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2 hrs ago | WXIA-TV Atlanta

Hannah's Lunchbox: Atlanta Family Sells Mansion To Feed Hungry

An Atlanta family is doing its part to help feed hungry people half a world away.

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6 hrs ago | Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Neighborhood fave can still deliver goods

Atlanta has searched hard for its dining soul. Our burgeoning city has grown into one of the greatest metropolitan areas of the South, but until recently it was hard to recommend a restaurant here with any real ...

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Related Topix: Life, Food, Meat, Atlanta, GA, Dining

Thu Jul 24, 2008

WXIA-TV Atlanta

Public Helipad Opens In Downtown Atlanta

The Hilton Garden Inn at Centennial Olympic Park officially opened its commercial helipad Wednesday, the first public helicopter landing zone in downtown Atlanta.

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WXIA-TV Atlanta

2 Teens Arrested in Wild Four-County Chase

A wild police chase through four counties ended on Interstate 20 in Atlanta. When it was over, two juveniles, ages 17 and 18, were taken into custody.

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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Smith's wild night: Pink visits, tree falls

Even as the folks at Smith's Olde Bar were sorting through the tangle of borrowed extension cords Wednesday, rock fans couldn't stop talking about Monday's wild night at the Midtown rock club.

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Related Topix: Pink, Pop/Rock

The Macon Telegraph

2 Atlanta men linked to string of bank robberies

Two Atlanta men accused of participating in a string of bank robberies in at least five states are in custody.

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Dalton Daily Citizen

Friends and Neighbors: Jesse Hope

In the early morning hours of April 25, 1992, Jesse Hope headed home in a driving rainstorm from a night out on the town.

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Wed Jul 23, 2008

Atlanta Journal-Constitution

One dead, four wounded in shooting

An overnight shooting in northwest Atlanta left one man dead and four others wounded, police said.

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Related Topix: Violent Crime, Atlanta, GA

MyATLtv.com

3 Hurt In Assisted Living Apartment Fire

A high-rise apartment fire at an assisted living home sent three residents to the hospital Wednesday afternoon.

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Related Topix: Atlanta, GA

The Macon Telegraph

Atlanta newspaper cutting staff by 200

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution is cutting its staff by nearly 200 jobs, or about 8 percent of its work force, and eliminating some targeted news sections.

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Related Topix: Cobb County, GA, Gwinnett County, GA

MyFOX Atlanta

Police Search for Suspect Who Shot, Killed Atlanta Store Clerk

Someone fatally shot a convenience store employee late Sunday night at the Quick Stop Food Mart 2 on Cascade Road.

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Related Topix: Atlanta, GA

The Macon Telegraph

Bush visits Ga. to help GOP oust Rep. Jim Marshall

President Bush swept into Georgia on Tuesday for what's become something of an election year ritual: trying to knock U.S. Rep.

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Related Topix: George Bush, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Georgia

Tue Jul 22, 2008

WXIA-TV Atlanta

House Committee Chair Wants No Guns at Hartsfield

The chairman of the U.S. House Homeland Security Committee wants the federal government to continue a gun-free designation for Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport.

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Related Topix: Hartsfield, GA, Atlanta, GA, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Bennie Thompson, Democrat

MyFOX Atlanta

Kid Rock Gets Probation In Waffle House Fight

Kid Rock has been sentenced to a year's probation and fined $1,000 for his role in a fight at a suburban Atlanta Waffle House last fall.

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Related Topix: Entertainment

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Teacher's family grieves her violent death

A few drops of what looked like blood and a blue plastic glove - the kind paramedics use - were still on the ground Monday, marking an otherwise unremarkable parking space where someone gunned down a Snellville ...

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Related Topix: Snellville, GA, Duluth, GA

MyFOX Atlanta

Several People Shot, One Dead at Atlanta Apartment Complex

Five people were shot, and one person is dead at an apartment complex on Joseph E. Boone Boulevard in northwest Atlanta.

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Wgst.com

Atlanta mayor booed at closing of old fire station

About a dozen demonstrators booed Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin when she spoke at the closing ceremony for Fire Station 7, the city's oldest.

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Atlanta Journal-Constitution

'Love on the Inside'

Kristian Bush is the country music superstar next door. He's a family man with a wife and two kids who just happens to make a living playing music for thousands each night and making multi-platinum records as ...

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Related Topix: Decatur, GA, Avondale Estates, GA, Sugarland, Country, Atlanta, GA, Music, Entertainment

Mon Jul 21, 2008

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Forsyth credit cards fund Hooters, racing tickets

Forsyth County leaders are among the most generous in metro Atlanta in passing out taxpayer-paid credit cards to employees, and they routinely ignore their own spending rules to chase after cash rebates, an ...

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Related Topix: Cumming, GA, Forsyth County, GA, Atlanta, GA

CBS 46

Atlanta Expected To Stay Smoggy

Hot, hazy conditions in the Atlanta area are expected to continue Monday. According to the Georgia Environmental Protection Division, the region's smog index is likely to remain at "orange," meaning the air ...

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Related Topix: Weather

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