ATLANTA -- A group of mourners are honoring the memory of a 2-year-old who died after she was left in a hot van outside a Georgia daycare center.Friends of family gathered Saturday to remember Jazmin Green, who was laid to rest with a single pink rose ...
Continue readingATLANTA -- Lightning may be to blame for an apartment fire in DeKalb County that left 12 people displaced.Channel 2's George Howell said residents reported hearing thunder before a Stone Mountain apartment complex went up in flames.It happened Friday e...
Continue readingATLANTA -- One week before Georgias controversial immigration law takes effect, both sides are waiting for a federal judge to decide if it can be enforced.State Rep. Matt Ramsey told Channel 2s Lori Geary he has no regrets about authoring the bill ...
Continue readingI have been keeping a close eye on Above the Law's Fictional Lawyer Madness contest, in which its readers vote on their favorite fictional TV and movie lawyers over the past 30 years. Now that the field has been trimmed to 16, let me weigh in here with my predictions and some odds-making. Here are the remaining contenders, ranked from least likely to win to the favorite: 16. Gerald Broflovski, "South Park" (100:1) -- low name recognition, bit player. 15. Alan Shore, "Boston Legal" (100:1) -- who? 14. Barry Zuckerkorn/Bob Loblaw, "Arrested Development" (100:1) -- no chance. 13. Jake Brigance,...
Continue readingOn the iPhone J.D. blog, Jeff Richardson has a helpful post for lawyers looking to buy a new iPad. He directs readers to a post by Rob Dean on his WalkingOffice blog that similarly walks lawyers through some of the latest apps available for the iPad an...
Continue readingATLANTA -- The discovery of a dead man shut down a northwest Atlanta intersection Friday morning, Atlanta police said.The intersection of Donald Lee Howell Parkway and Cedar Avenue was blocked while police investigated. Homicide investigators told Chan...
Continue readingCOBB COUNTY, Ga. -- A group of Cobb County firefighters were decontaminated after a warehouse fire in Austell late Thursday.Firefighters were called to the Lance Alliance and Textile Company on Second Flags Drive at 11:50 p.m. Firefighters said cleanin...
Continue readingATLANTA -- Channel 2 Action News has obtained exclusive pictures of a small pistol used in a shooting Tuesday at the Fulton County Jail.The incident resulted in a 2 1/2 hour lockdown and evacuation of nonessential employees.Along with the pictures of t...
Continue readingFULTON COUNTY, Ga. -- Divorce will likely be in the future for the man accused of killing a Dunwoody father outside his sons preschool.An attorney for Ariela Neuman, estranged wife of Hemy Neuman, told Channel 2s Mike Petchenik her client intends t...
Continue readingIt has the awesome, rhyming name "Snapple Apple." It has a prominent photo of a juicy, red, sliced-up apple. How can it contain absolutely no apple juice? If you look at the ingredients of Snapple Apple, you see that it consists of the following: "filtered water, sugar, pear juice, concentrate, citric acid, natural flavors, vegetable and fruit extracts (for color)." No apples. Consumerist's managing editor Ben Popken wanted to know why his bottle of Snapple Apple contained some pear juice, but no apple juice, and sent an email off to Snapple. The response Popken received from Snapple's Consumer Relations department...
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