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  • Red-Shirting kindergartners to help them grow

    DUNWOODY, Ga. -- The traditional purpose of Kindergarten is to prepare children for first grade. But in metro Atlanta, that's not always the standard practice. There's a growing trend to hold children back a year so they'll be older when they start school. At the young five's class at Dunwoody United Methodist Church, it's a chance for students to grow not so much ...

  • Padgett becomes new state Republican chairman

    ATHENS, Ga. (AP) - The new chairman of the Georgia Republican Party says the party won't twiddle its thumbs under his leadership. John Padgett says he plans to take it to Democrats during his two-year term. The Athens businessman defeated two others during a party gathering this weekend in Athens. He replaces sue Everhart, who was prohibited from running after serving six ...

  • Michael Parsons trial for shooting wife set to start

    FULTON COUNTY -- Family members of Adina Parson tell us her husband is set to go on trial this week for attempted murder. Michael Parson is charged with attempted murder and aggravated battery after police say he shot his wife eight times, including three times in the ...

  • Clean up continues after flooding and storms

    May 19 storms and flooding photos A home on Condor Drive in Lawrenceville was hit and caused a fire. No one was hurt. Rushing rapids in Suwannee caused a nearby lake to quickly rise. Residents there say they got about six inches of rain, but the water is already starting to ...

  • 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 ...


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Movie Review

Bruce Almighty

Bruce Almighty

Bruce Almighty might best be seen as Jim Carrey atoning for what some perceived to be his sin of trying to be a serious actor in recent years. His emoting as a serious actor worked well enough in Peter Weirs The Truman Show (1998), which allowed Carrey to expand his range without fully sacrificing all of the comedy that his fans so fervently adore. In that film, he morphed quite sea ... ...

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  • 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, ...

  • 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 ...

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