ATLANTA (AP) — Part of downtown Atlanta has been transformed into a movie set designed to look like New York City as it appeared more than three decades ago. » Read More

COCHRAN, Ga. (AP) — A teenager has been apprehended and charged with murder in the case of a MiddleGeorgia State College student missing for more than two weeks, authorities said. » Read More

DULUTH, Ga. (AP) — A man accused of raping at least five women inside a vacant apartment outside Atlanta is facing several charges. » Read More

PHOENIX (AP) — The jury has rendered its verdict — Jodi Arias is guilty of first-degree murder — but the trial is far from finished. » Read More

MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) — A Cobb County businessman who operates a restaurant on the Marietta Square in suburban Atlanta has been arrested for charges linked to bomb threats at courthouses Tuesday. » Read More

MACON, Ga. (AP) — A former Wilcox County sheriff, his son and several other people were sentenced to prison Wednesday for beating jail inmates — one of whom had to have his jaw wired shut because of his injuries — and conspiring to cover up the assault. » Read More

MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) — A 78-year-old man who had been reported missing was found dead inside his truck outside Atlanta, and his grandson and the suspect's girlfriend now face charges in connection with his killing, police said. » Read More

ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta educators accused of crimes in connection with the school system's cheating scandal earned bonuses that totaled as little as $750 and averaged $2,600. » Read More

ATLANTA (AP) — Chris Kelly, half of the 1990s kid rap duo behind one of the decade's most memorable songs, "Jump," has died at an Atlanta hospital of an apparent drug overdose, authorities said. He was 34. » Read More

GAINESVILLE, Ga. (AP) — A gunshot intended for a rattlesnake led authorities to briefly lock down an elementary school in northeast Georgia. » Read More

ASHEVILLE, N.C. — A drifter previously convicted of killing and beheading hikers in Florida and Georgia was sentenced Thursday to four additional life sentences in federal prison for kidnapping and murdering a North Carolina couple in a national forest. » Read More

BOSTON — The surviving Boston Marathon bombings suspect has been released from a civilian hospital and transferred to a federal medical detention center in central Massachusetts. » Read More

CANTON, Ga. (AP) — The former treasurer of a metro Atlanta elementary school's PTA is accused of stealing more than $12,000 from the organization and more than $5,800 from another school's booster club. » Read More

WASHINGTON (AP) — Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says the FBI wants to speak with individuals seen in at least one video from the Boston Marathon but says she isn't calling them suspects. » Read More

WASHINGTON (AP) — One day after the demise of gun control legislation, Senate supporters of the measure vowed to try again, while a leading opponent accused President Barack Obama of taking the "low road" when he harshly criticized lawmakers who voted against key provisions. » Read More

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BOSTON (AP) — The painstaking work to identify a bombing suspect from reams of Boston Marathon footage yielded a possible breakthrough as investigators focused on a man seen dropping off a bag, and then walking away from the site of the second of two deadly explosions. » Read More

BOSTON (AP) — The bombs that blew up seconds apart at the finish line of one of the world's most storied races left the streets spattered with blood and glass, three dead, including an 8-year-old boy, more than 140 wounded and gaping questions of who chose to attack at the Boston Marathon and why. » Read More

ATLANTA (AP) — Emails show that a Georgia juvenile justice official was angered by a writer's coverage of a bill that would keep some reports of problems in juvenile lockups secret, and she worried that news coverage could derail the legislation. » Read More

ATLANTA (AP) — A plan to install cameras in city-owned vehicles in Atlanta is raising privacy concerns from the workers who will be videotaped. » Read More

ATLANTA (AP) — Authorities say the Georgia Department of Driver Services has been struggling with a statewide computer outage at licensing and testing centers across the state. » Read More

MIAMI (AP) — A Florida couple accused of kidnapping their two young sons and fleeing by boat to Cuba were handed over to the United States and imprisoned and their children were returned to their maternal grandparents, who have official custody, authorities said Wednesday. » Read More

BYRON, Ga. (AP) — When the "Dukes of Hazzard" reunion returns to Byron next year, it might be east bound and down and twice as big. » Read More

ATLANTA (AP) — A new study shows Georgia leads the nation in the growth of new women-owned businesses for the first time. » Read More