Georgia News
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Army discharging single mom who refused deployment
8:12 AM on 02/12/2010
SAVANNAH, Georgia (AP) - Spc. Alexis Hutchinson, an Army cook stationed at Hunter Army Airfield in Savannah, was arrested in November after skipping her unit's deployment flight...
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Anti-abortion billboards claim black children are an endangered species
8:27 AM on 02/09/2010
OPINION - Although they are correct, their reasoning is completely wrong...
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Deer jumps through window and collides with driver
10:02 AM on 01/22/2010
VIDEO - A Macon County man had quite a commute to work in Americus this morning, when he came nose to nose with a deer...
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Despite kidney failure, teacher continues to inspire
2:50 PM on 01/06/2010
VIDEO - She helps unlock the secrets to success in school with teenagers other teachers might write-off. To know Tonya Griggs is to listen to her students...
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Feds investigating effigy of Obama
10:55 AM on 01/04/2010
VIDEO - The U.S. Secret Service says it is investigating an effigy of President Barack Obama found hanging by a noose from a building in the hometown of former President Jimmy Carter...
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T.I. released from Arkansas prison
2:42 PM on 12/22/2009
"The king's baaaaack!" That's the latest catch phrase buzzing through Atlanta as news is spreading that T.I. has been released from jail...
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107-year-old voter praised by Obama dies
8:35 AM on 12/22/2009
ATLANTA (AP) - Ann Nixon Cooper, the Atlanta centenarian lauded by President Barack Obama in his election night speech last year, has died. She was 107...
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Oprah donates $1.5 million to inner city school in Atlanta
5:49 AM on 12/18/2009
ATLANTA (AP) - A private middle school in inner city Atlanta has received $1.5 million from Oprah Winfrey...
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Runner-up in Atlanta mayoral elections to seek recount
9:42 AM on 12/07/2009
ATLANTA (AP) - A city councilwoman who sought to become Atlanta's first white mayor in a generation is expected to formally request a recount soon of last week's mayoral runoff....
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Reed wins Atlanta's mayoral race by 715 votes
2:03 PM on 12/04/2009
ATLANTA (AP) - When the final votes are counted, it's likely the black political machine that integrated Atlanta's City Hall will have pulled through one more time...
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Atlanta set for mayoral runoff election
10:13 AM on 11/30/2009
ATLANTA (AP) - The Nov. 3 election set up a hard-fought runoff battle that's expected to break down largely along racial lines when voters return to the polls Tuesday.
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Atlanta cops try to make amends with scarred neighborhood
11:17 AM on 11/24/2009
ATLANTA (AP) - Atlanta Police Chief Richard Pennington was jeered when he attended a memorial for Kathryn Johnston days after she was killed. On Monday, Pennington came back and was met with applause...
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US soldier mom refuses deployment to care for baby
9:13 AM on 11/17/2009
SAVANNAH, Georgia (AP) - An Army cook and single mom may face criminal charges after she skipped her deployment flight to Afghanistan because...
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Katt Williams arrested for burglary
3:18 PM on 11/09/2009
ATLANTA (AP) - Comedian Katt Williams has been jailed in Georgia on charges of burglary and criminal trespassing...
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A visit to the Georgia town of Michelle Obama's roots
5:26 PM on 10/10/2009
VIDEO - "It's such a wonderful story to hear that she has roots here," said local seamstress Naomi Gilson. "But it is teary, makes you kind of hurt a little bit."
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Soulja Boy arrested after shooting a music video
11:41 AM on 10/09/2009
McDONOUGH, Ga. (AP) - Police say rapper Soulja Boy was charged with obstruction after telling officers that people gathered at an abandoned Georgia house were shooting a music video...
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6-year-old boy pleaded for his life; details emerge from trial
2:28 PM on 09/30/2009
A 6-year-old boy pleaded with his captors -- a man and his adult son -- as they stripped and sexually assaulted the child inside a mobile home before strangling him, a prosecutor told jurors Wednesday...
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Caught on tape: Safety officer chokes student
4:12 PM on 09/25/2009
VIDEO - The Richmond County, Georgia Board of Education just released a video of a former safety officer choking a student at a high school football game...
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Extreme flooding across the southeast
1:00 PM on 09/22/2009
VIDEO - Driving rains continue to fall across the south. Storms over the last several days have created dangerous, and deadly conditions.
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Atlanta lawsuit reveals remnants of forgotten black community
7:00 AM on 09/22/2009
ATLANTA (AP) - In a city where black history usually calls to mind the lives of civil rights leaders, a lawsuit is bringing attention to a less known facet of that history...
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