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Scientists: Timber in Lake Michigan centuries old
UPDATE: Expedition leaders still weren't ready to declare they had found a shipwreck or the long-lost Griffin. The ship, commanded by the French explorer La Salle, was never seen again after settin...
June 18, 2013 03:55 PM | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
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Food companies work to make it look natural
Food companies are responding to the adage that people eat with their eyes. Americans still love their fast food and packaged snacks, but they're increasingly turning their noses up at foods that l...
June 17, 2013 04:45 PM | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
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Two Marietta men follow in their dad’s professional footsteps
Dr. John Knox III and his father, Dr. John Knox Jr., share many of the same passions like sports, jogging, Georgia Tech and time at Lake Allatoona.
June 16, 2013 12:00 AM | 0 0 comments | 67 67 recommendations | email to a friend
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Holy Family will celebrate anniversary with special Mass, reception July 10
An east Cobb Catholic Church is excited to announce the celebration of its 40th anniversary in July.
June 15, 2013 12:00 AM | 0 0 comments | 51 51 recommendations | email to a friend
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Charlie Trotter accused of selling bogus $46K wine
Award-winning chef Charlie Trotter is being sued by two New York wine collectors who say he sold them a bottle of wine for more than $46,000 that wasn't what it said on the label.
June 14, 2013 01:30 PM | 0 0 comments | 21 21 recommendations | email to a friend
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Saving Georgia farm of Flannery O'Connor a major task
The farm is where Flannery O'Connor finished her two novels, "Wise Blood" and "The Violent Bear It Away," as well as short story collections in a downstairs parlor converted into a bedroom. Imagery...
June 14, 2013 01:00 PM | 0 0 comments | 22 22 recommendations | email to a friend
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Defected Cuban dancers adjust to U.S., seek work
The ballerinas fled from the Cuban National Ballet while on tour in Mexico in April, and crossed the U.S. border into Texas. Pedro Pablo Pena, himself a Cuban exiled dancer, has taken them under hi...
June 14, 2013 12:05 PM | 0 0 comments | 24 24 recommendations | email to a friend
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Juneteenth to include giveaways, dancing, music and speeches
Go to Glover Park and the historic Marietta Square in downtown Marietta on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. and celebrate the 10th annual Juneteenth hosted by the Cobb County Branch of the NAACP.
June 14, 2013 12:00 AM | 0 0 comments | 53 53 recommendations | email to a friend
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Savannah singer's band lands Bonnaroo festival gig
It hasn't been long since Mitch Davis left Savannah for college, and now his band has landed its biggest gig — a slot onstage during the Bonnaroo music festival in Tennessee.
June 13, 2013 05:00 PM | 0 0 comments | 30 30 recommendations | email to a friend
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Church youths help community with improvement projects
Youths at two Marietta churches have made a difference this summer. Students from First Baptist Church of Marietta and Roswell Street Baptist Church joined together for fellowship, worship and mis...
June 18, 2013 11:39 PM | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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Airborne laser reveals hidden city in Cambodia
Airborne laser technology has uncovered a network of roadways and canals, illustrating a bustling ancient city linking Cambodia's famed Angkor Wat temple complex.
June 18, 2013 07:30 AM | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
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Report: US adult smoking rate dips to 18 percent
Last year, about 18 percent of adults participating in a national health survey described themselves as current smokers. The nation's smoking rate generally has been falling for decades, but had se...
June 18, 2013 05:30 AM | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
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Lauretta Hannon: On loans, gifts, Google and fools
Empathy — With An Edge
June 18, 2013 12:51 AM | 0 0 comments | 20 20 recommendations | email to a friend
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To ease shortage of organs, grow them in a lab?
The dream scenario: A patient donates cells, either from a biopsy or maybe just a blood draw. A lab uses them, or cells made from them, to seed onto a scaffold that's shaped like the organ he needs.
June 17, 2013 03:30 PM | 0 0 comments | 12 12 recommendations | email to a friend
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UK police looking into Nigella throat-grab pics
British police said Monday they are investigating newspaper photos that show Nigella Lawson's husband Charles Saatchi with his hands around the celebrity chef's throat.
June 17, 2013 10:00 AM | 0 0 comments | 12 12 recommendations | email to a friend
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Take a holistic approach to skin health
“People especially want to look their best when hundreds, or even thousands, of viewers are looking at their photos – we hear it, too,” said Drs. Rick and Arlene Noodleman, the husband-and-wife phy...
June 16, 2013 10:50 PM | 0 0 comments | 17 17 recommendations | email to a friend
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Louisiana health center offering incentives for eating well, losing weight
The jagged lines on Deborah Morgan’s weight chart are going in the right direction. Morgan, of Shreveport, is one of almost two dozen people participating in a diabetes prevention program at Martin...
June 16, 2013 10:48 PM | 0 0 comments | 14 14 recommendations | email to a friend
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Dentist gets surprise birthday party at Muss & Turner’s
Dr. Cameron Watson, who practices dentistry in Austell with her husband, Dr. Travis Watson, flashed a million dollar smile when she turned 40. On June 8, Cameron thought she was going to dinner t...
June 16, 2013 12:00 AM | 0 0 comments | 20 20 recommendations | email to a friend
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Tom Hanks backs restoration of WW II paratrooper camp in Toccoa
Actor Tom Hanks has donated $25,000 to Camp Toccoa at Currahee Inc. for its ambitious restoration of the World War II paratrooper training camp.
June 14, 2013 12:31 PM | 1 1 comments | 24 24 recommendations | email to a friend
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