Wednesday, April 27, 2016

Atlanta Weather | Trend of light rain to continue through week and other top stories.

  • Atlanta Weather | Trend of light rain to continue through week

    Atlanta Weather | Trend of light rain to continue through week
    Atlanta temperatures were just a few degrees from the expected high of 82 Tuesday afternoon, as rain made an appearance in the north metro area.That trend of light rain and higher temperatures will continue for the rest of the week, thanks to a high pressure system off the East Coast.That system pulled moisture into Atlanta from the Gulf of Mexico early Tuesday, according to Channel 2 Action News.Gulf moisture will raise temperatures and rain chances in metro Atlanta throughout the week. (Credit..
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  • Atlanta Hawks lean on home-court advantage to try and take back ...

    Atlanta Hawks lean on home-court advantage to try and take back ...
    Atlanta Hawks lean on home-court advantage to try and take back series The Atlanta Hawks return home for Game 5 in the NBA Playoffs against the Boston Celtics. The series is tied 2-2. Alec McQuade, WXIA 11:03 PM. GMT April 26, 2016 Atlanta Hawks center Al Horford (15) controls the ball during the second half in game four of the first round of the NBA Playoffs against the Boston Celtics at TD Garden.  Bob DeChiara-USA TODAY Sports ATLANTA - It was a big d..
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  • Atlanta's homeless 'Gentle Giant' gets donations from former NBA stars

    Atlanta's homeless 'Gentle Giant' gets donations from former NBA stars
    An Atlanta police officer who has looked for a homeless man in southwest Atlanta for a decade, recently inspired famous basketball players to do the same.Officer Mason Mecure told Channel 2 Action News he’s known 52-year-old Jimmy James Brown almost the entire time he’s policed Atlanta’s Zone 3.Brown lives next to an auto parts store on Pryor Road at University Avenue in southwest Atlanta.Officer Mason Mecure inspired well-known basketball stars to donate clothes and shoes to 52-year-old Jimmy J..
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  • Atlanta mourners hold funeral for 9-year-old boy killed in car crash

    Atlanta mourners hold funeral for 9-year-old boy killed in car crash
    Grieving family and friends said goodbye to Isaiah Ward at a heavily attended funeral service Tuesday in Northwest Atlanta, less than a mile from where Atlanta police say a motorist under the influence of heroin ran his car into the 9-year-old boy, his older brother and a friend.As they entered Lindsay Street Baptist Church, mourners filed past Ward’s open blue coffin with silver trim. He was dressed in a white suit with a blue bow tie. A black baseball bat sat tucked inside the little athlete’s..
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  • Georgia Film Academy debuts new soundstage at Pinewood Studios

    Georgia Film Academy debuts new soundstage at Pinewood Studios
    The Georgia Film Academy Tuesday debuted its new soundstage at Pinewood Atlanta Studios in Fayette County.The 15,860 square-foot, state-of-the-art soundstage will be used to train people interested in working in the film and entertainment industry which will need to fill 3,000 to 5,000 jobs over the next five years. The opening of the soundstage coincides with the academy’s “Semester on Set,” a 10-week course that begins in May. The course will be offered at the new soundstage as well as on camp..
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  • Venezuela blackouts: 'We can't go on living like this'

    Venezuela blackouts: 'We can't go on living like this'
    The food in the fridge is spoiling. The microwave oven sits unused. The television is dark and the stereo system silent. It's sweaty and uncomfortable inside, thanks to government-imposed electricity blackouts meant to deal with chronic power shortages across the country.Even getting running water is a problem."We can't go on living like this," he said. "We Venezuelan people deserve much better."Power outages are nothing new for Venezuelans, including Diaz, who lives with his wife and three daug..
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  • Meet Prince's sister, Tyka Nelson

    Meet Prince's sister, Tyka Nelson
    The first thing that many people didn’t know about the late, legendary Prince’s sister is … that he even had a sister. And based upon her tumultuous and scandalous adulthood, it is easy to see why the Purple One didn’t mention her much. Then again, His Royal Badness didn’t talk much to begin with, so it was very hard to learn anything personal about Prince, either. Prince Rogers Nelson’s sister, Tyka Nelson, greeted the multitude of the musicians’ fans outside of his Paisley Park musical edific..
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