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The Oprah Winfrey Show is hosting a viewing party in Atlanta next week. While the talk show host will not actually be in town, as part of Oprah's continuing "No-Phone Zone" campaign, she is dedicating her April 30 show to raising awareness on the topic of distracted driving.
With the 19th pick in the 2010 NFL draft Thursday night, the Atlanta Falcons selected Missouri linebacker Sean Weatherspoon. The linebacker got the good news at his viewing party, where he was joined by about 20 family members and friends.
Atlanta's own Monica should be celebrating today. The Grammy winner’s ‘Still Standing’ has just been certified Gold by the RIAA for sales of over 500,000 – just four weeks after it’s release!
The Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority is going green and also helping low-income women. More than 4,000 members of the sorority are expected to meet in Atlanta April 22 through April 25 for the 57th South Atlantic Regional Conference at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis hotel.
It's been awhile since we've heard any new music from Atlanta artist Cody ChesnuTT, the guitarist that took the underground music scene by storm with his lo-fi, bedroom recordings in the early 2000s. Check out this new track from Cody.
April is STD (Sexually Transmitted Disease) Awareness Month. Fulton County has expanded services in communities where residents face health disparities due to income or limited access to quality health care. Click here to see which health centers give low or no costs STD tests for teens.
Light rain and heavy odds did not stop some 300 MARTA supporters and employees from marching on the state Capitol on Tuesday morning in a plea for financial assistance for the metro area’s beleaguered transit system. “What is more crucial than to keep us going to work, going to the doctor and going to school?” asked DeKalb County NAACP President Yvonne Hawks.
“Nightline” is set to air a truncated version of its 2.5 hour town hall meeting in Decatur earlier this month tonight at 11:35 p.m. The event featured “The View’s” Sherri Shepherd flew from New York City, "Nightline" correspondent Vicki Mabrey, journalist Jacque Reid, actor Hill Harper (”CSI: NY”) and author Jimi Israel (”The Denzel Principle”).
This season of the “Real Housewives of Atlanta” hasn’t even aired yet, and the drama has already begun. On Monday we told you that NeNe and Dwight got into it at a hotel. Well today we’re hearing that NeNe and her husband Greg are splistville!!!
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This time the Bucks weren’t rattled from the start and they again never stopped competing. None of that mattered to the Hawks, who overwhelmed Milwaukee for stretches and turned back a late rally for a 96-86 victory on Tuesday night at Philips Arena.
Kandi Buruss showed off her singing chops for a live performance recently. All her "Real Housewives of Atlanta" cast-mates came out to support her, including alleged new housewives, Phaedra Parks and Cynthia Bailey.
