Officer Fired After Fatal Shooting, Arrests at Atlanta Protests, Georgia's Top College: News Nearby

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• Officer Who Shot, Killed Suspected Car Thief Fired
• Ten Arrested in Atlanta Protests, Protest in Buckhead Monday Night
• Man Says He Called 911, Shot at Police So They Would Kill Him

You Can Now 'Shoot The Hooch' With Booze

Tubing under the influence, on the Chattahoochee River and other Georgia waterways, is now legal, under a new Georgia law that went into effect July 1.

House Bill 172, signed into law by Gov. Nathan Deal in April, makes it clear that using inflatable rafts and other simple flotation devices isn't held to the same drug and alcohol laws that, say, piloting a motorboat is. >>> Read more.

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• Emory Named Top College in Georgia
• Chick-fil-A's Cow Appreciation Day is Tuesday, July 12
• Cobb County Being Sued by Property Owners Over Braves Bridge
• UGA Lineman Arrested on DUI, Alcohol Charges
• Two Men Taken to Hospital After Industrial Accident

• Two Missing Girls Not Seen Since Saturday
• Woman in Serious Condition After Car Flips Over in Cartersville Accident
• Hollis Cobb Expansion To Bring Hundreds of Jobs To Gwinnett
• Brookhaven's New School to be Named John Lewis Elementary
• Delta Passengers Get Sick From Carbon Monoxide