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Magician Pleads Guilty to Child Porn Charges

Magician Pleads Guilty to Child Porn Charges

A former magician and one-time church youth minister has pleaded guilty to secretly taping a half-dozen young boys in public restrooms at metro Atlanta department stores.

State-Wide Alert System for Officer Attacks Passes Senate

State-Wide Alert System for Officer Attacks Passes Senate

State senators are in unanimous support of a proposal to create a state-wide alert system to catch criminals who kill or seriously injury law enforcement officers in Georgia.

Plane Kills Jogger in Hilton Head Emergency Landing

Plane Kills Jogger in Hilton Head Emergency Landing

A 38-year-old jogger from Georgia is dead after a single-engine plane making an emergency landing hit him as he ran on a South Carolina beach listening to his iPod.

Ga. Firefighters Battle Rail Car Blaze

Ga. Firefighters Battle Rail Car Blaze

Glynn County firefighters battled a fire on a train trestle after at least two rail cars carrying Mercedes-Benz vehicles caught fire.

Woman Hit With Rock in Car in Critical Condition

Woman Hit With Rock in Car in Critical Condition

Authorities say a South Carolina woman is in critical condition after she was struck by a rock that flew through her windshield when a pickup truck hit a pothole along Interstate 20 near the Alabama-Georgia line.

Students in Lilburn to Get TB Tests

Students in Lilburn to Get TB Tests

School officials in Gwinnett County Schools want more than 300 Lilburn Middle School students to be screened for tuberculosis after two sixth graders tested positive for the disease.

Appeals Court Upholds 'Birther' Sanction

Appeals Court Upholds 'Birther' Sanction

Rhodes sought to avoid deployment to Iraq by claiming Obama wasn't born in the U.S.

Child Porn Sting Yields 67 Arrests

Child Porn Sting Yields 67 Arrests

Georgia authorities have arrested 67 suspects and seized more than 300 computers in the aftermath of a three-month child pornography crackdown.

Georgia College Students Rally to Protest Education Cuts

Georgia College Students Rally to Protest Education Cuts

The state Legislature is set to take up the budget this week after Gov. Sonny Perdue proposed a slate of new cuts last week to deal with shrinking revenues.

Woman's Body Found On Kennesaw State Campus

Woman's Body Found On Kennesaw State Campus

The body of a female Kennesaw State University student was found just outside the school's central parking deck Monday morning, according to campus police.

On The Hook For Golf Hall of Fame, Ga. Considers Transfer

On The Hook For Golf Hall of Fame, Ga. Considers Transfer

Some lawmakers now want the state to give the land to the city of Augusta for $1, even though Georgia taxpayers will pay $500,000 annually on the defunct project for five more years.

Ga. High Court Upholds Key Medical Malpractice Changes

Ga. High Court Upholds Key Medical Malpractice Changes

The court issued a 4-3 ruling Monday that upheld a part of the law that made it harder for patients to file medical malpractice lawsuits against emergency health care providers.

Ebenezer Baptist Pastor Takes AIDS Test During Service

Ebenezer Baptist Pastor Takes AIDS Test During Service

The senior pastor of Historic Ebenezer Baptist Church took an HIV/AIDS test during the Sunday morning service to encourage church members to do the same.

Columbus Man Accused of Paying Girls for Sex

Columbus Man Accused of Paying Girls for Sex

A hearing is set for a Georgia man accused of paying underage girls for sexual acts.

Clayton Co. Inspecting Apartments Where Girl Fell

Clayton Co. Inspecting Apartments Where Girl Fell

 Clayton County is inspecting an apartment complex where a 3-year-old girl fell 10 feet through a rotted bathroom floor.

State Supreme Court Affirms Sex Offender Registry Law

State Supreme Court Affirms Sex Offender Registry Law

The challenge was brought by Jake Rainer, who pleaded guilty to false imprisonment and robbery in 2001 to robbing a 17-year-old girl after arranging to buy some drugs from her.

Ala. Marine Killed in Atlanta Head-On Crash

Ala. Marine Killed in Atlanta Head-On Crash

Police say Lance Cpl. Gregory M. Suedmeyer died at an Atlanta hospital two hours after an SUV driving the wrong way on Interstate20 hit his car Saturday afternoon.

Georgia Tries Goodwill to End Water Crisis

Georgia Tries Goodwill to End Water Crisis

When Gov. Sonny Perdue pitches in next week to help Gov. Charlie Crist of Florida in his bid to become a U.S. Senator, the gesture may be about more than helping out a fellow
Republican in a tough campaign.

Ga. Cockfighting Bust Nets 60 Arrests

Ga. Cockfighting Bust Nets 60 Arrests

Dozens of people are facing animal cruelty charges after a cockfighting raid in north Georgia.

People Stealing Grates for Quick Cash

People Stealing Grates for Quick Cash

The city of Atlanta says it will spend thousands to replace the grates on the roads.

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