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With Eye on Spring Break, Florida Bans Bath Salts

Polly Davis Doig — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 09:56:05 CST

On the heels of reports that bath salts are as bad as meth, Florida's not messing around: The Sunshine State has joined Louisiana in banning the sale of little white packets of crystals that people around the Southeast are smoking or snorting, because, "For lack of a better term, (people)...

The South May Fall Again: 22 US Cities That'll Double Dip

Imperator — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 16:53:00 CDT

It seems that low wages and taxes eventually catch up to you. Moody's has identified 22 cities in the US that are ripe for a double-dip recession. Twelve are in the South, five in the Midwest, and the rest are a smattering of smaller cities in the Northeast and West—...

Storms Kill 15 in Southeast

Nick McMaster — Mon, 03 May 2010 01:20:46 CDT

Severe thunderstorms in the Southeast killed at least 15 people over the weekend as floodwaters destroyed homes and flooded roads. Tennessee was particularly hard hit, with at least 11 confirmed deaths, AP reports. In Mississippi, one man drowned as his car was submerged under the rushing waters, and 2 others...

Eight Dead in Southeast Floods

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 10:34:55 CDT

Washed-out roads and flooded interstate highways around Atlanta added to the misery today after days of torrential rain in the Southeast that claimed at least eight lives, including a 15-year-old boy whose body was found in the Chattooga River. Authorities urged people who don't need to drive to stay home,...

Southern Cheaters Call on God—but Which God?

Caroline Miller — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:24:01 CDT

Mark Sanford's liberal use of religious rhetoric in confessing his affair prompts Gustav Niebuhr to observe that whether Sanford is pandering or actually penitent, he is very much in the tradition of Southern politicians caught in scandal. Bill Clinton, David Vitter, and John Edwards all applied an ample dose of...

Water Runs Out In Tenn. Town

Jonas Oransky — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 19:07:59 CDT

If the Southeast drought’s effects on Orme, Tenn., are a sign of things to come, folks in Atlanta should start scheduling their showers. The rural home to 145 people has run completely dry, and what water gets trucked in can be used only between 6 and 9 pm. This means...

Thou Shalt Not Covet Thy Neighbor's Water

NewsDude — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 15:39:49 CDT

You'd think the warm weather and easy living would make the West and South leave Frostbelters alone. But no, they want what that frost is made from: water. As drought and development strain limited local water resources, the Sunbelt wants to tap some of the billions of gallons of Great...

Drought-weary Georgia Wants Help From Feds

Emily Roysdon — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 13:37:19 CDT

With water supplies dwindling because of a severe drought, Georgia's governor declared a state of emergency today and asked President Bush to declare the northern part of the state a disaster area, the AP reports. The state wants permission to skirt EPA rules governing reservoir levels to deal with the...

Heat Wave Claims 49 Lives

Caroline Zimmerman — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 11:48:38 CDT

The heat wave sweeping across the Midwest and Southeast has claimed at least 49 lives over the past week. Officials in Alabama and Memphis reported the 10 most recent deaths on Saturday, mostly elderly citizens. The weather forecast for next week predicts some relief from the triple digit-temperatures that has...