http://wuog.org/news The WUOG News staff Tue, 16 Feb 2010 02:54:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Hazardous weather condition(s): Hazardous Weather Outlook Tonight: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 24. West wind around 10 mph. Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 41. West wind between 10 and 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Tuesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 26. West wind between 5 ... http://wuog.org/news/2010/02/15/wuog-forecast-6/ STOCKBRIDGE, Ga. (AP) - Police say a 35-year-old Snellville man is being held at the Henry County jail on a murder charge in the death of his girlfriend, a second-grade teacher. Henry County Police Capt. Jason Bolton says 34-year-old Kinaya Schenese Byrd was stabbed Friday during a quarrel at her home in Stockbridge. Bolton says 35-year-old ... http://wuog.org/news/2010/02/15/man-charged-in-ga-teachers-death/ SUWANEE, Ga. (AP) - Police in Suwanee say a man accused of stabbing his estranged wife to death during a custody swap in a Walmart parking lot has been charged with murder. Capt. Cass Mooney, a Suwanee police spokesman, says 28-year-old Phillip Chad Dunn, who police say stabbed himself when he attacked his 27-year-old wife, ... http://wuog.org/news/2010/02/15/man-jailed-after-wife-killed-outside-walmart/ NAHUNTA, Ga. (AP) - A Ku Klux Klan rally is planned for this small southeast Georgia city, and the mayor is urging people to go about their business. The Knight Riders of the Ku Klux Klan has a permit for a rally in Nahunta, about 35 miles east of Brunswick in Brantley County, from noon ... http://wuog.org/news/2010/02/15/kkk-plans-rally-in-nahunta-ga/ PALMETTO, Ga. (AP) - Fulton County officials say a police officer from the city of Chattahoochee Hills has been shot while sitting in his car and has been taken to an Atlanta hospital. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that Fulton County police say the unidentified officer was at an intersection in Palmetto when the shooting occured ... http://wuog.org/news/2010/02/15/atlanta-area-police-officer-shot/ WEST VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) - American Seth Wescott has defended his Olympic title, overtaking Canada's Mike Robertson to win the gold medal in the wild sport of men's snowboardcross. Wescott, who struggled in qualifying, was seeded 17th of the 32 riders Monday but came out with his second gold medal, and America's second of ... http://wuog.org/news/2010/02/15/wescott-avoids-trouble-gets-snowboardcross-gold/ WASHINGTON (AP) - Sen. Evan Bayh (by) says he's grown tired of the partisan divisions that dominate Congress, and won't seek a third term. The Indiana Democrat says he loves helping citizens, but he doesn't love Congress. He says it's time for him to "contribute to society in another way." Bayh made the announcement at an ... http://wuog.org/news/2010/02/15/indiana-democrat-announces-hes-retiring-from-the-senate/ WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama will talk about jobs and the economy when he travels to Savannah, Ga., on March 2. The president will meet with workers, small-business owners and local leaders to discuss ideas for creating jobs and growing the economy. It will be the third trip of its kind that Obama ... http://wuog.org/news/2010/02/15/obama-to-discuss-jobs-on-georgia-visit-march-2/ RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) - Saudi Arabia's foreign minister is expressing doubts about the usefulness of imposing more sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program. Prince Saud al-Faisal (sah-OOD' ahl fy-ZAHL') told a news conference in the Saudi capital late Monday that the threat posed by Iran's nuclear ambitions demands a more immediate solution than sanctions. ... http://wuog.org/news/2010/02/15/saudi-official-cool-to-new-sanctions-on-iran/ MARJAH, Afghanistan (AP) - The Taliban appear to be using the cover of darkness to slip behind U.S. lines in Marjah. Marines and Afghan soldiers came under repeated counterattacks in the Taliban's Helmand province stronghold today. Small, mobiles teams of insurgents fired rifles, rockets and grenades at the joint force from the cover of compounds ... http://wuog.org/news/2010/02/15/taliban-step-up-attacks-in-besieged-afghan-town/