(WSB Radio) -- An armed man is hospitalized in stable condition after he was shot Monday night by a Doraville police officer responding to a domestic disturbance between another man and a woman.

Doraville Police Officer Gene Callaway told WSB's Mark Alewine two officers were called to the Wind Chase Apartments on Shallowford Road around 9:30pm by a woman who said she was being threatened by a man with a knife.  Callaway said "they were let into the apartment and while inside, the doorbell on the backdoor rang."  Callaway added "the first officer opened the door and was met by a man with a pistol pointed at him. In a defensive manner the officer tried to knock the gun out of the gunmen's hand. At the same time the other officer fired two rounds into the gunmen's torso and thigh." 

Neither officer was hurt.  Both have been placed on administrative leave with pay pending an investigation by the GBI.

Doraville police are looking for the original suspect involved in the domestic call which led police to the scene.  That man has been identified as 24-year-old Juan Carmello Huerta-Garcia.  He's described as a Hispanic male, approximately 5 feet 5 inches tall, black hair, brown eyes and goatee.  The suspect was last seen wearing a silver jacket with a blue shirt under it and black pants.

STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga. (AP) One woman is in critical condition and a DeKalb County police officer is recovering from a gunshot wound to the leg Monday after a domestic dispute that ended when police killed a suspect.

DeKalb police spokesman Officer Jason Gagnon could not identify the female victim late Monday but he says she was taken to Grady Memorial Hospital in critical condition.

An unidentified police sergeant was taken to Grady in serious but stable condition.

Gagnon says police responded to an apartment complex off North Hairston Road at around 7:15 p.m. for a domestic dispute call. Upon arrival, he says officers heard gunshots and moments later, a man came out firing at officers.

Police shot the man, who died. Gagnon says a male infant also in the apartment was uninjured.

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NEW YORK (AP) The New Orleans Saints' victory over Indianapolis in the Super Bowl was watched by more than 106 million people, surpassing the 1983 finale of ``M-A-S-H'' to become the most-watched program in U.S. television history, the Nielsen Co. said Monday.

Compelling story lines involving the city of New Orleans and its ongoing recovery from Hurricane Katrina and the attempt at a second Super Bowl ring for Indianapolis quarterback Peyton Manning propelled the viewership. Football ratings have been strong all season.

``It was one of those magical moments that you don't often see in sports,'' said Sean McManus, president of CBS News and Sports.

Nielsen estimated Monday that 106.5 million people watched Sunday's Super Bowl. The ``M-A-S-H'' record was 105.97 million.

The viewership estimate obliterated the previous record viewership for a Super Bowl last year's game between Arizona and Pittsburgh. That game was seen by 98.7 million people, Nielsen said.

The ``M-A-S-H'' record has proven as durable and meaningful in television as Babe Ruth's record of 714 home runs was in baseball until topped by Hank Aaron. Ultimately, it may be hard to tell which program was really watched by more people. There's a margin for error in such numbers, and Nielsen's Monday estimate was preliminary, and could change with a more thorough look at data due Tuesday.

``It's significant for all of the members of the broadcasting community,'' said Leslie Moonves, CBS Corp. CEO. ``For anyone who wants to write that broadcasting is dead, 106 million people watched this program. You can't find that anywhere else.''

Moonves predicted CBS will earn more in advertising revenue than in any other Super Bowl. The good ratings for the game and football in general also set CBS and other football broadcasters up well when selling advertising for next season, he said.

The Nielsen estimate also drew some congratulations from Alan Alda, the star of ``M-A-S-H,'' and the slugger whose record was beaten.

``If the `M-A-S-H' audience was eclipsed, it was probably due in large part to the fact that the whole country is rooting for New Orleans to triumph in every way possible,'' Alda said. ``I am, too, and I couldn't be happier for them. I love that city.''

There are more American homes with television sets now (114.9 million) than there were in 1983 (83.3 million). An estimated 77 percent of homes with TVs on were watching ``M-A-S-H'' in 1983, compared with the audience share of 68 for the Super Bowl.

Nielsen also measures only the United States, and it's possible some World Cup soccer games were seen more worldwide. Accurate measurement of television audiences outside the United States is spotty at best.

Alda also wondered whether the numbers were too close to declare a new champion. He thinks Nielsen didn't take into account large numbers of people watching ``M-A-S-H'' communally, which is often the case for football games, too.

``Not to say I'm competitive, but in part we are talking about sports,'' he said. ``And I actually AM competitive.''

McManus didn't want to jinx it, but the abnormally strong viewership for football this year left him hoping for a record. The NFC and AFC championship games both had their biggest audiences since the 1980s. The growth of high-definition television and its appeal to sports fans has also helped.

A competitive game until the final minutes sealed it. McManus acknowledged some nervousness when Indianapolis jumped out to a 10-0 lead a Super Bowl rout often makes people turn away from the game but New Orleans roared back.

The Mid-Atlantic blizzard also helped CBS. After New Orleans, the highest-rated market was snowbound Washington, Nielsen said. More people watched the game from their homes in that area instead of going to parties or bars, and Nielsen does a much better job counting viewers in homes than outside of them.

``Bad weather in the Northeast and good weather in Florida was a good combination for us,'' McManus said.

The Super Bowl also proved a strong launching pad for the new CBS series ``Undercover Boss'' that premiered after the game. An estimated 38.6 million people watched the first edition of a series about corporate honchos working secretly as low-level employees in their own companies, Nielsen said. That's third only to a 1996 ``Friends'' and 2001 ``Survivor'' as the most-watched program after the Super Bowl.

Meanwhile, Dorito's was a big winner in a measurement of interest in the commercials played during the Super Bowl. TiVo Inc. said the snack company's ad featuring a boy telling a man to keep his hands off his chips and his mom was stopped and played back in 15 percent of homes with the digital video recorder.

The secretly filmed CBS promo with David Letterman, Jay Leno and Oprah Winfrey came in second, followed by the Snicker's ad with Betty White and Abe Vigoda flattened in a football game.

In general, however, TiVo found less interest in the commercials than it has in previous years, judged by how many people paused live action to see them, said Todd Juenger, general manager of TiVo's research department.

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NEW ORLEANS (AP) Another jolt of Saints euphoria is on tap for New Orleans Tuesday when the Super Bowl champs board floats borrowed from Mardi Gras krewes for a victory parade through the grateful city.

The Carnival-flavored parade honoring the team's 31-17 win over the Indianapolis Colts is scheduled to start in the afternoon at their home turf, the Louisiana Superdome. It will include 12 marching bands and one float each from 10 krewes. Float builder Barry Kern said he believes it's the first time the groups which celebrate Carnival season with separate parades will combine floats in one procession.

On Monday, swarms of fans in black and gold greeted the players as they stepped off a chartered plane at the suburban airport, cheering them with ``Who Dat!'' chants. The Saints, cellar dwellers for decades, delivered not just their first Lombardi trophy but optimism for the city still recovering from Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

``The Saints kept hope alive in this city that better days were coming,'' said Shannon Sims, a 45-year-old criminal court administrator, as she waited for the team. She said the Saints ``were the force that kept us moving forward.''

The win was not just about football for New Orleans, said John Magill, a historian at Historic New Orleans Collection.

``We're all being told that we're sinking, why bother rebuild it, there was so much of that attitude,'' Magill said. Thanks to the Super Bowl win, he said, Americans will view the city in the positive light it deserves.

Sunday's victory came a day after New Orleans elected a new mayor and several other city officials. But in the area newspapers on Monday there was little besides the Saints.

The New Orleans paper, The Times-Picayune, ran a 5-inch headline that said ``AMEN.'' The subhead read, ``After 43 years, our prayers are answered.''

At Lakeside News, which usually sells about 100 copies a day, owner Michael Marcello said he had sold 6,000 to 7,000 by 9:15 a.m.

``I wish I had some,'' he said. ``I'm out again. This is the fourth time I've run out.''

Thousands of fans lined the road outside the airport with their Saints jerseys, ``Who Dat!'' chants, homemade signs, fleur-de-lis garb, face paint and Mardi Gras costumes (like the Saint-a Claus fellow). Coach Sean Payton held the Lombardi trophy aloft through the sunroof of his car, eliciting wild screams.

At the airport, 37-year-old courier Aaron Washington said ``the dawn of a new day'' had come. A brass-band version of ``When the Saints Go Marching In'' blared from his car stereo.

``This team has allowed us to get past Katrina and look forward to better things,'' Washington said. He watched the game with dozens of friends and relatives on a big-screen television in front of a home in eastern New Orleans that was rebuilt after the 2005 hurricane flooded it with 9 feet of water.

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TOKYO (AP) Japan Airlines, wooed for months by Delta Air Lines with promises of cash and a broad global network, is spurning the world's biggest carrier and opting to keep its alliance with American Airlines.

Japan's flagship carrier says it will strengthen its partnership with American and apply to the U.S. government for antitrust immunity on trans-Pacific flights.

Antitrust immunity, the key to a closer revenue-sharing relationship between U.S. and Asian carriers, would likely have been difficult for JAL to achieve with Delta, a member of the SkyTeam alliance, because of competition concerns.

There is no guarantee American and Japan Airlines will be able to get antitrust immunity, either. But JAL, which is restructuring in bankruptcy, in the end wasn't willing to take the risk of moving to Delta.

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(WSB Radio) -- Facing a budget deficit of more than $50 million, DeKalb County parents and members of the Organization of DeKalb Educators protested outside Monday night's DeKalb School Board meeting.

The group urged the Board of Education and Superitendent Crawford Lewis to pull his $15,000 raise for 2010 out of this year's budget.  Many of the protesters are opposed to the raise because teachers and other school system staffers won't see STEP increases in their new contracts, may face additional furlough days this year and the threat of layoffs next year. 

The proposed spending plan for 2010-2011 also calls for cuts to educational program, including pre-K, Montesorri, magnet schools and art classes.

ODE member Seleste Harris believes Dr. Lewis should reject the raise.  She told Channel 2 Action News "if all employees cannot have a raise, then one employee should not have a raise."

If Dr. Lewis' salary increase remains in the budget, the superintendent's pay will jump from $240,000 to $255,000 a year.

(WSB Radio) -- An investigation will now be launched to determine the cause of a plane crash in Gwinnett Monday afternoon that killed one person and injured three others.

WSB's Pete Combs reports the pilot of the Beech 65 twin-engine died in the wreck, which happened around Simmons Circle and Spring Circle in Lawrenceville.

Gwinnett County Fire Captain Tommy Rutledge said three more passengers suffered non life-threatening burn injuries and were transported to Gwinnett Medical Center.

Federal Aviation Administration records show the plane was manufactured in 1960 and was registered to a Robert Peter Watson Sr., of Dawsonville.

Firefighters responded to the crash shortly after 5 p.m. to find the plane engulfed in flames with the pilot still inside, Rutledge said. The passengers had managed to get out, he said.

Rutledge did not immediately identify the deceased, pending notification of family members.

Firefighters discovered the plane behind a house in a wooded area not far from downtown Lawrenceville and a nearby neighborhood.

"We believe the plane may have impacted a tree,'' Rutledge said, adding officials are still investigating the cause of the wreck.

Nobody on the ground was injured.

Investigators believe the plane crashed shortly after taking off from Gwinnett County Airport at around 5 p.m.

(WSB Radio State Capitol Bureau) -- All state departments would go paperless under a bill introduced in the State Senate.  Sen. Jim Butterworth (R-Cornelia) is sponsoring SB 388 in light of recommendations by a state task force charged with finding ways to reduce government wastes.

"When you hold up a piece of paper, that piece of paper represents a tremendous amount of costs," says Butterworth.

The measure would mandate electronic distribution and publication unless printing is legally neccessary.

Butterworth says up to $7 million in cost savings could be achieved in just six state departments alone.

He's also introducing SB 389 in light of task force recommendations to expand the state's public information website to ensure all fiscal actions of the entire legislative arm of state government are available for the general public to find.

With this legislation, the General Assembly, will be included in the auditing and tracking functions of open.georgia.gov, run by the Department of Audits and Accounts.

(WSB Radio State Capitol Bureau) -- A couple of measures by Gov. Perdue are making their way through the House and Senate including one to change the way teachers are paid in Georgia.

Under SB 386, the salaries of teachers and principals would be based on the performance of their students as well as reviews from their peers.  It would affect all new teachers starting in July 2011 and those current educators who choose to opt into the system.

"We believe they can make a difference for all the right reasons and not just to make them tied to seat time or to go get advanced degrees in order to progress," he says.

Perdue also wants to go after those who cheat on standardized tests.  HB 1121 and HB 1111 would make it illegal to knowingly tamper with state tests or help students or other educators cheat on them. Those found guilty could loose their state pensions as well as be subject to a misdemeanor and fine.

The bills are the result over several metro Atlanta schools caught up in a CRCT cheating scandal.