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Memorial Service Held for Valdosta State Student

A large crowd gathered Thursday night at a funeral home in suburban Atlanta to remember Jasmine Benjamin, a freshman at Valdosta State University who was found dead in a campus dormitory. (Nov. 30)
 

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Veterans Park renovations

Memorial Day in Atlanta: ‘Sacred Soil’ enhances history center’s redone Veterans Park

Soil collected from important battlegrounds will be included in the Atlanta History Center’s dedication of its new park honoring military veterans

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New books on barbecue celebrate primal fire and smoke

Barbecue roadtrips and more: If you love barbecue, these books are for you

Four books celebrate the roots -- and experience -- of cooking over fire and smoke, including a tour of Southern BBQ 'crossroads' large and small

36 mins ago  

Powerful start for rookie

Atlanta Braves: B.J. Upton ends home-run drought

Homer against the Twins marks the first time Upton has hit in consecutive games since early May.

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Peeping...

Club lets you peek into ladies room for $1,200

Club operators defend themselves by saying they have signs up that warn about the unique offer. Patrons say maybe so, but they’re so small you can’t read them.

Surgeons remove tiger's basketball-sized hairball

Surgeons remove tiger's basketball-sized hairball

It's not unusual for a cat to get a hairball, but a 400-pound tiger needed help from veterinary surgeons in Florida when he couldn't hack up a basketball-size hairball by himself.

Life-saving face transplant performed in Poland

Polish man gets quick face transplant after injury

A 33-year-old Polish man received a face transplant just three weeks after being disfigured in a workplace accident, in what his doctors said Wednesday is the fastest time frame to date for such an operation.

Miss International Queen 2010 pageant

Research says we aren't as good looking as we think we are

The research comes from a report in Scientific American and the findings are fascinating. Those who agreed to take part were shown three pictures of themselves.

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AP vs. Dual Enrollment

AP classes vs. Dual Enrollment: Which is the tougher course?

This is a tough one. A reader sent me a note about dual enrollment vs. AP classes. I have written about this ongoing debate before, which boils down to this question: Are college courses, for which students earn higher points toward their GPAs, as tough as the AP classes that kids take at their own high schools?