| Feds charge 3 with trafficking phony cigarettes
Three people have been charged in federal court in Georgia on charges of illegally trafficking thousands of counterfeit cigarettes.
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 | Man shot, killed at MARTA train station
EAST POINT, Ga. (AP) —Authorities are investigating a shooting at a MARTA station in the Atlanta area that left a man dead.
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 | Gucci Mane manages career from jail
ATLANTA (AP) — This was supposed to be Gucci Mane's time to finally gain mainstream appeal, as he collaborated with Mariah Carey, Mario and Usher while churning out street anthems like "Wasted" and "Go Head," featuring Man Bre-Z.
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 | Ga. woman sentenced in puppy killings
BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) —A 50-year-old Glynn County woman who pleaded guilty to charges she beat two 7-week-old puppies to death with a sledgehammer has been fined $2,000 and sentenced to five years on probation.
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 | 1 killed in shootings at Atlanta music studio
ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta police say one man is dead and another wounded after shots were fired at a southwest Atlanta music studio.
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| Senate to honor entertainment mogul Tyler Perry
Madea is coming to the state Capitol.
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| Napolitano visits Ga. training center
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano is paying a visit to the nation's largest federal police academy on the Georgia coast.
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| Lawmaker wants drug tests for aid recipients
A Republican lawmaker is pushing legislation that would require random drug tests for recipients of public assistance, like unemployment benefits and food stamps.
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 | Woman killed after pothole projectile strikes her
HEFLIN, Ala. (AP) —A South Carolina woman is dead after authorities say she was struck by a rock that flew through her windshield when a pickup truck hit a pothole along Interstate 20, four miles west of the Alabama-Georgia Monday.
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 | Firefighters battle rail car blaze
BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — Glynn County firefighters battled a fire on a train trestle after at least two rail cars carrying Mercedes-Benz vehicles caught fire.
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 | Owner of dogs that attacked girl is charged
DECATUR, Ga. (AP) —Authorities in DeKalb County say the owner of the dogs that attacked a young girl has been charged with reckless conduct.
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 | Army drops bayonets, busts abs in training revamp
FORT JACKSON, S.C. (AP) —The Army is revamping basic training for the first time in three decades in response to feedback from veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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 | Students in Lilburn Ga. to get TB tests
LILBURN, Ga. (AP) —School officials in Gwinnett County Schools want more than 300 Lilburn Middle School students to be screened for tuberculosis after two sixth graders tested positive for the disease.
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 | Ga. court upholds death in real estate slayings
ATLANTA (AP) — The death sentences given to a man convicted of murdering two real estate agents in their office in 2003 have been upheld by Georgia's top court.
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 | Court affirms sex offender registry law
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia's top court has upheld the state's sex offender registration law.
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 | Clayton Co. inspecting apartments where girl fell
JONESBORO, Ga. (AP) —Clayton County is inspecting an apartment complex where a 3-year-old girl fell 10 feet through a rotted bathroom floor.
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 | Macon's Cherry Blossom Festival missing blossoms
MACON, Ga. (AP) —Something's going to be missing from Macon's annual Cherry Blossom Festival when it begins later this week. Namely, cherry blossoms.
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 | Ga. man accused of paying girls for sex
COLUMBUS, Ga. (AP) —A hearing is set for a Georgia man accused of paying underage girls for sexual acts.
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 | College students to protest education cuts
ATLANTA (AP) —College students are planning to take on the Gold Dome.
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| Family doubts warning system after river death
Relatives of a man killed on the Chattahoochee River earlier this month in Gwinnett County are questioning whether a faulty warning system played a role in his death.
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