Obama administration eying Georgia's immigration law
The Justice Department is reviewing Georgia?s tough new immigration law and is discussing it with businessmen and law enforcement officials here, but it has not decided to sue to block the statute like it has in four other states, U.S.
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FBI says videotaped Atlanta beating may be hate crime
The FBI is looking into a video showing gang members beating a man while shouting anti-gay slurs at him in front of a southwest Atlanta grocery store.
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Karen Handel resigns from Komen
Karen Handel, the embattled Georgian lauded and criticized for the split between the Susan G. Komen for the Cure and the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, resigned today from her post at the breast cancer organization.
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Deal creates needs-based scholarships for Georgia
Some of Georgia's low-income students will receive up to $10,000 for college through a privately funded scholarship program Gov.
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Kemp dismisses ?birther' challenges against Obama
Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp on Tuesday said he found that President Barack Obama meets the state's eligibility requirements to be on the ballot in the upcoming March primary.
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Police shoot rabid fox in Johns Creek
A suspected rabid fox was killed by police in Johns Creek. Around 5 p.m. Friday, an officer on patrol was flagged down by several citizens on Carrington Cove in the Kensington Oaks subdivision, said Johns Creek spokeswoman Rosemary Taylor.
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Feds join APD investigating video of possible hate crime attack
Federal authorities joined Atlanta police Monday in investigating video footage posted online of an apparent gang-related beating in southwest Atlanta.
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Staff removed at LA school during abuse probe
LOS ANGELES - The entire staff at a Los Angeles elementary school is being removed while authorities investigate horrific allegations of sexual abuse by two of the school's teachers, one of whom is accused of blindfolding children, taping their mouths and photographing them in a classroom.
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