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VIA: USAToday.com A CDC released a four-year, 1.3 million-person study on happiness: Apparently the happiest Americans are in Louisiana, while the Empire State (N.Y.) is leaving people least satisfied. The CDC speculates this has to do with things like sunshine hours, congestion, cost of living, air quality and availability of public land. Not on the […]
VIA: AccessAtlanta Local photographer FreddyO told Mediatakeout.com that former soap star and public speaker Victoria Rowell may become the sixth cast member on “The Real Housewives of Atlanta.” Or she could be the fifth if either Kim Zolciak or NeNe Leakes fail to come to an agreement with the show for a third season. Insiders […]
VIA: AJC.com Oprah Winfrey has sent The Ron Clark Academy some kind of stocking stuffer this Christmas: $1.5 million. The southeast Atlanta school alerted Buzz moments ago that Winfrey sent the donation after learning the school was having trouble raising money, and said she hoped the contribution “would inspire others to follow her lead.” In […]
VIA: Creative Loafing Last Wednesday, a few hours after a vote recount had sealed his status as Atlanta’s mayor-elect, Kasim Reed dropped into a local bar. But he wasn’t there to celebrate his victory. Reed was making a personal appearance at a small fundraiser for an Atlanta police officer who’d suffered spinal injuries in a […]
VIA: AJC.com Spelman College officials have asked alumnae for donations to help students struggling to pay their fall semester tuition bills. When the e-mail was sent last week, about 700 students — about one in three of the college’s nearly 2,150 students — couldn’t pay their balances. Donations started coming in and by Monday the […]
VIA: AJC.com Atlanta Falcons defensive tackle Jonathan Babineaux was smoking marijuana as he and a friend were driving north on I-85 Thursday night, an arrest report from the Gwinnett County Police Department said. According to the document, released to the AJC on Tuesday, Babineaux picked up his friend, Aaron Robinson, at Hartsfield-Jackson Airport and took […]
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Quick and Easy Jambalaya Prep Time: 5 minutes Cook Time: 25 minutes Ingredients: • 1 package Spanish Rice • about 3-4 chicken breast- • 1/2 pound of sausage • 1 can of tomatoes – • crushed red pepper (optional) Preparation: Cook the chicken breast and sausage till done: Cook rice- in large skillet; add the […]
VIA: New York Daily News The “Real Housewives” of Atlanta will be back for a third season — well, most of them. According to a source, NeNe Leakes and Kim Zolciak are demanding more money to appear on the show than Bravo cares to dish out — and producers are so fed up with their […]
VIA: AJC.com Atlanta Falcons defensive tackle Jonathan Babineaux was arrested on charges of possession of marijuana with intent to distribute after a police officer said he smelled marijuana in the player’s SUV during a routine traffic stop Thursday night. Babineaux, 28, was released from the Gwinnett County jail shortly after 5 a.m. Friday after paying […]
VIA: AJC.com Kasim Reed won the Atlanta mayor’s race by 714 votes, a recount of the Dec. 1 runoff results showed Wednesday. Reed won 42,549 votes while Mary Norwood won 41,835 votes, Fulton County officials said Wednesday. At 2:30 p.m. Norwood conceded. “Here we are at the end of a very very long two years,” […]
VIA: Creative Loafing Atlanta If you live in Virginia-Highland or Midtown, it’s easy to take your grocery store for granted. You’ve got Trader Joe’s on Monroe Drive. Whole Foods is across the street from City Hall East. Don’t want to go to the Publix on Ponce de Leon Avenue? You can visit the grocer’s other […]