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55 min ago | Dalton Daily Citizen

New Georgia health care information site available

Submitted by the Senate Press Office ATLANTA - A new state Web site gives Georgians access to the latest health care quality, cost and health education information.

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Related Topix: Atlanta Metro

9 hrs ago | The Macon Telegraph

Habitual offender sentenced in Cobb County

A Cobb County judge has sentenced a habitual offender to the maximum sentence for causing a serious injury car accident while high on drugs.

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Related Topix: Cobb County, GA

Tue Jan 06, 2009

ESPN

Clemson snares highly-sought Leon Mackey

Leon Mackey, a 6-foot-6, 260-pound defensive end from Wilmington, Del. / Hargrave Military Academy, Va., has committed to the Tigers and head coach Dabo Swinney.

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Related Topix: Georgia Tech, Woodstock, GA, Boston College, Flowery Branch, GA, Sports

Sun Jan 04, 2009

Marietta Square

Marietta is offering free Christmas tree pick up to city residents

Category: City of Marietta , Cobb County , Marietta Government , Marietta Square , Site Features , marietta events The city of Marietta is offering free Christmas tree pick up to city residents the first and ...

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Related Topix: Cobb County, GA

Fri Jan 02, 2009

Athens Banner-Herald

Happy ending to tale of stolen dog

Butters, a 2-month-old English bulldog, is back with owner Will Kiser after he was stolen Monday from Kiser's home and then sold.

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Related Topix: Athens, GA, Athens Metro, Atlanta, GA, University of Georgia, Atlanta Metro

Wed Dec 31, 2008

Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Bridge-playing Marietta woman is 108 Thurs.

When the meek inherit the Earth, 108-year-old Gertrude Schwarz will be first in line - unless she's playing bridge.

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Related Topix: Roswell, GA, West End (Atlanta, GA), Atlanta, GA, Atlanta Metro, Wedding

Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Theater: City saw stages of sadness, brilliance

Best new venue: The Earl Smith Strand Theatre lit up the Marietta Square, following a $4.2 million renovation.

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Related Topix: Theater, Arts, Atlanta, GA, Atlanta Metro, Emory University

Tue Dec 30, 2008

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

No injuries in Cobb County Transit bus fire

A Cobb County Transit bus caught fire Tuesday afternoon near the intersection of Allgood and Scufflegrit roads in Marietta.

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Related Topix: Cobb County, GA

Mon Dec 29, 2008

WXIA-TV Atlanta

Teen Drivers Still Dying At Alarming Rate

In a study released on Monday, experts said that despite all the education, all the tougher laws, we're still losing teen drivers at an alarming rate.

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Related Topix: Cherokee County, GA, Atlanta Metro

Sun Dec 28, 2008

Atlanta Journal-Constitution

These kids give gift of warmth

Eleven-year-old Jack Lindley hopes to find video games and jeans under the Christmas tree.

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Related Topix: Video Games, Cobb County, GA

Fri Dec 26, 2008

CBS 46

19-Year-Old Killed In Cherokee Co. Crash

A teen is dead and another critically wounded after a suspected drunken driver fleeing police ran a red light and rammed into a car in Cherokee County.

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Related Topix: Cherokee County, GA, Canton, GA, Medicine, Hospital Administration, Healthcare Industry

Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Gala tribute for Strand opening

What was it like to go to the movies in 1935? When Marietta's Strand Theatre opened that year, the inaugural "photoplay" was "Top Hat," with Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire.

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Related Topix: Ginger Rogers, Fred Astaire, Jazz, Joan Crawford, Theater, Arts, Frost/Nixon, Movies, Entertainment

Thu Dec 25, 2008

Athens Banner-Herald

Georgia woman beats odds, has baby in Pittsburgh

Jennifer Alley overcame all odds to get an unexpected gift this Christmas: A newborn son.

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Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Cobb teens arrested for slashing inflatable decorations

Santa survived, as did the toy soldier, a snowman, a Menorah and other huge inflatable decorations that fill the front lawn of Marietta City Councilman Van Pearlberg's home.

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Related Topix: Family, Teenagers, Cobb County, GA

Wed Dec 24, 2008

Dalton Daily Citizen

Marietta man indicted for producing child pornography

Submitted by the U.S. attorney's office ATLANTA - Jeffrey Alan Wasley, 37, of Marietta, has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of producing and receiving child pornography.

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Related Topix: Prison, Cobb County, GA

Tue Dec 23, 2008

Atlanta Journal-Constitution

'Magic Jeff' charged in child porn

Over 5,000 images of child pornography and other sexual exploitative materials were allegedly seized from a former Kennesaw youth minister and magician's home computer, according to a 14-page federal complaint.

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Related Topix: Kennesaw, GA

Mon Dec 22, 2008

Santa Cruz Sentinel

A.C. Kotchian, presidentof Lockheed during scandal

A. Carl Kotchian, the former president of Lockheed Aircraft whose admission of paying millions of dollars in bribes to foreign government officials led to the imprisonment of Japan's prime minister and ...

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Sat Dec 20, 2008

Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Body of man killed in Botanical Garden accident to be shipped to Mexico

The son of the construction worker killed at the Atlanta Botanical Garden Friday said his father's body will be shipped to his village in Mexico for burial as soon as the family can make arrangements.

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Related Topix: Atlanta, GA, Atlanta Metro

Church Executive

Behind the design: 12Stone Church, Alpharetta, GA

An Atlanta church invites congregants to cross a bridge from everyday life into a worshipful environment.

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Related Topix: Alpharetta, GA

Fri Dec 19, 2008

Walton Tribune

Jingle Jog raises $20K for autism fight

Officials from Families of Autism/Asperger's Syndrome, Care, Educate and Support, Inc., were thrilled with the third annual Jingle Jog for Autism 5K and Reindeer Dash Saturday, which raised more than $20,000 ...

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Related Topix: Health, Autism, Loganville, GA

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