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Police Find Woman's Body After Calls From Husband

Police checking on the welfare of a woman found her body inside a Gwinnett County home on Tuesday.

Published: Tue, 7 Sep 2010 20:55:47 EDT

DeKalb Strip Club Shooting Victim ID'd

DeKalb County police say an employee was shot and killed outside Pin Ups on East Ponce De Leon Ave.

Published: Tue, 7 Sep 2010 21:18:32 EDT

Police Car Hits Tree, Townhouse In Austell

A Cobb County police officer was taken to an area hospital Tuesday after his cruiser struck a tree and then a townhouse, a spokesman for Cobb police confirms.

Published: Tue, 7 Sep 2010 22:28:38 EDT

White House Defends MLK Quote On Oval Office Rug

No need for a rewrite - or a reweave - of the new rug in the Oval Office. President Barack Obama's spokesman said Tuesday the White House was correct to attribute a famous quotation in the rug's pattern to Martin Luther King Jr., even though the civil rights leader acknowledged being inspired by a 19th-century abolitionist, Thomas Parker.

Published: Tue, 7 Sep 2010 22:23:34 EDT

'Pretend Customer' Swipes Rolex Valued At $30K

Police believe they have one of two men in custody who robbed a metro Atlanta jewelry store of a Rolex watch valued at nearly $30,000, police say.

Published: Tue, 7 Sep 2010 18:48:06 EDT

Racial Slurs Found Outside IRS Office

Police are trying to figure out who sprayed racial slurs in the parking lot of a Hall County building that includes offices for the Internal Revenue Service

Published: Tue, 7 Sep 2010 17:23:51 EDT

Sheriff: Ingles Shooting Crew Linked To Other Crimes

Published: Tue, 7 Sep 2010 18:56:30 EDT

Feds: Ex-Soldier Arrested At Ga. Military Hospital Threatened To Kill Obama

Federal prosecutors said a former Army soldier told authorities he planned to kill President Barack Obama and former President Bill Clinton after he was arrested in a hostage standoff at a Georgia military hospital.

Published: Tue, 7 Sep 2010 17:52:58 EDT

Hunter Out As Atlanta Watershed Commissioner

Rob Hunter, commissioner of Atlanta's embattled Department of Watershed Management, is stepping down from the position effective Friday.

Published: Tue, 7 Sep 2010 18:36:34 EDT

PHOTOS: Man With Doll Mask Robs Bank

Published: Tue, 7 Sep 2010 11:44:02 EDT