• TI and newlywed wife Tameka Cottle face drug possession charges in West Hollywood. Cops pulled over their Maybach last night on Sunset Boulevard after allegedly smelling marijuana coming out of it. An Atlanta lawyer, Mark Issa, says this could spell bad news for the 29-year-old if the charge sticks.
  
  
"Anytime a person is placed on probation and they violate a condition of probation--one of which being, any drug use--the court has the discretion of incarcerating him," Issa tells KISS. He also says that the term of incarceration could be for the remainder of TI's probation time--which was set at three years during his sentencing. TI served a year split between a prison and a halfway house for a conviction on trying to buy assault weapons before the BET Awards in Atlanta in 2007. He was released in March.

The 29-year-old TI, real name Clifford Harris, and 36-year-old Cottle were released on $10,000 bond each early this morning. They are due to appear in Beverly Hills Municipal Court Friday morning.

TI's movie "Takers" edged out "The Last Exorcism" for the top spot at the box office during their weekend debut. The heist film got the #1 spot by about $150,000.



• Young sisters are doing it for themselves. Data shows women ages 22-30 who don't have kids or husbands are earning more money than their male peers in 39 of 50 major cities. Young women average $27,000 a year--8% higher than comparable men. Atlanta leads the trend with ladies bringing home 21% bigger paychecks. The trend is especially evident in cities with large ethnic populations, as black and Hispanic women are twice as likely to earn college degrees than black and Hispanic males. If any factor changes--for instance, if the woman gets married or has a kid--she earns less than a man. The trend does not hold true in cities with male-dominated industries, like military technology contracting or software development.
  
  
• DeKalb County needs a new District Attorney. Gwen Keyes Fleming is resigning, effective immediately. She's leaving to take over as the Environmental Protection Agency's Southeast Regional Director after an appointment by President Obama. She's been DA since 2005.
  
  
• Tourists along North Carolina's Outer Banks are heading for the mainland to get out of the way of Hurricane Earl, but some residents are staying behind to face the most powerful storm to threaten the coast in years. Earl is whipping toward the islands with winds of 145 miles per hour.
  
  
• Police shot to death a homeless man who held three hostages at the Discovery Channel's Maryland headquarters Wednesday afternoon. James Lee had a grudge against the company; he hated shows like Jon & Kate plus 8 because he said they encouraged population growth and was angry that their programming didn't do more to help the planet.
  
  
• How much money makes people happy? A new Keirsey Research study says $75,000 a year is the magic number; more than that didn't seem to have any greater effect. Who else is happier? People in good health; also, while married people are slightly happier than those who are divorced--but engaged people are the happiest of all.
  

• Talk about abuse of 911. A homeless man breaks into an Oregon home and calls 911, claiming to be the county sheriff in need of medical help. He 'fessed up on the phone that, okay, he wasn't really the sheriff, but he was in this home's hot tub--and his towels had gotten wet. He asked that the cops send some fresh ones over, along with hot cocoa and marshmallows. No surprise, police did show up--and arrested the guy.
  
  
• Reports say the band War is suing Pepsi for $10 million, claiming the soda folks used their song "Why Can't We Be Friends" in a national Pepsi Max commercial without permission. The lawsuit apparently contends War "did not consent to the use of their performance" and that therefore, the ad is a "deliberate violation" of their licensing arrangements. "Why Can't We Be Friends?" was a Top 10 hit in 1975 from War's album of the same name. That same album also produced the hit "Low Rider." The song's authorship is credited to the members of the band and to their producer, Jerry Goldstein. The commercial (below) is a remake of a popular 1995 Pepsi ad.
  
  



• The KISS 104.1 weather forecast: sunny highs in the mid-90s.

• President Obama declares the official end to Operation Iraqi Freedom. From the Oval Office, the president told the nation Tuesday night that the Americans' combat operations there are finished, and now the Iraqis have the opportunity to chart their own course. Mr. Obama says it's time to focus on America's economy, but he pledges to devote more resources to the nine-year-long war in Afghanistan.
  
  
• Douglas County deputies say they need to find a kiddie flasher before he traumatizes another child. Surveillance video may help cops track down the 40-something white man, seen on tape at a Family Dollar near the Cobb/Douglas County line exposing himself to a little girl. At a Dollar General off of Annawekee Road in Lithia Springs, the same man, driving a white pickup, exposed himself to two kids in a car. One mother says her fifth-grade daughter will never forget that ordeal.
  
  
• A strange twist in the case of that Lawrenceville boy who went missing after school Monday, only to turn up late Tuesday morning in Hall County. Mario Taddeo's 29-year-old babysitter, Christopher Ray, kept the 10-year-old boy overnight--but didn't bother to tell the family or police. In fact, cops say, Ray told them he didn't know where Mario was when they asked him. No motive is known.
  
  
• In KISS news about your health: Bottoms up! Heavy drinkers outlive those who don't drink at all. A surprising new study finds people who abstain from alcohol die sooner than most. Researchers at UT Austin say while heavy drinkers live longer than teetotalers, folks who indulge in moderate drinking--defined as one to three cocktails a day--live the longest.
  
  
• Quite a sight at Dolphins practice Tuesday: a bunch of huge football players crawling around on their hands and knees, fingers sifting through the turf. Defensive end Kendall Langford had lost one of his earrings--a two and a half carat diamond. After an hour, with teammates, groundskeepers, team officials and public relations interns all pitching in on the search, nobody found it, and Langford had to cut it short to go to a meeting. Langford, a Hampton University alum was drafted in the third round in 2008, isn't saying how much it's worth, but a Miami jeweler says depending on cut and clairty, it could be in the $50,000 range. Langford says he didn't realize he had the earrings in when he hit the field.
  
  
  
  
• Authorities in California can thank pot growers for giving them the evidence. State game wardens looking for deer poachers Monday night pulled up to a spot where the marijuana farmers apparently thought the wardens' pickup truck was one of their own. The growers started throwing duffel bags full of weed into the truck. Wardens moved to round them up but three of the five men got away; the authorities also seized 127 pounds of marijuana.
  
  
• A New York man jumps 40 stories off the roof of a Manhattan apartment building--and lives. The 22-year-old Thomas Magill, whose Facebook page includes the description, "I hate my life," plunged feetfirst from the West Side building, and had his fall broken by a Dodge Charger. The owner of the car fished his rosary beads out of the vehicle and said those were what had saved Magill's life. Magill suffered two broken legs and his father said his son was in stable condition after surgery.
  
  
• Georgia Republican Congressman Tom Price is the target of an ethics probe over whether he traded campaign contributions for his vote against the Wall Street reform bill. The bill cracks down on lending practices and expands consumer protections. The ethics investigation appears to center on a fundraiser at a private club held the day before the vote.
  
  
• Looks like back-to-school shopping was a boost to the economy, yet new data shows Americans mostly are hanging on to their money. MasterCard's SpendingPulse reports today that August spending rose on children's clothing and consumer electronics. But shoppers pulled back on most other merchandise, including women's and men's fashions and luxury goods.
  
  
• The suspect in the Morrow hit-and-run surrenders to police. Alvelardo Franquez faces felony charges in the Sunday morning crash that critically injured a seven-year-old boy, who was sitting in the backseat of his mom's car when a Lexus SUV smashed into their car. Franquez has no driver's license--but a history of DUIs. The child is now in stable condition.
  
  
• The state Department of Natural Resources plans to inspect Zoo Atlanta to find out how an especially venomous tiger rattler escaped last Friday. That's a violation of their permit to keep wild animals. The snake was beaten to death after a two-year-old spotted it on his family's front porch and his dad clubbed it. The man's wife later heard the report about the missing snake and called the zoo.
  
  
• Hurricane Earl threatens the Labor Day holiday for East Coast vacationers. Folks on North Carolina's Ocracoke Island have begun lining up to start evacuating on ferries this morning. Earl's approaching at Category 3 strength. A hurricane watch stretches to the Virginia coast.
  
  
• The KISS 104.1 weather forecast: partly to mostly sunny with a high around 92.

• Police and family search for a missing 10-year-old boy. Mario Teddeo hasn't been seen since Monday afternoon in his Lawrenceville neighborhood. He disappeared after leaving a friend's house around 3:00. Police went knocking door to door in Gwinnett County, and even expanded the search to Hall County, where Mario has extended family. The child's mother now fears her son has been kidnapped. He was last seen wearing a red polo shirt and jeans.
  
  
• Georgia's antifreeze killer, Lynn Turner, has died. The 42-year-old serving life without parole after two convictions on fatally poisoning her policeman husband and her firefighter lover was found unresponsive in her Metro State Prison cell bed Monday. An autopsy shows no foul play, but is inconclusive and toxicology reports are pending. Turner's mother and two children had just visited her at the prison Sunday. Both a friend of hers and some relatives of her victims speculate Turner might've taken her own life in a hopeless moment.
  
  
• Police in Morrow find the SUV involved in that Sunday morning hit & run which left a seven-year-old boy in critical condition. The Lexus LX 450 was recovered behind a home on Boca Grand Parkway. The owner may now be in a black Chevy Silverado. Alvelaro Franquez didn't show up for work monday.
  
  
• The formal end of the U.S. combat mission in Iraq is the subject of President Barack Obama's speech to the nation tonight. Ahead of the speech, he's thanking troops at Fort Bliss, Texas, for their valor. Vice President Joe Biden is in Baghdad to mark the occasion, and is appealing to Iraqi leaders to stop their squabbling.
  
  
• Suspicious items and changed flight plans apparently raised red flags about two men now being held in the Netherlands after a United Airlines flight from Chicago to Amsterdam. Among the items found in their luggage: a knife, a boxcutter; several watches taped together, and a cell phone taped to a Pepto Bismol bottle. Police are wondering if the men were testing airline security in some sort of terroristic dry run.
  
  
• Antoine Dodson's ticked-off, head-shaking TV news interview about a rape attempt against his little sister has turned into a chart topper on iTunes. In 2.5 weeks, the song sold about 60,000 downloads; the musicians who put it together are splitting the money with Dodson, who says he'll use the cash to get his family out of the projects in Huntsville, Alabama.
  
  
  
  
  
  
• In the war on bedbugs, which have made a comeback in some parts of the country, the Environmental Protection Agency is warning against using outdoor chemicals inside because they're too dangerous. They also caution not to use fly-by-night exterminators who make "unrealistic promises." When one unlicensed applicator in Jersey sprayed 70 homes, some people had to be treated at the hospital.
  
  
• More problems have been found at the two egg farms in Iowa believed responsible for the recent salmonella outbreak. The FDA says investigations of Wright County Egg and Hillandale Farms discovered rodents, seeping manure and even maggots. More than a half billion eggs have been recalled.
  
  


• The new contestants for the 11th season of "Dancing with the Stars" have been announced.
  
  
The stars are:

Top Row: actor David Hasselhoff; retired NFL quarterback Kurt Warner; actor Kyle Massey of the show "That's So Raven;" and retired NBA small forward Rick Fox. Show hosts Brooke Burke and Tom Bergeron round out the back row.

Bottom Row: singer Brandy; actress Jennifer Grey; comedienne Margaret Cho; Audrina Partridge of "The Hills;" actress Florence Henderson; and teen mom Bristol Palin, daughter of the ex-vice presidential candidate.

Not pictured are singer Michael Bolton and The Situation, of the TV show "Jersey Shore."

The new season premieres September 20.

• Cops found more than a science project in a lab near Georgia Tech. Federal drug agents and Atlanta Police raided an ecstasy lab in an apparently vacant house on 10th Street near Northside Drive--just a couple of blocks from the northwest edge of the Tech campus. The setup was a detailed one, not made by kids experimenting, say authorities, although it was not operational and no one was home.
  
  
• Police hunt a hit-and-run driver who critically injured a seven-year-old boy in Morrow. The driver of a '97 Lexus 450 smashed into a car waiting at a red light Sunday morning and took off; the boy was in his mom's backseat. Police are looking for the Lexus --- dark color, heavy damage and Georgia tag # BVQ-3081. The mother is getting treatment for pain in her neck and back.
  
  
• The animals are normally inside the zoo. But today, the search continued near Grant Park for an escaped Zoo Atlanta rattlesnake. The venomous tiger rattlesnake was part of a shipment of confiscated snakes sent to the zoo by the Department of Fish and Wildlife and slithered away from quarantine Friday. She was found late Monday morning, some 100 yards away and across the street from the zoo. The snake had been clubbed to death by a resident, whose wife later called the zoo after hearing about the escaped reptile.
  
  
• ER visits triple for kids with concussions. Doctors looking at 10 years of data call it a disturbing trend. They say it's probably due to the fact that there's more awareness about the brain injuries, along with the fact that the intensity of kids' sports has increased. Children with concussions should not return to sports until all their symptoms are gone, doctors say. They also add that most kids and teens with the brain injuries are never brought into the emergency room--so the real numbers could be even worse.
  
  

• "Takers" didn't quite take the top slot of the weekend box office race, but for a moment it was too close to call. The star-studded heist film pulled in $21 million this weekend--just behind "The Last Exorcism," which made $21.3 million. An analyst says "Takers"--with stars including Tip "T. I." Harris, Idris Elba, Chris Brown, Michael Ealy and Zoe Saldana, generated disproportionately high interest among blacks, and fared best in cities with large black populations.
  
  
• A University of Georgia study says Georgia's economy could be boosted if more people bought more food locally. Analysts say if every Georgia household spent just an additional $10 on food grown in-state, another $1.9 billion would be pumped into the state's coffers. That may be a bit easier to do; stats show the number of farmers markets in Georgia has increased in recent years.
  
  
• It's a big week of war and peace for President Obama. Following his 10-day vacation on Martha's Vineyard, the president sits down with economic advisers today. Tomorrow night, he marks the formal end of the U.S. combat role in Iraq with a speech to the nation. Wednesday, Mr. Obama welcomes the Israeli and Palestinian leaders to Washington for peace talks. Direct negotiations start Thursday.
  
  
• Free parking in Atlanta! New signs start going up today on Atlanta parking meters, letting people know that you don't have to feed the meter on Sundays and holidays. It's a clarification of a policy that was confusing when Park Atlanta took over parking enforcement. Contact Public Works if you paid for parking when you weren't supposed to.
  
  
• The drop in teen smoking stalls out. The CDC says after a decade of declines in kids lighting up, the decrease is lower and leveling off among middle and high schoolers. Researchers say teens do know tobacco use is dangerous, but they decide to try it anyway as a way to assert their independence.
  
  
• A hurricane warning is up for the US Virgin Islands as Hurricane Earl strengthens into a Category 3-level storm.
  
  
• The KISS 104.1 weather forecast: a mix of clouds and hazy sunshine; high of 86.

Petra Gooding, a mother from Barbados, is here in Atlanta with her 7-year-old-daughter, who's receiving treatment for "stage four" cancer at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston. For now, the two are here legally. However when Gooding applied for visa extensions, her daughter was approved but her request was denied. Gooding now has to decide whether or not to stay in the U.S. illegally to remain by her daughter's side or be forced to leave her sick child behind. Gooding's visa will expire in about a week.


A Gwinnett County girl is safe and sound after she went missing for nearly seven hours. Family members, neighbors and police all joined forces Thursday night to search for 6-year-old Aniyah Mason. Authorities say the 1st. grader at Sycamore Elementary School wasn't injured and they do not suspect foul play.


Hurricane Danielle is now major storm packing winds up to 135 mph. Forecasters are worried the Category 4 storm could cause rip currents along parts of the East Coast this weekend.


Toyota has issued another recall. This time it involves 1.3 million Corolla Sedans and Matrix Hatchbacks. There are concerns the engines could stall. This latest recall affects 2005 thur 2008 model years. GM is also recalling 200,000 Pontiac Vibe models. The Vibe was a joint effort between Toyota and GM in California.

Since October, Toyota has recalled 10 Million vehicles for a variety of reasons.


The fear of typhoid fever has prompted a fruti pop recall. Health officials say pulp imported by Goya Foods may be contaminated. There have been reported typhoid cases in both Nevada and California. Fruti pops of Santa Fe Springs California have issued a recall of its Mah-May Frozen Fruit Bars.

A Dekalb County comedian, who's been featured on BET's "Comic View" show, has now been arrested. 44-year-old Tyler Craig is accused of failing to make more than $13,000 in court ordered child support payments. Craig has opened up for quite a few big name comics, including Chris Tucker.

The KISS 104.1 Forecast: Slight chance for storms this weekend with afternoon high's in the upper 80's. Evening temperatures will dip down into the upper 60's.

Metro Atlanta's unemployment numbers dropped to 10.2 percent in July, down one-tenth of a point from June, according to the Georgia Department of Labor. However what appears to be encouraging is actually discouraging, since the dip was primarily the result of the long termed unemployed, simply giving up their job search.

Forsyth County had the lowest unemployment rate in the metro at 8.1%. Clayton County had the highest with 12.4%.


Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed is now speaking out about Georgia's work force. The mayor says he wants to eliminate another 10 to 15 percent of state workers. While talking about an overhaul to Georgia's tax code, Reed told a panel Wednesday, the state needs to continue to reduce the number of state jobs in effort to have more money available for other projects including education.


Thanks to big conventions taking place in the downtown area, the city of Atlanta is collecting more money from hotel taxes. For the first time in 2 years occupancy rates have been up at metro hotels. So far this year, the city has collected close to $21-million in hotel taxes.


The search continues for the Wachovia bank robbers sporting Afro wigs. They struck again Wednesday at a Conyers bank wearing wigs and toting guns. The FBI thinks the men are connected to similar robberies that have taken place in Norcross and Atlanta in recent weeks. The two men are described as black and in their 20's. The authorities believe they could be driving a silver Lexus.


Atlanta police have now identified a man who was found shot to death early Wednesday morning in what could have been a carjacking. 50-year-old Durand Robinson was an organizer of the city's popular black gay pride celebration. Robinson was also a co-owner of the "Traxx" nightclub in Decatur. Police are searching for his killer.


The Atlanta University Center is holding a ribbon cutting ceremony Thursday afternoon at 2:30 to celebrate the completion of phase-one of a two-phase renovation of its Woodruff Library. The guest list is impressive with Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed in attendance, along with Spelman College President Dr. Beverly Tatum and Clark Atlanta President Dr. Carlton Brown. Additional funding is still needed to complete Phase Two of the renovation.

For more information visit http://www.auctr.edu/


A college student in New York is facing hate crimes charges for allegedly attacking a cabbie after the driver said he's was Muslim. Police say the assault took place in a cab in Manhattan and that the suspect was drunk at the time.


A rally Glenn Beck is planning on the anniversary and at the site of Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous ``I Have a Dream'' speech is stirring up controversy. Beck is insisting the event on Saturday at the Lincoln Memorial isn't about politics, even though Beck and former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin are planning to be there. The TV personality says the timing of his ``Restoring Honor'' rally is merely a coincidence.


The KISS 104.1 Weather Forecast: Our skies will be mostly to partly cloudy with afternoon high's lower 90's.

Metro Atlanta's unemployment numbers dropped to 10.2 percent in July, down one-tenth of a point from June, according to the Georgia Department of Labor. However what appears to be encouraging is actually discouraging, since the dip was primarily the result of the long termed unemployed, simply giving up their job search.

Forsyth County had the lowest unemployment rate in the metro at 8.1%. Clayton County had the highest with 12.4%.

Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed is now speaking out about Georgia's work force. The mayor says he wants to eliminate another 10 to 15 percent of state workers. While talking about an overhaul to Georgia's tax code, Reed told a panel Wednesday, the state needs to continue to reduce the number of state jobs in effort to have more money available for projects including education.


Thanks to big conventions taking place in the downtown area, the city of Atlanta is collecting more money from hotel taxes. For the first time in 2 years occupancy rates have been up at metro hotels. So far this year, the city has collected close to $21-million in hotel taxes.


The search continues for the Wachovia bank robbers sporting Afro wigs. They struck again Wednesday at a Conyers bank wearing wigs and toting guns. The FBI thinks the men are connected to similar robberies that have taken place in Norcross and Atlanta in recent weeks. The two men are described as black and in their 20's. The authorities believe they could be driving a silver Lexus.

Atlanta police have now identified a man who was found shot to death early Wednesday morning in what could have been a carjacking. 50-year-old Durand Robinson was an organizer of the city's popular black gay pride celebration. Robinson was also a co-owner of the "Traxx" nightclub in Decatur. Police are searching for his killer.

The Atlanta University Center is holding a ribbon cutting ceremony Thursday afternoon at 2:30 to celebrate the completion of phase-one of a two-phase renovation of its Woodruff Library. The guest list is impressive with Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed in attendance, along with Spelman College President Dr. Beverly Tatum and Clark Atlanta President Dr. Carlton Brown. Additional funding is still needed to complete Phase Two of the renovation.

For more information visit http://www.auctr.edu/

A college student in New York is facing hate crimes charges for allegedly attacking a cabbie after the driver said he's was Muslim. Police say the assault took place in a cab in Manhattan and that the suspect was drunk at the time.

A rally Glenn Beck is planning on the anniversary and at the site of Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous ``I Have a Dream'' speech is stirring up controversy. Beck is insisting the event on Saturday at the Lincoln Memorial isn't about politics, even though he and former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin are planning to be there. The TV personality says the timing of his ``Restoring Honor'' rally is merely a coincidence.

The KISS 104.1 Weather Forecast: Our skies will be mostly to partly cloudy with afternoon high's lower 90's.

Georgia has been selected as one of 10 states to receive federal stimulus money for education as part of the``Race to the Top'' program. The state will share $400-million with 26 school districts including Atlanta, Clayton, Dekalb, Gwinnett, Cherokee and Hall County. The purpose of the program, which is part of President Barack Obama's economic stimulus plan, rewards states for making ambitious changes to improve schools are that struggling.


Teenage boys in Woodstock are accused of assaulting 2 fourteen-year-old girls they met while attending a church youth group. The assaults allegedly took place at an apartment complex earlier this month. Police are now investigating 19-year-old Jonathan Carrier and 19-year-old Yancey Tanner to see if they've been involved in any other attacks. Both teens are now in jail.


A judge has denied Georgia death row inmate Troy Davis an appeal even though the Supreme Court granted the rare hearing. The judge decided Davis's defense team did not prove his innocence in the 1989 shooting death of a Savannah police officer. His lawyers argued that the witnesses in the case, recanted their statements over the years and new evidence suggested someone else was to blame.

This death penalty case has drawn international attention after claims were made that an innocent man would be executed.


Former Georgia USDA worker Shirley Sherrod said thanks, but no thanks to a job offer from her old boss. She told Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack Tuesday she wasn't interested. This comes after Sherrod was fired this Summer when heavily edited remarks from a speech she gave were misconstrued as racist. Sherrod is planning to sue the blogger who posted the doctored footage.


Tiger Woods' ex-wife Elin Nordegren says she has ``been through hell'' since her husband's infidelity, according to a People magazine interview released Wednesday. Nordegren says she and Woods tried to reconcile the relationship for months. But in the end, she realized a marriage ``without trust and love'' wasn't good for anyone.

On Thanksgiving outside their home in Florida, Woods drove his SUV into a tree, setting off revelations that the golf superstar had been cheating on his wife. Nordegren tells People she never hit Woods on the night of the accident.

The couple's divorce became official Monday.

Nordegren and Woods have a 3-year-old daughter, Sam, and an 18-month-old son, Charlie. Nordegren says she is ready to start the next chapter of her life and intends to stay in the U.S. with her kids.


The KISS 104.1 Weather Forecast: It's going to be a sunny day with afternoon high's in the lower 90's.