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Aviation Museum: Boondoggle, Inspiration or Both?

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Published Aug. 29, 2010 at 2:43 a.m.

ATLANTA (AP) Fulton County Commissioners are spending $5 million to build an aviation museum that will double as a community center and, critics say, a boondoggle ... The commission voted 5-2 last week to build the museum, financed by federal stimulus bond money, at Fulton County Airport-Charlie Brown Field. The project, which will have an estimated annual operational cost of $300,000, drew quick criticism upon approval ... ``What we approved (last) Wednesday is a concept and nothing more ... we

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Federal Panel Upholds Wesley Snipes Sentence

Published July 17, 2010 at 4:28 a.m.

ATLANTA (AP) A federal appeals court Friday upheld the three-year prison sentence against film star Wesley Snipes, who was convicted two years ago of failing to file income tax returns for three years ... The opinion by the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is the latest blow to the action movie icon, whose attorneys argued that the three-year sentence was ``unreasonable'' and that he should have been granted a hearing to decide whether his trial should have been held in New York instead of

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Judge Tosses Effort to Block Oxendine Probe

Published July 17, 2010 at 4:36 a.m.

ATLANTA (AP) A Fulton County judge tossed an attempt by two insurance companies that sought to block an ethics investigation into contributions to Republican gubernatorial hopeful John Oxendine ... Judge Kimberly Esmond Adams said in her ruling Friday that the commission has the power to ``find probable cause to initiate hearings and similarly to issue subpoenas in connection with its investigation of public violations.'' ... The two insurance companies are under investigation for funneling

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Johnson Says Gitmo Comment Misconstrued

Published July 18, 2010 at 3:28 a.m.

ATLANTA (AP) Republican gubernatorial candidate Eric Johnson said his comments about creating a Guantanamo Bay in Georgia for illegal immigrants were misconstrued ... In a debate taped on Friday and sponsored by WSB-TV, Johnson said ``if we have to set up a Guantanamo Bay of Georgia, I would do it.'' ... Johnson told The Associated Press on Saturday that he didn't mean to suggest that he wanted ``to scoop up people and put them in camps.'' ... The former state senator from Savannah said he was

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Paraplegic Man Dies in Accident in Atlanta

Published July 18, 2010 at 3:53 a.m.

ATLANTA (AP) Police say a paraplegic man in his 50s died after he lost control of his specially adapted minivan and ran off an interstate ... Police say the 2005 Toyota Sienna LE, which was adapted for use by a handicapped driver, ran off an Interstate 75 ramp around 4 a.m. Saturday when the driver lost control ... The driver, who's name wasn't immediately released pending notification of his family, died at the scene. Police say a female caretaker in the passenger seat was injured and was taken

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Poll: Voters Support Immigration Crackdown

Published July 18, 2010 at 4:16 a.m.

ATLANTA (AP) A majority of Georgia voters would support giving police the power to arrest suspected illegal immigrants who cannot prove they are in the country legally, according to poll results released Saturday ... The survey shows 68 percent of voters would support enacting a law meant to crack down on illegal immigrants similar to one recently adopted in Arizona. That law requires police, while enforcing other laws, to question a person's immigration status if officers have a reasonable

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AJC Poll: Handel Surges Into the GOP Lead

Published July 18, 2010 at 5:19 a.m.

(Courtesy AJC) -- Bolstered by an endorsement from conservative superstar Sarah Palin, former Secretary of State Karen Handel appears to have surged into the lead of the Republican race for governor, according to a new statewide poll conducted for the Georgia Newspaper Partnership ... The poll of 400 likely Republican primary voters taken Thursday and Friday put Handel in first place with 29 percent of Georgians polled saying she would get their vote. That's up 6 percentage points from an

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