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Paschal's co-founder dies

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In this 1996 photo, James Paschal checks the fried chicken in Paschal's restaurant, known as the 'kitchen table' of the civil rights movement because many meetings took place there. • Story | Photos

Runoff election:

• Chambliss wins, urges return to Reaganomics
• McDonald regains seat on PSC
• 2 vacant Clayton school board seats filled
• Single vote decides one Norcross race
• Ex-prosecutor Barrie wins DeKalb judgeship
• Adams solid winner in Fulton judge race
• Doyle wins Appeals Court judgeship

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• Georgia Public Service Commission
• Georgia Court of Appeals
• Local races: Carroll County | Clayton County | DeKalb County | Douglas County | Fulton County | Gwinnett County

Brian Nichols trial

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Coping with the drought

Martin Luther King

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AJC special reports

• Death penalty imposed arbitrarily
• Part 1 | 2 | 3 | 4
• Video | Two views: Tucker | Wooten

• Severe neglect of mental patient, 15, alleged
• Part 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9

• How lending laws affect you

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DeKalb police chief: Tasers for 1,011 cops
A gradual trend toward the use of Tasers by metro Atlanta police could dramatically surge soon with a plan to give the controversial stun guns to more than 1,000 DeKalb County police officers.

Nichols' daughter only met dad after killings
Brian Nichols' 16-year-old daughter took the witness stand Wednesday afternoon to testify for her father as he seeks to persuade a jury to spare his life. She was unable to identify him.

Lithonia's ex-mayor arrested at housing project
Lithonia's former mayor was arrested Monday after a confrontation with workers and police at a city housing project.

'Nothing I could do' for lifeless baby, paramedic tells court
A Clayton County paramedic recalled going to an apartment in July 2005 where a baby had stopped breathing.