June 19, 2013

Edition: U.S.

Decatur

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Mom And Pop To Walmart: Bring It

HuffingtonPost.com | Catherine New | Posted 03.28.2013 | Small Business

Read More: Decatur Ace Hardware, Walmart, Small Business, Hardware Store, Intown Ace Hardware, Mom and Pop, Atlanta, Georgia, Home Depot, Decatur, Business Model, Big Box Store, Decatur Walmart, How-I-Did-It, Decatur Hardware Store, Entrepreneur, Loews, Small Business News

When Dave Jones opened his Georgia hardware store more than 25 years ago, it quickly became the go-to place in Decatur and the surrounding area for bu...

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How He Lost $100,000 In A Matter Of Days

HuffingtonPost.com | Ron Dicker | Posted 10.03.2012 | Home

Read More: Video, Lawyers, Contest, Theodore Scott, Money News, Ernestine Scott, Contest Lawsuit, Georgia, Gold Peak Tea, Scott & Scott, Take a Year Off, Green Peak Tea Contest, Scott, Decatur, Home News

If Gold Peak Tea has a flavor to soothe a family of angry lawyers, the company might want to serve it up fast. Theodore Scott, a Decatur, Ga., atto...

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Hilarious Police Recruitment Video Portrays Newport Beach As Lawless Hell Hole

The Huffington Post | Kathleen Miles | Posted 07.18.2012 | Los Angeles

In the action-packed police recruitment video above, badass officers pull guns, scale walls and are armed with vicious dogs. Funny enough on its own, ...

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Which Colleges Have The Best Quality Of Life?

Posted 02.09.2012 | College

Read More: Manchester, Rice University, College, Best Colleges, College Rankings, Emory, Bowdoin, Dartmouth, Decatur, Davidson, Agnes Scott College, Quality of Life, Princeton Review, College News

College is much more than simply going to classes and working towards a summer internship. Students look for a campus where the quality of life will h...

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Refugee Reeducation: Teens Find New Home At The Global Village School

Posted 11.16.2011 | Impact

Read More: Video, Education, Civil War, Bosnia, Ethiopia, Private Schools, War, Decatur, Refugees, Women's Education, Global Village School, Impact News

Bertha Nibigira, a Burundi student, says she had never read a book before being enrolling at Decatur, Georgia's Global Village School . Nibigira is...

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Top CDC Official And Boyfriend Arrested On Bestiality, Child Molestation Charges

HuffingtonPost.com | David Lohr | Posted 12.10.2012 | Crime

Read More: Child Molestation, Video, Cdc, Kimberly Lindsey, Crime News, Crime, Kimberly Quinlan Lindsey, Georgia, Bestiality, Decatur, DeKalb County, Thomas Westerman, Crime News

A highly regarded scientist with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta has been arrested over allegations of bestiality and child ...

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Illinois Restaurateur Owes Workers $1 Million In Back Pay, Damages

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 07.31.2011 | Business

Read More: El Matador Chicago, Chicago Restaurants, Wage Theft, Hilda Solis, Restaurants, Chicago Labor Violations, Department of Labor, El Caporal Chicago, Waiters, Dolores Onate, Overtime, Decatur, Ricardo Onate, Business News

WASHINGTON -- Workers got a pretty raw deal at Dolores Onate's two Mexican restaurants in Decatur, Ill. Not only were the waiters and kitchen workers ...

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Man Charged With Setting Houseguest On Fire

Posted 07.16.2011 | Chicago

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A Decatur, Illinois man was arrested late last week for allegedly dousing a houseguest in gasoline and setting him on fire. Phillip Green is charge...

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Economy Taking A Toll On Democratic Loyalty In Illinois, Beyond

AP | CHRISTOPHER WILLS | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago

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DECATUR, Ill. — Mike Riggen is out of work. Most of his friends are out of work, too. He's raising two children on his own and they have expensi...

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Yusef Kareem Brown Sentenced To 60 Years: Killed Deputy In 2007

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago

Read More: Douglas County Sheriff, Yusef Kareem Brown, Douglas County Sheriff Murdered, Illinois Crime, Decatur, Officer Killed, Chicago News

DECATUR, Ill. — A Chicago man has been sentenced to 60 years in prison for his role in a 2007 crime spree in Illinois that left a sheriff's depu...

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Yoga Helps Kids Channel Energy, Emotions

cnn.com | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living

Read More: Downward Dog, Emotions, Yoga, Yoga for Kids, Children, Kids, Health, Yoga Studio, Atlanta, Pilates, Decatur, Wellness, Happiness, Healthy Living News

Once an oddity reserved for only the crunchiest communities, downward dog for the grade-school set is now being taught in studios from Minnetonka, Min...

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