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  • Local national groups demand answers in Valdosta teens death

    17-year-old Kendrick Johnson was found dead at his Lowndes County high school in January. His parents believe his death was not properly ...

  • Metros unemployment rate declines in April

    ATLANTA -- Metro Atlanta's unemployment rate declined to 7.6 percent in April, down three-tenths of a percentage point from 7.9 percent in March. The rate was 8.5 percent in April a year ago. The Georgia Department of Labor announced Thursday that the rate declined as the number of jobs in metro Atlanta increased by 12,900 to 2,394,100, up from 2,381,200 in March. Most of the growth came ...

  • Resident alien served on Bartow County grand jury

    CARTERSVILLE, Ga. -- A non-U.S.-citizen, a woman who is a resident alien and is legally in the U.S., served as member of a Bartow County Grand Jury for most of last month. During the April term of the Grand Jury, the woman was helping indict U.S. citizens, leading to their arrests on various criminal charges. District Attorney Rosemary Greene said Wednesday that the woman was kicked off of the ...

  • Billboards demand raises for Atlanta police firefighters www.privateofficer.com

    The wives of Atlanta police and firefighters have put up billboards telling Mayor Kasim Reed and the Atlanta City Council to give their spouses a pay raise. The group of wives held fundraisers to pay for the billboards to send that message to City Hall. ';We mean business. We are serious about getting our first responders and dispatchers a raise,'; said Kelly Uhlis, the wife of an ...

  • Atlanta banker steals $10K from 90-year-old customer www.privateofficer.com

    Mary Massey thought she was signing a slip to transfer money from her checking account into her savings account. Turns out, the 90-year-old was being tricked into signing a cash withdrawal slip, Atlanta police said Tuesday. And once the $10,600 was taken from Massey's account, a bank employee deposited it into his personal account, according to police. Now authorities are looking for ...


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The Shootist [DVD]

The Shootist [DVD]

When, at the age of 69, the legendary John Wayne starred in The Shootist as John Bernard Books, an aging gunslinger dying of cancer at the turn of the 20th century, he himself was dying of cancer. Having already had half a lung removed to stop the spread of what he referred to as "the Big C," Wayne was in poor physical health during the shooting of the movie, constantly sick with gout, flu ... ...

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  • Sell cheap fuel and profit - Delta Air Lines refining 101

    Thu May 23, 2013 12:59am EDT * Delta's Trainer refinery could take 50,000 bpd of Bakken crude by end year * Delta eyes chances to ship jet fuel to Midwest markets By Matthew Robinson NEW YORK, May 23 (Reuters) - Making money in the refining business is generally a pretty straightforward proposition: sell your fuel at the highest possible price relative to cost. But Delta Air Lines, the first ...

  • Clayton Co. officer charged with pointing gun at apartment resident

    LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. -- "He says he is going to shoot me. And he has his hand on his pistol and he's supposed to be the Courtesy Officer." With those frantic words, Jonathan Fernandez began taking cell phone video of a man who appears to have his hand on a gun. He says the man in the video threatened to shoot him and his dog, after his pit bull mix Big Boy got loose yesterday. He ...

  • Defendant Michael Parson calls himself a sociopath in letter to mistress

    ATLANTA -- The second day of the Michael Parson attempted murder trial closed with yet another embarrassing revelation as prosecutors read into the record a handwritten letter by the defendant to the woman with whom he was having an affair in which he described himself as a "sociopath." Prosecutors say Parson wrote the apology letter while on the run from police -- a suspect in the ...

  • DeKalb Co. Sheriff recruit dies during training

    DECATUR, Ga. -- A detention officer recruit died Wednesday, a day after he fell sick during his second day on the job. The recruit became ill during officer training at Panthersville Stadium on Tuesday. According to DeKalb Co. authorities, 29-year-old George Ward began to show signs of illness after he completed a routine morning physical fitness training session. The officer was transported ...

  • Police investigate Marietta serious injury crash

    MARIETTA, Ga. -- Marietta police officers are investigating a serious injury crash that happened Wednesday afternoon. The accident happened around 4:00, in the southbound lanes of North Fairground Street, just north of Fort Street. Chief Dan Flynn said while on scene, investigators found that 18-year-old Jose Zamora was driving a 1999 Honda Civic north on Fairground. His car crossed over ...

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