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| Confusion surrounds 911 call
When 16-year-old Antoine Marc Williams collapsed last week in a classroom at Benjamin E. Mays High School, one paramedics crew arrived within nine minutes. But it took 35 minutes for a second crew - dispatched, stopped and dispatched again - to reach the school.
•Marietta students can text cops
Clayton Co. teachers warn gov. on pensions
A group of more than 175 retired Clayton County teachers will send a letter to Gov. Sonny Perdue, opposing proposed changes to the educators' retirement system that would threaten automatic biannual 1.5 percent cost of living increases.
Arrest in pregnant mom's death
Quishanna Loynes was sitting with her children in their living room Monday night when a fight outside shattered their family time. A stray bullet from a shoot-out pierced the first-floor window and struck the 29-year-old mother in the back.
•Atlanta man sentenced to death in restaurateur's slaying
Some in GOP say McCain risks Georgia
The DeKalb County Republican Party chairman, a long-time John McCain backer, says the Republican's campaign has left Georgia to chance. And while Georgia has voted GOP for president for the past 16 years,Barack Obama may target the state again.
•Ga. congressmen skip debates | Non-incumbent raises $4.3M
•More places to vote early | Photos | Send photos
•Build ballot | Guide | Survey
Scenes from the airshow
Photos: Check out the pictures our readers took at the Dobbins airshow last weekend. And keep 'em coming.
•Send more | Video: Reporter gets airborne (reluctantly)
King Tut, terracotta warriors coming to ATL
•Photos: Tut | Terracotta
Banks get powder-laced letters
Authorities say an Atlanta bank was among more than 30 nationwide to receive letters containing suspicious powder and threats in what might be an extreme backlash to the nation's economic crisis.
 Pharmacy won't sell candy, birth control
Divine Mercy Care Pharmacy, a new drug store at a Virginia strip mall, is putting its faith in an unconventional business plan: No candy. No sodas. And no birth control. So far, least seven pharmacies across the nation are refusing, as a matter of faith, to sell contraceptives.
Is a Great Depression ahead?
Experts say probably no. But much less clear is whether the current financial crisis will turn into anything actually like the Depression, when over three years the economy shrunk by nearly half and unemployment reached 24 percent.
•Asian markets tumble | 50 ways (at least) to save | Beauty on a budget tips
U.S. airstrike mistakenly hits Afghan troops
Military officials say U.S. forces "may have mistakenly killed and injured" Afghan soldiers in what may have been a case of mistaken identity "on both sides."
Chipper says Peavy 'perfect fit' for Atlanta
"If his arm is sound, this guy's one of the best in the game," Jones said of San Diego pitcher Jake Peavy, a 27-year-old Alabama native who had ERAs of 2.88 or lower in four of the past five seasons.
•Pete Van Wieren retiring | Photos
•Photos: Falcons bowl against breast cancer |
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