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  • Hardest hit for power loss was Polk and Paulding Counties

    CEDARTOWN, Ga. -- Georgia Power worked through the night to restore electricity after Sunday's storms. The power company says the hardest hit areas around the state were Polk and Paulding Counties. As of this morning there were just a couple hundred customers around the state still in the ...

  • Matties Call issued for Atlanta missing man

    ATLANTA -- Atlanta Police are looking for a missing man who has Alzheimer's. Danny Reese last seen around 5 p.m. Sunday driving on I-20 west at I-285. He was in a white Buick Century with Georgia Tag: BKV 6991. Reese has a large bump on left side of chest from pace maker and he does wear a medical alert bracelet. Reese was diagnosed with a mild case of Alzheimer's 6 years ...

  • Atlanta housing market belongs to the sellers

    A year ago, you almost couldn't give away a house in Atlanta. Prices bottomed out at a fraction of what they'd been only a couple of years before. But now, the market has changed dramatically - and it's buyers who are having a tough time."I like it," said first-time homebuyer Jolene Zupnik as she toured the 1950s brick ranch in East Atlanta."Cool!" said her ...

  • Sunday storms bring flood damage to metro Atlanta

    HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM Staff and owners of the horses hold their horses as they wait for them to transfer to Wills Park in Alpharetta after the Sandy Springs Fire Department helped rescue them from flooding that threatened the Huntcliff club and stables in Sandy Springs on Sunday, May 19, ...

  • Heavy rain brings flooding to metro Atlanta

    President Obama visits Atlanta Photos: President Barack Obama travels to Atlanta to speak at the Morehouse College spring commencement, May 19, ...


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Movie Review

Wizards [Blu-Ray]

Wizards [Blu-Ray]

Ralph Bakshis postapocalyptic fantasy film Wizards is a mess. Despite Bakshis notable ambitions, it fails as a fantasy adventure story, it fails as a fable about the horrors of war, and it fails as an animated film. Its poorly written, and worse, its ugly to look at. Bakshi has long champi ... ...

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  • Atlanta Highway in Flowery Branch reopened

    FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. -- The Georgia Department of Transportation reports State Route 13/Atlanta Highway was reopened at midnight Sunday. The road, from Spout Springs Road to Wade Orr Road in Flowery Branch had been closed to traffic Sunday due to flooding. GDOT said a 1/4 mile section of the road was covered by approximately six feet of water because drainage pipes meant to redirect rainwater ...

  • Obama optimistic despite partisan rancor

    Obama Sunday told a Democratic National Committee event in Atlanta politics are to blame for the difficulty in getting anything done in Washington. "We've got good, common-sense solutions that we can implement right now. The bad news is, is that there's a shortage of common sense in Washington," Obama told supporters at ...

  • State of emergency boil water advisory in Flowery Branch

    FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. -- The severe weather that slammed southern Hall County Saturday night and Sunday morning caused considerable damage in Flowery Branch. Roughly 7.5 inches of rain fell in the city within six hours, washing out roads and flooding buildings. Hall County Board of Commissioners Chairman Dick Mecum issued a declaration of local emergency for the area Sunday evening. This means ...

  • Man found dead at Atlanta airport

    ATLANTA -- A man's body was found Sunday at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. Atlanta Police spokesman John Chafee confirmed the unidentified man, who may be an airport or Delta Air Lines employee, was found dead in the seat of a vehicle on airport property. The man's cause of death has not been determined, but there were no immediate signs of foul ...

  • Obama touts second term agenda in Atlanta

    US President Barack Obama, in a rousing speech to graduating college students has touted his second term agenda, steering clear of scandals that have engulfed the White House in recent days. "My job, as president, is to advocate for policies that generate more opportunity for everybody -- policies that strengthen the middle class and give more people the chance to climb their way into the ...

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