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News Nearby: Obama, Dems Called 'Pro-Slavery Party;' Candidate DQ
Today's top headlines from around the metro Atlanta area.
The co-founder of a black conservative organization named after famed abolitionist Frederick Douglass told a gathering of Atlanta Young Republicans that President Obama and his fellow Democrats constitute a "pro-slavery party."
Cascade Patch of Timothy Johnson's highly charged remarks.
A Mableton legislative candidate appears to be disqualified because she found out only recently that she doesn't live in her newly redrawn redistrict. According to , that would mean incumbent State Rep. Alisha Morgan would not have any opposition in her re-election bid.
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A Sandy Springs man has been sentenced to 95 years for the rape and incest of his daughter.
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The DeKalb Board of Education has not followed through on its approval of 250 teacher layoffs, leaving the school district with a $20 million budget shortfall.
The board has asked Superintendent Cheryl Atkinson to look for other savings. Virginia Highlands-Druid Hills Patch .
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