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Gun trafficker gets 12 years
7/24/2008 10:24 PM
The head of a gun trafficking group that funneled guns illegally bought in Georgia to New Jersey's streets was sentenced to 12 years, seven months in federal prison Thursday.......

Citizen Review Board gets new leader
7/24/2008 10:18 PM
The city of Atlanta's Citizen Review Board, created to investigate complaints against the city's law enforcement officers, has hired an executive director to lead the board, its chairwoman said Thursday.......

NAACP's fairness questioned on Confederate flag issue
7/24/2008 9:12 PM
The NAACP's call for stepped-up sanctions against South Carolina over the Confederate flag is raising charges of unfairness against the national civil rights organization.......

Developers drop truck lanes from I-75 toll plan
7/24/2008 8:57 PM
Truck lanes proposed for a toll road project on I-75 in Cobb County have dropped off the table because the project grew so expensive, its developers said at a meeting at the state Department of Transportation Thursday.......

This Georgia unit is content with idle Iraq mission
7/24/2008 8:25 PM
Of all the duties a Marine can have in Iraq, the one undoubtedly the least sought after is now also becoming one of the least needed.......

Missing woman's body found in State Park
7/24/2008 8:19 PM
Three days after her disappearance sparked a media frenzy at this remote northwest Georgia park, searchers found the body of a 46-year-old woman who apparently fell to her death.......

Parking deck foes must pay legal fees
7/24/2008 7:38 PM
Neighborhood activists who failed in their efforts to block a Piedmont Park parking deck will have to pay legal fees to the Atlanta Botanical Garden after a judge ruled Thursday two claims in the group's lawsuit had no merit.......

Sheriff's office fights release of evidence from Nichols' cell
7/24/2008 7:33 PM
The DeKalb County Sheriff's office is fighting release of evidence gathered in a search of Brian Nichols' jail cell about two weeks ago.......

No-earmarks pledge may mean less money for Ga.
7/24/2008 6:13 PM
Georgia is heading for a diet of less federal pork, now that five of the state's seven Republican congressmen have sworn off "earmarking" federal dollars for their home districts.......

See how Georgia lawmakers are earmarking federal money
7/24/2008 5:57 PM
Lawmakers can direct funds to projects and programs outside of the usual competitive bid process. This is called earmarking. The AJC's earmarks database shows you how Georgia federal legislators are using the earmark tool as the 2009 spending bills take shape. The Senate portion of the data shows programs requested by one or both senators before th......

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Felony suspect used cousin's name, police say
7/24/2008 9:19 PM
Things may be a little awkward at the next family reunion for some North Carolina relatives. Gwinnett police confirmed Thursday that Stephen Rahji Sturgis, 27, tried to get out of trouble by giving officers a fake name – that of his first cousin – when police pulled over a suspicious car seen exiting an apartment complex where a robbery......

Buford man arrested in 2007 beating death
7/24/2008 9:12 PM
Gwinnett deputies on Wednesday arrested a 22-year-old Buford man wanted on murder charges in the September 2007 beating death of Lloyd Lee Garrison. Joseph Hunter Hayes is accused of going to Garrison's home on Sawnee Avenue in Buford in the wee hours of Sept. 1, 2007, kicking in the door and assaulting the 55-year-old in the dark. Prosecutors said......

Duluth mourns dad, prays for girl
7/24/2008 8:48 PM
The death of a popular Duluth-area youth softball coach killed in an Alabama traffic accident has hit the community hard, friends said Thursday. However, spirits lifted upon hearing news that the coach's daughter, critically injured in the same accident, has been taken off a ventilator and is recovering. Steve Smartt and his daughter, Sydney, 15, w......

Widow drops suit over Taser
7/24/2008 8:45 PM
The widow of a Lawrenceville man who died after struggling with Gwinnett deputies and being stunned with a Taser has dropped a lawsuit against the county. The wife of Frederick Jerome Williams abandoned all claims in the wrongful death lawsuit against Gwinnett County and several deputies involved in the scuffle with Williams, the Sheriff's departme......

Gwinnett police identify man shot dead
7/24/2008 1:05 PM
Gwinnett County Police have identified a man found Tuesday night near a Norcross apartment complex as 30-year-old Aurelio Vasquez. Police said they were called to the Wyncliff Pines Apartments at 1355 Graves Road about 10:15 p.m. with reports that a person had been shot. When they arrived, they found Vasquez dead. Vasquez lived at the Wyncliff Pine......

Gwinnett Tech summit celebrates success
7/24/2008 11:55 AM
Gwinnett County's Chamber of Commerce is celebrating the first year of its economic development initiative Friday with a half-day summit at Gwinnett Tech. The chamber says the effort, called Partnership Gwinnett, helped land 40 relocations or major expansions, accounting for 2,900 jobs in its first year. "Even in this economy, Partnership Gwinnett......

$30,000 bond set in drug-related kidnapping
7/24/2008 9:47 AM
A Gwinnett magistrate judge granted a $30,000 bond Wednesday for a man accused of false imprisonment in a drug-related kidnapping that went awry. But the legal problems for 24-year-old Jose Ramirez-Perez, who has been in jail in Gwinnett, don't stop at Gwinnett's border. Sandy Springs police have filed kidnapping charges against him in Fulton Count......

After crematory flap, Snellville seeks new planner
7/24/2008 7:16 AM
On the heels of zoning and permit snafus blamed, in part, on city planners, Snellville officially began searching for a new planning director Wednesday. The city's Web site began announcing the vacancy even as city officials continue to scramble to quell two controversies that riled hundreds of residents. The first involves Chick-fil-A's attempts t......

Lilburn swimmer with cancer cleared for Olympics
7/24/2008 6:51 AM
Lilburn's Eric Shanteau, who decided to put off surgery for testicular cancer until after the Olympics, has been cleared to head to Beijing with the U.S. swim team. "It's just a big weight off my shoulders, more than anything else," Shanteau told The Associated Press in a telephone interview Wednesday. "I'm walking a little lighter right now, which......

Board OKs $1.3M for recycling site
7/23/2008 9:54 PM
The Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners has agreed to pay $1.3 million for property for a second Gwinnett Clean & Beautiful recycling center. The proposed center, which officials hope will be complete in late fall or winter of 2009, will be a state-of-the-art facility that will become the county's main recycling center, said Connie Wiggins, exec......