AT&T: $1 Million to Nat'l Infantry Museum

Officials, press gather at museum ceremony, June, 2007. (file photo/Dave Bender)

AT&T Inc. says it's donating $1 million to the National Infantry Foundation for the construction of the new National Infantry Museum and Soldier Center. NIF president, Jerry White:

"This gift not only affirms AT&T's commitment to the communities it serves, it demonstrates the company's allegiance to soldiers and their families and the sacrifices they make for our freedom."

The museum, being built in Columbus alongside Ft. Benning, is set to open in 2008.

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Alligator attack in Savannah

An 83 year-old woman was attacked and killed by an alligator in Savannah over the weekend. Golfers on Skidaway Island spotted the body of Gwen Williams in a pond on Saturday. Investigators say this is the first death from an alligator attack in Georgia in 27 years. The alligator responsible for the death was trapped and removed today.

Alligator attack kills woman on Skidaway Island

Authorities along the Georgia coast say an elderly woman found dead over the weekend was the victim of an alligator attack. 83-year-old Gwen Williams was found Saturday in a pond, about 500 feet from the home she was house-sitting for relatives. The body was missing its left arm, right hand and right foot. An autopsy showed the woman died of blood loss from wounds consistent of an alligator attack. Officials with the state Department of Natural Resources say it’s the eighth known alligator attack in Georgia since 1980--and the first fatal.