Kirkwood News

Far from the saguaros of the American Southwest, where the majority of thousands of illegals enter the country every month, is another ...

"World markets fall on US recession fears." That headline's not quite as scary as the monster that kicks the head of the Stat...

A couple of years ago, school administrators in Florida found themselves perplexed: Thousands of expected students never arrived on the fir...

Slow blogging lately due to reporting trips, weather, you name it, not 'cause there's nothing to write about. But stay tuned.

Tom Brady Mancrush on FunnyOrDie.com My friend Sean, who wept when the Patriots won their first of three Super Bowls, says -- and I quote -...

My friends up North will laugh, but even this sprinkling brought good tidings to Atlanta (especially as it fell on a Saturday, befuddling no...

Police have arrested the fourth suspect in the murders of DeKalb Police Officers Ricky Bryant, Jr., and Eric Parker. Story here .

Two Georgia boys, one a DeKalb County detective, the other an aspiring terrorist. Both Muslims, and both involved in one of the most fascin...

Everybody talks about how there's no "I" in team, and individuals don't win championships, teams do. But we all know it...

Let's keep the families of Dekalb Police Officers Eric Barker and Ricky Bryant, Jr., in our prayers as law enforcement hunts down the la...

Okay, the holidays are behind us, but I stumbled upon this picture that sums up everything I have to be thankful for everyday. Love ya, hon...

Cleaning up poor neighborhoods is hard, not only because there's a lot of scrubbing to do, but community attitudes often run steeply cou...

An ambitious plan to pay offduty Atlanta police officers to conduct freelance patrols for Kirkwood is close to going off the rails, at least...

Georgia's governor is named Sonny Perdue. Lousiana's new governor is named Piyush Jindal -- okay, but most people call him Bobby. ...

Like most things in France, it's either virulently hated or wondrously beloved: The Smart car. Now the car, designed by a watchmaker, ...

Family harmony broke down at Zoo Atlanta last week, when gorilla dad Taz broke toddler twin Kazi's leg after she messed with his raisins...

In some countries, it's a fate worse than prison: banishment. But in America's no longer so tightly knit communities, banishment is...

This is good news: Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson has started talking about even more help for struggling mortgage holders, expanding fede...

Reporters -- no, let me change that, journalists -- love to self-flagellate. Come to think of it, reporters are too busy swilling Jack down...

Alec Baldwin cracks me up, even when he's taken out of context. Here someone uses his movie lines to crank call a real estate agency. Pa...

It pains me to see Krispy Kreme in trouble. In Raleigh we lived just up the block from one of the original shops, and many a latenite excurs...

Here's how the Russians are doing urban design ( link ). Thank the mighty petro-dollar! (Hat tip: Andrew Sullivan.)

I see a rat once in a while scurrying down Locust. But the thuggish brood of house cats that patrol the area keeps the rat population mostl...

Clearly, something has changed in the atmosphere. But what? Answer that question too fast and you'll have a disaster like Kyoto, which ...