(AP) -- TRAIN DEATH
    1 killed, another injured when hit by train
   
    KENNESAW, GA (AP) - Authorities in Kennesaw say two people were
struck by a train, killing one and seriously injuring the other.
    It happened after 1 a.m. Friday at a railroad crossing.
    Cobb County Police spokesman Officer Joe Hernandez says
18-year-old Thomas Brewer of Kennesaw and 17-year-old Austin Dix of
Douglasville were sitting on the tracks when they were hit.
Hernandez says Brewer was pronounced dead at the scene, and Dix was
hospitalized with non-life threatening injuries.
    Police said they didn't know why the two were there.
   
SPRING BREAK-CAMPUS
    UGA campus busy during spring break
   
    ATHENS, GA (AP) - It's spring break at the University of
Georgia, and workers are taking advantage of the absence of
students to plant trees, patch roads and paint lecture halls.
    The big trees the workers are planting are the last of nearly
200 oaks donated by the Select Sustainable Tree Trust, a foundation
established by an Oconee County company called Select Trees.
    Dexter Adams, head of UGA's grounds department, says the campus
lost hundreds of trees in the past few years to old age, drought
and bad weather.
    He says the tree donation is especially welcome because budget
cuts have left the university with little money for trees shrubs
and flowers.
   
RUNAWAY ATLANTA ZEBRA DEAD
    Zebra that sprinted through Atlanta euthanized
   
    ATLANTA (AP) - Lima, a 12-year-old circus zebra that caused a
stir when he escaped from an animal compound and ran through
downtown Atlanta last month has been euthanized.
    A statement posted on Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey's Web
site explains veterinarians were unable to repair the animal's
hooves, which were damaged when he ran through the city.
    Lima led his trainers and police on a 40-minute chase through
downtown Feb. 19. Police eventually helped capture the animal on an
interstate.
    Ringling Bros. says it has worked with the U.S. Department of
Agriculture to review policies and ensure no other animals flee.
    Spokeswoman Crystal Drake says the circus was guided to
euthanize the animal by his prospects for a comfortable life - not
his ability to perform in the future.
    In a statement Thursday, People for the Ethical Treatment of
Animals blamed the circus' violation of handling regulations for
the death.
   
GEORGIA US ATTORNEY
    US attorney confirmed for Northern District of GA
    
    ATLANTA (AP) - Sally Quillian Yates has been confirmed by the
U.S. Senate as U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Georgia.
    Yates has been serving as acting U.S. attorney for the district
since August. The previous U.S. attorney, David Nahmias, was
appointed to the state Supreme Court.
    She served as first assistant U.S. attorney for seven years. She
has been with the U.S. attorney's office since 1989.
    She's a 1986 graduate of the University of Georgia law school.
   
CHURCH BUS WRECK-CONVICTION
   GA woman convicted in church bus crash in Dothan
   
    DOTHAN, AL (AP) - A Georgia woman has been convicted of
criminally negligent homicide for a deadly wreck in Dothan that
left her 11-year-old son dead.
    Crystal Finnegan lost control on wet pavement and crashed into
church bus from Lexington, Ky. on June 29, 2008.
    Her son Rippen was killed in the crash, and another son and a
passenger on the bus were seriously injured. Prosecutors say
Finnegan was driving recklessly before the accident, but her
attorneys say she was negligent.
    Finnegan was returning home to Columbus, Ga., from Pensacola,
Fla.
   
CANDIDATE LAWSUIT
    Appeals court rules AG candidate can't be sued
   
    ATLANTA (AP) - A federal appeals panel has ruled that a former
prosecutor cannot be sued by an Albany man who said he was wrongly
prosecuted for his criticism of a local hospital system.
    The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals ruling Thursday means Ken
Hodges cannot be sued on charges that he unfairly targeted Charles
Rehberg after he sent faxes that were critical of the Phoebe Putney
Health System to civic leaders in Albany.
    Hodges is now a Democratic candidate for attorney general in the
race to replace Thurbert Baker. He said in a statement Thursday
that he was "gratified by the court's decision."
    The court's ruling allows the federal lawsuit against Hodges'
chief investigator, James Paulk, to proceed.
   
VIDEO THREAT-ARREST
    GA man who posted video about Elton John arrested
   
    ATLANTA (AP) - A Georgia man who posted a video on YouTube of
himself holding a sign saying "Elton John must die" has been
arrested for making terroristic threats.
    Atlanta Police Sgt. Curtis Davenport says Neal Horsley was
arrested early Wednesday in Carrollton, about 50 miles west of
Atlanta. Davenport would not say who Horsley is accused of
threatening, but Horsley's son, Nathan, Horsley, says he believed
the arrest is connected to the video about the musician.
    Horsley complains in the video about John's comments in a
magazine interview last month that Jesus Christ was gay.
    Horsley was being held Thursday in the Fulton County jail on
$40,000 bond.
    John's publicist, Fran Curtis, had no comment.
   
BULLYING LAW
    House delays vote on anti-bullying proposal
   
    ATLANTA (AP) - Efforts to update Georgia's anti-bullying statute
stalled in the House as its supporters faced opposition from fellow
representatives.
    Rep. Mike Jacobs tabled the bill Thursday after lengthy debate
with his colleagues. House Bill 927 would expand the state's
current law against bullying to include students in kindergarten
through fifth grade and would allow administrators to transfer a
bully to another school after the first incident rather than the
third.
    The bill, which would also make it a crime for principals to
knowingly not report bullying to authorities, was prompted by an
incident involving an 11-year-old DeKalb County student who
allegedly killed himself last year because of merciless teasing.
    Opponents argued that overzealous enforcement of the bill could
unnecessarily punish some students.

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