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Pa. coffee run leads to hatchet hitchhiker arrest
Two cups of coffee ended life on the run for an Internet sensation known as Kai the hatchet-wielding hitchhiker. An employee at a Starbucks in Philadelphia is credited with recognizing 24-year-old Caleb "Kai" McGillvary, whose fledgling celebrity took a turn toward notoriety when authorities announced this week that he was ...
Winning numbers drawn in 'Mega Millions' game
The winning numbers in Friday evening's drawing of the "Mega Millions" game were: 11-15-35-43-49, Mega Ball: 41 (eleven, fifteen, thirty-five, forty-three, forty-nine; Mega Ball: forty-one) Estimated jackpot: $190 million
Winning numbers drawn in 'Megaplier' game
The winning numbers in Friday evening's drawing of the "Megaplier" game were: 4 (four)
Flesh-eating disease victim gets prosthetic hands
A metro Atlanta woman who lost both hands, her left leg and right foot after contracting a flesh-eating disease was on her way back from Ohio Friday after being fitted with prosthetic hands. Aimee Copeland, 25, is returning from Hilliard, Ohio, where she was fitted with a pair of "bionic" ...
Child accused of firing BB gun at school bus
A Fairburn child has been accused of shooting a BB gun at a school bus south of Atlanta. CBS Atlanta reported (http://bit.ly/11IlK7K ) that the shooting happened May 10, as the bus was headed North on Highway 29. Police say a silver-colored Kia Sorento pulled up alongside the bus and ...
APNewsBreak: OSHA rules for Kansas whistleblower
Federal regulators have ruled in favor of an engineer fired for reporting unsafe conditions created by a contractor at a nuclear power plant in eastern Kansas, his attorneys said Friday. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration also found Enercon Services, of Kennesaw, Ga., terminated him in retaliation for alerting superiors ...
Tougaloo College plans civil rights commemorations
Tougaloo College is starting an 18-month commemoration of the civil rights movement, 50 years after the effort helped reshape the American political and social landscape. The first event is a gala Saturday night at the Jackson Convention Complex, honoring four people who founded organizations designed to help the poor or ...
Sugarland's Nettles signs up Rubin, goes solo
Sugarland's Jennifer Nettles is releasing a solo album. Nettles says Friday in a news release that she is working with Rick Rubin and will release the album in the fall. Rumors that Nettles would release a solo album have been prevalent for a while. Grammy Award-winning Sugarland includes Kristian Bush ...
Pace Academy breaks ground on new Upper School
Pace Academy in Atlanta is breaking ground on its new Upper School. Officials at the private school say the 75,000-square-foot facility will replace the current Upper School, which was constructed in 1961. The new Arthur M. Blank Family Upper School will nearly double the space of the current Upper School ...
Michelle Obama speaks of 'hunger' for education
First lady Michelle Obama has spoken passionately about the importance of education to the African-American community in a commencement address to more than 600 graduates of Bowie State University. The first lady spoke Friday about the university's founding in 1865 to train black teachers and the "hunger" its first students ...
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