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Melissa Ruggieri has covered music and entertainment for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution since 2010 and created the Atlanta Music Scene blog. She's kept vampire hours for more than two decades and remembers when MTV was awesome.
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Georgia’s ‘Trick Shot Queen’ gets ‘America’s Got Talent’ love
The Dallas, Georgia, PE teacher wowed judges on the AGT reality talent show by throwing a football from the balcony to a net onstage with just seconds to spare.
Metallica hasn’t lost a single angry, intense step 40-plus years later
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Who tinkered with a Georgia county border? Line moved behind a powerful sheriff’s house.
Borders don't usually move without any votes or laws, but that's what happened in rural northeast Georgia when a county line shifted around the house of a sheriff.
Westside neighborhoods push back against Georgia Power substation
Residents say the plan to place a substation in historic Vine City is case of environmental injustice.
Presenting the 2024-25 AJC high school athletes of the year
Here are the top athletes in 27 GHSA sports whose performances during the past year led to individual glory and team success.