Thursday, November 19, 2015

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  • Prosecutor: Paris attacks ringleader Abdelhamid Abaaoud dead

    Prosecutor: Paris attacks ringleader Abdelhamid Abaaoud dead
    Whatever label you ascribe to Abdelhamid Abaaoud, put it in the past tense. Because he won't inflict terror any longer.The Paris prosecutor's office announced Thursday that the bullet-ridden body found after a raid Wednesday on an apartment building in a northern Paris suburb, was Abaaoud, the Belgian national who orchestrated shootings and bombings that took 129 lives and wounded hundreds more last week.Authorities had zeroed in on that location in Saint-Denis after picking up phone conversatio..
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  • Atlanta Black Students United solidarity march | www

    Atlanta Black Students United solidarity march | www
    Students from Spelman College, Emory University, Morehouse, Georgia Tech, Kennesaw State University and Clark Atlanta University marched through the rain Wednesday night in solidarity with “the national #StudentBlackOut, and the many other black college students around this country.”Wednesday’s rally was part of a national student “blackout” event to show solidarity with black students at the University of Missouri and for students across the country to address racial injustice on their campuses..
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  • Five men sentenced for carjackings across metro Atlanta

    Five men sentenced for carjackings across metro Atlanta
    11Alive Staff, WXIA4:10 p.m. EST November 19, 2015Judge's gavel.(Photo: Photo: Getty Images/iStockphoto)ATLANTA -- The U.S. District Court has sentenced five men to federal prison followingseveral violent carjackings across four countiesin metro Atlanta.Ladarious Gibbs, Derek C. Turner, Andre Clark, Brandon Washington, and Raphael Banks were sentenced to federal prison for a series of armed carjacking, a representative from U.S. Attorney John Horn's office said.“The defendants’ crimes were alarm..
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  • My Style: Designer Gavin Bernard

    My Style: Designer Gavin Bernard
    StyleMy Style: Designer Gavin BernardWhat inspires the Brit-born designer behind modern lighting brand Wake Up DearNovember 19, 2015Osayi EndolynCommentsPhotograph by Ben RollinsThis fall, Brit-born Bernard and industrial designer Suzuko Hisata launch Wake Up Dear, a modern design lighting brand. Their marquee product line, ODO, consists of striking, one-of-a-kind chandeliers made from birch plywood and hand-wrapped with woven thread in geometric patterns. This is just the latest project for Ber..
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  • Shop small this holiday at Indie Craft Experience and Root City Market

    Shop small this holiday at Indie Craft Experience and Root City Market
    If you're looking for locally made or handcrafted gifts to give to those nearest and dearest to your heart this holiday season, you're in luck. Pop-ups, one-day shopping extravaganzas and weekend craft market blowouts are about to bring shopping small to a whole new level. Mark your calendars and come experience what Atlanta and the South's creative community have to offer gift givers this holiday season at the Indie Craft Experience (ICE) and Root City Market.​Indie Craft Experience (ICE) Holid..
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  • 'Daily Show' to Syrian refugees: Move to Atlanta! | www

    Should Atlanta open it's door to the growing number of Syrian refugees needing shelter? One Comedy Central show certainly thinks so.Wednesday, during a segment on the growing number of U.S. governors refusing entry to refugees, 'The Daily Show With Trevor Noah' singled out Alabama's refusal to allow resettlement. The satirical show's correspondent Roy Wood Jr, a Birmingham native, suggested that Alabama was merely getting the state ready before admitting refugees. After a tongue-in-cheek compari..
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  • Pardon Our Interruption

    Pardon Our Interruption
    Pardon Our Interruption... As you were browsinghttp://www.bizjournals.comsomething about your browser made us think you were a bot. There are a few reasons this might happen: You're a power user moving through this website with super-human speed. You've disabled JavaScript in your web browser. A third-party browser plugin, such as Ghostery or NoScript, is preventing JavaScript from running. Additional information is available in thissupport article..
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  • Slain Covington purse-snatch victim's credit card found in Tenn.

    Slain Covington purse-snatch victim's credit card found in Tenn.
    Covington police are investigating whether suspects in a fatal purse-snatching at a Wal-Mart earlier this week have a connection to a Chattanooga poultry processing plant, where the victim’s credit card was found.Police believea man seen on surveillance video struggling with Marsha Johnson before running over the woman Monday night outside the Wal-Mart at 103000 Industrial Blvd. fled to Tennessee with a female who was also in the vehicle.Johnson, who police said fell to the ground as the man gra..
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  • Atlanta Christmas Guide: Christmas Candelight Tours | www

    Atlanta Christmas Guide: Christmas Candelight Tours | www
    The Atlanta History Center will present two candlelight events in next month offering guests an opportunity to celebrate Christmas in days gone by.Candlelight Nights, presented on the evenings of Dec. 11 and Dec. 18, allow guests to experience the holidays in three distinct time frames at three unique Southern historic houses - all in one night. Visitors experience an 1861 Christmas at Smith Family Farm, a 1930 celebration at the Swan House and an 1821 frontier-styled holiday observance at Wood ..
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  • Atlanta Christmas Guide: Thanksgiving shortcuts in Atlanta | www

    Atlanta Christmas Guide: Thanksgiving shortcuts in Atlanta | www
    Thanksgiving is the ultimate food holiday. Except someone has to cook all that food. That someone doesn't have to be you.Let someone else take care of the turkey, the sides, the pies -- or all three -- and you'll have more time to enjoy the parades, football, friends and family. Cleanup not included.Take OutBantam + BiddyGet a feast for 10-12 adults for $200 with Bantam + Biddy's Thanksgiving catering package, which includes one 12- to 15-pound Amish turkey, mashed potatoes, braised collard gree..
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