Atlanta, Georgia News

Adequate Yearly Progress Report Released
Out of the 2,153 schools in Georgia, 1,481 (68.8 percent) made Adequate Yearly Progress this year, the report said. Last year, 81 percent of Georgia's public school made AYP.
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Gwinnett Restaurant Scores 15 On Health Inspection
A Gwinnett County restaurant was closed after scoring 15 out of 100 on a health inspection.
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$600 Stimulus Check Sent to Dead Man in Roswell
A $600 stimulus check was sent to a man in Roswell who had died, and his personal representative, a Fulton County magistrate, is quite peeved.
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Three Cars Firebombed In North Fulton Neighborhood
Molotov cocktails, crude firebombs, were used to start the fires.
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Girls, Boys Equally Apt In Math, Study Says
Education is bridging the math gender gap, according to a study published in the journal Science.
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Tenant Finds Hidden Camera In DeKalb Apartment
A maintenance worker at the Creekside Apartments was arrested on Peeping Tom charges.
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CAUGHT ON TAPE: Kid Rock Waffle House Fight
Kid Rock has been fined $1,000 and sentenced to one year's probation in connection with this brawl.
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Ga. Official: Why Wait for Feds to OK Water Study?
Georgia's top environmental official believes the three states battling over water shouldn't wait for Congress to approve an independent study of the issue.
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Clayton School Board to Vote on Accreditation Plan
The embattled Clayton County school board is a just month away from finding out whether the district will have accreditation this year.
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FEMA Turns Down Request for Disaster Declaration
The federal government has turned down Cherokee County's request for disaster aid to cover uninsured victims who suffered damages from a tornado on May 20.
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