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Festival At Park Honors Atlanta's Missing Murdered Children
ATLANTA, Ga. -- For more than 30 years Sunshine Lewis has tried to help the families of children who have been murdered, gone missing or died unexpectedly. The 11th annual Children and Youth Memorial ...

UGA Student Reports Sexual Assault in Vehicle She Believed To Be Taxi
ATHENS, Ga -- An 18-year-old college freshman has told Athens-Clarke County police that a man driving what she thought was a taxi sexually assaulted her over the weekend. It is the latest in a string...

Is Nathan Deal Financially "Transparent"
Republican Nathan Deal says his personal finances are now public. Last week, he disclosed summaries of his income tax returns. That, he says, supplements disclosure forms he submitted to Congress. Dea...

Geeks and Jocks Getting Along Must Be Labor Day Weekend in Atlanta
ATLANTA -- In high school, science-fiction and fantasy fans rarely rubbed elbows with jocks and football fans, but the two groups shared close quarters and comradery Labor Day weekend as Downtown Atla...

Home Dog Breeder Busted; Dogs Sent to Decatur Shelter
DECATUR, GA -- More than three dozen adult dogs and puppies have been confiscated from a home breeder in Morgan County, Georgia, about an hour east of Atlanta, and taken to a no-kill shelter in Decatu...

Atlanta Couple Injured Parasailing
CLEARWATER, Fla. -- An Atlanta couple was injured while parasailing on Clearwater Beach, Fla. Sunday. According to Florida Fish and Wildlife service, Alejandra White and Shaun Ladd were parasailing w...

No Pants on the Ground in One Georgia Town
DUBLIN, GA -- Dublin Mayor Phil Best says after years of complaints, city council took action Thursday against what he calls "offensive" dress. You can't wear sagging baggy pants with your underwear ...

Mattie's Call Issued for Missing Diabled Woman
HALL COUNTY, GA -- Police are asking for the public's help in finding a missing disabled woman. The Hall County Sheriff's Department has issued a Mattie's Call for 45-year-old Arroyo Adela. She was ...

CSI Laboratories To Build New Cancer Diagnostics Laboratory In Atlanta, GA
cancer diagnostic laboratory, announced the lease of a new 65,000 square foot facility in Alpharetta, GA, located north of the city of Atlanta. CSI Laboratories is committing $15 million to its strate...

3 Military Hospital Workers Taken Hostage by Ex-Soldier
FORT STEWART, GA -- The Army says a former soldier demanding behavioral treatment took three workers hostage at a Georgia military hospital before surrendering. Fort Stewart spokesman Kevin Larson sa...

U.S. 10K Classic Draws Thousands to Cobb
Cobb County, GA -- The sun came up on a perfect racing morning on Labor Day as more than 11,000 people gathered at the starting line of the 17th annual

Van der Sloot Concedes Extorting Holloways
AMSTERDAM (AP) -- A newspaper has quoted the Dutchman charged with killing a 21-year-old Peruvian woman and suspected in the disappearance of Alabama teenager Natalee Holloway as confessing to extorti...

Ingles Store Guard Killed In Cumming Robbery
CUMMING, Ga.- Police say three masked gunmen shot and killed the security guard at an Ingles food store late Sunday. Forsyth County police spokesperson Karleen Chalker said officers responded to a 91...

Free Wednesday Admissions to Parks May End
ATHENS, Ga. (AP) -- Budget trouble could mean the end of free Wednesday admission to Georgia's state parks. The perk allows visitors to skip the $5 admission fee, which costs the Department of Natu...

Update Expected in Mammogram Probe
PERRY, Ga. (AP) -- A prosecutor will soon give a public update on a probe into faulty mammogram tests at Perry Hospital that could have affected around 900 women. Houston County District Attorney Ra...

Shrimp and Grits Back at Jekyll festival
JEKYLL ISLAND, Ga. (AP) -- Who serves the best shrimp and grits on the Georgia coast? You can find out soon at the Wild Georgia Shrimp Festival. The 5th annual festival dedicated to the Southern st...

Five things we learned from Atlanta
Just weeks after losing its second date on the 2011 schedule, Atlanta's second annual Labor Day spectacular showcased the best NASCAR competition we've seen on the track in years. That's how it's been...

Stewart Takes His 1st Cup Win Of The Year
HAMPTON, Ga. (AP) -- Tony Stewart raced to his first victory of the year, pulling away from Carl Edwards off the final restart at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Stewart beat Edwards by 1.316 seconds Satur...

Wife Shot Army Sergeant Returned From Iraq
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) -- Investigators along Georgia's coast are weighing whether to file charges against a wife they say shot and killed her husband, an Army soldier recently returned from Iraq. Savan...

Atlanta Dream takes 1-0 lead over New York Liberty in best-of-3 WNBA Eastern Conference finals
Angel McCoughtry scored 13 of her 21 points in the fourth quarter, leading the Atlanta Dream to an 81-75 victory over the New York Liberty in the opener of the best-of-three Eastern Conference finals.

Atlanta cancer lab plans $15M expansion
CSI Laboratories plans to invest $15 million in a relocation and expansion that will generate up to 100 high-skilled jobs. The cancer diagnostic laboratory analyzes tissue samples for about 600 medic...

Two People Found Dead in Southeast Atlanta Apartment
ATLANTA -- Atlanta Police are on the scene of a double shooting in a southeast Atlanta apartment.Officer Otis Redmond told CBS Atlanta the victims were shot in the back of the head.Stay with CBS Atlan...

Tropical Depression Forms in SW Gulf of Mexico
ATLANTA-A tropical depression formed in the southwest Gulf of Mexico Sunday night. This storm is expected to become Tropical Storm Hermine before it makes landfall on the coast of Mexico late Monday o...

Paste Magazine Suspends Printing
ATLANTA The music monthly Paste has printed its last magazine after struggling financially for more than a year. Editor-in-chief Josh Jackson said Wednesday that the publication based in sub...