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He's not bitter. After two years in the Cobb County Jail awaiting trial for murder, then convincing a jury he could not have committed the crime, Mattrail Hooks is back home with his wife, Deven, and with their ...

Underground Atlanta has welcomed its own Waffle House with a 24-hour menu in the heart of downtown.

This is The Westminster School's Halloween Parade from 2006. File parades under "best places to people watch." I hear Savannah is one of the most haunted cities in the United States, but I'll bet Atlanta's no ...

DUCK'S COSMIC KITCHEN: Small, but sassy. And they're just a walk away from the Avondale MARTA station.

By Julie Steenhuysen

CHICAGO (Reuters) - A new type of dry glue designed to mimic gecko feet is 10 times stickier than the gravity-defying lizards, and three times stickier than other gecko-inspired glues, U.S. researchers said on Thursday.

"It's the stickiest dry glue yet," said Liming Dai of the University of Dayton, who reported on the glue in the journal Science.

A 1-inch (2.5-cm) square of the adhesive can support the weight of a 220-pound (100-kg) man climbing up a vertical surface, but it can be easily lifted and reapplied, an ideal material for, say, a Spider-Man suit.

A Fulton County grand jury Friday indicted a Michigan man for a brutal beating last December that left a celebrity fitness trainer in a coma.

Clayton State University is hoping to get approval from the state to open a unique graduate program in archival studies.

SEC Sports Report continues to pick winners and this time the Georgia Bulldogs are playing the Tennessee Volunteers. Check out all the SEC games at www.secsportsreport.com

This past summer, two of Atlanta's musical titans met in a local studio. Producer Brendan O'Brien and heavy rock quartet Mastodon came together to craft the follow-up to Mastodon's Grammy-nominated "Blood ...

The Georgia Aquarium is getting 150 sea nettles as part of a partnerships with the Oregon Coast Aquarium.

Atlanta police are investigating a possible link between the fatal shooting of a teenage boy near Turner Field and a double homicide earlier this week at a park in northwest Atlanta.

Could the murder of an Atlanta teenager be linked to a double murder from last month? Atlanta homicide detectives are exploring the possibility that the killing of 17 year old Devonte Jones might be connected ...

Aetna has donated $50,000 to help pay for a health and wellness forum to be held next year at The King Center.

Emory University is investigating the former head of its psychiatry department named as part of a federal probe into doctors' relationships with drug companies.

A former MARTA chairman who's been accused of performing a sex act in an airport bathroom will be hired to give financial advice to Clayton County.

Henry County Police say a man who was fleeing from authorities on foot was struck and killed by a vehicle while crossing Interstate 75.

A 17-year-old boy was shot and killed overnight during a home invasion at his family's southeast Atlanta house.

A metro Atlanta county commissioner says reports that she may have hired a voodoo priestess to get even with a political rival - and bounced checks in the process - are "ridiculous." Law enforcement authorities ...

A week off was good for the Bulldogs and with the bye week the Bulldogs moved up one spot to return to the AP Top 10...Check out the latest AP rankings at www.SECsportsReport.com

A fire heavily damaged a popular Cuban sandwich shop early Monday. DeKalb County fire dispatchers say the fire began shortly after midnight at the Havana Sandwich Shop on Buford Highway.