Last Week July 08 2000
Tuesday, June 27
Know when to run: After the antitrust division of the Justice Department announces it will seek to block the biggest telecom merger ever, WorldCom and Sprint fold the deal. ... Das Boot: The state’s Office of Consumer Affairs begins investigating allegations of improper booting in privately owned parking lots. ... Swooping in: The Hawks choose DerMarr Johnson, a 6-foot 8-inch guard from the University of Cincinnati, as their first-round pick.
Wednesday, June 28
Bubbling brown sugar: Coca-Cola stock closes at $60 per share, its highest level in months, after the beverage-maker announces a boost in global sales. ... Game over: A day after the U.S. House agrees to end food sanctions against Cuba, Elian Gonzalez returns to the island with his family. ... Disrobing: On the final day of its term, the U.S. Supreme Court rules the Boy Scouts may bar gays from serving as troop leaders, and overturns a Nebraska law that interfered with a woman’s right to opt for an abortion.
?Thursday, June 29
Rain calamity: Caught in a long-needed rain storm, four teenagers traveling on a slick Alpharetta road are killed after losing control of their SUV. ... The overseer: Gov. Roy Barnes names Michael Vollmer, the former head of the HOPE Scholarship program, to become the first head of the state’s Office of Education Accountability. ... Crowd control: Seven hundred New York police officers and a less-than-capacity crowd watch John Rocker pitch a scoreless eighth, en route to a 6-4 Braves win.
?Friday, June 30
Bad president: In an unprecedented action, the Arkansas committee on lawyer conduct sues President Clinton to strip him of his law license. ... At least he gets people out: With John Rocker unavailable, the Braves relief corps surrenders 10 eighth-inning runs en route to an 11-8 loss to the Mets. ... Suffocating: Atlanta registers its 11th smog alert day, and Gov. Roy Barnes recommends adding 11 municipalities to the list of those that violate clean air standards. ... Chew on this: Chik-fil-A sends a cease and desist letter to Burger King, asking that the burger chain stop imitating the “Eat Mor Chikin” ad campaign.
?Saturday, July 1
What changed?: South Carolina moves the Confederate battle flag from atop its Capitol to a pole at the building’s main entrance. ... Sparks fly: Georgia’s Fourth of July holiday weekend begins with four traffic fatalities. ... Rollin’, rollin’, rollin’: American Lance Armstrong begins his defense of the 2,274-mile Tour de France.
Sunday, July 2
Summer madness: A 26-year Atlanta Police Department veteran is killed as the victim of an off-duty car jacking. ... That’s just the way it is: Press reports reveal that the University of Georgia has stopped awarding a scholarship named after the school’s first two African-American students because it is fighting reverse discrimination lawsuits. ... Libertad: Mexican opposition party candidate Vicente Fox takes the presidency, unseating the Institutional Revolutionary Party for the first time in 71 years.
?Monday, July 3
Center court: Martina Hingis advances to the Wimbledon final to face Venus Williams. ... Lost in space: A British documentary claims that a hacker broke into NASA computers in 1997, endangering astronauts on a shuttle mission.??