March, 2012 Archives

Print E-mail By Associated Press For the AJC BALTIMORE — An Atlanta woman with no license to practice medicine admitted Wednesday she injected customers’ buttocks with commercial silicone in hotel rooms and used glue and cotton balls to prevent the silicone from leaking out. Kimberly Smedley, 45, pleaded guilty in federal court to conspiring to [...]

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Print E-mail By Mike Morris The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Authorities investigated a suspicious package Friday afternoon at Turner Field, but it turned out to contain an “inert” substance. Atlanta police spokeswoman Kim Jones said  a package which contained a white powder was sent to the mailroom at the stadium where the Atlanta Braves play. The team [...]

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Bobbi Kristina Brown, the daughter of the late Whitney Houston, might be making good on her dream to become an actress. The 19-year-old has been cast in Tyler Perry’s TBS sitcom For Better or Worse as the child of a hairstylist, according to Straight From the A. The Huffington Post, which picked up a RadarOnline [...]

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As news reports delve deeper into the histories of Trayvon Martin and his shooter, George Zimmerman, this account bears noting: According to NBC’s Nightly News, Zimmerman had a run-in with police years before shooting Martin more than a month ago. The Florida native was arrested in Orlando in 2005 for “obstructing justice” and “resisting an [...]

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According to the New York Daily News, Miami Heat star Dwyane Wade’s nephew was shot and wounded on Thursday on the South Side of Chicago during a six-hour shooting spree. The incidents injured 12 people, including Wade’s family member, and killed two. The New York Daily News reports: A spokesperson for Wade confirmed that his [...]

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Thomas M. Brady Post No. 45 of the American Legion honored several firefighters and staff members with Cherokee County Fire and Emergency Services during their annual Community Service Awards Banquet at the local legion hall Thursday night. Recognized at this year’s banquet were:  Battalion 1 Firefighter Award Lt. Shannon Gibbs  Battalion 2 Firefighter Award Lt. [...]

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The Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association and commissioner David Elder announced this week that Chattahoochee Tech athletic director David Archer was unanimously voted in as the men’s region director for the 2012-13 athletics year. Archer, who also coaches the men’s basketball team at Chatt Tech, currently is in his first season as assistant men’s region director [...]

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There were three winning tickets sold in last night’s record breaking Mega Millions jackpot on March 30, but none were in Georgia. According to reports, Maryland, Illinois and Kansas each sold one winning ticket to the more than $640 million payout. The number could even go up once all sales are tallied. The winning numbers were [...]

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On March 31, 2011, an Argentine federal court sentenced former general Eduardo Cabanillas to life in prison for his involvement in that nation’s 1976-1983 “Dirty War.” Cabanillas was convicted of murder, torture and illegal imprisonment of detainees. The Dirty War was a systematic governmental campaign against leftist political dissidents, students, and media personnel. It is [...]

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