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Flood Warnings Issued; More Rain To Come
Parts of metro Atlanta and north Georgia are seeing flooding Tuesday because of heavy rain. | Afternoon Forecast | Weather Page
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Smokers May See Higher Cigarette Tax
A Savannah lawmaker wants to raise the state's cigarette tax by $1 a pack. | Video
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Vick Wants To Sell Ga. Home At Auction
Michael Vick is asking a bankruptcy judge to allow him to sell his eight-bedroom home in Duluth, Georgia, at auction.
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Dawgs, Jackets Duel In Hoops
The rivalry between Georgia and Georgia Tech heads to the basketball court Tuesday night.
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SWAT Standoff In DeKalb Over
A SWAT standoff is over at a DeKalb County apartment complex.
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Heard's $18 million mansion to be auctioned off
Tuesday, January 06, 2009
COLUMBUS, Ga. (AP) Bill Heard Jr.'s $18 million mansion is in foreclosure and is set to be auctioned off.

Guinness denies Hoschton scarecrow record
Tuesday, January 06, 2009
HOSCHTON, Ga. (AP) Guinness World Records says Hoschton failed to set the world record for most scarecrows in one

Bond set for SC teen involved in hostage standoff
Tuesday, January 06, 2009
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) Bond has been set for a 17-year-old girl accused of helping a former South Carolina police

Whichard retires as Daily Reflector publisher
Tuesday, January 06, 2009
GREENVILLE, N.C. (AP) A newspaper publisher whose family founded The Daily Reflector of Greenville is retiring both from the

Morris Brown College building avoids auction
Tuesday, January 06, 2009
ATLANTA (AP) Morris Brown College's Jordan Hall has avoided the auction block for now. The building contains classrooms and

Cat-tossing burglar arrested in Henry Co.
Tuesday, January 06, 2009
MCDONOUGH, Ga. (AP) A Henry County man is facing multiple charges including animal cruelty for throwing a cat. Henry

Oglethorpe Co. man jailed in wife's slaying
Tuesday, January 06, 2009
CRAWFORD, Ga. (AP) An Oglethorpe County man is in custody charged with killing his wife. Oglethorpe County sheriff's officials

Appeals court rejects death-row bid
Monday, January 05, 2009
ATLANTA (AP) A federal appeals court has rejected a bid to overturn the death sentence of Marcus Wellons, who

Snowy wonderland opens in Stone Mountain Park
Monday, January 05, 2009
ATLANTA (AP) Residents of Atlanta aren't accustomed to snowy winters. But now anybody in the area who wants a

GOP lawmaker weighing strip club fee
Monday, January 05, 2009
ATLANTA (AP) A Republican state lawmaker is considering legislation that would impose a fee on Georgia strip club patrons.

3 Va. sites on center's endangered list
Monday, January 05, 2009
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) Three Virginia sites are among 10 in the South that the Southern Environmental Law Center regards

1 Fantasy 5 player wins $181,264 top prize
Monday, January 05, 2009
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) One winner of the ''Fantasy 5'' game will collect $181,264.13 each, the Florida Lottery said Monday.

Gas prices across Ga. jump in wake of rising oil
Monday, January 05, 2009
ATLANTA (AP) Retail gasoline prices across Georgia jumped a penny overnight as OPEC production cutbacks sent oil prices rising.

Flight delayed 4 hours because of unruly passenger
Monday, January 05, 2009
ATLANTA (AP) A Delta Air Lines spokesman says a man aboard a flight from Moscow to Atlanta was so

TVA inspector says business put before regulations
Sunday, January 04, 2009
KINGSTON, Tenn. (AP) The Tennessee Valley Authority's inspector general said in a report that agency managers placed business interests

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