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U.S. / NEWS Sat Jun 12, 2010 @ 3:00pm neoform

CNN -- About a dozen protestors gathered Saturday morning under a BP gas station sign in metro Atlanta, Georgia, picketing and cheering as motorists who drove by honked... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon May 3, 2010 @ 9:00am neoform

CNN -- A storm that killed at least 15 people in Tennessee and Mississippi rolled into Georgia early today, flooding parts of Atlanta... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sat Apr 17, 2010 @ 9:00am neoform

CNN -- The woman who accused football star Ben Roethlisberger of raping her in March in a bar in Georgia described the alleged incident to police as the culmination of a night of bar-hopping... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Apr 13, 2010 @ 9:00am neoform

CNN -- A Navy training jet crashed in a Georgia forest on Monday, killing at least 3 aboard and setting more than 10 acres of woodland ablaze, local and federal authorities said... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Apr 1, 2010 @ 9:00am neoform

CNN -- A former Georgia chorus teacher was acquitted of criminal charges in connection with a suggestive dance routine students performed in his classroom in 2008... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Mar 11, 2010 @ 3:00pm neoform

CNN -- Gruesome photos of a murdered hiker sought by Hustler magazine will not be released, a Georgia judge ruled. Lawmakers now want a permanent fix... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Mar 9, 2010 @ 9:00am neoform

CNN -- Ben Roethlisberger, the NFL quarterback accused of sexually assaulting a woman Friday at a rural Georgia nightspot, will be interviewed soon by authorities, police said Monday... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sat Mar 6, 2010 @ 9:00am neoform

CNN -- NFL quarterback Ben Roethlisberger is accused of sexually assaulting a woman at a pizza restaurant in rural Georgia early Friday, police said... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Mar 2, 2010 @ 9:00am neoform

CNN -- Airlines canceled flights and offered to reschedule others as a developing low-pressure system threatened to spread snow across parts of Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee and the Carolinas... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Feb 12, 2010 @ 9:00am neoform

CNN -- A powerful winter storm is blowing across the South, spreading rain, sleet, ice and snow from Texas to Georgia. Hundreds of Atlanta flights already have been canceled... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Nov 23, 2009 @ 9:01am neoform

CNN -- Georgia officials have agreed to exhume the body of the ex-fiancé of a "Real Housewives of Atlanta" cast member to get a second look at what may have caused his death... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Nov 20, 2009 @ 9:01am neoform

CNN -- Uga VII, the University of Georgia mascot whose deeply furrowed face was a fixture at the school for more than a year, died early Thursday, the university said. He was 4 years old... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Oct 22, 2009 @ 9:00am neoform

CNN -- The body of a small girl found in a south Georgia landfill has been identified as that of a missing 7-year-old Florida girl, Clay County, Florida, Sheriff Rick Beseler said Thursday morning... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sat Oct 17, 2009 @ 9:00am neoform

CNN -- An all-male college in Atlanta, Georgia, has banned the wearing of women's clothes, makeup, high heels and purses as part of a new crackdown on what the institution calls inappropriate attire... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Sep 22, 2009 @ 9:00am neoform

CNN -- Georgia residents are bracing for more rain, a day after floods killed at least six people, washed out roads, snarled traffic and flooded homes and businesses. In Carroll County, west of Atlanta, a 2-year-old child died after being ripped from his father's arms by floodwaters as the man struggled to hold on to bushes, officials said. Georgia's governor has declared a state of emergency in 17 counties... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Sep 21, 2009 @ 3:00pm neoform

CNN -- Torrential downpours overnight in metropolitan Atlanta led to floods that killed at least two people, a spokeswoman for the Georgia Emergency Management Agency said today. Another person was reported missing. About 100 miles north, in Chattanooga, Tennessee, one person was swept into rushing water and is presumed drowned, an official said... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Sep 9, 2009 @ 9:01am neoform

CNN -- One of eight people killed in a southeast Georgia mobile home last month recently had been awarded $25,000 in a civil lawsuit, officials said... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Sep 7, 2009 @ 3:00pm neoform

CNN -- Rapper Ludacris on Sunday teamed up with a dealership near Atlanta, Georgia, to give away 20 used cars. Radio spots encouraged people to send in essays explaining why they were deserving. "I'm grateful for any car with four wheels because it beats two heels," one winner said... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sun Sep 6, 2009 @ 9:00am neoform

CNN -- Seven of eight people killed last week in a southeast Georgia mobile home were laid to rest Saturday. More than 200 mourners attended the funeral, including the father of one of the victims and grandfather of the man accused of the killings. "I've never seen so much love and support at a funeral," William Heinze told CNN affiliate WJXT... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sat Sep 5, 2009 @ 9:00am neoform

CNN -- The man who called 911 to report slayings in a southeast Georgia mobile home last weekend has been arrested on suspicion of murder. Guy Heinze Jr. -- the son of one of the victims -- has been arrested for eight counts of first-degree murder, police said Friday. Seven of the eight victims will be buried Saturday, while a 3-year-old who was injured struggles to survive at a Savannah hospital... Read More