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Georgia Kids Make Presidential Pick | Patch PM

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If kids in Georgia could vote, they would elect Hillary Clinton to be the 45th president of the United States. That's according to the results of a Scholastic poll, which included 153,000 kids nationwide from kindergarten through 12th grade voting by online and mail-in ballot.

In Georgia, Clinton received 48 percent of the vote, compared to Donald Trump's 37 percent. Fifteen percent of kids voted for somebody else. >>> Read more.

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Lovett Alum Shane Kimbrough Launches to ISS

Lovett School alum Shane Kimbrough was one of three astronauts who launched this morning from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, headed to the International Space Station. >>> Read more.

  • Greg Lawler is set to die Wednesday evening at 7 pm. He killed the officer and wounded his partner in Buckhead in 1997.

Democrats Likely In The Clear on Ga. Sewage Dump, Official Says

  • Instead, environmental officials are investigating the offending charter bus's owner and operator.

KKK Fliers Distributed in Towne Lake

  • The fliers were found Wednesday morning in the Towne Lake Hills South neighborhood in Woodstock.

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