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Parents target chocolate milk and other favored foods; but will kids eat healthy?
Chocolate milk — ahh. So good, and so good for you. Or is it? A group of parents in Decatur doesn’t think so, and they want the sweet and sugary drink crossed off school menus, leaving plain old milk and water. Earlier this week, they presented their healthy-eating proposal to ...
Clark Atlanta students sing Christmas songs for kids
Six hundred students, professors and other employees of Clark Atlanta University brought an early Christmas to 400 children in the surrounding neighborhoods.The grownups donated gifts for each child at Atlanta Preparatory Academy, a tuition-free K-7 charter school for Atlanta students. They also sang carols. The kids performed, too."It was mutual ...
Soulja Boy: ‘Crying my eyes out' after brother's death
Hip-hopper Soulja Boy, whose real name is Deandre Cortez Way, is telling the world that his little brother has died. "At home crying my eyes out I can't believe my Lil bro is gone," the Atlanta artist said on his Twitter account around noon Monday. Deion O'Neal Jenkins, 15, died ...
Waka Flocka Flame appears in PETA ad
A gun-toting rapper who has been in and out of jail in connection with incidents involving guns is proclaiming that he has a soft spot for cattle and other furry creatures."I don't eat red meat," says Waka Flocka Flame, in a new video ad for the animal advocacy group PETA.Flame, ...
Photographer uncovers ‘hottest bartenders' in Athens
It may not be investigative journalism, but a freelance photographer who recently did a special project for the newspaper in Athens is uncovering things in the Classic City.More specifically, he's uncovering women who sling drinks.Tobin Russell Brogunier is releasing a calendar of what he's decided are the "hottest" bartenders in ...
Lady Gaga studied: Sociology professor says course will be "challenging"
When you become a pop icon who sells a lot of music and captures millions of followers on Internet social media sites, you get rich and famous.And, if you're Lady Gaga, you also get a college course dedicated to studying your success.A sociology professor who first saw the star perform ...
Phipps' Santa is booked
Santa's high-tech connect to Atlanta was back in business late Thursday, and the jolly fellow was booked by 10 a.m. Friday.Every year, parents frantically lock in lap time with the jovial icon at Phipps Plaza two months in advance, paying $15 for the privilege. Last year, Santa sittings were sold ...
Jury orders Kid Rock, entourage to pay $40K in damages
The man who got into an infamous Waffle House brawl with hick-hopper Kid Rock after an Atlanta concert three years ago felt that he suffered a beating worth $2.9 million.But a civil jury decided Friday that Harlen Akins' pain and suffering was worth precisely $33,300.The jury awarded the 41-year-old Decatur ...
Decatur-based music and arts magazine Paste lays off staff
From their small office in Decatur, the staff of a dozen or so at Paste Magazine produced a journal on music, film, gaming and other popular culture that traveled the world.Now, the owners of the monthly have shut down their internationally-distributed magazine and laid off the entire staff -- all ...
‘Runaway Bride' reportedly has new man
The Atlanta woman who earned the moniker "Runaway Bride" after she dumped her fiance and triggered a costly manhunt with a bogus kidnapping story, is in a relationship, according to her Facebook page.Jennifer Wilbanks, 37, has been "shacking up" with a twice-divorced landscaper whom she credits with bringing her "togetherness, ...
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