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  • Thieves steal boat from boy recovering from cancer

    MARIETTA, Ga. -- The Cooley family of Marietta had been looking forward to this summer more than any in recent years. It was the first one where their middle son Chase could feel more like a kid again. He'd been fighting a treatable form of Leukemia for several years, and things were finally looking up. "For the first time in three years he was going to be able to really get out ...

  • New boating safety laws take the lakes for Memorial Day

    (WXIA) -- Vacationers will pack the lakes this holiday weekend, and boaters should keep some new rules in mind. Patrolling on the lake this weekend will be high, as DNR rangers will look for proper lighting on boats after sunset, life vests and those who have had too much to drink. Rangers want to see children and all passengers wearing life vests that fit properly. Boater Randale Keisler ...

  • Family boat stolen by thief

    MARIETTA, Ga. -- The Cooley family of Marietta had been looking forward to this summer more than any in recent years. It was the first one where their middle son Chase could feel more like a kid again. He'd been fighting a treatable form of Leukemia for several years, and things were finally looking up. "For the first time in three years he was going to be able to really get out ...

  • Shuttle bus tractor-trailer crash near Atlanta airport at least 16 injured

    At least 18 people were injured when an airport shuttle bus crashed into a tractor-trailer near Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport. NBCNews.com's Dara Brown ...

  • School bus driver fired over Facebook post about student lunch

    HARALSON COUNTY, Ga. -- A metro Atlanta school district is being accused of not providing free lunches to its students in need. When one employee spoke up about it on social media, he lost his job. Johnny Cook was a middle school bus driver at Haralson County Middle School. On Tuesday, he says, one of his students, who could not afford a reduced lunch, told Cook he was not given any lunch -- ...


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The Dark Backward [DVD]

The Dark Backward [DVD]

So there's this guy, right? And he's a comedian. Except, he's a really, really terrible comedian. He's a nebbish guy--bad posture, greasy hair, Coke-bottle glasses, suits that are too big for him, and he sweats all the time. And when he gets up to tell jokes, he tells them in a mo ... ...

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  • The perjury case against Andrea Sneiderman

    DECATUR, GA -- It was an emotional outburst on the witness stand: "There was no affair!" Within it, lies one of six counts of perjury against Andrea Sneiderman, according to a revised indictment quietly returned last month in her murder case. The revised indictment alleges that Mrs. Sneiderman lied on the witness stand in February 2011 when she denied having an affair with Hemy ...

  • Buckhead mom gets jail for stealing $80K from PTA

    A Buckhead woman who pleaded guilty to stealing $80,000 from an elementary school PTA will spend 90 days behind bars, the Fulton County District Attorney said Friday.Maryam Lari Arjomand, 48, a former president of the E. Rivers Elementary School PTA, was arrested in April 2012 and charged with theft after at least $80,000 was stolen from the school.Investigators determined the missing funds had ...

  • Police looking for gunmen who burglarized Marietta business

    MARIETTA, Ga. -- Detectives from the Marietta Police Department have asked for help from the public to identify four suspects who burglarized a local business. On Friday around 6:00 a.m., four black males smashed the front glass door of the Red Dawn Gun and Pawn Shop on Cobb Parkway South. One man used a hammer to break the glass while another man brandished a semi-automatic pistol, as ...

  • UWG renames Honor House in honor of Dr. Wagner

    CARROLLTON, Ga. -- The University of West Georgia renamed the UWG Honors House to the Donald R. Wagner Honors House at a ceremony on Thursday. Wagner, according to Taylor Bryant of UWG, is the first dean of UWG's Honors College and Professor Emeritus at UWG. The University System Board of Regents approved the renaming on April 17 under retiring President Dr. Beheruz N. Sethna. "When ...

  • Ex-Buckhead PTA president headed to jail for stealing school funds

    BUCKHEAD -- Maryam Arjomand, former PTA president of a Buckhead elementary school pleaded guilty on Thursday to two charges. Arjomand, 48 was given a ten-year sentence by Judge Karen Woodson. About a month ago, Arjomand was charged with theft, as tens of thousands of dollars came up missing in donations and vendor payments from the PTA's account following a review. On Thursday, she faced ...

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