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Peace Be With You


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Published Dec. 23, 2009 at 11:25 a.m.
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Now let me suggest first that if we are to have peace on earth, our loyalties must become ecumenical rather than sectional. Our loyalties must transcend our race, our tribe, our class, and our nation; and this means we must develop a world perspective. No individual can live alone; no nation can live alone, and as long as we try, the more we are going to have war in this world. Now the judgment of God is upon us, and we must either learn to live together as brothers or we are all going to perish

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SCLC Leadership Removed


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Published Dec. 23, 2009 at 2:47 a.m.

ATLANTA (AP) As the daughter of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. prepares to take the helm of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, the civil rights organization co-founded by her famous father is embroiled in an internal investigation that is distracting leaders from the group's mission ... A statement issued late Monday by an SCLC spokeswoman announced the removal of the SCLC's chairman, the Rev. Raleigh Trammell, and its treasurer, the Rev. Spiver Gordon, pending an internal

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Obit: Ann Nixon Cooper, 107


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Published Dec. 22, 2009 at 2:20 a.m.

(WSB Radio)  Ann Nixon Cooper, the Atlanta centenarian who President Barack Obama spoke of in his Election Night speech, has died. She was 107 ... Obama called Cooper an example of ``the heartbreak and the hope,'' noting she'd lived long enough to remember when black people weren't able to vote and was able to vote for the country's first black president ... The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports Cooper died Monday afternoon ... Atlanta City Councilman Ivory Young said he met her when running

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Longtime Friends Ryan, Smith Square Off Again


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Published Dec. 20, 2009 at 2:19 a.m.

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) Rex Ryan felt confident about his chances of getting the Atlanta Falcons' head coaching job two years ago ... He thought the interviews went well, hit it off with owner Arthur Blank and believed he was a perfect fit ... ``Of all the places I went, I thought I had the best shot there in Atlanta,'' Ryan said. ``I think I wanted that job more than I did maybe some other ones.'' ... The feeling wasn't quite mutual, though, and the Falcons hired his friend and former

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Robber Needed House Payment


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Published Dec. 18, 2009 at 5:44 a.m.

ATLANTA (AP) A man told a bank teller that he was down on his luck before robbing the Atlanta bank ... Atlanta police spokesman James Polite said the man in his late 40s or early 50s gave the teller at Sun Trust Bank on Martin Luther King Jr. Drive a note asking for money and saying he needed to pay his mortgage. The note ended with ``Merry Christmas.'' ... The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that the man was carrying a box wrapped in electrical tape and told the teller that he had a bomb

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Robber: 'I Need To Pay Mortgage'


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Published Dec. 18, 2009 at 2:42 a.m.

ATLANTA (AP) A man told a bank teller that he was down on his luck before robbing the Atlanta bank ... Atlanta police spokesman James Polite said the man in his late 40s or early 50s gave the teller at Sun Trust Bank on Martin Luther King Jr. Drive a note asking for money and saying he needed to pay his mortgage. The note ended with ``Merry Christmas.'' ... The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that the man was carrying a box wrapped in electrical tape and told the teller that he had a bomb

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70th Anniversary of Gone With The Wind


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Published Dec. 15, 2009 at 2:15 a.m.
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(WSB Radio)  It was the biggest Hollywood premiere in the history of film, but it wasn't in California ... 70 years ago tonight was the debut of "Gone With The Wind," and all of its stars descended on Atlanta.  ... Clark Gable thanked the crowd, but told them he was just there as a spectator and that the night belonged to author Margaret Mitchell and the people of Atlanta ... Vivien Leigh, Olivia de Havilland and David O. Selznick also came to Georgia for the premiere at the Loew's Grand

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Education Secretary Visiting Atlanta


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Published Dec. 14, 2009 at 5:22 a.m.

ATLANTA (AP) U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan is planning to visit two Atlanta high schools ... Duncan is scheduled to be in Atlanta for a trip to Tech High School for a ``listening and learning'' session, part of a nationwide tour. There, he will be joined by U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson, a Georgia Republican ... Duncan also will visit Grady High School for a roundtable discussion of violence prevention ... Duncan has held similar sessions across the country in recent months as Congress

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Publix On MLK Closing Christmas Eve


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Published Dec. 13, 2009 at 6:33 a.m.

The day before Christmas is the day Publix decided to close their doors at 825 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in Southwest Atlanta ... Video ...

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NCR Begins Move to Georgia


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Published Nov. 30, 2009 at 4:57 a.m.

PEACHTREE CITY, Ga. (AP) NCR Corp., the world's leading provider of ATMs, is beginning its move to Georgia ... Gov. Sonny Perdue and U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson will participate in a ribbon cutting on Monday in Peachtree City. The company is relocating key parts of its customer service operation there, creating 916 jobs over about two years ... NCR announced in June that it is moving its corporate headquarters from Dayton, Ohio to Duluth, Georgia, The move will bring 1,250 jobs to Duluth, north of

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