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Georgians see hint of a rebound
Things are looking up in Georgia — from the bottom of a deep hole. That, more or less, was the picture that emerged Wednesday with the Census Bureau’s yearly report on household income, poverty and the number of people who have health insurance. Median household income in Georgia rose by ...
Family of dead man blames wrong-way driver, passenger
Two weeks after she survived a head-on collision that killed two others, Beyonica Watts acknowledges she and her friend behind the wheel were drunk and heading the wrong way on Ga. 400. But she believes blame for the crash, which fatally injured her friend and the man in the other ...
Police: Hall County teen's death a homicide
Days before her body was found not far from her home near Lake Lanier, Hannah Truelove sent out puzzling messages on Twitter. Now police and family are struggling to determine whether those handful of tweets were the over-dramatizing of a teenage mind or precursors - if not clues - to ...
Emory scandal: Critics doubt college ratings
College rankings are so important to the Taylor family that even fifth-grader Lauren studies them. The Atlanta girl, who dreams of oceangoing trips in research vessels, has already narrowed her search to a few schools. Her dad, Winston Taylor Jr., said the family finds rankings useful but also takes them ...
Credit card lawsuits replay foreclosure mess
Credit card firms and collection companies are churning out slapdash lawsuits to collect unpaid sums, say exasperated consumer advocates and some judges.Judges complain that many lawsuits are so lacking in documentation, it's impossible for them to know who's right or wrong. Advocates say the companies sometimes victimize card holders by ...
Will data deception damage Emory?
Emory University's reputation as one of the nation's most respected institutions has been jeopardized after its disclosure that the school misrepresented information used for college rankings, education specialists say. "They did something blatantly dishonest," said Rita Kirshstein, director of the Delta Cost Project, a Washington-based group that studies higher education ...
Tea Party notches a big win in T-SPLOST loss
A big loss for the T-SPLOST was a big win for the Georgia tea party, whose leaders didn't shy away Tuesday night from claiming giant-slayer status."We took on the governor, the lieutenant governor, the mayor, big business and slick political consultants. We emerged victorious," crowed tea party leader Debbie Dooley, ...
Teen starved to death in spite of state's involvement
Huddled overnight beneath the shopping carts at Walmart, Markea Berry confided in her journal that she would rather live at the store than at home.The next day, after store employees found her wandering among the produce, the Smyrna teen told police she had run away because she didn't want to ...
Gun stores report surge in Atlanta and nationally
Fears stirred by the Colorado movie massacre sent Glenda Peppers to a gun store Wednesday, right after the Villa Rica resident applied for a permit to carry a gun in public and signed up for a gun safety course."If you can't walk into a movie theater and feel safe ..." ...
Gun stores report surge in Atlanta and nationally
Fears stirred by the Colorado movie massacre sent Glenda Peppers to a gun store Wednesday, right after the Villa Rica resident applied for a permit to carry a gun in public and signed up for a gun safety course."If you can't walk into a movie theater and feel safe ..." ...
Family grieves boy killed by flying truck debris
After celebrating his wife's birthday Monday night, Quantaine Malone headed out for another long drive as a professional trucker. His 8-year-old boy walked him to the door, said goodbye and wished him a safe trip.That was the last time Malone saw his son. The boy, Cameron McIlwain, was killed Wednesday ...
State looking to halt AIDS' spread through treatment
Georgia is on the threshold of adopting a new national strategy to stem the spread of HIV and AIDS: starting drug therapy as soon as people are diagnosed, rather than waiting years until their immune systems weaken, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution has learned.AIDS researchers say the new approach, called "treatment as ...
Strife puts DeKalb government under microscope
When Burrell Ellis became CEO of DeKalb County in 2009, he touted himself as a negotiator who would set a different tone from his combative predecessor, Vernon Jones. But as Ellis comes to the end of his first term, facing two opponents in the July 31 primary, he, too, has ...
Politics aside, Atlanta hails nation's founding
In these days of polarized politics, Wednesday's July Fourth events around metro Atlanta seemed like a giant community meeting on American values, patriotism and traditions. And you know what? People agreed they liked them all.From the Marietta parade to the Henry County festival, little of the chatter had to do ...
State's math on jobless doesn't add up
The law that cut unemployment benefits for Georgia workers may save less money for the state than projected -- money needed to repay $700 million borrowed from the federal government -- The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has determined.The longer the state takes to pay back the federal loan, the more interest it ...
Unlicensed homes to face more state scrutiny
In the obscure world of personal care homes, the worst abuse of vulnerable adults often happens in unlicensed facilities that state officials often can’t find, don’t inspect and have few resources to shut down, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has found. The AJC found cases of residents being beaten with belts and ...
Former drug prosecutor's life goes wrong
Atlanta attorney Rand Csehy made his mark prosecuting drug dealers; somewhere along the way, police say, he joined the enemy.Before he was arrested on drug charges Thursday, Csehy specialized in high-profile cases. Working for the county, he helped put members of the drug cartel Black Mafia Family behind bars. On ...
Lax enforcement in personal care homes
Deficiencies in care, living conditions and record-keeping have piled up in scores of Georgia personal care homes, with the state rarely shutting down violators or levying heavy fines, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has found. An analysis of five years worth of inspections, violations and enforcement actions revealed that many frequent violators ...
In Georgia, Obama's stance on gay marriage draws ire, cheers
President Barack Obama's historic endorsement of same-sex marriage was greeted with cheers among gay rights supporters in Georgia, while Christian conservatives in the state pledged to battle what they cast as a fresh assault on their values.Obama's support -- which came in an interview with ABC News on Wednesday -- ...
Perils in personal care homes
Georgia hasn’t done enough to rein in an “epidemic” of mistreatment of vulnerable people by personal care home operators, an Atlanta Journal-Constitution investigation has found. Growing demand, combined with a convoluted, overstretched system of oversight, leaves the door open for abuses of elderly, mentally ill or developmentally disabled residents, many ...
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