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Rich Zip Snubs New Chick Fil A


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Published Feb. 21, 2011 at 10:31 p.m.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) The well-heeled Belle Meade section of Nashville is concerned about plans by the Chick-fil-A fast food chain to locate a restaurant in that affluent area ... Chick-fil-A, known for its chicken sandwiches, nuggets and amusing TV ads, wants one of its locations with a drive-thru on a corner of a busy street at the site of a former bank. It would have two drive-thru windows and outdoor seating for 28 ... But city planners and residents are concerned about the traffic it would

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Chick-fil-A sales spike to $3.6 billion


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Published Feb. 21, 2011 at 12:00 a.m.
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Chick-fil-A Inc. once again set an annual sales record.The Atlanta-based fast food chain reported Monday its sales for 2010 went up 11.4 percent to $3.58 billion. As a private company, Chick-fil-A does not report its bottom line.Also last year, Chick-fil-A opened 80 new restaurants."We have been very blessed with our sales performance, which is a testament to our family of franchise operators who remain committed to the business and dedicated to attracting the very best restaurant team members,"

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Mexican restaurant going into former Il Mulino space


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Published Feb. 21, 2011 at 12:00 a.m.
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The former Il Mulino space downtown is going Mexican.Fifth Group Restaurants have signed a lease with Atlanta-based Cousins Properties Inc. (NYSE: CUZ) for the former Italian restaurant space at the One Ninety One Peachtree tower in downtown Atlanta.The new restaurant, which is yet unnamed, is expected to open in the fall.“This is a very exciting time for our company,” said Robby Kukler, a partner with Fifth Group. “We’ve felt that Atlanta has had room for a bit more of a serious Mexican

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Group claims cola coloring causes cancer


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Published Feb. 17, 2011 at 12:00 a.m.
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A U.S. watchdog group that promotes food safety is pushing the Food and Drug Administration to ban the use of food coloring in cola drinks saying the chemically enhanced caramel coloring could cause cancer, Reuters reports.Two versions of caramel coloring approved to color food include chemical ammonia and produce compounds that have caused cancer in studies of animals, the Center for Science in the Public Interest said in a statement.Atlanta-based The Coca-Cola Co. said the caramel it uses does

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Rep. Scott, Ex-Wife Alleged Substance Abuse


Published Feb. 15, 2011 at 7:41 a.m.

ATLANTA (WSB Radio/AP) --  Newly elected U.S. Rep. Austin Scott and his ex-wife accused each other of substance abuse during their 2001 divorce case, according to court records from their case released Monday ... Scott's ex-wife, Leigh Jordan, accused Scott, a state lawmaker at the time, of strange and erratic behavior. She said he used alcohol as an escape device and that he was involved with pornography. The documents don't elaborate ... Scott also accused Jordan of abusing alcohol and

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Ted's Closing Some Restaurant


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Published Nov. 18, 2010 at 12:42 p.m.

(WSB Radio) -- Ted's Montana Grill has closed nine restaurants in the Midwest, Raleigh and around Washington, D.C. this week. The Atlanta-based chain, started by CNN founder Ted Turner and restaurateur George McKerrow Jr. in 2002, said the the economy has taken a bite out of its profits ... The closed locations are in Omaha, the Chicago area, D.C., Sterling, Va., Raleigh, N.C. and Wichita, Kansas. The company did not close locations in Atlanta ... The chain now is down to 46 restaurants in 19

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Rhetoric Rises in Home Stretch of Governor's Race


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Published July 18, 2010 at 8:18 a.m.

ATLANTA (AP) The campaign for governor steamed into the home stretch on Saturday with Republicans brawling about gender amid a cry of sexism from the lone woman in the race. The leading Democrats, meanwhile, stuck to tried-and-true stump speeches and avoided any direct clashes ... With Tuesday's primary approaching, the 14 candidates for governor spread across the state on Saturday as they tried to whip up last-minute support ... The fireworks were in the GOP race, where a recent poll showed

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Elderly Couple Trapped in Home Elevator Dies


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Published July 17, 2010 at 9:15 a.m.

ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. (AP) When the elevator in their home got stuck between floors, Sherwood and Caroline Wadsworth found themselves trapped with no way to call for help as temperatures rose into the 90s. They finally died from heat exhaustion in the closet-sized lift ... Autopsies on the elderly couple he was 90, she was 89 on Thursday pointed to a tragic end to lives they shared for more than 60 years. Police estimated they had been dead at least four days before a newspaper carrier called

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10 Dead in Miss. After Tornado, Storms Hit South


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Published April 25, 2010 at 9:16 a.m.

YAZOO CITY, Miss. (AP) Rescuers combed neighborhoods of splintered homes in Mississippi, ferrying the injured on all-terrain vehicles where roads were impassable after a devastating tornado sliced through the state and killed at least 10 people, including three children ... The high winds on Saturday tore roofs off buildings in hard-hit Yazoo County, where Gov. Haley Barbour grew up. He described ``utter obliteration'' among the picturesque hills rising from the flat Mississippi Delta. Heavy

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Obit: Civil Rights Leader Benjamin Hooks


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Published April 16, 2010 at 1:04 a.m.

BC-US--Obit-BenjaminHook ... NASHVILLE (AP) Civil rights leader Benjamin L. Hooks, who shrugged off courtroom slurs as a young lawyer before earning a pioneering judgeship and later reviving a flagging NAACP, died Thursday in Memphis. He was 85 ... Across the country, political leaders and Hooks' peers in the civil rights movement remembered his remarkably wide-ranging accomplishments and said he'd want the fight for social justice to continue. State Rep. Ulysses Jones, a member of the church

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