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Yesterday | Athens Banner-Herald

Man convicted of racketeering in defrauding church

A man convicted of racketeering and violations of Georgia securities law has been sentenced to 10 years in prison followed by 10 years probation.

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Wed Jul 01, 2009

Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Atlanta Masons sue state body

An Atlanta chapter of the Masons and its senior officer are suing the state body and two high-ranking members of other Georgia chapters, saying leaders are trying to disband them because they accepted a black man as a member.

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Related Topix: Atlanta Metro, Georgia

Mon Jun 29, 2009

WSB-AM Atlanta

Ticket Fixing Alleged in DeKalb

A traffic ticket fixing scheme has been uncovered by DeKalb County prosecutors, where former county employees destroyed or dismissed tickets in exchange for a personal payment.

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Sat Jun 27, 2009

SavannahNow.com

Officials investigating DeKalb school leaders

ATLANTA a ' The Georgia Professional Standards Commission is investigating allegations that two DeKalb County school administrators changed answers on a standardized test to improve students' scores.

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Related Topix: Education Etc.

Thu Jun 25, 2009

Daily Citizen

Speeding crackdown set on Atlanta Interstates

It's time to slow down on the interstates throughout the Atlanta area. Law enforcement agencies were set Thursday to crack down on speeders, part of a campaign by the governor's office of highway safety.

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Related Topix: Atlanta, GA, University of Georgia, Dalton, GA

Augusta Chronicle Online

Ga. county probe shows 'improprieties' on tests

An investigation by the Glynn County school district has confirmed "test improprieties" at a Brunswick elementary school that is part of a statewide probe into allegations of cheating on standardized tests.

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Related Topix: Education Etc., Standardized Testing, Education, Fulton County, GA

Wed Jun 24, 2009

Atlanta Journal-Constitution

DeKalb may vote on Sembler project Thurs.

A developer with a major project in north DeKalb County might get a $52 million tax break from taxpayers Thursday.

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Related Topix: Decatur, GA, Oglethorpe University

Mon Jun 22, 2009

Atlanta Journal-Constitution

3 more charged in landscaper slaying

Authorities have charged three more people in the killing of a Conyers landscaper, whose body was dumped in a Newton County Creek last week.

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Related Topix: Conyers, GA, Newton County, GA, Covington, GA

Cross Roads News

DeKalb Schools' headquarters moving

Workers are installing walls and other renovations at the DeKalb County School Systema s Mountain Industrial Center in Tucker, to make space for the systema s administrative and school board offices.

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Related Topix: Tucker, GA, Stone Mountain, GA, Decatur, GA

Sat Jun 20, 2009

Augusta Chronicle Online

2 principals charged with altering test scores

A suburban Atlanta principal who resigned amid an investigation into cheating on student tests was arrested Friday and accused of altering public documents.

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Related Topix: Atlanta, GA

Thu Jun 18, 2009

WALR-FM Atlanta

Test Cheating Scandal Expands; Son Laughs Through Murder Confession; No Justice, No Two-Piece?

With two top administrators at a DeKalb elementary school under suspicion of changing students' answers on the CRCTs, the DeKalb County District Attorney's office has now joined the investigation.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Saxby Chambliss, Johnny Isakson, Fulton County, GA, Atlanta, GA

Wed Jun 17, 2009

WALB-TV Albany

DeKalb DA investigating cheating allegations

The DeKalb County district attorney's office is investigating allegations that two elementary school administrators changed answers on Georgia standardized tests to improve students' scores.

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Related Topix: Standardized Testing, Education, Education Etc.

Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Woman killed in DeKalb shooting

DeKalb County police Wednesday were investigating an overnight shooting at an apartment complex near Lithonia that left one person dead and another critically wounded.

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Related Topix: Lithonia, GA

Tue Jun 16, 2009

MyFOX Atlanta

DeKalb Co. Police Investigate Shooting

DeKalb County police were on the scene of a shooting Tuesday afternoon. Investigators said the shooting happened on Abberly Way, near Tucker.

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Related Topix: Tucker, GA

Mon Jun 15, 2009

Columbus Ledger-Enquirer

Senator: Make it a crime to change test scores

A leading state senator says it should be a crime for Georgia educators to change students' answers on standardized tests, and the governor has indicated he may be willing to support such a law.

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Related Topix: Georgia, Standardized Testing, Education, Family, Kids, US Governors, Sonny Perdue

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Georgia Probation Officer Pleads Guilty to Extortion Scheme

NATALIE NICOLE DUNN, 32, of Ellenwood, Georgia, a former DeKalb County State Court Probation Officer, pleaded guilty late yesterday to conspiracy to commit extortion under color of official right in a criminal charge-fixing scheme.

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Related Topix: Prison, Ellenwood, GA, Federal Prisons, US News, US Federal Bureau of Investigation

Sat Jun 13, 2009

SavannahNow.com

Justice Hunstein to assume top post July 1

Georgia Supreme Court Justice Carol W. Hunstein has been elected unanimously as the court's new chief justice, effective July 1. She will succeed Chief Justice Leah Ward Sears, who is stepping down June 30.

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Related Topix: Georgia, Georgia Government, Atlanta, GA

Fri Jun 12, 2009

WXIA-TV Atlanta

Too Much Emphasis on School Testing?

"As critical as it is, it could cost your job." That's how a retired metro Atlanta area elementary school principal describes the emphasis put on end of the year CRCT tests.

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Related Topix: Atlanta, GA, Atlanta Metro, Education Etc., Fulton County, GA, Glynn County, GA

Wed Jun 10, 2009

The Macon Telegraph

4 Ga. schools investigated for possible cheating

State education officials are investigating whether students, teachers or someone else changed answers on more than 100 standardized tests at four different Georgia elementary schools.

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Related Topix: Standardized Testing, Education, Education Etc., Atlanta, GA, Fulton County, GA, Glynn County, GA

The Macon Telegraph

Feds drop election complaint against Jones

Former DeKalb County CEO Vernon Jones will get off with a warning after failing to properly disclose that his campaign paid for advertisements and other materials supporting his U.S. Senate bid last year.

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Related Topix: US Senate, Republican, US Politics, Saxby Chambliss, US News

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