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Filename: A1-MAIN-AJCD0817-2TWO created: Aug 17 2007 Username: SPEED4 AJCD0817-2DOT Friday, Aug 17, 2007 MAIN 1 A 2DOT 1 A Cyan Magenta Yellow Black 1 A Cyan Magenta Yellow Black 2DOT File name: A1-MAIN-AJCD0817-2TWO created: Aug 17 2007 Username: SPEED4 MAIN Friday by sheriff ordered hit on rival Ex-DeKalb Sheriff Sidney Dorsey (left) admitted telling a deputy to kill political rival Derwin Brown but said he later tried to call it off. By BEN SMITH and DAVID SIMPSON At his sentencing hearing, convicted murderer Sidney Dorsey raised his right hand and declared, do not have the blood of Derwin Brown on my The former DeKalb County sheriff has taken back that oath. In an audio recording released Thursday by the of DeKalb District Attorney Gwen Keyes Fleming, Dorsey confessed to writing little to a deputy sheriff telling him to assassinate the man who drove him out of confession came during a July 13 interview with prosecutors at Georgia State Prison in Reidsville, where he is serving a life sentence for masterminding murder Please see DORSEY, A 4 Stories from a serial killer? By BETH WARREN Local chef Charles Lendelle Carter told police he has trouble sleeping at night because he is often haunted by the faces of his victims. Police say he has reason to lie awake because a serial killer whose crimes have just come to light. When Fulton County police detectives recently solved a homicide, they unwittingly stumbled onto Carter, who they believe hunted victims in at least four counties dating back 15 years.

And authorities want him to keep talking because they believe there could be even more. the mother of six who was beaten and strangled the day after Christmas 2005 in Gwinnett County; the Alpharetta mother who was stabbed in 2006 and found when her son returned home from middle school; the man dragged behind a school in DeKalb County in 1992 and Suspect who tells police he did charged in 4 slayings, but is feared to have left more victims. Please see SLAYINGS, A 8 Copyright 2007, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution FRIDAY, AUG. 17, 2007 ONLINE AT AJC.COM THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION CHECK FOR BREAKING NEWS UPDATES AT AJC.COM IN MOVIES MORE IN LIVING IN METRO The Atlanta Journal-Constitution A break from 100 H12 INSIDE TODAY Peruvian quake toll keeps rising The magnitude-8 earthquake in Peru has left at least 450 people dead, but the United Nations expects a higher toll because of all the destruction. C1 Mine rescue suffers setback One worker in the rescue attempt at Crandall Canyon Mine has died after a cave-in, and at least eight others were injured.

The effort to six trapped miners is expected to last for days. A3 NASA: Shuttle safe to home NASA has decided that no repairs are needed for a deep gouge in belly. That also means the space shuttle is safe to return. C1 Now what will we complain about? Long waits for a license are a thing of the past. say the average statewide wait time is just 9 minutes, 28 seconds.

In 2005, it was 17 minutes, 58 seconds. Metro, D1 The other way to steal cable An upward swing in metal prices has thieves stealing phone lines, copper plumbing at home sites and other things that can be sold for scrap. Business, G1 ABBY E2 CLASSIFIEDS S1 COMICS F6 EDITORIALS A9 LEGAL NOTICES D6 MOVIES E10 OBITUARIES D9 SUDOKU F6 TELEVISION F3 For home delivery, call 404-522-4141, 1-800-933-9771 VOL. 59, NO. 229 98 PAGES, 11 SECTIONS FEATURES MAIN NEWS METRO MOVIES MORE LIVING BUSINESS SPORTS SECTIONS 0 124 300 Unhealthy for sensitive groups AIR QUALITY The AJC uses recycled newsprint.

SCORE Giants 9 Braves 3 Little Leaguers deliver big-time thrill for town By SCOTT BERNARDE Warner Robins Make no mistake, when it comes to sports, this is a football town. The Demons of Warner Robins High have won four state titles national Mayor Donald Walker is quick to point out and Northside High won last AAAA title. The annual rivalry is talked about year- round and International City Stadium to the brim. But despite being less than a month away from the next football clash on Sept. 7, baseball is on many minds in this Middle Georgia city.

youth baseball. No offense, but if the Warner Robins American Little 11- and 12- year-old all-stars win the Little League World Series, which begins today (8 p.m., ESPN) in Williamsport, it could trump both the state and national football championships. is on an international said Thomas LOUIE FAVORITE Staff Warner Robins American Little League all-stars join a parade in Williamsport, in a world championship bid. Please see SERIES, A 6 FROM NEWS SERVICES New York The Dow Jones industrials, down more than 340 points in frenzied Thursday afternoon trading, pulled off a dramatic late-session turnaround to close a mere 15 points lower. The chaotic activity followed big declines in Asian and European trading, ended the day on Wall Street at 12,845.78 down 393.76 (2.97 percent) since last Friday.

All three of the big indexes reached levels where they were down 10 percent from their mid-July highs which experts as a stock market correction. The almost relentless downward spiral followed problems at Countrywide Financial the largest home lender. The troubled lender borrowed $11.5 billion from 40 banks to keep funding loans. Analysts believe the additional capital and new loan requirements will gird Countrywide for a prolonged crisis in the credit markets. For much of the day, investors shrugged off the Federal injection of $17 billion into the banking system.

Markets go from near free-fall to at in latest frenzy July 19 Investors take the Dow above 14,000 for the time, buoyed by upbeat earnings reports by technology companies. TIMOTHY A. CLARY AFP Getty Images Traders monitor activity from the of the New York Stock Exchange just before the closing bell on Thursday. IN BUSINESS problems fuel doubts about its deal with HomeBanc. Meanwhile, economic analysts are upping their probabilities of whether the U.S.

faces a recession. G1 July 27 Two days of steep drops leave the Dow down more than 500 points. It was the worst week down 585 in nearly years. Aug. 9 Global markets panic over high-risk U.S.

mortgage securities. The Dow drops 387, its largest one-day point loss since February. Aug. 16 A day after the Dow closes below 13,000, bargain hunters turn a 340-point loss in the afternoon into a 15-point loss by close. ELISSA EUBANKS Staff A 2004 car crash left Marc Baskett 22, nearly brain dead.

An experimental treatment aided him, and he is now a caregiver. By KAVITA PILLAI Robert Smith was driving to his Hiram home in 2004 when his car off a 13- foot embankment and wrapped around a tree. Smith, who was partially ejected, was unconscious when paramedics pulled him from the wreckage, and doctors would later tell his wife that the prognosis good if he survived, likely be in a vege tative state. But after two months in a coma, Smith awoke in a darkened hospital room. Nurses found him sitting in a chair.

He could walk; he could talk. He remembered everything except for the week leading up to the accident and the accident itself. Smith, now a network engineer for the Strategic Weapons Facility, Atlantic, in Kings Bay, Female hormones put up ght against brain injuries Please see BRAIN, A 8.