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Husband Attacked Wife Because She Didn't Have Dinner Ready: Cops

A Bartow County man was arrested earlier this week on charges he attacked his wife because she did not have dinner ready when he arrived home.

Atlanta Chefs Remember Bourdain

Shock and sadness were the order of the day for members of the Atlanta food and entertainment community on Friday as news spread of the death of celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain.

As Celebrity Suicides Gain Attention, Georgia Rate Skyrockets

Suicide rates in the United States have increased nearly 30 percent since 1999, according to data released Thursday by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Secret Recording: Cagle Backed 'Bad' Bill For Political Gain

In a recording secretly made by a former political rival, Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle — the frontrunner for the Republican nomination for governor — admitted to backing a bill he thought was bad because it hurt a political rival.

Cows Shut Down I-285 At I-20

Authorities were working to get two of Atlanta's busiest highways open again Friday morning, after a tractor-trailer carrying cows overturned on the ramp from Interstate 285 to Interstate 20 eastbound in DeKalb County.

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