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Victims' families testify at Nichols sentencing

Atlanta :: GA :: USA | about 2 hours ago | No category

Source: CNN

Relatives and friends of a judge and court reporter killed in a 2005 shooting at Atlanta's Fulton County Courthouse took the stand Thursday in the penalty phase of the gunman's trial. Some wept as they spoke of how the deaths...

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Cigarette warehouse goes up in smoke

Atlanta :: GA :: USA | about 10 hours ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution

The fire spread into the warehouse, eventually causing the roof of the building to collapse, Johnson said. No one was in the building when the fire broke out, and no injuries were reported. The company supplies cigarettes and other goods...

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Atlanta Journal Constitution: Time for Falcons to call for "REDOUT"

Atlanta :: GA :: USA | about 3 hours ago | Sports News

Source: Uinta County News

Orlando Ledbetter Thursday, November 20, 2008, 02:09 PM The Atlanta Journal-Constitution What have the Falcons been waiting for?...Sunday’s big NFC South matchup with the Carolina Panthers? (They could go blackout and wear the all black uniforms, but I agree with...

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Don't smoke on Thursday

Atlanta :: GA :: USA | about 18 hours ago | Technology News

Source: Americus Times-Recorder

The Georgia Department of Human Resources, Division of Public Health encourages all Georgia smokers to kick the habit once and for all on Thursday: the American Cancer Society’s 33rd Great American Smokeout. The Great American Smokeout was inaugurated in 1976,...

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A quick refresher, folks, on the rules of football

Atlanta :: GA :: USA | about 14 hours ago | Sports News

Source: Contra Costa Times

Donovan McNabb can get caught unaware of overtime ties, then it's the Crystal Ball's obligation to alert everyone of other simple rules. For instance: Scoring a touchdown is worth six points, plus an additional one or two points on an...

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Penguins Notebook: Fleury might return Saturday

Atlanta :: GA :: USA | about 18 hours ago | Sports News

Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Penguins goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury did not practice or travel with the team to Atlanta yesterday and will miss the game against the Thrashers. Fleury got an undisclosed lower-body injury late in the Penguins' 5-2 win Saturday against Buffalo and did...

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Williams' late jumper lifts Hawks past Wizards

Atlanta :: GA :: USA | about 21 hours ago | Sports News

Source: Miami Herald

Marvin Williams hit a go-ahead 3-pointer with 26 seconds left and the Atlanta Hawks overcame Caron Butler's 32-point effort to beat the Washington Wizards 91-87 on Wednesday night. Willams had 21 points and set a career high with 14 rebounds...

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Widow of Nichols victim took gun into courthouse

Atlanta :: GA :: USA | 1 day ago | No category

Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Sheriff’s deputies discovered the .380-caliber pistol during a second security screening outside the courtroom. Wilhelm told investigators that she had forgotten the pistol was in her purse...After Nichols escaped custody at the Fulton County Courthouse and killed three people there...

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Shuttle and station put on celestial show Thursday

Atlanta :: GA :: USA | 1 day ago | Technology News

Source: Pensacola News Journal

About 15 minutes after sunset, the International Space Station and shuttle Endeavour will put on a sky show over Pensacola Thursday. The spacecrafts, glowing a bright white, will rise in the southwest sky at 5:06 p.m. and head northwest for...

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Clinton rallies Atlanta support for Jim Martin

Atlanta :: GA :: USA | about 23 hours ago | Political News

Source: Atlanta Journal-Constution

Martin, Clinton said, is “the kind of guy we ought to have in public life. His opponent was elected on a false premise six years ago and is running on a false premise today.” Martin, a Democrat, and Chambliss are...

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