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Filename: A1-MAIN-AJCD0828-AJCD DateTime created: Aug 27 2012 Username: SPEEDDRIVER08 Magenta Black ia AJCD Tuesday, Aug 28, 2012 MAIN 1A BUSINESS, A7 Saying If LIVING, Dl Adjust morning routine to trim your waistline Pack a poncho High: 83, Low: 73 i 50 chance of rain Aaron's founder will sten down Us Wednesday: Rain, 8471 Thursday: Rain, 8572 .1 Details on the backof Metro ''it The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Credible. Compelling. Complete. TRACKING ISAAC Storm targets New Orleans Massive system likely to make landfall as hurricane; it could bring ruin, relief. A more westerly path now forecast for Isaac means metro Atlanta likely will escape flooding, but the area could get as much as 3 inches of rain later this week.

The National Hurricane Center's latest forecast has Isaac taking a track that would keep the heaviest rain west of Georgia. The rain chance will go up today, and parts of Georgia could be at risk for tornadoes through Wednesday. Channel 2 Action News meteorologist David Chandley said he expects rainfall amounts in the 1-3 inch range through Thursday, but he warned that there plenty of uncertainty with this storm." Mike Morris By Kevin McGill Associated Press With its massive size and ponderous movement, a strengthening Isaac could become a punishing rain machine depending on its power, speed and where it comes ashore along the Gulf Coast. The focus has been on New Orleans as the storm takes dead aim at the city seven years after Hurricane Katrina, Despite record, Carroll County CEO shown door Commission Chairman Bill Chappell steered this mostly rural county through a financial crisis, deadly flood and tornadoes without raising taxes, reducing services or cutting employees. But he stirred bad blood with several key decisions, making him another incumbent casualty in last week's runoffs.

Bl NATION WORLD Afghan violence hints at grim future With near-daily attacks by militants and increasingly frequent violence against NATO troops, chaos seems almost certain to return once the U.S. and other nations pull out their troops. A5 Trial over voter-ID law: A South Carolina state senator insists his work on the law was aimed at fighting fraud. The Justice Department says the law discriminates. A4 Air race crash: Officials say the failure of a tail structure likely caused the crash that killed 11 last year in Reno.

A4 BUSINESS Utilities suing Vogtle vendors The $29.3 million lawsuit is the latest legal action amid various disputes. This time the issue is over additional charges from having a shortfall of backfill. A7 College Football Hall of Fame: The facility is on track to open in 2014, but the leader of the group bringing the attraction to Atlanta offers few other details. A7 Taking bite out of Samsung: In the wake of a $1.05 billion verdict, Apple wants eight products banned from U.S. A8 METRO Panel backs firing of another APS teacher A former fifth-grade teacher at Dobbs Elementary School allegedly thought students were so "dumb" that they needed test answers.

Bl West Nile: The virus is again on the rise in the U.S. and Georgia, public health officials warn. Bl Tyler Perry Studios blaze: The fire is the second one in recent months at the southeast Atlanta complex. Bl For your birthday, a bridge: Besse Cooper of Georgia, the world's oldest person, turns 116 and receives a bridge named in her honor. B2 but the impact will be felt well beyond the city limits.

Isaac's winds could be felt more than 200 miles from its center. The Gulf Coast has been saturated in a wet summer, and some officials have worried more rain could make it easy for trees and power lines to fall over in the wet ground. Too much water also could flood crops, and wind could topple plants such as corn and cotton. 7 Republicans put diverse face forward Former presidential candidate Herman Cain of metro Atlanta, speaking at a rally Sunday at a Tampa church, is one of the more prominent African-American personalities in the GOP. daniel acker Bloomberg Bid to woo minorities focuses on Latinos.

Onstage speakers in contrast to 4,411 nearly all-white delegates. By Daniel Malloy dmalloyajc.com and Laura A. Bischoff Dayton Daily News TAMPA When television news cameras broadcast sweeping shots of delegates at the Republican National Convention, viewers will see a sea of red, white and blue apparel and white faces. As the hurricane-delayed convention gets rolling today, the GOP will present a multi-hued face onstage. Texas Senate candidate Ted Cruz, who is Latino, South Carolina Gov.

Nikki Haley, who is of Indian descent, and Utah congressional candidate Mia Love, who is black, will speak tonight. But the 4,411 delegates and alternates watching them in the Tampa Bay Times Forum will be nearly all white, and polls show President Barack Obama the nation's first black president with significant advantages among minority voters. Leading Republicans acknowledge picking up more minority votes is crucial to the party's long-term survival, as the nation becomes less white. er flooding," said Richard Knabb, director of the National Hurricane Center in Miami. Isaac continued on A6 EMORY SCANDAL Grad school gets a pass No plans to review info used in rankings.

University also refuses to release report on known data inflation. By Laura Diamond ldiamondajc.com Emory University has no plans to audit the data used to rate its graduate programs, even though leaders recently revealed the college submitted inflated undergraduate admissions data used by rankings publications. College officials also refused to release the investigative report about the inflated data. As a private university Emory doesn't have to share the report, but Claremont McKenna College, another private college caught in a similar scandal, posted its findings online. "I'm puzzled they didn't release the report," said Brian Kelly, U.S.

News World Report editor and chief content officer. "If I'm a consumer, I'm suspicious." U.S. News is one of several publications that received Emory's incorrect information. It didn't affect Emory's No. 20 ranking, he said.

Still, Kelly questioned why Emory doesn't take the initiative and review its graduate programs. Various publications rank law, business and medical schools. Emory reported SAT and ACT data for admitted stu- Emory continued on A6 to slaying posted, "So scared right now" a message, again, followed by the mundane musings of a high school girl. At 5:31 p.m. Wednesday, the day before she disappeared, the Gainesville High School student tweeted, "I need to move out of these dang apartments." Hannah's mother reported her missing from their apartment complex Thursday at Messages continued on A6 "A large, slow-moving system is going to pose a lot of problems: winds, flooding, storm surge and even potentially down the road, riv- Our commitment to bring you in-depth coverage of the race for the White House has taken us across the country.

Look to th is week an ext as we report from the Republican and Democratic conventions. Watching the campaigns Jim Galloway from behind the curtain in Tampa. A2 PolitiFact TheTruth-0-Meter ignores hurricane warnings and issues Category 1 fact-checks. A3 mine whether those handful of tweets were the overdra-matizing of a teenage mind or precursors if not clues to her slaying. And some of her friends regret they didn't take the messages more seriously.

At 2:03 p.m. Aug. 12, the 16-year-old sent out a message saying she felt pursued by a stalker. But that was followed on her public account by a string of light-hearted messages. At 7:23 p.m.

Aug. 18, she OUR POLITICAL TEAM The Atlanta Journal-Constitution is working with its sister papers in Texas and the key swing states of Florida and Ohio to bring you unprecedented coverage of the presidential election. We'll bring you in-depth reports from Cox political writers, including collaborations such as this one by Atlanta Journal-Constitution Washington correspondent Daniel Malloy and Laura Bischoff of the Dayton Daily News. LIVING Playwright's early works go to Emory Pearl Cleage joins Alice Walker, Salman Rushdie and the late poet Lucille Clifton in the list of prominent artists who have given their papers to the university in recent years. Dl Drink festivals: Where you can find parties in the coming months in metro Atlanta.

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Now police and family are struggling to deter TEEN'S MYSTERIOUS DEATH Police study messages for clues Tweet mentions being 'scared'; dad says she didn't confide in him. By Craig Schneider cschneiderajc.com and Alexis Stevens astevensajc.com Days before her body was found not far from her home near Lake Lanier, Hannah 2201 00002 1 Black 1A AJCD File name: A1-MAIN-AJCD0828-AJCD DateTime created: Aug 27 2012 Username: SPEEDDRIVER08 Magenta.