NY county using water to woo southern companies

The drought in north Georgia is getting one upstate New York county to market its abundance of water to southern companies.

With the falls in New York's Niagara County there's plenty of water, and officials there want business in the South to know about it. They're planning a media campaign highlighting the area's wealth of power and fresh water.

Fred Teeter is with the Niagara County Office for Economic Development. He says if the drought continues, businesses in the South may need an option.

"Building permits for industry are starting to be held-off or denied, so that becomes a serious problem for everyone. It's our intention to certainly just make southeast companies aware of the availability of water in our area".

Teeter has visited at least four southern states, including Georgia and North Carolina which have been hardest hit by the drought. But Teeter admits that when it comes to nice weather, the South definitely has more of it.

No jail time for women who made temple threats

A mother and daughter from Georgia were sentenced today for disrupting services at two synagogues. 44-year-old Peggy Davidson and her 74-year-old mother Judy Overby of McDonough were each sentenced to a three-year conditional release. Prosecutors wanted the women to serve jail time for disrupting services at the two upstate New York temples September 8th. The two women claimed they were missionaries who came to Syracuse because of dreams they had from God.

9/11 memorial beams pass through Georgia

Steel beams bound for a 9/11 memorial in New York arrived today at the Port of Savannah. The beams measure 72 feet long and weigh 21.5 tons each. They were loaded onto trucks bound for lower Manhattan. They are destined for an underground museum 70 feet below ground zero of the 2001 terrorist attacks. The beams were milled in Luxembourg. The museum is set to open in late 2009.