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Paul Williams severed his spinal cord when he was thrown from his motorcycle Sunday morning in Marietta, Ga.
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I entered a distance swimming competition in Lake Michigan last August. This inspired me to join the U.S. Masters Swim Team at Georgia Tech (www.usms.org) when I returned to Atlanta.
It’s worth the money ... I feel like we can really be outside and enjoy our yard and patio.
This growth is primarily the result of acquisitions in 2011, expanding our network to include Navistar, Hino, Isuzu, and UD franchises in Atlanta, Georgia and Ford and Isuzu franchises Orlando, Florida and Whittier, CaliforniaMore quotes »
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Cops: Sex offender failed to register
A convicted sex offender who moved from Freeport to Georgia in March without notifying authorities has been jailed for failing to register as a sex offender, Nassau County police said Monday.Rodney Richardson, 44, of Atlanta , was arrested May 17 in Deka Read more »
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Glimpse at Google's glasses project
If you think texting while walking is dangerous, just wait until everyone starts wearing Google's futuristic, Internet-connected glasses.While wearing a pair, you can see directions to your destination appear literally before your eyes. You can talk to f Read more »
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Confederate flag back at Ga. fort after 148 years
(AP) -- As Fort McAllister fell to the Union Army of Gen. William T. Sherman days before Christmas in 1864, one of his artillery officers seized the Confederate flag of a vanquished company of Georgia riflemen. The officer carried the silk banner home to Read more »
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Ga. man found guilty but mentally ill in killing
(AP) -- A corporate engineer was found guilty but mentally ill Thursday in the 2010 shooting death of a father who had just dropped his toddler off at a daycare in suburban Atlanta .Hemy Neuman was charged with murder in the death of Russell Sneiderman. Read more »
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3 GOP hopefuls each claim Super Tuesday wins
(AP) -- The ten states holding contests Super Tuesday offered Mitt Romney , Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich each something to celebrate. What the contests didn't do is clarify the Republican contest.The Super Tuesday results helped Romney, the field's pu Read more »
Around the web
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Former Steelers' QB Kordell Stewart Retires
will never forget playing at Cherokee Town & Country Club outside of Atlanta, GA. I was there to speak at Deloitte and arrived early, so I could play Cherokee. I was headed out of the Clubhouse when I opened the door for two gentlemen walking behind me. As 8:41 PM from Business Golf Blog Read more »
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Update On Randy Orton's Suspension: Is It His Third Strike?
been the straw that broke the camel's back. While suspended, Orton spent four weeks at an anger management clinic in Atlanta, GA. This apparently did not count as a Wellness Policy violation because the company didn't test for marijuana at the time, and the 8:27 PM from Wrestling Inc Read more »
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May 31 changed Wheeler's life
that day. In retrospect, that moment changed both his life and career. “I had a good feeling it was going to help me take my game to the next level,” Blake Wheeler told the Sun the other day. But at the time he couldn’t have envisioned the career-high, 64-point 7:46 PM from London Free Press Read more »
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Black clergy target voter turnout challenges
want to vote to vote in this country,” Carter said in an interview Wednesday. He was attending a conference co-hosted by the Atlanta-based Conference of National Black Churches and the Congressional Black Caucus that focused on what they call a proliferation 7:31 PM from Atlanta Journal Constitution Read more »
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Challenges, costs continue on Atlanta airport contracts
legal battle over concessions contracts at the Atlanta airport isn’t over. A concessionaire that lost out on the massive round of restaurant contracts for Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport is seeking a court hearing to challenge the city’s contracting 6:20 PM from Atlanta Journal Constitution Read more »
