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  • Vedos long road to NBCs The Voice

    ATLANTA -- It's The Voice finale tonight on NBC. You can watch on 11Alive from 9-11 p.m. And Join in our Facebook Chat with former The Voice contestants. Then on 11Alive News at 11 p.m., hear from one of the show's stars. Vedo was on team Usher and made it to the top 12. Jaye Watson sits down with him to talk about how this homeless boy made it big, and what obstacles he overcame ...

  • Publics help sought in identifying armed robbery suspect

    GAINESVILLE, Ga. -- Sheriff's investigators in Hall County are looking for help in identifying an armed robbery suspect from a May 31 convenience store robbery. That Friday evening, just after 8 pm, Deputies were called to the Country Grocery and Deli at 6531 Dahlonega Highway in Clermont. They said a man armed with a knife and a gun came in and demanded money. The suspect left with an ...

  • Conceptual design for new stadium completed

    ATLANTA (WXIA) - Tuesday afternoon, the Atlanta Falcons officially announced the completion of a conceptual design for the new Atlanta stadium, and said they plan to move immediately into the schematic design phase of the project. The Georgia World Congress Center Board of governors has granted approval to the conceptual design, which was required by the memorandum of understanding. The ...

  • Cartersville police arrest apartment shooting suspect

    CARTERSVILLE, Ga. -- The Cartersville Police Department took William Dexter Weems, Jr. into custody on Monday, who allegedly shot a female in Cartersville last week. When the incident happened on Wednesday, June 12, Captain Mark Camp said police were called to the scene at a Stokley Street apartment around 3:00 p.m. As police were told, a female was shot in the leg by her sister's ...

  • Authorities Over 100 exposed to tuberculosis at Gwinnett Med Center

    DULUTH, Ga. -- More than 100 patients at a metro Atlanta hospital have been exposed to tuberculosis, said state health officials and executives Tuesday. The AP reported that an employee of Gwinnett Medical Center was recently diagnosed with tuberculosis, as all employees must be take a skin test each year in June. The affected employee, according to authorities, is believed to have developed ...


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Movie Review

The Proper Care & Feeding of an American Messiah [DVD]

The Proper Care & Feeding of an American Messiah [DVD]

Before writing a word about Chris Hansen's The Proper Care & Feeding of an American Messiah, I must in all good faith provide a large caveat, one that I have never had to provide in more than a decade of film criticism: I know the writer/director. Not ... ...

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  • Police chase ends at 11Alive parking lot

    ATLANTA -- Police caught a suspect on the loose following a chase that came to an end in the parking lot of the 11Alive News Station Tuesday. The suspect drove a stolen gray Infiniti sedan into the parking lot and stopped between two other vehicles. He jumped out of the car and tried to run from officers. Atlanta police officers already had two squad cars on scene and were chasing after him on ...

  • Arrest in 11Alive parking lot

    A police chase ended in the parking lot of the 11Alive news station on Tuesday afternoon. The suspect parked a gray car in the lot, and attempted to run from officers, but was caught shortly after. (Photos: Holly Pennebaker, Michael ...

  • I-7585 SB lanes at 10th Street reopened

    ATLANTA (WXIA) -- Traffic lanes on the southbound Downtown Connector south of 10th Street have been reopened after a wreck early Tuesday afternoon. Traffic back-ups extend from the accident scene to beyond the Brookwood Interchange on southbound I-75 and I-85. No injuries were ...

  • Tied-up Atlanta woman uses toes to type message for help

    A US woman had to call for help by typing on the laptop with her toes after a burglar tied up her hands with the bed. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that police were alerted about the incident after they received a call from the boyfriend of the 39-year-old victim, Amy Windom. They said that the armed robbery took place at about midnight in the US city of Atlanta, Georgia. Police ...

  • Woman 86 still serving time for killing ex-beau at Atlanta senior high rise

    Lena Driskell, age 79 of Atlanta, looks over at prospective jurors Tuesday, June 20, 2006 during jury selection for her murder trial in Fulton Superior Court. Driskell is accused of shooting her 85-year-old boyfriend Herman Winslow (cq) to death at the Hightower Manor Senior citizens apartments in June 2005 when she found out he was seeing another woman. (Kimberly Smith / AJC ...

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