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WHO: Alan Alda's career is nothing less than extraordinary. In 2005, he was nominated for an Oscar, a Tony and an Emmy Award, as well as having a bestselling book published.

The Gwinnett Transit Xpress Park-and-Ride service from Snellville to downtown Atlanta has been steadily gaining in popularity since its inception in April last year and, even with the fare increase effective ...

Even if you've done the impossible and memorized an Atlanta map in your first months here, you probably didn't learn the topography, or the potholes.

Please see the following bus reroutes for 1, 16, 113, 118, 120 and 155. Weekend Event Road Closures MARTA will have the following bus reroutes this weekend to accommodate the Stone Mountain Village Arts and ...

Atlanta police turned out in force Saturday night after street crowds turned rowdy near Five Points, Underground Atlanta and at Philips Arena, where hip-hop radio station 107.9 FM was celebrating its Birthday ...

That's what community leaders in the Home Park neighborhood, between Georgia Tech and Atlantic Station, are telling the Sembler Co.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, May 29, 2008 MARTA to Hold Public Hearings for Proposed Bus Service Modifications MARTA will hold public hearings on proposed bus service modifications on June 9 and 10, 2008, to ...

On Friday, as happens every last Friday of the month, a minor revolution will break out on Atlanta's streets.

Dallas Childs, a veteran of Atlanta jazz festivals, wasn't happy Saturday, despite the Budweiser within easy reach of his chair parked in the middle of Woodruff Park.

Streets are closed and routes into town more complicated this weekend as downtown Atlanta makes room for the Caribbean street parade and the Atlanta Jazz Festival.

Our guide for this tour of Atlanta's original underground is Jeff Morrison, a 34-year-old architect whose mild demeanor and bookish appearance conceal an almost goth fascination with spooky urban cellars.

WHO Ralph E. Reed, Jr. is chairman and chief executive officer of Century Strategies, a public relations and public affairs firm that advises Fortune 500 companies.

Mon.-Sat. 10AM-9PM Sun. 12-6PM. Summer hours : Mon.-Sat. 10AM-9:30PM, Sun. 11AM-7PM Nearest Subway Station Cross Street Peachtree Street {lat:"33.752291",long:"-84.389776"} Underground Atlanta -- so named due ... via AOL City Guide

It is the mission of the Atlanta Jazz Festival to expose and entertain a diverse audience of jazz aficionados, young jazz enthusiasts and musical artists to the rich heritage and variety of jazz as an authentic ... via What's Up Daybook

“It's not just reading and writing, it's financial literacy as well. It's an issue with a huge economic impact.”

Change may be afoot at downtown's Commerce Club. When the Commerce Club board meets Thursday, Chairman David Ratcliffe will recommend that the historic business club study a possible merger with the 191 Club. via The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

“Because [Jonathan Norcross] was known mostly in this [metro Atlanta] area, he has faded in the minds of many. But his memory becomes significant again as we do research.”

When British citizen Derek Norcross visited Atlanta during the 1980s, he encountered an astonishing portrait in the corridors of Atlanta City Hall. via The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

“Playing the ego to the [Black] Lips' id, the Selmanaires show off a (slightly) more civilized musicianship, exploring several decades worth of genres versus hedonistically ripping through three-minute Stones and Motown throwbacks”

DRIVING HIS OWN CAR: For those under 30, Rundgren's probably best known - if at all - as the man actress Liv Tyler thought was her father when she was a child. via Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Issue date: 4/8/08 Section: News President Patton accepts the Dan Sweat Award for his continued commitment to improving the Atlanta community. via The GSU Signal

WHO Philip Teel, corporate vice president and president of Northrop Grumman's Mission Systems sector, will be the speaker. via What's Up Daybook

Equitable building officials said over 300 windows were blown out from the tornado, March 17, 2008. via MyFOX Atlanta