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Refusing teen sex survey costing Georgia federal funds

...1.8 million in grants for programs aimed at preventing HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.A spokesman for Gov. Nathan Deal said the governor was uncomfortable about letting the government...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2013-05-25/refusing-teen-sex-survey-cost
16 hurt in shuttle bus crash near Atlanta airport

COLLEGE PARK, Ga. - Sixteen people were taken to the hospital Friday, at least two in serious condition, after they were hurt in a crash between a hotel shuttle bus and a tractor-trailer near Atlanta's airport, officials said.

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2013-05-24/16-hurt-shuttle-bus-crash-nea
Legal woes piling up for Georgia Democratic Party chairman

LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. - Legal woes are piling up for the leader of Georgia's Democratic Party.The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that a lawsuit filed in Gwinnett County this week accuses Mike Berlon of failing to distribute nearly...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2013-05-24/legal-woes-piling-georgia-dem
Baby in car stolen from daycare is found safe

...That's all I ask. You can have the car," Buchannon said in an interview with WSB-TV before the child was found.The child was reunited with her mother shortly after police found the car, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/2013-05-22/baby-car-stolen-daycare-found-safe
State Rep. Tyrone Brooks indicted

...allegedly ,misappropriating almost $1 million in charitable funds, the U.S. Attorney's office said.The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that the grand jury had been investigating the Georgia Association of Black Elected Officials...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/crime-courts/2013-05-16/state-rep-tyrone-brook
Atlanta court dismisses 1,800 cases because police fail to show

...because police officers failed to show up in court despite being subpoenaed to testify, records show.The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported the findings after its investigation of Fulton County Magistrate Court.The newspaper also found...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/2013-05-13/atlanta-court-dismisses-1800-cases-
Teen charged in missing student's death

...has not been found.Todd Lowery, a special agent in charge at the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that authorities were searching sections of the Ocmulgee River for the man's body Friday. Authorities...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2013-05-10/teen-charged-missing-students
456 Atlanta colonoscopy patients warned of infection risk

...transmission of disease "is actually quite remote," Dr. Leigh Hamby, Piedmont's chief medical officer, told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.Piedmont said the surgery center staff cleaned the endoscopy instruments with enzymatic soap after each...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/health/2013-05-01/456-atlanta-colonoscopy-pati
Across the region

MCDONOUGH, Ga. - Authorities say a 14-year-old boy who was struck by a Henry County patrol car has died in an Atlanta area hospital.

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2013-04-28/across-region
Crowd pelts Atlanta cops with bricks, hammers

...police the day before, which was captured by cell phone video. Atlanta police spokesman Carlos Campus tells The Atlanta Journal-Constitution that officers used batons and pepper spray during Monday's arrest. Campos said about 50 people had gathered...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2013-04-10/crowd-pelts-atlanta-cops-bric