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  • 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 ...

  • 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 ...


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Glory [Blu-Ray]

Glory [Blu-Ray]

Edward Zwicks Glory is one of the great war films and perhaps the greatest film ever made about the American Civil War. While there are dozens of films stretching back to the silent era that are either about the Civil War or use the war as a historical backdrop, Glory was the first to ... ...

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  • 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. ...

  • Downed cables and wires shut down Tucker street

    TUCKER -- As the severe weather continues, trees are not the only things crashing to the ground. Utility poles holding the weight of electric power cables, telephone and cable television wires and internet services are also giving way. On one Tucker Street, its kept homeowners trapped in their driveways and has already been responsible for at least one accident. It's been 5 days since ...

  • LIVE CHAT Tree experts return to answer your questions

    Experts on the panel include: Joseph Burgess and Susan Granbery with the Georgia Forestry Commission; Rusty Lee, Downey Trees; Brian Hartman, 404-Cut-Tree; and George Gaston with the Georgia Office of Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner. Here's what you need to know about tree falling dangers from our special ...

  • Steve Gleason On Atlanta Radio Personalities’ Apology ‘Received And Accepted’

    (CBS) Following a poor-taste radio segment that poked fun at former Saints defender Steve Gleason’s battle with ALS, three Atlanta sports radio personalities have been fired. Tuesday afternoon, ...

  • Former Atlanta police officer sentenced to prison for accepting bribes

    ATLANTA -- A former Atlanta Police Department officer has been sentenced to two years in prison for conspiring to accept bribes and lying to FBI agents. Elton Augustin, 32, of Stockbrigde, was sentenced for working at an illegal nightclub in Atlanta from June 2007 to August 2007, while being employed as an Atlanta police officer. Augustin, along with two other APD officers, received more than ...

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