7.0 quake strikes Japan after earlier one kills 9
One person was killed and numerous buildings were damaged, said Kumamoto Prefecture's disaster management office. Rescuers scrambled to find survivors. TV Asahi showed crews crawling over a collapsed roof in an attempt to find an elderly couple. An 80-year-old man was pulled from the rubble, TV Asahi said.The quake caused heavy damage in a wide area in Kyushu, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said at a press conference Saturday morning. He said 23 cases of people being buried under structu..>> view originalWill Smith memorial: Saints, family saying goodbye to ex-NFL player
On Friday, hundreds of friends, former teammates and family members went to pay their respects to the New Orleans Saints hero who was just 34 when he was killed.Racquel Smith, who was shot in each leg in the incident that took her husband's life, came to a visitation held at the Saints practice facility in a wheelchair. Dressed in a black long-sleeved shirt and wearing sunglasses, Racquel Smith brought the couple's three children. She stayed for several hours, always surrounded by his former tea..>> view originalWeekend | Atlanta Streets Alive, significant delays in Cobb, sunshine
Get out and enjoy the sunshine.There will be plenty of it this weekend.Luckily, it’s the same weekend bicyclists and pedestrians plan to take to city streets Sunday for the Atlanta Bicycle Coalition’s Atlanta Streets Alive event, one of four planned this year.But it’s also when a bridge construction project is planned at the I-75/I-285 interchange in Cobb County, and a 15-mile resurfacing project on I-20 continues.Here’s everything you need to know about traffic, events and weather before you he..>> view originalAtlanta weather | Sunshine this weekend, 80-degree day next week
Yes, your Saturday morning will start off with some clouds and the possibility for spotty showers, metro Atlanta.“But by Saturday afternoon,” Channel 2 Action News meteorologist Katie Walls said, “that will be far in the past. And by Sunday, [expect] plenty of sunshine.”There will be so much sunshine, temperatures are expected to hit 80 degrees by Tuesday, according to Channel 2.In the meantime, the best chance for scattered showers is for areas that have already seen rain — along I-20 and south..>> view original11 famous people you may not know are from Gwinnett County
We get it: You know that Jeff Francoeur is from Gwinnett County. You know that he went to Parkview High School, and that he's back with the Atlanta Braves this season. You also probably know that there are plenty of other famous people from Gwinnett -- athletes, actors, musicians, TV personalities. In fact, we'd bet you recognize the faces of at least a couple notable Gwinnettians included in the gallery above. But do you know them all? We doubt it. And we're daring you to find out.>> view originalA look inside the Braves' 1988 10-game streak
The Braves’ 10-game losing streak that began the 1988 season remains a franchise record, and was the National League record at the time. The streak featured famous names on the Braves and the opposition — and several themes familiar to fans watching this season’s team lose its first nine.A look inside the streak:Game 1, April 5: Cubs 10, Braves 9 (13 innings)Braves reliever Bruce Sutter throws in the ninth inning April 5, 1988, the first of the Braves’ 10 consecutive losses to begin that season...>> view originalFive things we learned in Atlanta sports biz this week
Here are five things we learned in Atlanta sports business this week:1. Liberty Media’s reaction to the Braves’ poor start. John Malone, the billionaire chairman of Braves owner Liberty Media, was asked at a stockholders meeting Monday when the team, then 0-5, would win its first game. “It’ll be awhile,” Malone answered (accurately as it turned out). “Listen, we’re rebuilding.” With Liberty on the verge of issuing a separate tracking stock for the team, Malone also told investors that the Braves..>> view originalBraves farm report: April 14
Braves prospect Rio Ruiz raised his batting average to .346 with a 2-for-4 night, including his first home run of the season, Thursday night.The Gwinnett Braves third baseman, also drove in three runs in the G-Braves’ 5-0 home victory against Norfolk.Starting pitcher Aaron Blair had his second strong outing of the season.Left-handed Rome Braves pitcher Max Fried, the Braves’ No. 10 prospect in 2016, throws a pitch in a regular-season game Saturday, April 9, 2016, for the first time since he unde..>> view originalAtlanta offering free scrap tire disposal in April
Atlanta is offering free scrap tire disposal during April, in an attempt to reduce insect breeding sites.The next collection is Saturday, from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. at the Center for Hard to Recycle Materials (CHaRM), located at 1110 Hill Street, S.E.; and from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. at the parking lot of The Mall West End, located at 850 Oak Street, S.W.Only car and light duty truck tires will be accepted. No tires with rims will be accepted, and the collection is not open to businesses. Additional..>> view originalPrince hospitalized hours after Atlanta concerts
Just hours after the second of his two sold-out concerts in Atlanta ended, Prince was rushed to the hospital after his private plane made an emergency landing in Illinois, TMZ reports. His representative has not responded to a request for comment from the AJC. MORE: The photos people managed to take at Prince’s concert in Atlanta THE AJC’S REVIEW OF PRINCE CONCERT TMZ reported that his “private plane made an unscheduled landing at Quad City International Airport in Moline just after 1 a.m. ..>> view original
Friday, April 15, 2016
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