FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. -- Atlanta Falcons defensive end John Abraham is calling his arrest on obstruction of justice charges a matter of "bad timing."
Abraham was arrested Monday night when Atlanta police and firefighters were trying to calm a woman who was threatening to jump from a midtown building window. He said Thursday that "sometimes you try to do the right thing and it doesn't end up being the right thing."

Atlanta police officer Christopher Blaise said this week that Abraham refused to leave an area that had been taped off by authorities. Blaise added that Abraham smelled of alcohol, was unsteady on his feet and had slurred speech and bloodshot eyes.

The four-time Pro Bowl player was charged with two misdemeanors. He was released from custody Tuesday at 1:24 a.m. on a $7,000 total bond, or $3,500 for each charge, according to Fulton County jail records.

Atlanta police officer K.Y. Jones said the woman did not jump and was taken to Grady Hospital. Her name ... Read more »

A convicted underworld hit man's declare that former Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa's remains are buried in New Jersey's Giants Stadium was blitzed Wednesday by Hoffa's daughter and law enforcement officials. Charles (Chuckie) O'Brien, who has been reared by Hoffa, branded as "ludicrous" allegations by Donald (Tony the Greek) Frankos in a November Playboy magazine interview that O'Brien lured Hoffa to his death. "I'm not sure he, however , if he's a federal witness, he'd fall on his mother to get out of prison," O'Brien, 56, said Wednesday. Hoffa's daughter, Barbara Crancer, called Frankos "the scum of the earth" and said his story is "brimming with holes Cheap Kansas City Chiefs Jerseys. " . . . What's very difficult to think is always that he's within the federal witness protection program being protected through the government, by taxpayers," she said. ... Read more »

A survey of underwater canyons over U Calvin Johnson Jersey.S. Northeastern found a number of previously unknown hotspots for deep-sea corals. The exploration, the first one to search for corals and sponges in the region in decades, is helping researchers build a computer model to find out where other coral hotspots could be found Cheap Atlanta Falcons Jerseys. Laptop computer happened over a two-week stretch in July. Researchers aboard the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration's Henry B. Bigelow ship looked for corals in submarine canyons off New Jersey, and attached to Georges Bank, a sizable elevated part of seafloor about 60 miles (100 kilometers) offshore that stretches as far south ... Read more »