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The formerly 835-foot-high tower at Georgia Power’s Plant McDonough-Atkinson has been slowly coming down, a result of the plant’s conversion to natural gas generation from coal. <BR>Special to the MDJ
Motorists get a warning before crossing the CSX railroad tracks on Kennesaw Avenue in Marietta.<br>Kelly J. Huff
President Barack Obama speaks to reporters after meeting with congressional leaders in Washington on March 1. Three years, two elections and one Supreme Court decision after President Barack Obama signed the Affordable Care Act, its promise of health care for the uninsured may be delayed or undercut in much of the country because of entrenched opposition from many Republican state leaders.
Brandt Blocker, artistic director and general manager of the Atlanta Lyric Theatre, stands outside the Earl Smith Strand Theatre on the Marietta Square. (MDJ Staff/Laura Moon)
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Cub Scout Pack 797 Den 8 and friend from back row: Andrew ‘A.J.’ Durkee, Alex Gault, Christian Keeton and Seth Freiman. Front row: Christopher Grosskamp, Cole Francis, Jack McKee, Eddie Parker, Cole Durkee and Anna Blair Yobs. <br> Special to the MDJ
From left, Michael Sterling, Hunter Hill, Parks Chandler, David Masiarczyk when they were 9 and 10 in their Boy Scout uniforms.
From left, David Masiarczyk, Will Fulkerson, Andrew Meaux, Michael Sterling, Parks Chandler, DeFord Smith, Charles Spencer and Hunter Hill of Troop 1011 recently achieved the rank of Eagle Scout. <br> Special to the MDJ
Drivers navigate in congested traffic at Copacabana in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 2012. In 2011, the U.S. became a net exporter of fuels for the first time in 60 years. Mexico and Canada are the two biggest destinations for U.S. fuels, followed by Brazil and the Netherlands. <br>The Associated Press
In this Feb. 12, 1990 file photo, mourners estimated in the thousands carry the coffin bearing the remains of Rabbi Haskel Werzberger in the Williamsburg section of the Brooklyn borough of New York. David Ranta, the man convicted for Werzberger’s 1990 murder, is expected to appear in a New York courtroom on Thursday, March 21, 2013, where a judge will rule on a defense motion to vacate his second-degree murder conviction. (AP Photo/Mark D. Phillips, File)
In this Nov. 1, 1989, photo provided by vosizneias.com, courtesy of Isaac Abraham, Rabbi Chaskel Werzberger, center right, attends a wedding in the Williamsburg section of the Brooklyn borough of New York. Werzberger was killed in 1990 during a botched diamond robbery attempt and a man was convicted and sent to prison. On Thursday, March 21, 2013, the murder conviction ofDavid Ranta, 58, was vacated by a Brooklyn judge based on a review that determined Rantaprobably did not kill Werzberger and concluded detectives had mishandled aspects of the investigation. At center left is Rabbi Yisrael Chaim Menashe Friedman. (AP Photo/ vosizneias.com, courtesy of Isaac Abraham)

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