with plans to expand his operations into Calcutta, Mumbai and New Delhi. And he has just sealed a $100m deal with Citigroup to build Bangalore's latest luxury hotel, the Ritz Carlton. Having dropped out of university to pursue a career as a tennis pro, he began his career by selling billboard space in Bangalore, after getting a 10,000 rupee ($226, £115) loan from his mother. At 23, he borrowed 500,000 rupees ($11,000) to turn a house in central Bangalore into an...

Dec 12 1:15 PM US/Eastern ROME - An Italian soccer player appeared to give a fascist salute to his fans during a league game for the second time this season. Italian papers ran photos Monday showing Lazio forward Paolo Di Canio with his arm outstretched as he was being substituted during the second half of his team's 2-1 loss to Livorno on Sunday. He could face disciplinary action. ADVERTISEMENT "Politics must remain out of soccer stadiums," Giancarlo Abete, the Italian soccer federation's deputy president, told the ANSA news agency Monday. The arm gesture is associated in Italy with the...

The Lost City of New Orleans?Risk & Insurance,  Dec, 2000  by Lori Widmer  Save a personal copy of this article and quickly find it again with Furl.net. It's free! Save it. Louisiana's marshlands, the only buffer for hurricanes that come out of the Gulf, are slipping into the ocean at an alarming rate. New search indicates that just one major hurricane could put New Orleans under water. The Big Easy is in big trouble. New Orleans is sinking. And fast. But what's the big deal? Local businesses and residents have heard it all before. They've built levees to control the...

After the Election: Making Peace in the Suburbs Sure, you should love thy neighbor, but one mother finds it isn't so easy when she discovered her neighbors voted for the "wrong guy." The day after the election, I got a frantic phone call from the mother of one of my daughter's friends. "I just need to talk to another Democrat," she said, before letting out the bombshell. "Did you know that A.'s mother and N.'s mother both voted for George Bush?" I hadn't known. And I was just as shocked as my friend was. One of these mothers is...

Now that the Carter-Kahn-Cooter wing of today's Georgia Democratic Party has had its way and raised $75,000 by criticizing a Democrat who has never voted for a Republican before and whose wife walked for a week in the snows of New Hampshire to help one of the above, I think I'll waste a few postage stamps to reply.With its current leadership and philosophy, our state party simply cannot broaden its appeal enought to win a majority statewide or even in most districts outside Atlanta and a few other places.Think about who the most visible and present spokesmen for our...

[ The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: 10/9/03 ] Teachers suspect end run by Perdue for vouchers By JAMES SALZER and NANCY BADERTSCHER The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Gov. Sonny Perdue said Wednesday he is not advocating state-paid vouchers for private schools in his push for a constitutional amendment that would spell out the rights of religious organizations to provide taxpayer-funded services.But Perdue's stance did not stop teacher groups -- who feel they helped Perdue win the governor's office last fall -- from preparing for battle over what they fear would open the door to public funding of private schools."No matter how it's dressed up,...

LONGWORTH, England (Reuters) - A mild-mannered British scientist was found dead in the woods Friday after being unwittingly dragged into a fierce political dispute about intelligence used to justify war on Iraq. British police said they had found a body matching that of soft-spoken defense ministry biologist David Kelly, a former U.N. weapons inspector, who had been grilled in parliament over allegations the government hyped intelligence to justify war.

The truth about 'Harry': Race permeates novels By PHIL KLOERAtlanta Journal-Constitution Staff Writer An orphan who discovers that he has magical powers and must save the world repeatedly from ultimate evil, all the while zipping around on a souped-up flying broomstick and casting spells -- no wonder the "Harry Potter" franchise resonates with young readers, making it the biggest-selling book series ever. But there are undercurrents flowing through the J.K. Rowling novels, some of them disturbing, that no amount of wand-waving can dispel. Some of the characters advocate a wizard-world equivalent of the Nazi philosophy of racial purity (which...

<p>SAN DIEGO (AP) — President Bush used the dramatic setting of a homebound aircraft carrier Thursday to refocus the U.S. mission in Iraq from a combat role to the tasks of reconstruction, policing and promotion of democracy.</p> <p>President Bush takes pictures with the crew of USS Lincoln after landing.</p>

<p>CAMP AS SAYLIYAH, Qatar (AP) — Dressed in desert fatigues and packing a 9-mm Beretta under his belt, U.S. Gen. Tommy Franks made his first trip to Baghdad on Wednesday where he strolled through the gold-trimmed splendor of a bombed-out palace once belonging to President Saddam Hussein.</p>

3rd Infantry soldiers riding next to reporter wounded Medic's 15-minute struggle to save their lives seemed to last hours By RON MARTZAtlanta Journal-Constitution Staff Writer Related: • Brant Sanderlin's photos • War news updates With Charlie Co., Task Force 1-64, Baghdad, Iraq -- The soldiers were there for a reason. The logical, rational explanation is that they were there because their tank caught fire and had to be destroyed. So, without a ride, they jumped onto the armored personnel carrier with me. I prefer to believe it was the hand of God that put them there, one behind me,...

Clinton fest draws VIPs No matter who occupies the White House, Bill Clinton still rules in some circles. That was the case for many who paid $250 each Sunday to hear from the former president at an All-Star weekend brunch at the Capital City Club. For an extra $250, they could also shake Clinton's hand. The downtown affair benefited Hank Aaron's Chasing the Dream Foundation, and it was the baseball legend who introduced Clinton to the nearly 500 guests. "I owe so much to this gentlemen," Aaron said. "He is still president of our United States." A slightly red-faced Clinton...

What living woman do you see as an undesirable role model for young women today? By DIANE GLASS Atlanta Journal-Constitution Columnist Money and fame, by way of the road most taken, is nothing to brag about. Celine Dion plays it safe. She is predictable. These are qualities that shouldn't be glorified and adored, rather shunned and abhorred. Role model? Try Sellout. Her voice is ethereal, but her personal and professional choices are sub par; they cling to the same, downtrodden predictability of love and romance, with unchallenging lyrics that play into women's Cinderella fantasies and weak-kneed resistance to care for...

That awful sucking sound Terror attacks raise hard questions about the Clinton years BY RICHARD SHUMATE When 19 terrorists manage to elude detection at four different airports and hijack four passenger jetliners on the same morning, it's clear that the problems with American aviation security, intelligence gathering and counter-terrorism must be long-standing and systemic. True, the heartless terrorists themselves must bear the full blame for the recent carnage at the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. But we also must look to find where responsibility rests for allowing the vacuums to develop that made such attacks more possible. And, based ...

Georgia Legislator "Visited" by LevyATLANTA (AP) -- During a morning devotional message, a Georgia state legislator told her House colleagues that she can communicate with the dead and has been ``visited'' by missing intern Chandra Levy. Rep. Dorothy B. Pelote told fellow lawmakers that she has psychic abilities. Pelote, a former teacher elected in 1992, told lawmakers her psychic experiences began after she nearly drowned as a child.

Elder Bushes lend names to chair at Morehouse Medical school gets $1.5 million gift for neuroscience By Mae Gentry Atlanta Journal-Constitution Staff Writer Security was tight Monday at Spelman College, where former President George Bush and his wife installed the Morehouse School of Medicine's first neuroscience chair. The former president and first lady lent their names to the chair because of long-standing relationships with the Morehouse School of Medicine and its president, Louis Sullivan. Sullivan was secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services during Bush's presidency. Peter R. MacLeish, who was installed as the George H.W. and ...