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  • Authorities Over 100 exposed to tuberculosis at Gwinnett Med Center

    DULUTH, Ga. -- More than 100 patients at a metro Atlanta hospital have been exposed to tuberculosis, said state health officials and executives Tuesday. The AP reported that an employee of Gwinnett Medical Center was recently diagnosed with tuberculosis, as all employees must be take a skin test each year in June. The affected employee, according to authorities, is believed to have developed ...

  • Police chase ends at 11Alive parking lot

    ATLANTA -- Police caught a suspect on the loose following a chase that came to an end in the parking lot of the 11Alive News Station Tuesday. The suspect drove a stolen gray Infiniti sedan into the parking lot and stopped between two other vehicles. He jumped out of the car and tried to run from officers. Atlanta police officers already had two squad cars on scene and were chasing after him on ...

  • Arrest in 11Alive parking lot

    A police chase ended in the parking lot of the 11Alive news station on Tuesday afternoon. The suspect parked a gray car in the lot, and attempted to run from officers, but was caught shortly after. (Photos: Holly Pennebaker, Michael ...

  • I-7585 SB lanes at 10th Street reopened

    ATLANTA (WXIA) -- Traffic lanes on the southbound Downtown Connector south of 10th Street have been reopened after a wreck early Tuesday afternoon. Traffic back-ups extend from the accident scene to beyond the Brookwood Interchange on southbound I-75 and I-85. No injuries were ...

  • Tied-up Atlanta woman uses toes to type message for help

    A US woman had to call for help by typing on the laptop with her toes after a burglar tied up her hands with the bed. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that police were alerted about the incident after they received a call from the boyfriend of the 39-year-old victim, Amy Windom. They said that the armed robbery took place at about midnight in the US city of Atlanta, Georgia. Police ...


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Movie Review

The Proper Care & Feeding of an American Messiah [DVD]

The Proper Care & Feeding of an American Messiah [DVD]

Before writing a word about Chris Hansen's The Proper Care & Feeding of an American Messiah, I must in all good faith provide a large caveat, one that I have never had to provide in more than a decade of film criticism: I know the writer/director. Not ... ...

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  • Woman 86 still serving time for killing ex-beau at Atlanta senior high rise

    Lena Driskell, age 79 of Atlanta, looks over at prospective jurors Tuesday, June 20, 2006 during jury selection for her murder trial in Fulton Superior Court. Driskell is accused of shooting her 85-year-old boyfriend Herman Winslow (cq) to death at the Hightower Manor Senior citizens apartments in June 2005 when she found out he was seeing another woman. (Kimberly Smith / AJC ...

  • 11Alive is coming to Duluth

    DULUTH, Ga. -- The 11Alive News Today morning show will return to Gwinnett County for another live show Friday morning. The crew will be at the Town Green in downtown Duluth from 4:30 a.m. to 7 a.m. Everyone in the community is invited to come out, mingle with their neighborhoods and say good morning to Ted Hall, Chesley McNeil and Elle Duncan. This will be 11Alive's second live morning ...

  • New Walmart Neighborhood Market to create 95 jobs

    DUNWOODY, Ga. -- A new Walmart Neighborhood Market will open in Dunwoody this summer, bringing nearly 100 jobs to the area. The market, which will be located at 5025 Winters Chapel Road, is currently hiring full- and part-time associates. A temporary hiring center is now open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Walmart Supercenter on Ashford Dunwoody Road. "We are excited ...

  • 1 shot during home invasion

    ATLANTA -- One person was shot during a home invasion in southeast Atlanta Tuesday morning. The shooting happened at around 12:30 a.m. at a house on Farrington Place. No details about the home invasion were immediately available. The victim's condition is not ...

  • Music Midtown lineup announced

    ATLANTA -- The lineup for this year's Music Midtown was announced Tuesday morning. The popular music festival will return to Piedmont Park on Friday, Sept. 20 and Saturday, Sept. 21, and will feature more than 30 artists on three stages. Scheduled acts ...

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