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A Fulton County prosecutor said Wednesday that Antoine Wimes killed a Nigerian immigrant over a $5 T-shirt, but his lawyer says the then 16-year-old Wimes was across town at a family party when the killing took place.

To his wife and friends, Roland Haas was a patriotic hero who secretly risked his life for the U.S. government during the Cold War, yet critics denounced him as a James Bond wannabe who fabricated a memoir claiming he had been a CIA assassin.

Authorities say a house fire that killed three people in Palmetto Tuesday morning has been ruled an accident.

The latest documentary from Ambassador Andrew Young focuses on the relationship between a civil rights leader and a world-famous author.

Police are investigating the death of a man whose body was found lying in the street in SW Atlanta.

Stealing from kids. That's what this one is all about. Thieves stripped the small broadcast room at Fickett Elementary School in Southwest Atlanta of its laptops and cameras.

The second round of The Race To The Top competition proved to be the right timing for Georgia to get federal money for education.

Kokopelli, a 9-year-old female waterbuck at Zoo Atlanta, gave birth to a calf overnight on August 22, 2010.

Joseph and Mallori Engelbrecht, formerly of Ringgold, and current residents of Summerville celebrated their first wedding anniversay Aug.

Homeowners from seven Buckhead communities, frustrated with high water bills, and issues with customer service met face-to-face late Monday with Atlanta's Watershed Commissioner Rob Hunter for more than two hours, trying to get answers.

Firefighters are battling a south Fulton County house fire that has killed at least one person.

Emory University has opened the doors on a brand new green dorm with recycled countertops and flooring and a water recycling system.

The Hampton Inn & Suites http://www.AIRPORTHAMPTONINN.COM " target="_blank">Atlanta Airport Hotel North offers comfortable and convenient accommodations to attendees at Dragon*Con 2010.

The Varsity Jr. in Atlanta is now history, but have no fear - naked dogs still are walkin' in Athens.

Atlanta police said that they solved a cold case dating back five years and involving the murder of a 15-year-old boy.

An Alpharetta family is angry after their 4-year-old child allegedly found a used condom in what they said was an unclean Wyndham Garden Hotel room in downtown Atlanta.

Der Biergarten: Matt Youhess, clockwise from left, Steve Schrope, Wolfgang Hurtert, Brian Bullock, David Marvin, Matt Mason and Greg Rancone plan to have the German restaurant and beer garden open in time for Oktoberfest.

A teenager was arrested at his high school Monday morning in connection with Sunday's shooting at a Henry County apartment complex.

It's official: The Georgia Aquarium is the world's largest fish tank. Alistair Richards with Guinness World Record in London, visited the downtown Atlanta attraction Sunday and presented aquarium President David Kimmel with a certificate naming it the world's largest aquarium.

Atlanta police are investigating a wreck Monday morning that sent a truck careening into a building in the heart of Buckhead.