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Tip led to arrests in Ga. baby killing
BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) - Police in Georgia say an anonymous tip helped them make arrests in the shooting death of baby who was killed in a stroller.
Police: Ga. infant killed while pushed in stroller
BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) - A Georgia mother says a young gunman opened fire on her baby as she pushed him in a stroller, wounding her and killing the 1-year-old boy.
UGA student reports attack by mime
ATHENS, Ga. (AP) - A University of Georgia student told police she was attacked by a woman who appeared dressed as a mime.
Police: Girl, 7, was asked to pepper spray workers
UPPER DARBY, Pa. (AP) - Police say a Philadelphia-area woman returned to a dollar store where she'd been banned and pepper-sprayed employees who tried to escort her out before giving the can to her 7-year-old daughter and asking her to continue the fight.
AP: Costs of US wars linger for over 100 years
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) - If history is any judge, the U.S. government will be paying for the Iraq and Afghanistan wars for the next century as service members and their families grapple with the sacrifices of combat.
Police: Fla. college student plotted an attack
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - A University of Central Florida student who pulled a dorm fire alarm in the middle of the night had a more sinister plan than sending students scurrying out into the night, authorities said.
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Atlanta video surveillance center to open
ATLANTA (AP) - Authorities say a state-of-the-art video monitoring center is scheduled to open this week in Atlanta.
57 Ga. kids left in vehicles past 5 years
ATLANTA - Georgia day care workers left children in vehicles 57 times over the last five years, an analysis of state records found.
Police find body on I-85 ramp
SUWANEE (AP) - Police are investigating the death of a woman whose body was found on an Interstate 85 entrance ramp outside Atlanta after a motorist felt as if they had hit something and pulled over to find the body.
Ex-Wizards' Crittenton to be returned to Atl.
ATLANTA - Police say former Washington Wizards basketball player Javaris Crittenton will be returned to Atlanta from Los Angeles on Thursday to face a murder charge.
Athens church reports theft of money to police
ATHENS, Ga. (AP) - Employee of an Athens church told police that someone stole $20,000 from church coffers.
University system to study consolidation
ATLANTA (AP) - The head of the university system of Georgia says he is ordering a study of whether campuses should be consolidated to save money.
Auburn's mascot fine after crash
AUBURN, Ala. (AP) - The director of an Alabama raptor center says Auburn University's beloved eagle mascot, Spirit, is doing fine after crashing into a stadium luxury box in front of thousands of fans.
Drivers say child dangled from bus
WINDER (AP) - Authorities say a school bus driver is on administrative leave after a kindergartner's backpack became caught in the door of the bus.
New uninsured pay policy at Grady
ATLANTA - Uninsured patients who show up for non-emergency care at Grady Memorial Hospital will now have to pay in full before receiving services if they live outside the metro Atlanta counties of Fulton and DeKalb.
Great grandmother robbed at gunpoint
ATLANTA - A great-grandmother told Atlanta police she was robbed at gunpoint during broad daylight after attending Sunday church services.
Georgia soldier found dead in Afghanistan
FORT BRAGG (AP) - A Fort Bragg paratrooper from Georgia has been found dead in his room in Afghanistan.
Vegans to serve life for baby's death
ATLANTA (AP) - An Atlanta vegan couple whose malnourished 6-week-old son starved to death after they fed him a too-limited diet of soy milk and apple juice will have to serve their life sentences for murder, Georgia's top court ruled on Monday.
Ga. county's schools charging back tuition
FAYETTEVILLE (AP) - The Fayette County school system is charging back tuition to parents caught sending their out-of-county children to its schools.
Parents say Atlanta kids ordered off bus
ATLANTA - Atlanta school officials are investigating a complaint that a school bus driver ordered several students to get out and walk.
Angel Food Ministry suspends deliveries
MONROE - Monroe-based nonprofit Angel Food Ministries says it's suspending food distribution for the month of September.
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