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Fire Damages Sandy Springs Apt. Complex

Published July 13, 2010 at 4:18 a.m.

Fire investigators will be out at a Sandy Springs apartmentcomplex Tuesday morning trying to find out what started a hugefire ...

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New Obama Strategy To Battle HIV/AIDS

Published July 13, 2010 at 4:10 a.m.

President Barack Obama is announcing a new national strategy for combating HIV and AIDS aimed at helping reduce the number of infections and providing those living with the virus high-quality care free from stigma or discrimination ...

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Court for Man Accused of Killing Son

Published July 13, 2010 at 4:09 a.m.

A man accused of killing his 5-year-old son is expected toappear in court Tuesday ...

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BP Prepares to Test New Cap

Published July 13, 2010 at 3:56 a.m.

After securing a new, tight-fitting cap on top of the leakingwell in the Gulf of Mexico, BP prepared Tuesday to begin tests tosee if it will hold and stop fresh oil from polluting the watersfor the first time in nearly three months ...

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Newt in 2012?

Published July 13, 2010 at 3:56 a.m.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) Former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich said Monday he's seriously considering seeking the Republican presidential nomination and will announce his decision early next year ... Gingrich, 67, told The Associated Press that he would focus on helping Republican candidates through the midterm elections in November, then decide in February or March whether to seek the GOP nomination ... ``I've never been this serious,'' Gingrich said ... ``It's fair to say that by February the

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iPhone4: No CR Recommendation

Published July 13, 2010 at 3:53 a.m.

SEATTLE (AP) Consumer Reports said Monday it will not recommend Apple Inc.'s newest iPhone because of reception problems caused by its antenna design ... After the iPhone 4 went on sale in June, buyers started complaining that holding the gadget a certain way could cause reception to fade and calls to drop ... Apple has said that any phone will lose signal strength when gripped in certain ways. It said the iPhone 4 seems to show a larger drop because it has been using a faulty formula to decide

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Coach Drowns Saving Son, Teammate

Published July 13, 2010 at 3:41 a.m.

MCDONOUGH, Ga. (AP) The family of a McDonough man who died at a Florida beach last week says he was trying to rescue children when he drowned ... Family members say 42-year-old Darin McGahey was in Pensacola for a Little League baseball tournament ... He was an assistant coach for the Locust Grove Razorbacks. His brother, Jeff McGahey, says some of his young players were caught in the surf and he managed to rescue a few of them before he drowned at Navarre Beach Wednesday ... He is survived by

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White Water Reopens

Published July 13, 2010 at 3:38 a.m.

MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) A popular suburban Atlanta water park will open Tuesday after closing over the weekend because of a fire ... Spokeswoman Kendell Kelton says crews at Six Flags White Water Park have worked nonstop to repair a damaged storage unit that caught fire Sunday. The park was evacuated after the fire ... Investigators are still trying to determine the cause of the blaze ... Marietta Police Department Officer Michael Gardner says no one was injured in the blaze, which was contained to a

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Food Poisonings From Salsa, Guacamole Jump

Published July 13, 2010 at 3:38 a.m.

New research from the CDC might have fans of spicy salsa and cool guacamole eating at home ...

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Cops Use Taser on 911 Caller

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Published July 13, 2010 at 3:35 a.m.

RICHLAND, Ga. (AP) Two police are off the force and a rural Georgia teacher is threatening to sue after she says she called police to her home and ended up getting zapped repeatedly with a stun gun ... Ryan Smith, of the Lumpkin Police Department, has resigned and Tim Murphy, of Richland Police Department, was fired for using pepper spray on Janice Wells in the incident captured on a police dashboard camera on April 26 ... The video shows officers standing over Wells, 57, who is obscured by an

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