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The Democratic candidates for state superintendent of schools challenged each other over levels of experience and roles in budget cuts in a debate held Sunday in Atlanta.

Marchers carry signs and chant slogans during the Peace in the Street Parade Walk in Indianapolis on Sunday, July 13, 2014.

Wiki reports that "Hartsfield-Jackson, is located seven miles south of the central business district of Atlanta, Georgia, United States.

Four people were injured, and I-85 northbound was temporarily shut down Saturday morning after a vehicle hit the center wall and overturned.

WOODY MARSHALL/THE TELEGRAPHKitty Vinson Pullen measures the concrete marker that pointed the way to Perry along the former Central Dixie Highway.

Atlanta police are searching for the person who fatally shot a man at a recording studio and Lilburn police said they have charged a suspect in the death of a stripper whose body was found five days after she was last seen alive.

A spokeswoman for an Atlanta convention center says about 10 people suffered minor injuries after a crowd began running to leave a car and bike show.

F ormer Atlanta Highway fixture Best Buy's Friday opening in Oconee County's Epps Bridge Centre marks the latest in a surge of commercial development along the corridor over the last decade.

Mayor Kasim Reed, the City of Atlanta Fire Rescue Department and SCANA Energy came together to provide Atlanta's seniors with fans to help them stay cool this summer.

TV reports that the shooting happened around 1:30 a.m. on Saturday at a warehouse building on Lakewood Avenue that houses the studio.

A celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was held Friday at the King Center.

Pullman Car Named in Gala Ceremonies - This morning as whistles blew, as flags flew and as martial music filled the air, local citizens and railway executives joined in paying tribute to Fuller E. Callaway, founder of a group of cotton mills that bear his name, whose ability and business acumen plus a love for the folks with whom he was associated ... (more)

An Atlanta man today pleaded guilty in federal court to his role in a statewide scheme to defraud two federally funded nutrition programs out of $19 million.

Georgia Public Broadcasting, now ending its second week of its controversial partnership with Georgia State University to broadcast daytime programming of WRAS 88.5 FM, has responded to the widely read letter from WABE.

Morrison, who will be based in Washington, will focus on domestic video output for APTN, AP Video-US and online.

This time around, the massive rooms are being used for a lot more than dancing, the paper says.

Clark Atlanta University officials say the school is hosting a group of about two dozen young African leaders for a program focused on business and entrepreneurship.

Tommy Lee Waldrip was scheduled to be executed tonight. The Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles granted the inmate clemency and his sentence has been commuted to life without parole.

ReadMedia Newswire The following Gwinnett County students were named to the Dean's List of Emory College of Arts and Sciences, the undergraduate, liberal arts college of Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, for the 2014 spring semester.

The opening of the 94,000-square-foot facility was timed to coincide with two games at the Georgia Dome to begin the college football season: Mississippi vs. Boise State on Aug. 28, followed two days later by Alabama vs. West Virginia.