Metro Atlanta / State News
News from metro Atlanta and across Georgia
Brant Sanderlin, bsanderlin@ajc.com
Simple toys a hit at hospital
Robert Greenberg enlisted fellow woodworkers to craft trucks, planes and trains for children at Scottish Rite hospital -- and created a hit.
Atlanta mayor's race
AJC Atlanta Project »
- Part 1: City leaders fiddle as crime fears flare | Solutions
- Part 2: Pumped-up pensions squeeze city | Solutions
- Part 3: What stinks? High cost of water, sewer | Solutions
- Part 4: No walking away from panhandling problem | Solutions
- Part 5: Conflict between city, state | Solutions
- Part 6: Engine for growth has run out of fuel | Solutions
Lawyers say 4 years without trial violates rights
The recent death of a Pike County murder defendant's mother highlights the lack of a timely trial, say attorneys of Jamie Wiess.
Perdue asked to move dirt dredged from lake
Georgia Power says Gov. Sonny Perdue has been asked to remove the dirt dredged from near his vacation home and dumped into Lake Jackson last month.
Family's home burns on holiday
A family of five was headed out of town Thursday evening when a call from a neighbor sent them back to Clayton County.
Blogs
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Atlanta Bargain Hunter »
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Political Insider »
Dominque Wilkins switches to Kasim Reed
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View from the Cop »
Beware, crooks love the holidays, too
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Get Schooled »
Handing out Bibles at a high school: Why do we keep doing this in Georgia?
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Gold Dome »
Bill takes aim at lottery bonuses
Q&A on the news »
- Q: After all the rain we have had over the last several weeks, how long will it take our saturated ground to return to a normal state?
- Q: As part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, a COBRA subsidy plan was enacted to reduce the COBRA premiums for up to nine months for unemployed workers laid off between September 2008 and
- Q: In a recent AJC, there was a blurb that said a Civil War shipwreck was identified as the CSS Appomattox. What fame did it have prior to being the location where Grant and Lee met to end the Civil W
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Obituaries »
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Rufus Cameron, 70, piano man
Rufus Cameron's grandmother played the organ. His grandfather played the banjo.Growing up, Mr. Cameron spent countless days at the home of George and Fannie Johnson Truitt.
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Ralph Jones, former Peachtree City mayor, dies
Ralph Jones was a take-charge kind of guy.In the early 1960s, he moved to Peachtree City to run a plant that manufactured concrete panels for office buildings.
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Frances Teate, 88: Volunteer in Central America
Luten Teate Jr. was a pediatrician. Frances Teate, his wife, was a dietitian.The couple wanted their four children to know, and understand, that not everybody lived the good life.
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