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Sat, 7 Nov 2009 13:04:00 GMT

September Floods in Atlanta Said to be 1 in 10,000 Event

Most Recent Photos in the News& View More Photos ATLANTA, Nov. 5 (UPI) The U.S. Geological Survey says the September flooding that inundated the Atlanta Georgia area was so extreme, scientists say the data are stunning. At some sites, the annual chance
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 13:04:00 GMT

MARTA bus driver suspended for insisting passengers pray

A MARTA driver was suspended for five days because passengers said LeRoy Matthews insisted that they hold hands while he led them in prayer. Matthews behavior violated MARTA's policy, said Lyle V. Harris, MARTA spokesman. In the complaint, the passenger
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 13:00:00 GMT

Exclusive: Atlanta Apologizes For Worker Caught Peeing

ATLANTA, Ga. -- The City of Atlanta apologized for employee caught peeing in public. John Michallk busted a Watershed Management employee with his video camera. He caught the guy urinating.'It's pretty frustrating when you have people urinating in front
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 12:27:00 GMT

Atlanta Veterans' Day Parade Features 'Reflections'

Mobile Museum Honors Veterans, Public Safety Officers, Presidents and Celebrities ST. CLAIR SHORES, Mich., Nov. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Museum of Patriotism has invited 'Reflections: The American Funeral' - a mobile museum on funeral customs - to
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 09:37:00 GMT

Atlanta City Council Wrap Up

Norwood, Reed face off in runoff Atlanta Mayor’s race Voters to decide, Dec. 1 At 9:40 p.m. on election night, mayoral candidate Mary Norwood mingled with her enthused supporters while munching French fries at the legendary Varsity fast food eatery and
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 08:04:00 GMT

Switch and Data to Expand Atlanta Data Center Capacity

Switch and Data, a provider of network-neutral data center and Internet exchange services, announced details of its plan to expand its data center capacity in Atlanta with its new site at 180 Peachtree Street. The company reported it is expanding to meet
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 06:35:00 GMT

SPOTLIGHT: Atlanta hospital building health "super centers"

Originally, officials at Atlanta's Grady Memorial Hospital had intended to close two of its three neighborhood health centers, a move that would have saved the struggling facility $1.5 million. However, the hospital has changed its plans dramatically.
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 06:28:00 GMT

USGS Release Atlanta Floods Extremely Rare (11-4-2009 23707 PM)

(Interior Department Documents and Publications/ContentWorks via COMTEX) -- November 4, 2009 - Edward Martin - 770-903-9100 - ehmartin@usgs.gov Brian McCallum - 770-903-9127 - bemccall@usgs.gov Atlanta Floods Extremely Rare The epic flooding that hit the
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 05:42:00 GMT

Roswell vs. Lassiter

Lassiter RB Griffin Roelle (5) runs for a touchdown in the first half. Hyosub Shin / hshin@ajc.com More: Prep Zone Blog: Talk high school football, Twitter: Follow AJC preps writer Michael Carvell, More High School Sports news | More High School photos
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 05:03:00 GMT

Sandy Springs: You’d best not mess with our mayor

Ive never met the Honorable Eva Galambos, but after the score of this weeks mayoral election here in Sandy Springs, Id say she has earned a place on the list of people not to be messed with. At the tender age of 81 she nailed down 84 percent of the vote,
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 04:13:00 GMT

Atlanta's Cabbagetown: To honor peace hero, community soldiers on

I last heard from Ben Sklaver in late September, a week before he was killed by a suicide bomber in Afghanistan. He had limited access to e-mail, but he found a minute to congratulate my wife and me on the birth of our daughter. He said he was between
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 04:13:00 GMT

NBA: Charlotte 103, Atlanta 83

Comment CHARLOTTE, N.C., Nov. 6 (UPI) -- Raja Bell's 24 points with four assists Friday led the Charlotte Bobcats to a 103-83 rout of the Atlanta Hawks. Charlotte built a 61-48 halftime advantage, and when Bell made one of his five 3-pointers and Gerald
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 04:08:00 GMT

Atlanta Roofing: Let’s Talk Architectural Shingles!

SUMMARY: Perhaps it’s been 20 years since your last Atlanta roofing job. Back then, three-tab flat shingles were the most common Atlanta roofing material on the block because they were cheap, quick and easy to put up. However, innovation from desig FOR
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 03:49:00 GMT

Real Housewives of Atlanta: Kim Zolciak’s Plastic Surgery Confessions

Real Housewife Kim Zolciak Spills on What Viewers Already Knew Real Housewives of Atlanta’s Kim Zolciak took some time out from promoting her new single “Tardy for the Party” and trashing her Housewife co-stars to dish to In Touch on her plastic
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 02:56:00 GMT

The Big Man On Campus Didn't Come For Football

ATLANTA -- If you had to guess, you'd probably say that football brought 6-foot-8-inch, 310 pound Ramon Harewood to the Morehouse campus. You'd be wrong. Number 77 is at the Atlanta men's college on an academic scholarship -- and he never played football
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 02:08:00 GMT

Sandy Springs blotter: Hookah heist follow-up

7800 block of Roswell Road: The manager of a store said that someone smashed the front glass doors and took twenty hookah smoking pipes. A suspect was arrested this week by Sandy Springs detectives. Seems the burglar, just before he broke into the hookah
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 01:41:00 GMT

Thank the Lord you didn't get this MARTA bus driver

LeRoy Matthews, a bus operator for the Metro Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority, has more time to talk with God. That's because Matthews, who has been with MARTA for six years, was suspended for five days after a passenger complained the driver would not
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 01:35:00 GMT

Exclusive: Atlanta Worker Caught Peeing In Public

ATLANTA, Ga. -- An Atlanta employee was caught urinating on a public street. A citizen with a camera confronted the worker, telling him he can't use the street as a bathroom.'What you would do if you had to pee?' asked the worker on the video.'They asked
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:06:00 GMT

Atlanta Veterans' Day Parade Features 'Reflections'

The National Museum of Patriotism has invited "Reflections: The American Funeral" - a mobile museum on funeral customs - to participate in the 28th Annual Atlanta Veterans' Day Parade - America's largest - on Peachtree Street in downtown Atlanta on
Fri, 6 Nov 2009 22:53:00 GMT

Atlanta Veterans' Day Parade Features 'Reflections' --Mobile Museum Honors Veterans, Public Safety Officers, Presidents and Celebrities

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Fri, 6 Nov 2009 22:37:00 GMT

Atlanta Veterans' Day Parade Features 'Reflections'

Mobile Museum Honors Veterans, Public Safety Officers, Presidents and Celebrities ST. CLAIR SHORES, Mich., Nov. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Museum of Patriotism has invited 'Reflections: The American Funeral' - a mobile museum on funeral customs - to
Fri, 6 Nov 2009 22:32:00 GMT

United Security Bank fails

Ameris Bank of Moultrie, Ga acquired United Security out of receivership. It is the second bank Ameris has acquired through a -assisted transaction in the past two weeks. United Security also operated the , a subsidiary bank, in the northern Atlanta
Fri, 6 Nov 2009 22:20:00 GMT

Atlanta Veterans' Day Parade Features 'Reflections'

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Fri, 6 Nov 2009 22:14:00 GMT

Atlanta Veterans' Day Parade Features 'Reflections'

ST. CLAIR SHORES, Mich., Nov. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Museum of Patriotism has invited 'Reflections: The American Funeral' - a mobile museum on funeral customs - to participate in the 28th Annual Atlanta Veterans' Day Parade - America's largest -
Fri, 6 Nov 2009 22:14:00 GMT

Atlanta Veterans Day Parade Features Reflections

ST. CLAIR SHORES, Mich., Nov. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Museum of Patriotism has invited "Reflections: The American Funeral" - a mobile museum on funeral customs - to participate in the 28th Annual Atlanta Veterans' Day Parade - America's largest -
Fri, 6 Nov 2009 22:11:00 GMT

Atlanta Veterans' Day Parade Features 'Reflections'

ST. CLAIR SHORES, Mich., Nov. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Museum of Patriotism has invited 'Reflections: The American Funeral' - a mobile museum on funeral customs - to participate in the 28th Annual Atlanta Veterans' Day Parade - America's largest -
Fri, 6 Nov 2009 22:07:00 GMT

Atlanta meetings moved due to Veterans Day

The Atlanta City Council has moved the dates of three committees in observance of Veterans Day. The council's zoning committee will meet at 9:30 a.m. Monday, the finance committee is scheduled to meet at 10 a.m. Monday and the transportation committee
Fri, 6 Nov 2009 21:01:00 GMT

TV station tracks down rogue Atlanta operators

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Fri, 6 Nov 2009 20:24:00 GMT

AGL bringing call center workers back to metro Atlanta

Three years ago, Atlanta-based AGL Resources� announced it was outsourcing some of its customer call operations and about 140 jobs to India. Friday, the parent of Atlanta Gas Light reversed coursed, saying that it plans to create 75 customer service
Fri, 6 Nov 2009 20:23:00 GMT

More H1N1 Vaccine Available In Metro Atlanta

SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. -- New shipments of the H1N1 vaccine are trickling into metro Atlanta. The Fulton County Health Department is now distributing its most recent batch: 1,000 doses of the nasal mist version of the vaccine. Lisa Alvarez's 2 -year-old
Fri, 6 Nov 2009 20:07:00 GMT