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‘Everything’s Free’ Garage Sale? Make Sure You Mean It (and That You Are Home)

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The May 26, 2011 Craigslist ad was pretty straightforward: EVERYTHING'S FREE!!! Furniture! Clothes! Books! Toys! We're giving it away, so come take it away! Saturday, May 28th, 10am-2pm, No Early Birds, Please! 501 Evergreen Ave, Boulder An earlier ad had scheduled the start time at 8 a.m., but the "No Early Birds" ad above was intended to correct that ...

13 June

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Zombie Outbreak Hits Cobb

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COBB COUNTY, Ga. -- Cobb County residents were confronted with a zombie outbreak Monday morning. Zombie Drama Stops Traffic The AMC hit drama The Walking Dead was filming on Riverwood Parkway, which was closed for several hours during filming.Last...

13 June

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Court Says Cobb EMC Violated Agreement

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ATLANTA -- The Georgia Supreme Court has ruled that the president and directors of the Cobb Electric Membership Corporation violated an agreement with the utility's members.The court's 5-1 decision on Monday said that Cobb EMC's board violated a settle...

12 June

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Ederly Woman Duct-Taped, Robbed In Home Invasion

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ATLANTA -- Police were searching for two people they say terrorized an 85-year-old woman inside her southwest Atlanta apartment.Investigators said the thieves covered Julia Phillips face with duct tape and robbed her.Phillips and her family said they...

12 June

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Coretta Scott King’s Older Sister Dies In Pa.

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ATLANTA -- Edythe Scott Bagley, the older sister of Coretta Scott King, has died.Martin Luther King III said in a statement Sunday that Bagley died Saturday morning at her home in Cheney, Pa.He says his aunt was a "vibrant, brilliant woman and always a...

11 June

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Nigerian Woman Convicted Of Luring Girls To Work As Slaves

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ATLANTA -- Investigators call it a case of modern day slavery. They said 41-year-old Bidemi Bello separately recruited two young women from Nigeria and brought them her home in Suwanee, to work as her nanny with the promise of putting them through scho...

11 June

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Missing Man Found Drowned In Lake Lanier

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HALL COUNTY, Ga. -- A family member made a grim discovery Saturday when they found a missing man drowned in Lake Lanier.Deputies said Christopher Johnson, 27, had been missing since Tuesday night around 7:30 p.m.Johnsons body was found by a relative ...

11 June

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Officer Hits Telephone Pole With Police Cruiser

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ATLANTA -- An Atlanta police officer is recovering after being injured in a car wreck Saturday afternoon.Investigators said Officer Houston with the Atlanta Police Department lost control of his car and hit a telephone pole on Martin Luther King Jr. Dr...

11 June

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Immigrants Seek Info About New Immigration Law

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CALHOUN, Ga. -- In this northwest Georgia town where many work in the local carpet factories, people crammed into a community center to learn about Georgia's new law cracking down on illegal immigration some of them scared to the point they're ready...

11 June

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Chelsea Handler Performance Postponed

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The "Lies Chelsea Handler Told Me Tour 2011" performance at Chastain Park Friday has been postponed.The performing arts center said Handler is sick and has rescheduled the performance to Friday July 22.Anyone with tickets to the performance can use the...

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