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(AP) -- HOLYFIELD-WIFE DISPUTE
    Boxer Evander Holyfield named in protective order
   
    FAYETTEVILLE, GA (AP) - The wife of boxing great Evander
Holyfield has filed for a protective order against her husband in
Fayette County.
    According to documents filed last week in Fayette County
Superior Court, Candi Holyfield accuses her 47-year-old husband of
a violent act against herself in the presence of the couple's two
children.
    The Holyfields were married in July 2003 in a Fayette County
courtroom. Local police did not immediately return a call to The
Associated Press. A person who answered the phone at a number
listed for Candi Holyfield Wednesday evening said she was not home.
The Associated Press could not immediately reach Holyfield for
comment Wednesday evening.
   
RACIAL HARASSMENT
    Kennesaw jailer demoted for racial remarks
   
    KENNESAW, GA (AP) - Kennesaw is dealing with racial harassment
seven months after a lawsuit filed by minority employees was
settled for $1.8 million.
    According to personnel files obtained by The Atlanta
Journal-Constitution under the state Open Records Act, Terry
Edwards was demoted from supervisor at Kennesaw's 26-bed jail
because he made racial comments to a co-worker.
    The records say that Edwards, who is white, referred to jail
officer Amorelle Williams' "nappy" hair and "big lips" and said
she only had a job because of affirmative action.
    The city demoted Edwards to jail officer in January, and cut his
pay 4 percent.
    Kennesaw settled a racial harassment lawsuit for $1.8 million
last July. The suit was filed by two black employees in the public
works department and a Korean former public works employee.
   
DELTA SNOWSTORM
    Delta cancels hundreds of flights amid snow
   
    ATLANTA (AP) - Delta Air Lines has canceled nearly a thousand
flights as heavy snowstorms pound the Northeast.
    Delta's 960 canceled flights Wednesday resulted from airport
closures, including at Washington, D.C.'s Reagan National and
Dulles airports, Baltimore-Washington International, Philadelphia
International and Newark Liberty.
    Atlanta-based Delta warned passengers flying into or out of the
Northeast to check their flight status at Delta.com before heading
to the airport. The airline also said it is waiving certain fees
for passengers who reschedule their flights to avoid the storms.
   
MARIJUANA COUNCILMAN
    Monroe city councilman faces drug charges
   
    MONROE, GA (AP) - A Monroe city councilman has been taken into
custody after authorities found him with a bag of marijuana.
    Police arrested 32-year-old Councilman Spencer Seay Tuesday
night.
    Police say they spotted Seay while investigating a suspicious
person call at about 11 p.m. Investigators say an officer smelled
marijuana while talking to Seay and noticed a bag of suspected
marijuana. Police say there was no connection between Seay and the
initial call.
    Police charged him with possession of less than one ounce of
marijuana.
    Nobody picked up at a phone number listed for Seay late
Wednesday night. The Walton County Jail said he was not in custody
Wednesday night.

PERSONAL CARE HOME-FIRE
    Woman charged with homicide in fire that killed 2
   
    DECATUR, GA (AP) - DeKalb County officials have charged a woman
with homicide and arson in connection with a personal care home
fire that left two people dead and four others injured.
    DeKalb police spokesman Jason Gagnon says police charged
26-year-old Joyce Turnipseed with arson and two counts of homicide
after an investigation linked her to the Tuesday night fire. Gagnon
says it's unclear what her relationship is to the home, which
authorities now believe was being operated illegally.
    DeKalb fire spokesman Captain Eric Jackson says one person died
at the scene Tuesday night and a second person was taken to a
hospital and died of injuries.
    Jackson says four other people were injured in the fire at the
two-story home in the Tucker neighborhood.
    Authorities say seven or eight people lived at the home.
    The names of those who died have not been released.
   
TVA RATES
    First higher TVA fuel cost adjustment since 2008
   
    KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The Tennessee Valley Authority says its
fuel costs are up due to higher demand in colder than normal
temperatures and that means monthly residential bills will increase
between $2.50 and $5.50.
    TVA said in a statement Wednesday the increase takes effect in
billing periods that begin March 1st.
    The upward fuel cost adjustment is the first since October 2008.
    The adjustment is the way TVA manages changing fuel costs and
the cost of purchased power.
    TVA began the fiscal year October 1st with an eight percent
general rate increase.
    TVA is the nation's largest public utility with nearly nine
million consumers in Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Kentucky,
Georgia, North Carolina and Virginia.
   
BABY BAG-MARIJUANA
    2 arrested after marijuana found in baby bag
   
    CARTERSVILLE, GA (AP) - Authorities have charged two with drug
offenses after workers at a Cartersville daycare found marijuana
inside of a diaper bag there Tuesday.
    Bartow-Cartersville Drug Task Force Commander Lt. Mark Mayton
says police charged 26-year-old James Murrayad 25-year-old Karmiec
Lativia Dickens with possession of marijuana less than one ounce.
Murray also faces charges of possession of marijuana by ingestion.
    Daycare workers called Cartersville police after making the
discovery. Drug task force agents located the bag's owner and
arrested the residents.
    Authorities have notified the Department of Family and Children
Services.
   
TELEVISIONS SMASHED
    Police arrest man for smashing 29 TVs
   
    LILBURN, GA  (AP) - Lilburn Police are investigating what may
have caused a man to walk into a Walmart and destroy 29 flat-screen
televisions.
    Police charged 23-year-old Westley Strellis with 29 counts of
criminal damage to property in the second degree.
    Just after noon Wednesday, authorities say Strellis walked into
the Walmart on Lawrenceville Highway in Lilburn.
    Witnesses tell police he grabbed a metal baseball bat from the
sporting goods section, walked to the electronics department and
destroyed the TVs on display.
    He was arrested not long after.
    Police say the televisions are valued at over $22,000.

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