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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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OK Go, known as the ‘treadmill guys,’ can also bring it live
OK Go, known for their viral treadmill video and many others, is also a high energy live band, coming to the Eastern on Sunday.
57m agoCam Newton wants to honor BET’s ‘106 & Park’ with ‘106 & Sports,’ not copy it
BET has a new Atlanta-based show "106 & Sports" led by Cam Newton that honors the original "106 & Park" which shot out of New York City from 2000 to 2014.
Valerie Hoff DeCarlo, former CNN and 11Alive reporter, dies at age 62
The veteran Atlanta-based reporter died last week of lung cancer, according to her husband, Derrick DeCarlo.
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Report: Traffic fatalities outpace homicides in metro Atlanta
Analysis draws comparison between the two, pointing out that roadway deaths should be more preventable than violence, with proven safety upgrades that can prevent them.
Publix to close two Atlanta area stores, including longtime Midtown location
Publix will shutter two of its metro Atlanta stores on Dec. 27.
Nation’s No. 1 QB prospect ‘disappointed’ in Tuesday’s leak of flip to Vandy
Jared Curtis, who will play for a state championship in Tennessee this week, delivered a sense of finality to his college recruiting process late Tuesday: He is a Commodore.

