1. GEORGIA SNOW CHAOS
Delicate blame game: First came the snowy mess that left tempers running hot as Atlanta-area motorists sat in the cold for hours. Then the media frenzy and finger-pointing. Now the soul-searching begins. Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal apologized, saying the state wasn’t adequately prepared to respond to the storm. “I am not going to look for a scapegoat. I am the governor, and the buck stops with me,” he said yesterday. He pledged a review of all departments responsible. The state’s emergency director, Charley English, also admitted to errors in judgment. Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed has mostly offered explanations on who controls what, saying most of the areas affected don’t fall under his jurisdiction. He has said the city is not directly responsible for the interstates, where the nightmarish gridlocks stretched through morning, day and night.
2. AMANDA KNOX RETRIAL
Guilty, again: That’s the verdict from an Italian appeals court in the retrial of Amanda Knox, an American convicted for a second time of killing her British roommate in Perugia. Knox and her boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito, were sentenced to 28 years and 25 years respectively for the murder of Meredith Kercher. It’s the third verdict in the case in six years. Prosecutors say the couple killed her in November 2007 during a sex-game gone wrong. So what next for Knox, who now lives in Seattle? The U.S. double jeopardy clause dictates a person cannot be tried twice on the same charge. Will they extradite her?
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