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DOT hiring private partner for rest areas

Published July 16, 2010 at 2:40 p.m.
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The Georgia Department of Transportation Friday announced plans to seek a private partner to help manage the state’s 17 highway rest areas and nine welcome centers ...

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Tyco's Atlanta facility opens next week

Published July 16, 2010 at 2:04 p.m.
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Tyco International will open a distribution facility in metro Atlanta on July 19 ...

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Apple offers free cases, refunds to cure 'Antennagate'

Published July 16, 2010 at 1:47 p.m.
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Apple CEO Steve Jobs offered free cases and full refunds to owners of iPhone 4 during an update Friday morning on reception problems with the device that he said have been dubbed "Antennagate." (AAPL) ...

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Transportation funding campaign starts early

Published July 16, 2010 at 12:40 p.m.
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Atlanta business and transportation leaders Friday kicked off what is expected to become a $4 million to $5 million campaign to pass a regional transportation funding referendum two years from now ...

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Consumer prices dip, again

Published July 16, 2010 at 12:15 p.m.

Consumer prices dropped for the third-consecutive month, largely because of lower energy prices, according to a closely watched government report released Friday ...

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Watch the Howl Trailer

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Published July 16, 2010 at 8:00 a.m.

If the trailer released for Howl is any indication, James Franco as Allen Ginsberg is proving to be a match made in Beat heaven. The film, written and directed by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman, brings a talented cast to chronicle Ginsberg’s obscenity trial that followed _Howl_’s controversial publication in 1957 ...

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The art of great first dates

Published July 16, 2010 at 7:26 a.m.

Far be it from me to complain about the precious few dates so far this summer ... I never want to appear rude or anything but I have to send a public service announcement out: ... First dates can make or break your potential romance ... Yeah, I know this seems like a no-brainer, but ask any single person about their most disastrous dates ever. Chances are they were on the one  (and only) first date that failed miserably ... I have wondered why there is so much pressure to impress on a first

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The Aging Uncle Goes To a Metalcore Show

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Published July 16, 2010 at 7:00 a.m.

Earlier this week, I went to The Cool Tour at The Tabernacle in Atlanta with two of my nephews, RJ, 17, and Jackson, 14. It was the first concert for either of them, and they needed a chaperone who wouldn’t mind bleeding from the ears a little bit ...

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Ice cream truck: from the Cooking Channel

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Published July 16, 2010 at 4:15 a.m.

Get ready for some free ice cream ... From Jake’s ... And meet the crooner who cooks ... From the Cooking Channel.The Deets:Saturday, July 179AM - 1PMEast Lake Farmers Market(Hosea Williams Dr & 2nd Avenue SE)And… yes… I will be there ... With ice cream in both hands ... Come see me?~Chloe ...

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Goodreault passes away and other links

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Published July 15, 2010 at 10:38 p.m.

One of BC's oldest gridiron greats Gene Goodreault died Tuesday. He was 92. BC honored Goodreault in 2001 with a retired jersey as he was one of the cogs of Frank Leahy's BC teams. Goodreault was elected to the college football Hall of Fame in 1982. We (I) laud many current BC athletes for their skill and values. Goodreault's passing is a reminder that BC folks have been leaders and role models for a long time. R.I.P ... Carl Sneep just started his professional career in Pittsburgh's current

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