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State Briefs
Suspect killed
linked to murders
LAWRENCEVILLE (AP)
- Gwinnett County police
are investigating whether
a man killed after a three
hour standoff at his sub
urban Atlanta home was
involved in the murder of
his 31-year-old girlfriend,
and DeKalb County authori
ties say he may be linked to
another lulling.
Khalid Nelson, 27, was
fatally shot by Gwinnett
County SWAT team mem
bers Tuesday after he
threatened officers with a
pistol during the standoff,
said Gwinnett police spokes
man Darren Moloney.
The officers were dis
patched to Nelson’s home
after they found the body of
Roslyn Nicole Tobias, who
had been dating Nelson for
a few months, Moloney said.
When officers arrived, they
encountered DeKalb County
police who were also seeking
to arrest Nelson on mur
der charges, he said. DeKalb
County police suspected
Nelson in the killing of Asim
Glaze, who was found dead
at his home on Saturday,
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rainy. Highs in the
upper 60s and lows
in the upper 50s.
Sunrise Sunset
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Sat
75/51
Few showers. Highs
in the mid 70s and
lows in the low 50s.
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734 AM 5:35 PM
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said DeKalb Detective A.
Toledo. He said police are
still investigating a possible
motive for Glaze’s death.
Nelson barricaded him
self inside his garage when
the DeKalb deputies tried to
serve a warrant, prompting
the officers to call the SWAT
team, Moloney said.
The police used an armored
personnel carrier to break
down the garage door after
negotiations failed and the
suspect would not respond
to repeated calls, Moloney
said.
U.S. lines Georgia
over child welfare
ATLANTA (AP) - Federal
child welfare authorities
have fined Georgia $4.3 mil
lion for failing to adequately
address a critical review of
services to find homes for
foster children and protect
children from abuse.
The Administration for
Children and Families, part
of U.S. Health and Human
Services Department, also
said Georgia had not done
enough to involve parents of
children in the system and
had not adequately provided
for the children’s physical
and mental health.
STATE AND REGION
Meteorologist
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Sun
12/24
72/45
Occasional showers
possible. Highs in
the low 70s and lows
in the mid 40s
Sunrise Sunset
7:35 AM 5:36 PM
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Dalton 63 50 rain
Dillard 60 48 rain
Dublin 70 59 rain
Duluth 61 53 rain
Gainesville 61 57 rain
Helen 62 53 rain
Lagrange 66 54 rain
Macon 69 59 rain
Marietta 61 52 rain
Milledgeville 67 58 rain
Houston 63 43 pt sunny
Los Angeles 66 45 sunny
Miami 79 72 t-storm
Minneapolis 34 24 sn shower
New York 45 41 cloudy
Georgia officials say the
penalty applies to a review
period from 2001 to 2004,
and that the system has
improved since then.B.J.
Walker, commissioner of the
state Department of Human
Resources, said Georgia was
fined for not taking about a
dozen of roughly 200 steps
that the state agreed to take
after the critical review by
the federal agency.
The federal officials point
ed to problems maintaining
accurate records on children
in foster care. Some paper
work did not even list the
child’s current residence,
according to a letter from the
federal agency that Walker
said she received about a
month ago.
Walker said computer
improvements are fixing
those problems.
She also said team meet
ings are giving parents more
say in planning for their
children.
Walker added that she
believes some of the ideas,
such as a protocol for assess
ing children throughout all
agencies that deal with child
welfare issues, would simply
add work while failing to
improve the state system.
Mon
12/25
63/41
Showers. Highs in
the low 60s and lows
in the low 40s.
Sunrise Sunset
7:35 AM 5:36 PM
Tue
12/26
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57/36
Mostly cloudy. Highs
in the upper 50s and
lows in the mid 30s.
Sunrise Sunset
736 AM 5:37 PM
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Sat 12/23 3 Moderate
Sun 12/24 2 Low
Mon 12/25 2 Low
Tue 12/26 2 Low
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number scale, with a higher UV Index
showing the need for greater skin pro
tection 0 11
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Perry 69 59 rain
Rome 62 51 rain
Savannah 73 61 rain
St. Simons Island7l 61 rain
Statesboro 73 59 rain
Thomasville 74 63 t-storm
Valdosta 73 62 t-storm
Warner Robins 68 59 rain
Waycross 76 60 rain
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Obituaries J
HARRIS “ROOSTER ” HARMON _ i
Funeral services for Harris “Rooster” Harmon, 83, of.
Butler will be held today at 3 p.m. at Mount Pisgah Baptist!
Church with the Rev. Mike Turner officiating. Burial will!
follow in the church cemetery. Harmon passed away Sunday.;
He was baptized and became a member of Mount Pisgah;
Baptist Church in 1931. He was preceded in death by his;
parents James Polk Harmon and Mattie Lee Cox Harmon
and a brother, James Henry Harmon. Survivors include the;
following nieces and nephews, Valerie McLeod of Atlanta,
Philip Harmon of Kathleen, Melanie Harmon of Columbus,
Jimmy Harmon of Asheville, N.C., Gina Vetter of Cumming,;
Holly Harmon and Leigh Harmon of Warner Robins, Ashlar,
Trey, Aliza, and Ava and “special daughter” Londi Harmon
Barrow of Butler. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions
may be made to the Jacob Green Education Fund, Mount
Pisgah Baptist Church, PO. Box 2050, Butler, GA 31006.
Edwards Funeral Home of Butler is in charge of arrange
ments.
Water talks extended
ATLANTA (AP)
Wednesday was supposed to
be the deadline for officials
from Georgia, Alabama and
Florida to reach an agree
ment about sharing water
from the Chattahoochee
River.
But the confidential talks
have been extended through
Jan. 31.
Georgia Gov. Sonny
Perdue’s spokesman, Bert
Brantley, said Tuesday that
Georgia officials are pleased
with the talks so far.
This is the second exten
sion for the current talks.
The first deadline was Aug.
3.
A federal judge in Alabama
ordered the three states into
closed-door deliberations last
April. That was nearly three
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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2006
years after talks sanctioned
by Congress broke down.
Those tri-state discussions
lasted five years before the
sides decided they were too
far apart to continue.
The so-called tri-state
water wars began about 16
years ago when Alabama
and Florida took Georgia to
court to stop metro Atlanta
from taking too much water.
The Chattahoochee River
flows through Lake Lanier.
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for about 3 million people in
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