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- Dead dolphins wash up on Florida beaches, likely because of virus
- WILBUR-BY-THE-SEA, Fla. (AP) — Dead bottlenose dolphins are continuing to wash up along beaches along Florida's east coast.
  
  Since Sunday, officials say the Georgia Aquarium's Conservation Field Station has picked up three dead dolphins along Flagler County beaches.
  
  Capt. Tammy Marris of Volusia Beach Safety and Ocean Rescue says a 3-foot dolphin was found in Wilbur-by-the-Sea on Monday. The Daytona Beach News-Journal reports that in November at least seven dolphins were recovered on Volusia County beaches and another four on beaches in nearby Flagler County.
  
  Scientists with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration say morbillivirus is likely causing the deaths. A team of researchers is investigating.
  
  The average number of strandings between New York and Florida between July 1 and Dec. 1 is 113. This year 936 strandings have been reported.
  
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  Information from: Daytona Beach (Fla.) News-Journal, http://www.news-journalonline.com
  
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  Posted: December 05, 2013

- Fire engulfs bicycle shop in Atlanta
- ATLANTA (AP) — Authorities are investigating the cause of a fire that heavily damaged a popular bicycle shop in Atlanta's Buckhead neighborhood.
  
  CBS Atlanta reports that firefighters battled the blaze at Peachtree Bikes on Peachtree Road around 8 p.m. Wednesday. No injuries were reported.
  
  Atlanta Fire Rescue Battalion Chief Richard Heard said firefighters heard some small explosions shortly after arriving at the strip mall. Heard tells The Atlanta Journal-Constitution that those were likely due to bicycle tires in the shop.
  
  Some other businesses in the strip mall also sustained smoke damage.
  
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  Posted: December 05, 2013

- Fast food workers in Ga. to rally for higher wages
- ATLANTA (AP) — Fast-food employees are rallying in Atlanta to push for higher pay and the right to form a union.
  
  Organizers with Atlanta Jobs With Justice say the group is joining workers in cities nationwide Thursday to push for salaries of $15 an hour.
  
  Demonstrators rallied Thursday morning at a Burger King in southeast Atlanta. One worker held a sign stating "Capitalism has outlived its usefulness -- MLK."
  
  Tina McCoy, who works at a Church's Chicken restaurant, said she thinks $15 an hour would be sufficient to live comfortably and pay bills.
  
  Long John Silver's employee Antwon Brown says he's been working in the industry for six or seven years, and that low wages are unfair and unconstitutional.
  
  Workers planned a march and demonstration at Cleopas R. Johnson Park at 5 p.m.
  
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  Posted: December 05, 2013

- Ga. immigrant students seeking in-state tuition
- DECATUR, Ga. (AP) — A hearing is set for a lawsuit filed by a group of young people who were brought to the U.S. illegally as children and want the Georgia university system to grant them in-state tuition.
  
  The roughly three dozen young immigrants have been granted temporary permission to stay in the U.S. under an Obama administration policy introduced last year.
  
  The lawsuit filed in August asks a judge to instruct the university system's Board of Regents to allow them to qualify for in-state tuition.
  
  At a hearing set for Thursday, a DeKalb County Superior Court judge will hear arguments on the students' request for the judge to issue a ruling without a full trial, and the state's request to move the case to Fulton County Superior Court.
  
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  Posted: December 05, 2013

- Retail stocks under pressure on Wall Street
- NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are mostly lower on Wall Street in early trading as retailers report poor results.
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  Posted: December 05, 2013

- 10 Things to Know Today
- Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:
  
  1. NORTHERN PLAINS FACE ARCTIC BLAST
  
  A cold snap is causing the mercury to drop to sub-zero temperatures in North Dakota and Montana and will continue through the weekend. COLD SNAP
  
  2. MEXICAN TROOPS SEEK WAYS TO DEAL WITH RADIOACTIVE SHIPMENT
  
  Police are guarding the highly-radioactive cobalt-60 material that was in a stolen truck in central Mexico until they find a way to transport it safely. MEXICO-RADIOACTIVE-THEFT
  
  3. OFFICIALS SAY 15 PEOPLE KILLED IN YEMEN SUICIDE BOMBING
  
  The car explosion that took place at the country's defense ministry also wounded at least 40 others. YEMEN
  
  4. "HIGHWAY HYPNOSIS" MAY HAVE CAUSED METRO-NORTH CRASH
  
  Driving along long, monotonous routes makes drivers experience a semi-trance — much like the one lawyers say the train's engineer was in right before it crashed. NYC TRAIN DERAILMENT
  
  5. WHO IS GREETING VISITORS AT PEARL HARBOR MEMORIAL
  
  Four surviving veterans from the attack, all in their 90s, volunteer at the site which witnessed a bloody bombing 72 years ago this week. PEARL HARBOR SURVIVORS
  
  6. WHY VENEZUELA AND BITLY ARE AT ODDS WITH EACH OTHER
  
  The Latin American nation is censoring the Web-address shortening service which Venezuelans use to spread news of their freefalling currency. VENEZUELA-CYBER CRACKDOWN
  
  7. DOZENS OF PILOT WHALES STRANDED IN EVERGLADES
  
  Eleven have died and wildlife workers are trying to lead the remaining 41 out of dangerously shallow waters. BEACHED-WHALES
  
  8. 2014 COLOR OF THE YEAR HAS INNOVATIVE, FLATTERING TONES
  
  Radiant Orchid, a version of purple, will replace emerald green as designers' shade of choice. FASHION-COLOR OF THE YEAR
  
  9. MSNBC'S MARTIN BASHIR RESIGNS
  
  After his inflammatory comments about Sarah Palin, the talk-show host says he now wants his colleagues to "be allowed to focus on the issues that matter." BASHIR-RESIGNATION
  
  10. HEISMAN HOPEFUL TO FIND OUT HIS FATE
  
  Jameis Winston, quarterback for top-ranked Florida State, will find out whether a prosecutor will charge him with sexual assault. FLORIDA STATE-WINSTON INVESTIGATION
  
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  Posted: December 05, 2013

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