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Top Georgia news, including details about Atlanta becoming a finalist to be the home of a new, second Amazon headquarters.

There was plenty of news across Georgia on Thursday. If you missed any of it on your local Patch, here's a roundup of some of the top stories from the past 24 hours.

Georgia DOT Worker Killed While Clearing Ice
A Georgia Department of Transportation worker was killed Thursday morning while working to clear roadways of ice from the winter storm that struck the area this week.

Atlanta Makes Amazon Headquarters Short List
The experts were right. Atlanta, already the home to business giants like Coca-Cola and Delta, has made the short list of contenders to become home to new headquarters for technology giant Amazon.

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Escaped Prisoner Captured In Canton
A Connecticut inmate who has been on the run for a little more than a week has surfaced in Cherokee County.


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