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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
• Single vote decides one Norcross race
• Ex-prosecutor Barrie wins DeKalb judgeship
• Adams solid winner in Fulton judge race
• Doyle wins Appeals Court judgeship

Results
• U.S. Senate
• Georgia Public Service Commission
• Georgia Court of Appeals
• Local races: Carroll County | Clayton County | DeKalb County | Douglas County | Fulton County | Gwinnett County

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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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Chambliss wins second term in U.S. Senate
Republican U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss beat back a prolonged challenge from Democrat Jim Martin on Tuesday to win a second term in office after a bruising four-week runoff between the one-time University of Georgia fraternity brothers.

New fees approved for college students
The state Board of Regents on Wednesday morning voted unanimously to levy new fees on students for the spring 2009 semester.

Atlanta to cut 222 jobs, close 22 rec centers
The city of Atlanta will cut another 222 filled positions and permanently close about two-thirds of its recreation centers to weather an expected revenue shortfall of at least $50 million, Mayor Shirley Franklin announced Tuesday.

Clayton votes to move 311 graves; NAACP seeks probe
The Georgia NAACP called for an investigation of the Clayton County Commission Tuesday after the board voted for 311 historic African-American graves to be moved to another cemetery.