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The Braves were finally home Friday night, with their lineup at full strength for the first time all season and playing in front of 43,238 fans at Turner Field.

Ken Venturi, who overcame dehydration to win the 1964 U.S. Open and spent 35 years in the booth for CBS Sports, died Friday afternoon.

Plans for the new Atlanta Falcons stadium moved ahead Friday as five construction firms made the short list to become the lead contractor for the billion-dollar project.

A Washington-based gun control advocacy organization filed a federal lawsuit Thursday against the tiny town of Nelson, saying the community’s new ordinance mandating gun ownership has violated the rights of its residents.

State Rep. Tyrone Brooks Sr., D-Atlanta, was indicted Thursday by a federal grand jury for allegedly misappropriating almost $1 million in charitable funds, the U.

In what is believed to be a first, Georgia Tech will use the growing massive open online course market to offer a master’s degree.

Former weight: 300 pounds Current weight: 175 pounds Pounds lost: 125 pounds Height: 5 feet 6 inches Age: 35 years How long she’s kept it off: “I started my weight loss journey in January of 2002 and have been working every day since then to develop a healthy lifestyle,” says Brumfield.

President Barack Obama tried on Friday to leave behind the political battles that have overshadowed his second-term agenda, saying lawmakers should work on creating more middle-class jobs in the slowly growing economy.

Senior Treasury officials were made aware in June 2012 that investigators were looking into complaints from tea party groups that they were being harassed by the Internal Revenue Service, a Treasury inspector general said Friday, disclosing that Obama administration officials knew there was a probe during the heat of the presidential campaign.

She majored in ancient history, but Jennifer Dangar’s job at The Weather Company is to peer into the future to figure out new ways for the Atlanta-based media firm to grow.

Joe Evans thinks he can turn failure into success.Evans, CEO of Atlanta-based State Bank Financial, engineered the purchase of a dozen failed Georgia banks from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.

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At least 16 DeKalb County police officers have landed in handcuffs in the past 18 months, an embarrassing record that has eroded public trust in the force.

On Opening Day, state Sens. Don Balfour, Tyler Harper and state Rep. Jay Roberts had great seats to see the Atlanta Braves defeat the Philadelphia Phillies 7-5.

MyAJC.com, a new website that offers exclusive in-depth content plus breaking news, made the transition Thursday to a subscription-only product of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has launched a subscriber-only premium website, MyAJC.com. It is the latest in our digital lineup of paid and free products that allow total access to our in-depth news content on computers, tablets and smartphones.

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Is there a MARTA bus driver’s seat in your future? The Atlanta transit agency will hold a job fair Saturday in hopes of attracting candidates for full-time bus operator positions.

DNA testing confirms that human remains found last week outside a cabin in Pulaski County are that of missing a college student and Austell resident Jmaal Keyes, the GBI announced Friday.

Brandon Beachy is set to throw three innings or 45 pitches Sunday in Triple-A Gwinnett in the second start of his minor league rehabilitation assignment.