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SCLC Board Ousts Embattled Chairman, Treasurer

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Published April 11, 2010 at 5:46 a.m.

ATLANTA (AP) Nearly half of the board of directors of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference voted Saturday to oust two top officials who are under investigation for allegations of financial mismanagement ... The ousted chairman, Rev. Raleigh Trammell of Ohio, and treasurer, Spiver Gordon of Alabama, face state, federal and internal investigations that some board members say weakened their effectiveness as leaders and jeopardizes the SCLC. Last month, 23 board members called for the men

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MLK III named CEO of King Center

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Published April 7, 2010 at 8:31 a.m.

Martin Luther King III will take the reins as president and CEO of The King Center ...

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Church to Open Financial Resourse Center

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Published April 7, 2010 at 6:06 a.m.

Mayor Kasim Reed, Ambassador Andrew Young and Martin Luther KingIII will help break ground Wednesday on a new center for financialliteracy and economic empowerment at Ebenezer Baptist Church ...

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King Center Names New President

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Published April 7, 2010 at 5:24 a.m.

Martin Luther King III has been named president and chief executive officer of The King Center ...

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Isakson: Lighter Schedule for Now

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Published April 6, 2010 at 4:38 p.m.

ATHENS, Ga. (AP) - Sen. Johnny Isakson, who spent five days in a hospital last week, has postponed a visit to the University of Georgia while he continues his recovery ... Isakson was admitted to Piedmont Hospital for an irregular heartbeat and a blood clot in his leg. He was released to recover at home Friday ... Isakson was admitted to Northside Hospital with a bacterial infection on March 22 and released three days later. A doctor found the irregular heartbeat and blood clot during a

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Man Killed in Officer Involved Shooting in Atlanta

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Published April 3, 2010 at 5:11 a.m.

(WSB Radio) -- Police shot and killed a man near the Atlanta Fulton Public library east of Freedom Parkway ... Two officers were conducting a criminal investigation in an apartment complex across the street from the Martin Luther King Jr. library branch, according to the Atlanta Police Department ... "They encountered an individual ," interim police Chief George Turner said. "A fight ensued, and ultimately ... shots were fired." ... The shooting happened around 8 p.m. Friday. It's not

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Sen. Isakson leaves Atlanta hospital

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Published April 2, 2010 at 4:02 p.m.

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U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson, R-Ga, was released from Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta on Friday after having been admitted earlier this week for treatment of an irregular heartbeat and a blood clot in his leg ...

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Isakson Released From Piedmont Hospital

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Published April 2, 2010 at 3:49 p.m.

U.S. Senator Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., was released from PiedmontHospital in Atlanta Friday after having been being admitted earlierthis week for treatment of an irregular heartbeat and a blood clotin his leg ...

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Sen. Johnny Isakson Out Of Hospital

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Published April 2, 2010 at 3:49 p.m.

Georgia's junior senator is released from Atlanta hospital, where he was being treated for an irregular heartbeat and a blood clot in his leg ...

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Isakson Back in Hospital

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Published March 31, 2010 at 6:25 a.m.

ATLANTA (AP) U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson is back in the hospital ... Isakson was admitted to Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta on Monday night after doctors found an irregular heartbeat during a routine appointment to check Isakson's progress in recovering from a bacterial infection ... Spokeswoman Joan Kirchner says doctors also later found a blood clot in his right calf that developed as a result of Isakson being sedentary for the past week while recovering from the infection ... Physician Steven

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