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Q: Watching baseball players wearing their pants like pajamas, brings me to a question about uniforms. There used to be a uniform way players wore their uniforms. It now appears anything goes. Is there a MLB rule about how the uniform must be uniform?—Norman Lewis, LoganvilleA: Major League Baseball doesn’t ...
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Q: Herschel Walker was married for several years. Did they have any children? Is he still battling the personality disorder that was in the news several years ago? — Jim Slaughter, LilburnA: Walker, the former University of Georgia and NFL running back, and his former wife Cindy had one son, ...
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Q: I’ve been watching tennis and have noticed that the server stands behind the line and bounces the ball a few times. What is the purpose of that? —Brian Abrahams, DunwoodyA: It can be a combination of player’s routine, superstition, getting the feel for a new ball or an attempt ...
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Q: What weapon did the Navy Yard shooter take into the building? Some reports said it was an AR-15 while others said a shotgun and others a sawed-off shotgun. Can you shed light on this? If it was a shotgun, was it sawed-off or was it semi-automatic?— Bob Sullivan, CantonA: ...
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Q: Reading the article about the arrival of the Airbus A380 reminded me of the 1960s, when my dad would take us to the observation deck of the old Atlanta airport to watch the planes. Does Hartsfield-Jackson have an observation deck, and if so, where is it? If it doesn’t, ...
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Q: At the end of the movie “Zero Dark Thirty,” one of the Navy SEALs removed Osama bin Laden’s AK-47 from a wall in his bedroom. Did the U.S. really take bin Laden’s AK-47? If the U.S. confiscated bin Laden’s AK-47, where is it? —William McKee Jr., Flowery BranchA: Bin ...
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Q: I’ve been reading about the Airbus A380. My question is, assuming there is a runway long enough, is there a limit to how big an aircraft can be and still fly? —Ray Prior, NewnanA: Planes potentially could continue to be built bigger as long as there is “infinite” runway ...
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Q: There was a little boy from Haiti who was in Atlanta for surgery before the earthquake there. What happened to the little boy? —Sylvia Copeland, DecaturA: Michael Lucien was doing well when a pediatric nurse from Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta visited him in January 2012, Alison Fussell, the executive ...
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Q: Both my husband and I have organ donor on our driver’s licenses. My questions are: Who is contacted? What happens to the body that’s not harvested? Can any member of the family overrule our directions? —Patti Stone, Fayetteville A: When a potential donor is identified, the hospital contacts LifeLink ...
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Q: While this year’s autumnal equinox was at 4:44 p.m. on Sept. 22, I see that the sunrise and sunset times, as posted in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, are not exactly 12 hours apart. On Sept. 25, they were the closest, with sunrise at 7:28 a.m. and sunset at 7:30 p.m. ...
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Q: I have read about MARTA’s new “Ride with Respect” program, which includes a suspension for unruly behavior. I haven’t read how those suspensions would be enforced. Can you tell me how MARTA plans to enforce them? — Adele Kehoe, MariettaA: MARTA doesn’t have a way to spot suspended passengers, ...
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Q: What happens to the charitable initiatives of first ladies after they leave office? Michelle Obama’s focus is military families and Let’s Move!, which is tackling childhood obesity. What were the initiatives of Hillary Clinton, and Barbara and Laura Bush? What is the status of their projects? —Beryle I. Baker, ...
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Q: How high in the sky can those lights at the 9/11 Memorial be seen? More than 100,000 feet? Higher?— Patrick Kelly, CovingtonA: It’s unknown how high the twin beams that make up the Tribute in Light can be seen, a National September 11 Memorial & Museum spokesman told Q&A ...
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Q: Cable news networks have reported that many churches were looted and burned in Egypt during recent violence. What is the Christian population in Egypt? — William McKee Jr., Flowery BranchA: The percentage of Christians in Egypt is listed from 5 percent to 10 percent, depending on the source. A ...
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Q: There has been much in the news lately about the high number of firearms confiscated by the Transportation Security Administration at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport. What happens to the firearms after they are discovered? Are they returned to the owners? — Kathy Geroski, AtlantaA: All firearms are immediately confiscated and ...
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Q: With all this rain, has the Okefenokee Swamp’s water level returned to normal? What about the fires that were burning out of control in the peat moss? — Chris McCommon, KennesawA: The water level is higher than in the past several years, Susie Heisey, the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge’s ...
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Q: Why doesn’t Meredith Vieira still host “Who Wants to be a Millionaire?” —Mary Hallford, Powder SpringsA: Vieira said in January she was stepping away from hosting the syndicated version of “Who Wants to be a Millionaire?” after 11 seasons because she wanted to pursue other opportunities. She filmed episodes ...
Flannery O’Connor speaks to God in prayer journal
“What I am asking for is really very ridiculous,” the young Flannery O’Connor wrote in her journal. “Oh, Lord, I am saying, at present I am a cheese, make me a mystic, immediately.”The words come from a collection of prayers that O’Connor penned from age 20 to 22, when she ...
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Q: The Fox Sports 1 channel recently started, and Mike Tyson was interviewed on a show. He said he had a new reality show called “Being: Mike Tyson.” Is it a weekly show? —William McKee Jr., Flowery BranchA: “Being:” is a documentary-style series on Fox Sports 1 that began last ...
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Q: When will the new “Doonesbury” cartoons appear in newspapers? —John Williams, DecaturA: Cartoonist Garry Trudeau has pushed the return of “Doonesbury” to Nov. 18, about 10 weeks past the originally scheduled return of Labor Day because he has “hit the wall,” he said last week in a release. Trudeau ...
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