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  • Atlanta chef joins food fad by creating doughssants

    chef Maggie Sweeney sold out the first full batch of what she calls "doughssants." "They're time-consuming and kind of laborious, but the product's really awesome," Sweeney ...

  • Miss. woman pleads not guilty in Alabama womans injection death

    Tracey Lynn Garner pleaded not guilty Tuesday to killing an Alabama woman by giving silicone injections as a buttocks enhancement. / Rogelio V. Solis/AP ...

  • Top summer sandal deals at 70 off

    ATLANTA -- Today, patience pays off in a huge way. If you've followed our advice to wait for today to score the lowest summer prices on the top pairs of sandals, you're in for a cheap treat. You'll find absolutely everything you're looking for today including a major (and rare) deal drop at Nordstrom. For those of you concerned about my ability to hand-pick sandal deals for ...

  • Atlanta officers in punching video lose certification www.privateofficer.com

    Two Atlanta officers caught on video punching a suspect have now lost their certification to work as police officers. Channel 2 Action News first exposed cellphone video of the incident in April, when one of those officers won his job back on appeal. Now, Georgia’s Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) Council has voted to revoke both officers’ certification. ...

  • Four-year-old hopes for new kidney -- from his dad

    CUMMING, Ga. -- At a time of year known for celebrating fathers, one metro Atlanta dad is hoping to give the most important of presents to his son. "This piece is so small compared to what he has to go through every day," says Seth Harding of Cumming. "I know it's nothing compared to what he's always known." Ephraim Harding is four years old and has had major ...


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Eastern Promises

Eastern Promises

Eastern Promises is a superior genre exercise, a film that takes the broad parameters of the gangster film and reworks them into something that feels invigorating and new. The story is set in the dark world of expatriate Russian mobsters li ... ...

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  • Store clerk fends off armed robber with flashlight

    CLERMONT, Ga -- A Hall County convenience store clerk wasn't afraid to fight back against an armed robber even though the only weapon he had was a flashlight. Patel Manoj said it's the first time the Country Grocery and Deli in Clermont has been robbed. Manoj, who spoke broken English, described the robbery that happened on May 31, 2013. "He came in and tried to knife," he ...

  • Judge could gut APS criminal case

    ATLANTA -- The judge in the Atlanta Public Schools cheating case strongly indicated he would issue a pre-trial ruling that could gut the prosecution's criminal case against 35 educators. At the end of a day-long hearing into motions challenging the indictment against Superintendent Beverly Hall, principals, teachers and other school officials, Fulton Superior Court Judge Jerry Baxter said ...

  • DeKalb CEO Burrell Ellis bonds out following 15 criminal charges

    DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. -- DeKalb County CEO Burrell Ellis was indicted on 15 counts by a Grand Jury on Tuesday. By Tuesday night, Adrion Bell of the DeKalb Sheriff's Office said Ellis was booked into the DeKalb County Jail and released on bond, which was set for $25,000. Back in ...

  • Johns Creek City Council hires lawyers to investigate Mayor

    JOHNS CREEK, Ga. -- The Johns Creek City Council voted unanimously Monday to hire an attorney to investigate Mayor Mike Bodker. This comes after concerns of Bodker violating the City's charter and ethics ordinance. "This action follows several reprimands of Mayor Bodker about certain questionable actions he's taken over the last several years," said City Council Member ...

  • Voice of the Yellow Jackets leaving Tech for TV opportunity

    THE FLATS -- Wes Durham, the award-winning long time play by play voice of Georgia Tech's football and men's basketball teams, will no longer call Yellow Jacket games beginning this fall in order to pursue an opportunity in sports television play-by-play. Durham has been the popular play-by-play voice of the Yellow Jackets for 18 years on the Georgia Tech / IMG Sports Audio Network. ...

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