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• 'Dear Mom, Love Cher': Singer fulfills mother's dream

  Holt is one of those fabulous women people should know about. Besides having given the world Cher, she's realizing a lifelong dream at 86.Holt is the subject of "Dear Mom, Love Cher," a documentary on Lifetime airing Monday night at 10.Poised to release her   Read more »

• Reese Witherspoon on 'GMA' says she learned 'many lessons' from arrest

  repeatedly apologized for her behavior during the April 19 traffic stop. A police report states that Witherspoon asked a Georgia state trooper, "Do you know my name?" and added, "You're about to find out who I am."In her first sit-down interview about the   Read more »

• Billy Currington charged with threatening elderly man

  singer Billy Currington has been indicted in Georgia on charges that he threatened bodily harm to a man older than 65.A Chatham County grand jury indicted Currington on Wednesday on charges of making terroristic threats and abuse of an elderly person. The   Read more »

• DA: Trio ran handguns from Georgia to Long Island

  York State law enforcement agents "come from out-of-state" via something authorities refer to as "The Iron Pipeline" -- that is, I-95, the road traffickers most-often use to move illegal guns from Florida, Georgia, Virginia , North and South Carolina .   Read more »

• Georgia man holds four firefighters hostage

  in northeast Georgia say a gunman has barricaded himself in a home and is holding four firefighters hostage.Gwinnett County Police Cpl. Edwin Ritter says five firefighters on Wednesday responded to a medical call in Suwanee. They were taken hostage by a suspect   Read more »

Around the web

• Portion of Berlin Wall to be auctioned in Georgia

  SUWANEE, Ga. (AP) — A piece of the Berlin Wall is set to be auctioned off in metro Atlanta as part of an effort to pay back victims of an investment scheme. The piece is currently being displayed in front of Suwanee City Hall and the auction is set for Sat 4:01 AM from San Francisco Chronicle Read more »

• Evander Holyfield -- Losing Right to Drive ... Over Child Support Debt

  debt ... paying $2,950 per month ... but according to court docs, he missed several payments and still owes $327,858.36. Now, a Georgia judge has given the Division of Child Support Services the green light to strip Holyfield of his driver's license -- or 3:58 AM from TMZ Read more »

• Results Matter Radio Spotlights WIT Connect on Business RadioX®

  Connect is a unique, auction-style fundraiser where companies come to network and bid on quality time with Georgia’s top technology executives, mostly from the C-suite. The 19th Annual WIT Connect will be held on June 13, 2013 at the Georgia Aquarium. WIT 3:40 AM from PRWeb Read more »

• Perry signs SpaceX law

  and national attention focused on our area.” Texas is one of four sites being considered by SpaceX. The others are in Florida, Georgia and Puerto Rico. The Texas site is at the eastern end of State Highway 4, about three miles north of the Mexican border. 12:00 AM from Brownsville Herald Read more »

• 2 Chainz to Release Second Album in September

  rapper 2 Chainz has earned the reputation as the king of features for his guest verses on the hit tracks of other hip-hop superstars as Kanye West, Nicki Minaj and Lil Wayne. But the busy MC is now going to be forced to slow down on the cameos if he is to 5/24/13 from Aces Showbiz Read more »