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• Cops: Female 'victim' set up robbery inside downtown Atlanta hotel ...

  Essence Mondesire acted like a victim, down to the missing phone, cash and clothes. She even called to report the robbery.But Atlanta police believe the 21-year-old was part of the crime.Officers responded to Room 621 at the W Hotel-Downtown at about 1:30 a.m. Friday, finding Mondesire and the victim. They said two men had come in and robbed them at gunpoint — men police later determined had been summoned by Mondesire herself.Atlanta police believe this man was involved in a Friday morning robbe..

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• Beneath the foothills

  

  Longtime caver and U.S. Geological Survey hydrological technician Alan Cressler of Atlanta, who led Rains' party to Rusty's Cave, agreed. “People are often just ...

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• 1 person dead in shooting at southwest Atlanta motorcycle club

  

  A man was shot and killed early Saturday at a southwest Atlanta motorcycle club, police said.Atlanta police spokeswoman Officer Kim Jones said investigators responded to the Outcast Motorcycle Club on Lakewood Avenue at about 3 a.m. Saturday, finding the man dead from an apparent gunshot wound.“The victim was surround by Outcast M.C. members who refused to let the responding officers near the victim’s body,” Jones said in an emailed statement.Atlanta police tell Channel 2 Action News that the pr..

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• Hawks have options to fill open roster spot

  

  The Hawks have an open roster spot – and they are working to fill it.It just might not be in a way most expect.The Hawks’ current management has shown that it operates with an eye toward the future. That will play a significant role in how the team fills the availability, which became necessary with reserve center Tiago Splitter about to undergo season-ending surgery on his ailing right hip. Curtis ComptonHawks head coach Mike Budenholzer calls an offensive play against the Trail Bla..

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• Cherokee sheriff: $546K in meth found stashed in fire extinguishers

  

  Cherokee County authorities recently broke up a methamphetamine ring with ties to Texas and Mexico, officials said, making four arrests and uncovering more than $500,000 worth of the drug stashed inside hollowed out fire extinguishers.The investigation by the Cherokee Multi-Agency Narcotics Squad — comprised of representatives from the sheriff’s office, several local police departments and multiple state agencies — began with a Jan. 26 arrest trafficking arrest in Bartow County. Authorities ther..

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• March is a big premiere month for streaming media series

  

  Like this topic? You may also like these photo galleries:AutoplayShow ThumbnailsShow CaptionsLast SlideNext SlideAn angry President Frank Underwood (Kevin Spacey) berates his wife Claire (Robin Wright) in "House of Cards"(Photo: Netflix screengrab)ATLANTA (WXIA) – It’s the first time sitting the president and first lady have separated while in office. It’s the War of the Underwoods, and there promises to be casualties. While in New York, when a blind lawyer is at his wit’s end in a violent neigh..

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• Falcons roster review: Desmond Trufant

  

  Bob Donnan-USA TODAY Sports One of the best cornerbacks in the NFL enjoyed another fine season. Desmond Trufant is one of the best corners in the NFL, and 2015 definitely showed that. Trufant is setting himself up for one of the bigger contracts in the NFL at his position. When he came out of college in 2013, I had projected his ceiling to be right up there with the Darrelle Revis's and Nnamdi Asomugha's of the world once he figured the league out. And he's not proving me wrong yet. 2..

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• A move to upend the way Georgia awards its votes for president

  

  Supporters of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump attend a campaign rally in Myrtle Beach, S.C. In Georgia, state lawmakers look at this kind of attention and drool. Olivier Douliery/TNS So Donald Trump will be at the Georgia World Congress Center this Sunday afternoon. John Kasich, the hug-distributing governor of Ohio, will have numerous events in metro Atlanta on Tuesday. Bernie Sanders was here last week. That dust you see on the horizon is the Hillary Clinton train, headed thi..

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• Ted Cruz to make campaign stop in Atlanta next Saturday

  

  U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, a Republican presidential hopeful, speaks to attendees during a campaign event at Mutt’s BBQ in Easley, S.C., on Thursday. Travis Dove for the New York TimesTexas Sen. Ted Cruz will make a campaign stop in Atlanta next Saturday, days ahead of Georgia’s March 1 primary. The Republican will hold an 11 a.m. rally on Feb. 27 in the metro area, according to local boosters of his campaign. Cruz is locked in a battle with frontrunner Donald Trump, who is holding a downtow..

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• Lakeview Academy boys topple Hebron Christian in OT to reach ...

  

  In a girls/boys playoff hoops doubleheader, the Lakeview Academy Lions swept the George Walton Bulldogs and the Hebron Christian Lions respectively Friday night at the Lakeview Academy gym. The boys defeated Hebron Christian for the fourth consecutive time this season in an intense and thrilling game, 82-76, in overtime in a matchup of Region 8-A rivals. The girls preceded this with a 60-31 victory over George Walton earlier in the afternoon. The boys are off to their best start in program histo..

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