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VIA: AJC.com Huddled with family members in a cramped, dark bathroom inside their Powder Springs home, Rajaan Bennett quietly called 911. The McEachern High School football star told the operator they were being held hostage. A little after 2 a.m. last Thursday, Clifton Steger broke into his ex-girlfriend’s Woodcrest Drive house brandishing a .22 caliber […]
Your nail polish will always be smooth and easy to apply it you store it in the refrigerator. Frosted nail polish will not separate. However, if it has hardened or is gummy, place the bottle in a pan of boiling water. The polish will be like new.
Radio One Atlanta’s Healthy Living 2010 was held this past weekend at Word of Faith Cathedral in Austell. Lots of people turned out for the event, which included health screenings, panels and performances by Monica, Angie Stone and Dottie Peoples. Check out photos and video from our Healthy Living 2010 event:
Ingredients: • 1 lb. Italian sausage • 2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese, divided • 1-1/2 cups ricotta cheese • 28-oz. jar chunky pasta sauce with vegetables • 9 no-boil lasagna noodles Preparation: Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Cook Italian sausage in a heavy skillet over medium heat, stirring to break up meat, until no […]
VIA: AJC.com While some teens in her Marietta housing project were cruising for drugs or kicks, Jazma Parker would be driving slowly through some rich neighborhood, marveling at the way those people lived. She was among the young people in Lyman Homes who did their homework, who stayed off the troubled corners. She liked watching […]
VIA: AJC.com A Fulton County jury found Devonni Manuel “Devo” Benton guilty of murder and two counts of aggravated assault Saturday in the September shooting that killed Spelman College sophomore Jasmine Lynn. Benton, 21, was sentenced to a life sentence plus 25 years for the random killing along with a weapons possession charge. In Georgia, […]
VIA: AJC.com The fate of Devonni “Devo” Benton, accused of murder in the September shooting death of Spelman student Jasmine Lynn, is now in the hands of a Fulton County jury. Before Fulton Superior Court Judge T. Jackson Bedford Jr. released the jurors, they heard final arguments calling for them to either convict Benton or […]
VIA: AJC.com A zebra from the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus escaped his handler and led police on a chase through downtown Atlanta Thursday afternoon. The black-and-white striped animal was spotted all over town — in the parking lot near the Sam Nunn Federal Building, near Centennial Olympic Park, CNN and on the […]
VIA: AJC.com A McEachern High School football standout was killed early Thursday in an apparent murder-suicide at his family’s Powder Springs home. The incident happened overnight on Woodcrest Drive, in a neighborhood off Brownsville Road just southwest of downtown Powder Springs. Police identified the deceased as Rajaan Bennett, who earlier this month signed to play […]
VIA: AJC.com Three officials with the Southern Christian Leadership Conference met in Atlanta with federal and local investigators looking into allegations that the national chairman and former treasurer mishandled hundreds of thousands of the organization’s money. Agent Michael Brooks with the FBI in Cincinnati confirmed Wednesday “investigation is continuing and that it has included interviews […]
VIA: AJC.com Today was the start of the murder trial of Devonni Manuel Benton, who is accused of fatally shooting Spelman College sophomore Jasmine Lynn in the early hours of Sept. 3 as she walked past a fight on the Clark Atlanta campus. Benton wore a black pin-striped suit as he listened to Fulton County […]
VIA: AJC.com Throughout this legislative session, the Capitol has welcomed soldiers, Boy Scouts and police officers to come speak before the House or the Senate. On the 19th day, they honored a general. General Larry Platt, the civil rights warrior-turned “American Idol” star for his socially conscious tune, “Pants on the Ground,” was honored by […]