/content/georgianews/ Action News: Georgia News en-us Copyright 2012 Newport Television LLC. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:00:01 -0500 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:59:13 -0500 Action State GA http://www.centralmediaserver.com/wtev/rss_cbs47.jpg /content/georgianews/ 117 49 15 http://www.actionnewsjax.com:80/content/topstories/story/Suspect-remains-jailed-after-Walmart-abduction-try/MWu4HOEZbUGTG7D0lwBE0w.cspx?rss=1847 http://www.actionnewsjax.com/s/MWu4HOEZbUGTG7D0lwBE0w.cspx BREMEN, Ga. (AP) — A suspect remains jailed after police say he tried to abduct a 7-year-old girl who was able to fight him off at a Walmart store in... AP State - Georgia - WTEV Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:40:08 -0500 http://www.actionnewsjax.com:80/news/state/story/200-people-rescued-from-5-story-building-in-fire/JTdjK2ihbUubvaEG8pfFsA.cspx?rss=1847 http://www.actionnewsjax.com/s/JTdjK2ihbUubvaEG8pfFsA.cspx Firefighters were able to rescue nearly 200 people, many of them elderly or disabled, after a fire spread smoke into their five-story apartment building in DeKalb County. AP State - Georgia - WTEV Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:32:31 -0500 http://www.actionnewsjax.com:80/news/state/story/UGA-president-predicts-football-playoffs-by-2014/KprRbuwtvEyl1jUqTatmtw.cspx?rss=1847 http://www.actionnewsjax.com/s/KprRbuwtvEyl1jUqTatmtw.cspx University of Georgia president Michael Adams says he believes a college football playoff is only a couple of years from becoming a reality. AP State - Georgia - WTEV Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:04:46 -0500 http://www.actionnewsjax.com:80/news/state/story/10-000-gallons-of-sewage-overflows-from-manhole/HtyVz1ve8UaKi867GDMW8Q.cspx?rss=1847 http://www.actionnewsjax.com/s/HtyVz1ve8UaKi867GDMW8Q.cspx Crews in east Georgia spent much of Wednesday cleaning up more than 10,000 gallons of sewage that overflowed from a a manhole in south Augusta. AP State - Georgia - WTEV Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:55:14 -0500 http://www.actionnewsjax.com:80/news/state/story/Police-Bored-men-pretend-to-enforce-speeding-law/zn5exkFR5kmwU-A9tg2qDg.cspx?rss=1847 http://www.actionnewsjax.com/s/zn5exkFR5kmwU-A9tg2qDg.cspx Police say two Georgia men tried to fool a motorist into thinking they had a radar gun, then tried to stop the driver near Athens. AP State - Georgia - WTEV Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:49:02 -0500 http://www.actionnewsjax.com:80/news/state/story/Georgia-hospitals-in-merger-talks/WM39qzTAR0i0sOXvT-E14Q.cspx?rss=1847 http://www.actionnewsjax.com/s/WM39qzTAR0i0sOXvT-E14Q.cspx Executives with Atlanta Medical Center say they're exploring a plan to consolidate the hospital with South Fulton Medical Center. AP State - Georgia - WTEV Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:40:49 -0500 http://www.actionnewsjax.com:80/news/state/story/Ga-judge-Grand-jury-should-hear-shooting-case/BCIdBGruXE-42NyOuZTDoQ.cspx?rss=1847 http://www.actionnewsjax.com/s/BCIdBGruXE-42NyOuZTDoQ.cspx A judge has found probable cause to send to a grand jury the case of a deejay who authorities say fatally shot a nightclub customer. AP State - Georgia - WTEV Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:50:35 -0500 http://www.actionnewsjax.com:80/news/state/story/GBI-Woman-pulled-over-by-law-enforcement-impostor/41fT1Lbyp0e-cooadh3QnQ.cspx?rss=1847 http://www.actionnewsjax.com/s/41fT1Lbyp0e-cooadh3QnQ.cspx State and county authorities are investigating after a woman said she was pulled over by a man she thought was a law enforcement officer and then assaulted during the traffic... AP State - Georgia - WTEV Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:43:14 -0500 http://www.actionnewsjax.com:80/news/state/story/APNewsBreak-Official-10-states-get-ed-waiver/F-ImvQ09wUqpm28PteVvqA.cspx?rss=1847 http://www.actionnewsjax.com/s/F-ImvQ09wUqpm28PteVvqA.cspx President Barack Obama on Thursday will free 10 states from the strict and sweeping requirements of the No Child Left Behind law, giving leeway to states that promise to improve... AP State - Georgia - WTEV Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:38:05 -0500 http://www.actionnewsjax.com:80/news/state/story/Reward-grows-for-tips-in-videotaped-beating-case/e85-AHuOuk2DES7GM_Q8aw.cspx?rss=1847 http://www.actionnewsjax.com/s/e85-AHuOuk2DES7GM_Q8aw.cspx The reward for information about who attacked a man on an Atlanta street corner has grown to $11,000. AP State - Georgia - WTEV Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:26:28 -0500