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3 hrs ago | hosted.ap.org | Maria Antonia

News from The Associated Press

Athens-Clarke police are looking for a woman who destroyed $1,000 worth of perfume at a store after being told she couldn't return items without a receipt.

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6 hrs ago | WSB-AM Atlanta

Cop Grabs Smash & Grab Thieves

Two more smash and grab robberies in Atlanta, but this time the cops grabbed the bad guys.

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10 hrs ago | Atlanta Journal-Constitution

107-year-old woman invoked in Obama election speech dies

Ann Nixon Cooper, the 107-year-old Atlanta woman whose name President Barack Obama invoked when he gave his historic election speech last year, died Monday afternoon around 3:30 p.m. Then President-elect Obama called Cooper an example of "the heartbreak and the hope," noting that she'd lived long enough to remember when African-Americans weren't ...

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Mon Dec 21, 2009

WSB-TV

1 Shot Outside Metro Atlanta Mall 1 hr ago

A gunman shot and wounded a man in the parking lot of Cumberland Mall Sunday night.

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WSAV

Zoo Atlanta Banks Another $100K For Giant Pandas

Zoo Atlanta is another $100,000 closer to its fundraising goal for the giant pandas.

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The Macon Telegraph

Atlanta's new mayor faces funding needs

Atlanta Mayor-elect Kasim Reed said during the campaign that he knew running City Hall would be a tough job.

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Union-Recorder

Sex offenders missing

Officials have no idea where nearly 250 metro Atlanta sex offenders are. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports nearly one-tenth of the area's registered sex offenders who are not in jail are listed as "absconded." That means law enforcement authorities has lost track of them, despite a strict law intended to keep such offenders under close ...

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PR-inside.com

Massage Heights Atlanta Launches New Website, Looks to 2010 for...

All these are available at Massage Heights Atlanta : located in Sandy Springs at 6623 Roswell Rd NE, Atlanta, GA 30328 : , next to Publix at the corner of Roswell Rd and Abernathy Rd.

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WJBF-TV Augusta

Acworth Flea Market Catches Fire

A fire has destroyed part of an Acworth flea market. Officials say nobody was injured in the Sunday morning fire.

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Sun Dec 20, 2009

Atlanta Journal-Constitution

I-20E closed, 1 dead in wreck

One person is dead and five people were injured Sunday afternoon in a single-car crash that has all eastbound lanes on I-20 closed.

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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Where are the best residential light displays in Atlanta?

This is only part of a house's display near the Smoke Rise Elementary School in DeKalb County.

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Creative Loafing

Bizarre crimes from Atlanta police reports

HOLIDAY SMACKDOWN : A brouhaha erupted at a Delta ticket counter at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport.

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SavannahNow

Buddy Carter: Water war is more than a battle of rights

On Tuesday of this week, the governors of Alabama, Florida and Georgia were set to meet to discuss a water-sharing agreement on the use of Lake Lanier and the Chattahoochee River system.

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SavannahNow

New U.S. attorney answers call

When the call came, Augusta attorney Edward J. Tarver found it hard to say no. The call from U.S. Sen.

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Sat Dec 19, 2009

MyFoxAtlanta

Police Charge Man in SW Atlanta Murder

Atlanta Police say they know who shot and killed a mother of two. Police have arrested 43-year-old Louis Leverett and charged him with murder.

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Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Alleged gang members in court

Bond was set Wednesday for two of the alleged gang members arrested on Tuesday in connection with a string of smash and grab burglaries, but a Fulton County magistrate judge ordered two others held without bond.

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MyFoxAtlanta

Atlanta Woman Found Murdered in Bathtub

Atlanta homicide detectives said a 30-year-old woman was found murdered in her home Wednesday afternoon.

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www2.wjbf.com | Maria Antonia

Rainfall In 2009 The Most In 50 Years For Atlanta

Heavy rains have made 2009 the wettest year in about half a century for Atlanta.

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MyFoxAtlanta

Woman Shot at SW Atlanta Apartment

Atlanta police were on the scene of a shooting at an apartment complex on Fairburn Road Friday night.

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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Son charged with murder in mom's fire death

A year after an elderly woman died from injuries received in a fire at a home, Peachtree City Police have arrested and charged her son with murder.

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