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Meyers says Palin was 'fastball' for 'SNL' writers
Sarah Palin may not be around as a font of comic material this year, but Seth Meyers of "Saturday Night Live" doubts he'll be starved for things to poke fun at.
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Gwinnett Superior Court makes judge step down
Gwinnett County’s Superior Court judges have relieved Senior Judge James “Jim” Oxendine of his duties after learning of Oxendine’s involvement in negotiating a land deal for a developer.
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Good Samaritan killed
Truck strikes helpful woman's vehicle, knocking her off Interstate ramp.
Atlanta ERs brace for flu
Kayla Johnson lay in Room 6 of the emergency department at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston, her cough muffled by a yellow mask.
The harm in pharmacy misfills
It never occurred to Gwen Dalley that there was anything wrong with the prescription antibiotic pills she picked up at a Loganville pharmacy.
Georgia dogs adopted up North
If the two wiggly brown puppies had gone to Fulton County animal shelter, they’d only get five days before facing canine death row.
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Adelman nominated ambassador to Singapore
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Emil Schoeman, 92, fast food impresario
Guards at the Atlanta federal prison used to wait in line for Emil Schoeman to open the doors of his McDonald’s restaurant.
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Brady Green, 57, Harvard grad who loved coaching
Even after more than three decades of marriage, Brady Green would call his wife, Trudy, multiple times a day to tell her he loved her.
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Family farm meant world to Virginia Matthews, 79, of Winder
Virginia Matthews had a special place in her heart for the family farm in Winder.The 50-acre farm — with its two houses, three barns, acre-size pond, pool, large pastures and rolling hills — was a retreat of sorts, a place that her family, 12 in all, could gather.
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- Q: Why is there a long delay in the broadcast of sporting events (including Georgia Tech’s season opener), meaning that the live action precedes the broadcast by 20 to 30 seconds?
- Q: When a criminal is sentenced to two life sentences, why is one life sentence not enough?
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AGCO settles kickback lawsuit
AGCO Corp., a Duluth-based agricultural equipment firm, has agreed to pay more than $20 million to settle allegations that its subsidiaries made kickbacks to win business in Iraq.
Flash flood alert around Metro Atlanta
Tease Summary: Flash flooding in Cobb, Paulding, Douglas and Carroll
61st annual Emmy Awards show
Neil Patrick Harris hosts the 61st annual Primetime Emmy Awards show Sunday, Sept. 20, 2009 in Los Angeles.
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- Map: Vehicle crashes into house
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Pavani Test Food contractor indicted for fraud
A company that supplies food to American troops in Iraq has been indicted on allegations that it overcharged the government more than $68 million, U.
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New Drug May Offer Hope to Some With Lung Cancer
Maintenance therapy with the drug pemetrexed improves the survival of people with non-small-cell lung cancer whose disease has not progressed after chemotherapy, a new study has found.
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Hormone Therapy May Make Lung Cancer More Likely
Taking a combination form of hormone replacement therapy, which includes both estrogen and progestin, increases a woman's risk for dying from lung cancer, a new study has found.
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Paralyzed Rats Walk Again
A three-pronged approach to treating spinal cord injuries allowed paralyzed rats to walk without receiving signals from the brain, scientists report.
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