A 20-year-old Georgia  man was sentenced to 20 years for stealing an iPod. The AJC reports: The sentencing includes 12 years to serve in prison, for putting a boy in a headlock and stealing his iPod, the district attorney said Monday. Shareef Tawwab Hakim, of Marietta, was convicted of robbery and aggravated assault, DA Vic Reynolds […]

Movie mogul, playwright, director and actor extraordinaire Tyler Perry (pictured with kids) is known for being generous with his fortune. Perry has supported such causes as…

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ATLANTA (AP) Oprah Winfrey and a team of guests on Saturday completed the first stop of an eight-city U.S. tour of “Oprah’s The Life You Want Weekend,” rocking an Atlanta arena where thousands danced, applauded and sought inspiration for transforming their lives. Atlanta was the opening city and featured Oprah and such guests as authors […]

Bad news has come to Atlanta’s biggest news circuit and it’s in the form of layoffs and buyouts. WSB-TV reports: ATLANTA — Big changes will soon be coming to CNN staffing. Two company executives confirmed late Monday that Turner Broadcasting plans to offer buyouts to hundreds of employees, including those at CNN. Reporters for Channel 2 […]

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Atlanta teacher Nikki Turner was fired after playing Beyonce and Jay Z‘s “Drunk in Love” to her sixth-grade class — among other failures as a teacher. “This song is not [in] alignment with Teacher Keys Standard 9, Professionalism,” read a a district document against the teacher. “This song contained profanity, vulgarity, and sexually explicit lyrics.” […]

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The Ebola virus, one of the worst viruses known to man, is wreaking havoc across West Africa. So far, this frightening disease has killed 887 lives and over 1600 cases have been documented. In addition, the numbers are not slowing down. Two American missionary/medical workers infected with the deadly Ebola virus were transported over 6,000 miles back […]

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What you see above is a map of Detroit. The small colorful dots represent people, plotted to show where they live and their race. Whites are…

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ATLANTA (AP) — A second American medical missionary stricken with the often deadly Ebola virus is expected to fly Tuesday to the U.S. for treatment, following a colleague admitted over the weekend to Emory University Hospital’s infectious disease unit. U.S. public health officials say treating Nancy Writebol and Dr. Kent Brantly in the U.S. poses […]

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ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia entertainment company is suing Tyler Perry, accusing the filmmaker of unfairly working with government officials to transform a former military…

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(Atlanta, GA) – Platinum-selling recording artist and R&B Diva KeKe Wyatt took Atlanta by storm yesterday as she promoted In God’s Hands, a new stage play written and directed by Alvin Moore, Jr. and produced by One Village Entertainment and Swirl Films. In God’s Hands will be available on DVD (Amazon) and digital download (iTunes) […]

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SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. (AP) — Police are trying to figure out why a trio of hygiene-minded thieves walked into a CVS pharmacy in Atlanta’s northern suburbs and stole $2,000 in soap and other personal care items. Authorities say the three men were filmed by surveillance cameras as they carried out the July 1 heist at […]

TV anchor Michelle Burdo (pictured) has apologized for using the offensive and derogatory term “colored” when she referred to an African-American woman during a summer hair…