Cobb County

Bus Driver Gets Stabbed, Suspended After Resolving Dispute

AP | Posted 02.23.2012

Read More: Taniesha Twyne, Video, Stabbing, Public Transit, Bus Driver Stabbed, Cobb County, Bus Driver, Georgia Crime, Suspension, Crime News

KENNESAW, Ga. -- Authorities say a Georgia commuter bus driver who was stabbed in the face with a pen while trying to resolve a dispute with a passeng...

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Who Will Ask Gingrich About His Congressional Pork-Barreling At The Next GOP Debate?

Peter Dreier | Posted 02.13.2012

Read More: Video, Newt Gingrich 2012, Michael Moore, 2012 Election, Elections 2012, Georgia, Cobb County, Newt Gingrich, Politics News
Peter Dreier

Now that he's leading in the polls among the GOP presidential aspirants, the media and voters are taking his campaign more seriously. But Gingrich's most outrageous hypocrisy has not yet surfaced as a campaign issue.

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Dog Saves Owner From Fire, Dies In Blaze

The Huffington Post | Dean Praetorius | Posted 01.01.2012

Read More: Scott Dunn, Scott Dunn Life Saved by Dog, Video, Dog Saves Owner's Life, Heroes, Hero Dogs, Georgia, Cobb County, Impact News

A Cobb County, Georgia man is alive today because of his best friend's heroic act. Scott Dunn was sick when he fell asleep on his couch next to his...

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Woman's Alleged Truck-Buying Trickery Uncovers Her Secret LIfe With Two Husbands

Posted 12.12.2011

Read More: Video, Polygamy, Dumb Crime, Weird Georgia, Woman Arrested for Having Two Husbands, Woman With Two Husbands, Edwin Windelberg, Cobb County, Alexandro Saldivard, Diane Tucker, Georgia Crime, Bigamy, Weird News News

A little car trouble revealed that there were problems at home too for a Georgia woman. Cobb County sheriff's deputies investigating a woman who su...

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ICE's Misplaced Priorities: The Numbers Speak for Themselves and the Stories Cry out for Justice

Azadeh Shahshahani | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Department of Homeland Security, ACLU of Georgia, Cobb County, 287(G), Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Secure Communities Initiative, Politics News
Azadeh Shahshahani

This past Wednesday, Jessica Colotl was released from the Etowah Detention Center in Alabama and allowed to reunite with her family back in Cobb Count...

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College Educator or Immigration Police?

Azadeh Shahshahani | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Education, Plyler v. Doe, Kennesaw State University, Colleges, Cobb County, Undocumented Immigrants, Undocumented-Students, College News
Azadeh Shahshahani

Allowing educational access to undocumented students is a legitimate policy choice by the state and permissible under federal law.

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Flood Evacuees Form New Community As Neighbors

The Huffington Post | Julian Hattem | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hosea Feed the Hungy, Floods, Frani Roberts, Lafayette Hearing Authority, Tacome Symphony, Shannon McGinnis, Cobb-County, Marla Jackson, Anne deMille Flood, Business News

As part of its Bearing Witness 2.0 project, the Huffington Post is rounding up a few of the best local stories of the day. Thirteen families disp...

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Reading The Pictures: Let's Unroll

Michael Shaw | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Terror War, Photo, Terrorism, Armored Vehicle, SWAT Vehicle, Cobb County, Disaster Capitalism, Photojournalism, Armored Personnel Carrier, Culture, Politics News
Michael Shaw

2008-11-10-shaw_armoredcobb.jpgTake a look at the Cobb County, Georgia police department's latest toy. Donated by the military, the Armored Personnel Carrier -- used by the U.S. Army in Panama -- holds up to nine SWAT commandos.

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