Chick-fil-A's PR chief dies suddenly amid gay-marriage imbroglio

Don Perry, Chick-fil-A's vice president for public relations, dies unexpectedly. Also on Friday, New York's mayor — who supports gay marriage — refused to ban new Chick-fil-A restaurants in his city.

Chick-fil-A public relations chief Don Perry died unexpectedly Friday, reportedly from a heart attack. (Peter Frey, Chick-fil-A / February 17, 2012)

The death of a top Chick-fil-A executive added to the fast-food chain's difficulties in trying to extricate itself from the public relations imbroglio ignited by its president's comments on same-sex marriage.

Don Perry, who had worked for the Atlanta company for 29 years and was its vice president for public relations, died unexpectedly Friday, reportedly from a heart attack.

Perry had helmed the chain's official response to the controversy that erupted last week after Chick-fil-A President Dan Cathy spoke publicly against gay marriage, saying his company supported "the biblical definition of the family unit."

Home Searched After "Joker" Threat Made

Neil Edwin Prescott was wearing a shirt that read, "Guns don't kill people, I do"

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"We believe a significant threat has been averted," officials said in a press conference today about the search of Neil Edwin Prescott's home -- where police and ATF officers found numerous guns and ammunition.

Police from several jurisdictions searched the home in Crofton, Md., Thursday night after alleged threats referencing the "Joker" were made earlier in the week.

Law enforcement sources told News4 that Prescott made a more than one phone call Monday to a coworker, in which he made threats toward his employer -- a subcontractor for Pitney Bowes -- which was ready to fire him. Prescott was upset about prospect of losing his job and he told his coworker, "I'm gonna load my guns and blow everybody up," according to a search warrant.

Law enforcement sources tell News4's Pat Collins that Prescott made threats -- saying something to the effect of, "You don' t know who the real Joker is; I am the real Joker." When Pitney Bowes heard this alleged threat, they called authorities.

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Serena Williams holds the Venus Rosewater Dish after defeating Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland during the women's final at Wimbledon on July 7, 2012

Serena Williams Wins Fifth Wimbledon Singles Title

In a roller coaster final, Serena Williams defeated Poland's Agnieszka Radwanska to win her 14th major title

Two years after blood clots left her hospitalized and fighting for her life, Serena Williams has won her fifth singles title at Wimbledon. She capped off her remarkable comeback by defeating Poland‘s Agniezska Radwanska 6-1, 5-7, 6-2. “I can’t even describe it,” Williams said while fighting back tears during the presentation ceremony. “I almost didn’t make it a few years ago. I was in hospital, but I’m here again and it was worth it. I’m so happy.”


By raising the Venus Rosewater dish for a fifth time, Williams matches her sister’s record of five Wimbledon singles titles. “I’ve always wanted everything that Venus had,” she said. “Thank you for all of the advice you gave me during the rain delay. I had to copy you again.”

Dads Reveal How Having Daughters Has Changed Their View Of Women [QUOTES]

When men become fathers, they usually know they're going to play a big role in shaping a child's personality. What new dads might not anticipate, though, is how their kids -- especially daughters -- will change them.

The guys' comments ranged from sweet to sad to hilarious, but one user's answer rose to the top of the pile, quickly landing on the best of Reddit. Ardentfrost said:

It gave me a lot of opinions on what it means to be a man. Being a man isn't anger, it's not yelling, it's not violence, it's not fighting, it's not impatience, it's not acting before thinking. Being a man is making right decisions, it's doing the right thing, it's treating people well despite how they treat you, it's fully assessing a situation, it's understanding through perception, it's remaining calm, and it's doing all these things in the face of adversity. I'm not perfect; I make mistakes. But I do my best to be a good man, because my daughter needs that. She must know what a good man is, so that in what will feel like a few short years, when boys are falling over themselves to talk to her, she'll know what is good in a man.

After getting a flood of attention, he added, "I am not telling you how to be a man. I'm telling you how to be an example to your daughter."

'Fake' Landlord Scam In Atlanta Prompts Community To Help Homeless Family Of 13

 
After pouring thousands of dollars into her decrepit house, Tocco Collins made the heartbreaking discovery that she had been seriously scammed.

The mother of 12 had waited patiently for her landlords to deliver on their promises to fix the house's holes, broken windows and burned out light box, CBS Atlanta reports. But after seven months, Collins learned that the phonies she had been paying $600 a month in rent didn’t own the home and had also skipped town. The actual owner had no idea her home was being rented out.

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Home Builders Are 40% Overvalued

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We believe the home builders have risen substantially above fair value with several home builders being 40% overvalued in our view. Many impediments will affect the home builders going forward (significantly higher-than-average vacancy rates, legacy land positions with subpar gross margins, competitive land market in attractive locations, rising labor/material costs, potential new home-builder entities with stronger balance sheets, trajectory of mortgage rates).

We are downgrading Toll Brothers (ticker: TOL), Meritage Homes (MTH), Hovnanian Enterprises (HOV) and Beazer Homes USA (BZH) to Underperform from Sector Perform.

Six of the 13 home builders under coverage are now rated Underperform with the remaining seven home builders carrying a Sector Perform rating.

The first-quarter housing vacancy rate of 13.93% remains significantly above the 11.15% 47-year mean (equates to 3.686 million excess vacancies). Although the vacancy rate has retracted from the 14.61% high registered in first-quarter 2009, the previous high in the last cycle was the third-quarter 1989 (11.81% equating to only 875,000 excess vacancies population adjusted). A majority of home builders have four to 12 years of controlled land based on expected 2012 closings.

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