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  • 2-year-old drives truck into house

    GRAYSON, Ga. -- A 2-year-old child accidentally put a truck in gear and rolled it into a house in Gwinnett County. The accident happened early Wednesday afternoon at a house on Brocklin Drive in Grayson. Gwinnett County Police Cpl. Jake Smith said no one was inside the house when the truck crashed through a wall. The young child was not hurt. The Gwinnett County Fire Department was called to ...

  • Alleged teacher coercion may threaten Atlanta test cheating case

    ATLANTA (Reuters) - Indictments against 35 former public educators charged in a sweeping standardized test cheating case in Atlanta appeared to be on shaky ground Wednesday after a judge said he would likely rule they were coerced into talking to ...

  • Atlanta officer shoots burglary suspect in Buckhead

    Ben Gray / AJC One person was shot by an Atlanta police officer on Wednesday afternoon near Lenox Square Mall in Buckhead. The condition of the person shot is still ...

  • Paula Deen I do not condone use of n-word

    story in which Paula Deen "confesses" she has said "the N-word on several occasions" and talked about "wanting black waiters to play the role of slave in a wedding party she was planning." The revelations came to light after one of Deen's restaurant managers, Lisa Jackson, sued the celeb chef for discrimination in a whopping $1.2 million ...

  • Atlanta police officers involved in Buckhead shooting

    ATLANTA -- An Atlanta police officer was involved in a shooting Wednesday afternoon. It happened near the Westin Buckhead Atlanta in the 3300 block of Peachtree Road NE. No officers were injured, Officer Greg Lyon said. At this time, APD said the northbound lanes of Peachtree Road near Stratford Road are ...


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Movie Review

The Patriot

In a scene late in "The Patriot," Mel Gibson's character stands huddled over his dead son, the second of his seven children to have been killed before his eyes. His face wrinkled in agony, his eyes shut tight, he whispers in a choked voice, "God help me, God help me." Coming from someone else, this might be interpreted as a man pleading for God to help him in his pain. Coming from Gibson, it is m ... ...

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  • Child drives truck into house

    GRAYSON, Ga. -- A child accidentally put a truck in gear and rolled it into a house in Gwinnett County. The accident happened early Wednesday afternoon at a house on Brocklin Drive in Grayson. Gwinnett County Police Cpl. Jake Smith said no one was inside the house when the truck crashed through a wall. The child was not hurt. The Gwinnett County Fire Department was called to check the house ...

  • Tractor trailer overturns on I-285

    DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. -- An overturned tractor trailer is causing some delays on Interstate 285 in DeKalb County Wednesday morning. The UPS trailer turned over on northbound I-285 at I-85. The Georgia Department of Transportation said the truck was carrying two tandem trailers and one of those trailers overturned, blocking two right lanes. For the latest traffic conditions in metro Atlanta, ...

  • Police confiscate 188 pounds of marijuana from grow house

    ALPHARETTA, Ga. -- Police said they seized 188 pounds of marijuana plants from an unoccupied home on Waters Run Drive in Alpharetta. Alpharetta police initially came to the home after a telephone report of an open garage door at a residence. When police arrived, they said they found the house ...

  • Henry Co. police looking for armed robbery suspect

    STOCKBRIDGE, GA -- Police in Henry County are searching for a man they said robbed a Marathon station in Stockbridge early Monday morning. They said at about 1:30 a.m., the suspect, armed with a silver handgun, came into the Marathon station at 776 Highway 138 West in Stockbridge. Investigators said the suspect got away with the entire cash drawer and ran off toward the Garden Ridge parking ...

  • Paula Deen museum coming to Albany

    ALBANY, Ga. -- A museum honoring famed cook Paula Deen is coming to southwest Georgia. The idea has been in the works for nearly two years. Consultants met Friday to begin developing the ...

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