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Radiohead's Phil Selway to release debut LP

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Published July 2, 2010 at 10:14 a.m.
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OMG! I just got an email from Radiohead drummer Phil Selway! And I didn't even know we were friends! But I guess we must've met at a party or something a while back, because he sure seems to know me. "I just wanted to let you know what I've been up to recently in my idle moments in Radiohead," he writes. OK, Phil, I'll bite. What have you been up to? ... Turns out ol' Phil is set to release his debut solo album, Familial ... I know what you're thinking - drummers should stick to drumming and

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Paste's Summer Festival Guide 2010: Kids' Corner

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Published May 28, 2010 at 12:15 p.m.

Music festivals can be surprisingly kid-friendly: Most offer free admission or discounted tickets for tykes while some boast extensive games, bands and other G-rated activities for the little ones. At Bonnaroo’s Kidz Jam, children can express themselves with recycling art projects and kids instruments; meanwhile, tots at Kidzapalooza will be sufficiently rocked by bands like Lunch Money and Care Bears on Fire, while sporting new hairdooz and tattooz. For the more pragmatic parent, ACL offers

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Illegal Immigrant Student Hopes Case Helps Reform

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Published May 15, 2010 at 3:50 a.m.

ATLANTA (AP) When Jessica Colotl, an illegal immigrant college student, got arrested for a minor traffic violation at her suburban Atlanta campus, she became an accidental poster child for immigration reform ... On Friday, after getting arrested and released from detention for the second time in just over a month, she told reporters at a news conference she hopes her ordeal can help persuade leaders to work for an overhaul of the country's immigration laws ... ``I just hope for the best and I

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KSU Coed Posts Bond

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Published May 14, 2010 at 12:38 p.m.
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(WSB Radio)   A 21-year-old Kennesaw State coed whose illegal immigrant status stirred up controversy has bonded out of the Cobb County jail ...   ... Jessica Colotl is accused of giving a false address on a jail booking form.  She was arrested March 30, one day after being cited for impeding the flow of traffic on KSU's campus, when she was unable to provide a valid driver's license ...   ... The address Colotl allegedly gave on the booking form is a Duluth apartment where the current

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Record Participation In 2010's Race For The Cure

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Published May 9, 2010 at 2:27 p.m.

About 17,000 people laced up their sneakers and hit the streets around Atlantic Station Saturday for the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure ...

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P&G Confirms Trading Error Behind Drop

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Published May 6, 2010 at 5:21 p.m.

Procter & Gamble Co. confirmed a sudden drop in its shareprice Thursday afternoon was an error ...

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P&G Sends Dawn to Clean Birds

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Published May 3, 2010 at 4:59 p.m.

CINCINNATI (AP) Procter & Gamble Co. says it has rushed 1,000 bottles of Dawn dish washing liquid to the Gulf of Mexico region to help clean wildlife soiled by the massive oil spill ... A P&G spokeswoman says a shipment from a Kansas City plant was delivered by truck Saturday and another 1,000 bottles are being readied ... Wildlife rescue workers have used Dawn for more than three decades ... Cincinnati-based P&G has ongoing partnerships with the International Bird Rescue Research Center and the

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NBA Playoffs: Hawks Advance

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Published May 3, 2010 at 3:34 a.m.

ATLANTA (AP) With more than three minutes to go, the Atlanta Hawks began pulling their starters. Al Horford flapped his hands, egging on the already raucous crowd. Joe Johnson clapped for the fans, then dropped his head in what looked more like relief than celebration ... The Hawks were moving on in the playoffs ... What a contrast from the last game in Atlanta ... After keeping their season alive with a gutty win in Milwaukee, the Hawks made sure the Bucks were in no position to duplicate their

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Hawks 99 Cavs 83

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Published April 15, 2010 at 3:42 a.m.

ATLANTA (AP) In what passed for nothing more than an exhibition game, rookie Jeff Teague set career highs with 24 points and 15 assists and the Atlanta Hawks cruised past the LeBron James-less Cleveland Cavaliers 99-83 in a regular-season finale Wednesday night that had plenty of star power on the bench ... James finished up his end-of-the-season break, and the Cavaliers also gave Shaquille O'Neal the night off even though he hasn't played since going out Feb. 25 with a sprained right thumb. At

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Ga. Tech To Name Building After Former President

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Published April 5, 2010 at 6:37 a.m.

Georgia Tech is starting construction on a building to be named after former President G. Wayne Clough. He is now the head of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C ...

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