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  • 11Alive Cares Special - Atlanta Gives Moore

    Oklahoma tornadoes Atlanta is community that cares, and you proved it by giving tens of thousands of dollars to help the Oklahoma recovery effort as part of our 11Alive Cares special: Atlanta gives ...

  • Canton SWAT ends with arrest of 17-year-old man

    CANTON, Ga. -- Canton Police officers arrested a man after a brief SWAT situation at a home in a Canton subdivision. Officers located 17-year-old Damien Fowler in the near area of the home in the Hillcrest Subdivision, while SWAT carried out a precautionary search of the residence, reported Officer Pacey Cordry. Fowler was taken to the Cherokee Adult Detention Center, and will face an ...

  • Adina Parson attends her husbands attempted murder trial

    ATLANTA -- The trial of Michael Parson, a Sandy Springs man charged with shooting and critically injuring his wife, Adina Parson in April 2012, has begun. Parson is charged with attempted murder and aggravated battery. They said he shot his wife eight times, including three times in the face, outside their apartment. Adina Parson was in court Tuesday. It was the first time she's been ...

  • Georgia Tea Party protestors call for independent IRS investigation

    ATLANTA - About one-hundred Tea Party and Patriot activists showed up at Georgia's State Capitol on Tuesday, joining many others around the country in protest rallies against the Internal Revenue Service. "At this rate, let's bring back King George," shouted one speaker dressed in Revolutionary War attire. Originally formed as a protest group against too much government, ...

  • Police stand by for SWAT situation at Canton home

    CANTON, Ga. -- Canton Police officers are standing by for a SWAT situation at a home in a Canton subdivision. Officers were called to an area near the Laurels of Greenwood Apartments around 4:15 Tuesday afternoon, where a caller said a black male was brandishing a gun near a tree line. When officers arrived, the suspect ran into nearby woods, sid Officer Pacy Cordry said. Soon after, officers ...


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Movie Review

Liar Liar

Liar Liar

After a mostly unsuccessful attempt to branch out into black comedy with last summer's "The Cable Guy," Jim Carry returns to what he does best -- pure slapstick antics -- in his new film "Liar Liar." While the humor is absolutely hilarious, the sentiment is overly sappy, and several times that conflict risks sinking this otherwise sturdy vehicle. Carrey plays Fletcher Reede, a habitally fibbing la ... ...

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  • Abandoned building collapses near Castleberry Hill

    ATLANTA -- A small building has collapsed near the Castleberry Hill neighborhood in downtown Atlanta. The incident happened near the intersection of Fair Street and Walker Street. According to Atlanta Fire, the building has been abandoned for a couple of years. Authorities don't think anyone is inside. No further information was immediately ...

  • Soldier reunited with dog missing for 18 months

    ATLANTA -- Brandon Patterson was serving in Iraq, when he got the heartbreaking call. It appeared his dog Alfaba had found a gap in the sitter's fence and wandered away. Helpless to do anything from so far away, Patterson asked his friends to post flyers and ads on Facebook, but Alfaba had disappeared. "It's been very difficult just for closure. Just not knowing where she was ...

  • Authorities on the scene of school bus accident in Fayetteville

    FAYETTEVILLE, Ga. -- Authorities are on the scene of a school bus accident on Highway 314 in Fayetteville. According to preliminary reports, the school bus was involved in an accident as a secondary party. The bus was not directly involved in the accident. No injuries have been ...

  • Georgia sends supplies volunteers prayers to Oklahoma

    ALPHARETTA, Ga-The Southern Baptist Disaster Relief is among the organizations in metro Atlanta sending volunteers and supplies to tornado ravaged Oklahoma. A half dozen disaster specialists with the Southern Baptist's North American Mission Board are either in Oklahoma or on their way. Volunteers spent the day loading a truck with bottled water, tarps, and Bibles. "It just as well ...

  • Rapper Chief Keef arrested at hotel near Atlanta

    DUNWOODY, Ga. -; Police in suburban Atlanta say rapper Chief Keef, whose name is Keith Cozart, has been arrested and charged with disorderly ...

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