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Gun Signs: Threat Or Warning


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Published Feb. 22, 2011 at 3:17 p.m.

Midtown residents discover gun signs bolted to street signs ...

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Car stolen with deceased man's ashes inside


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Published Feb. 22, 2011 at 1:54 p.m.

Thieves took keys from an unlocked valet box at Murphy's restaurant in Virginia-Highland and drove two cars off the lot, including one that contained an item of high sentimental value, police said ...

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Crime, water rates challenges for mayor


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Published Feb. 22, 2011 at 11:50 a.m.

Three and a half years ago, just days after Alcide L. Honore and his wife closed on their tony Old Fourth Ward home, someone broke into it ...

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Police: Cars Parked by Va-Hi Valets Stolen


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Published Feb. 22, 2011 at 8:14 a.m.

By Mark Alewine ... WSB Radio ... (WSB Radio) --  Atlanta Police are investigating the thefts of at least two cars valets parked at a popular Virginia Highland restaurant ... Last Wednesday, around 10:30pm, someone took keys from an unlocked valet box at Murphy's on Virginia Avenue and stole a 2010 Mercedes Benz and a 2010 Audi parked in the first two spaces in front of the business.  ... The owner of the Benz told Channel 2 Action News his father's ashes were in the car ... Pro Park, the

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Gadhafi Goes on Libyan TV Amid Protests


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Published Feb. 22, 2011 at 8:11 a.m.

By SARAH EL DEEB and MAGGIE MICHAEL ... Associated Press ... CAIRO (AP) --  Deep rifts opened in Moammar Gadhafi's regime, with Libyan government officials at home and abroad resigning, air force pilots defecting and a bloody crackdown on protest in the capital of Tripoli, where cars and buildings were burned. Gadhafi went on state TV early Tuesday to attempt to show he was still in charge ... World leaders expressed outrage Monday at the ``vicious forms of repression'' used against the

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Caught On Camera: School Bus And City Truck Run Stop Signs


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Published Feb. 22, 2011 at 4:56 a.m.

For the third time, CBS Atlanta has caught city vehicles running stop signs in East Atlanta ...

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OliverMcMillan to buy Streets of Buckhead


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Published Feb. 22, 2011 at 12:00 a.m.
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The stalled “Streets of Buckhead” project may soon have a new owner.San Diego-based OliverMcMillan Inc. confirmed Tuesday it inked a deal to buy the project in Atlanta and plans to begin construction this year. Atlanta Business Chronicle reported the firm's interest on Feb, 4.Financial terms were not disclosed.It will be the firm’s first development project in Atlanta.Financial closing is expected in the next 60 days on the six-block, 8-acre luxury mixed-use project at the intersection of

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Riverside Residents Say Abandoned Home Eyesore, Health Hazard


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Published Feb. 21, 2011 at 10:35 p.m.

Some residents in Atlanta's Riverside community are fed up with an abandoned home in their neighborhood ...

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State Dept.: US 'Gravely Concerned' About Libya


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Published Feb. 21, 2011 at 8:00 a.m.

WASHINGTON (AP) --  The State Department says the United States is gravely concerned about reports that hundreds of people have been killed or injured during anti-government protests in Libya.  ... State Department spokesman Philip Crowley says the U.S. has raised strong objections with Libyan officials, including Foreign Minister Musa Kusa, about the use of lethal force against demonstrators ... Crowley says the U.S. reiterated ``the importance of universal rights, including freedom of speech

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Holder joins Genuine Parts board


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Published Feb. 21, 2011 at 12:00 a.m.
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Commercial real estate veteran John R. Holder has joined Genuine Parts Co.’s board of directors.Holder is chairman and CEO of Atlanta-based Holder Properties Inc. Holder Properties said that under his watch, the company has been involved in more than 10 million square feet of development totaling more than $1.5 billion.He also is a director on the boards of the Carter Presidential Center, the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, Central Atlanta Progress, Midtown Alliance (past President), Buckhead

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