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Sign up to receive daily AJC headlines on your mobile device. Powered by Looking to give back to the community? Visit DoGood.ajc.com today. Log on to ajc.com from your mobile device and download the new ajc icon for Blackberry users. Young poll workers cut vote times Clayton schools must ditch junk food or forfeit $14M The school district has until Friday to rid its campuses of junk food during school hours. That means sports teams and band boosters will no longer sell Chick-fil-A sandwiches or pizza during school hours. No candy fund-raisers between classes. And teachers cannot hand out Halloween candy during classes. Fulton, Clayton seek extended voting hours The Fulton County Board of Registration and Elections will meet today to talk about possibly extending voting hours on Tuesday. Clayton County also is considering extending voting at the county's 58 precincts until 9 p.m. Tuesday. First-time voter is 103 In all his years, Ernest Smith of Lithonia says, he never drank, smoked or voted. Though he's yet to sample tobacco or alcohol, on Thursday, Smith cast his first ballot - for Democratic nominee Barack Obama. 'I wish I'd done it before,' he says. •Young workers speed process | Hundreds march | Photos •More rallies today | TV debates: Senate | House •Post-election parties | Map | Build ballot | Guide | Survey Record exec dead in Marietta Shakir Stewart, the 34-year-old executive vice president of Def Jam Recordings, the best-known hip-hop label in the country, was found over the weekend in the bathroom of his house in Marietta. Police said Stewart shot himself with a handgun. Atlanta West church choir seeks national title Two months ago, Atlanta West Pentecostal Church choir members were raising the rafters in their church in Lithia Springs. On Saturday, they'll try to do the same in front of thousands at Philips Arena. 2 dead in Roswell head-on collision Roswell police are investigating an early Sunday morning head-on collision that left two people dead and three others injured. Police said there was a "strong odor of an alcoholic beverage" coming from one of the vehicles. Molestation shatters family Cecil Henderson Jr., 74, of Woodstock, is in jail and waiting to be sentenced on charges that he molested two of his grandchildren, one from the age 3 to 5 and the other from age 7 to 9. Study: TV sways teen pregnancy rates Groundbreaking research suggests pregnancy rates are much higher among teens who watch a lot of TV with sexual dialogue and behavior compared with those who have tamer viewing tastes. Falcons shut out the Raiders Going after ex-Falcon DeAngelo Hall right from the start, Atlanta gets a quick 37-yard touchdown pass and some early momentum on the way to a 24-0 rout over the Raiders at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. •Photos | Richt sickened by UGA's loss to Florida | Tech back in Top 25 Looking for an auto dealer? Look here first. www.ajccars.com Local history revealed Atlanta as it was: 1868-1939 Search our historic archive! Your Metro News More on AJC AJC Home Gwinnett Vents Traffic Atlanta Henry Weather Lotteries Cherokee North Fulton accessAtlanta Shopping Clayton Rockdale Mobile Sports Alerts Sports Cobb South Metro Business Cynthia Tucker Coweta Crime Briefs Living Jay Bookman DeKalb Political Insider Nation-World Jim Wooten Fayette Videos & Multimedia Metro Mike Luckovich Forsyth View from the Cop Opinion Woman to Woman *Copyright © 2008, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. This news, information and advertising message isbrought to you by Atlanta Journal Constitution, 72 Marietta St., N. W., Atlanta,GA 30303. This information is for personal use only and isnot available for redistribution. This email was sent to: fpac.rangola@blogger.com Please do not reply to this e-mail. If you wish toremove your e-mail address from future mailings, please visit the subscription center. Manage your profile by visiting our profile center If you have a question or concern about AJC e-mailnewsletters, please visit our customer care site: http://www.ajc.com/newsletters To receive the latest Atlanta News and Sports Get The Atlanta Journal-Constitution delivered! SubscribeToday!				Sponsored by FROM THE AJC ARCHIVES Keepsake AJC photos and pages Books, posters and other great gifts from the AJC Search our archives for stories from 1985 to today