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AJC special report: SAT scores rise with family wealth. A notable exception in state: Norcross High
The AJC education team looked at recently released 2013 SAT scores for metro Atlanta high schools and found something that critics have long said: Scores are closely tied to a factor beyond any student's aptitude: the amount of money their parents have. For its special report, the newspaper matched high ...
No sign of deal to end budget impasse
As the federal government shutdown rolled through the weekend, there were no signs either party was giving in, as lawmakers in the Congress and the White House traded more shots over who is to blame for the ongoing budget impasse. Republicans in the House plan to push through more mini-funding ...
Injury news "heartbreaking" for Bulldogs
ATHENS -- After enumerating Georgia's laundry list of injuries on Sunday, coach Mark Richt settled on one word to describe the way it left him feeling. "Heartbreaking." The Bulldogs lost four players to injury during Saturday night's 34-31 overtime win over Tennessee in Knoxville. A battery of medical tests on ...
Man fatally shot at south Fulton gas station
Fulton County police have a video clip that shows the face of a man suspected of shooting another beside the pumps at a Chevron gas station early Sunday, but they don’t have a name.Fulton County Police Department spokesman Scott McBride said investigators are hoping someone recognizes the suspected gunman as ...
Atlanta weather | Rain expected late Sunday
Tropical Storm Karen weakened to a tropical depression late Saturday, then dissipated late Sunday morning off the Louisiana coast, negating the impact the storm was expected to have on the metro Atlanta area.As Sunday progressed, clouds increased and a cold front was expected to move through, but metro Atlanta should ...
Portia A. Scott, 70: Former managing editor of Atlanta Daily World
As the managing editor of the Atlanta Daily World, Portia A. Scott was proud to continue a tradition started in 1928 by her uncle, W.A. Scott II, and later run by her father, C.A. Scott. Portia Scott started writing for the paper as a teen, and made it her career ...
New DeKalb chief wants to raise expectations, restore department’s swagger
DeKalb County Police Chief Cedric Alexander arrived at the department in April looking to halt a troubling history of embarrassing and sometimes criminal officer misconduct that had damaged the agency’s reputation. But a recent string of misconduct revelations – the latest being an officer admitting he took a bribe after ...
Gridlock Guy: Federal shutdown offers no silver lining to commuters
When I woke up last Monday morning and learned of the possible government shutdown, my immediate thought was, “What will be the impact on the traffic?” A tad insensitive I know, but that’s how my mind works. Weather, holidays, school breaks, government shutdowns, my first reaction is how is this ...
Marietta’s Cawood claims Atlanta half marathon
Andrew Cawood, 34, of Marietta, won the fifth Allstate Life Insurance Atlanta half marathon, which had a course that took runners through Brookhaven and Chamblee, in a time of one hour, 17 minutes, 39 seconds on Sunday morning. Jonathan Koch, of Atlanta, was second (1:18:59) and Paul Duckett of Dallas, ...
Cops: Rapper robbed at Atlanta hotel
A man who told authorities he is a rapper was robbed early Sunday morning at the Hilton on Courtland Street, Atlanta police said. Officers responded to the call at 3:50 a.m. and found a man who told them that three armed males entered his room, tied him up and robbed ...
Georgia educator will compete on Jeopardy!
Marc Muneal, assistant professor of English at Gordon State College in Barnesville has been picked to compete on Jeopardy. The show will air at 7:30 p.m. Monday. Muneal has been watching the show since he was 11 or 12. After two unsuccessful auditions, his third landed him a spot on ...
Witness: Woman killed was in funeral procession
An 80-year-old woman killed Friday afternoon in a Gwinnett County crash was at the end of a funeral procession, according to witnesses.The woman and an elderly man, who was driving, were in a maroon sedan traveling behind the motorcycle officer assisting with traffic control for the procession, Margi Philbin told ...
1 killed, 3 injured in Cobb wreck
One woman was killed and three others injured when two vehicles collided early Saturday afternoon in Cobb County. Police said Irene Giannangelo, 72, was driving north on Mars Hill Road around 12:20 p.m. when her 2011 white Ford Escape crossed the center line for unknown reasons and struck a white ...
Atlanta man, 34, fatally shot; police suspect argument escalated to gunfire
Atlanta police are investigating an early morning fatal shooting. Police said they responded about 6:30 a.m. to reports of a person shot in the area of 579 Boulevard. At the scene, they found a man who had been shot at least one time in the chest. The victim was pronounced ...
Tally grows of questionable purchases using state funds
The Fulton District Attorney’s Office under-counted how much state forfeiture money it spent on galas, dinners, back rent and other bills by some $19,000, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution found. These additional expenditures, made in 2011, included $10,000 for past-due rent on a community prosecution office; $1,500 for a Buckhead charity gala; ...
Sunday Conversation with … Jill Binkley
A decade ago, Jill Binkley, a physical therapist, started TurningPoint Breast Cancer Rehabilitation, a nonprofit offering rehab services for women being treated for breast cancer. Binkley understood the enormous need for such services because she had undergone treatment for the disease herself. She also concluded that TurningPoint not only would ...
Teen set on fire expected to fully recover
A Douglas County high school senior is expected to make a full recovery after catching on fire during a chemistry demonstration. And she has two teachers and a classmate to thank. The accident happened Thursday night during an Advanced Placement Open House at Chapel Hill High School, Gordon Pritz, school ...
3 Norcross teens arrested on rape charges
Three Norcross teenagers have been arrested and charged in the rape of a woman behind a restaurant on Buford Highway. Victor Cruz-Ramirez, 16, Marvin Leonel Sanchez, 16, and Kevin Dominguez, 18, are students at Norcross High School, according to police. They have been charged with rape, aggravated sodomy, aggravated battery, ...
No bond for Atlanta woman accused of killing ex-fiance
An Atlanta woman accused of shooting her ex-fiancé in the back at least 10 times won’t be released on bond, a judge ruled Friday.Victoria Rickman is charged with felony murder in the Sept. 13 death of William Carter, Jr., in a case that has reflects a dramatic history between the ...
Arrest made in Sandy Springs bar death
The man accused of shooting another man to death outside a Sandy Springs bar was arrested Friday, thanks in part to witnesses, according to police. Andrae Dinkens, 31, of Sandy Springs, was arrested without incident after exiting his car at his job in Buckhead, according to Capt. Steve Rose with ...
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