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Historic Superior lighthouse free for the taking
No longer needed by the U.S. Coast Guard, Wisconsin's historic Superior Entry lighthouse is being offered to any eligible group that would use it — and pay for its upkeep.
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Cervical cancer survivor Tina Adams of Acworth, founder and president of WOW Walk of Women, is looking forward to the 7K Walk of Women event on June 1. The event benefits women currently in treatment and cancer survivors in the Atlanta area. The walk stretches 4.34 miles and starts at 8:30 a.m. next to WellStar Kennestone Hospital at 833 Campbell Hill St. and ends at Kennesaw Mountain National Park. <br> Staff/Laura Moon
Acworth resident gears up for WOW Walk in fight against women’s cancers
For three years, Acworth resident Tina Adams has been walking her way to a healthier life. That’s how long the mother of two has been cancer-free and reaching out to women in her community sufferin...
May 19, 2013 11:42 PM | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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Workers with Skin Cancer Specialists in Marietta offer free skin cancer screenings during a past Information Fair. <br> Special to the MDJ
Information fair gives seniors tools for active life
“The fair is a way to bring together seniors, caregivers, adult children or just interested people who want to find out information that might be of value for seniors. It brings a lot of different ...
May 18, 2013 11:42 PM | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Golfers get ready to participate in a previous golf tournament organized by the men of St. Andrew United Methodist Church. <br>Special to the MDJ
Church’s golf tourney to help families in need
The men of St. Andrew United Methodist Church are taking to the golf links Monday to raise money to help local families for the winter holidays.
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The Rev. John C. Hearst, right, along with other members of Mt. Zion First Baptist Church including, from left, Carrie Hammond, Ann Blount, Deacon William J. Blount and Mary Hearst are looking forward to Sunday's anniversary celebration of the 136-year-old Smyrna church. <br>Staff/Laura Moon
Mt. Zion First Baptist Church plans anniversary celebration
Mount Zion First Baptist Church, the oldest African-American church in Smyrna, celebrates its 136th anniversary on Sunday. Several other churches in the community will join the celebration.
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The garden of Fran Spearman will be featured on the Keep Smyrna Beautiful's Fifth Annual Garden Tour on Saturday. The garden tour will feature five residential gardens as well as the butterfly and vegetable gardens at King Springs Elementary School and the rain garden at Durham Park. <br>Staff/Todd Hull
Five gardens to be featured in fifth annual Smyrna tour
Visitors should be amazed at the lovely gardens on the Fifth Annual Keep Smyrna Beautiful Garden Tour on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
May 17, 2013 12:00 AM | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Atlanta Symphony Orchestra to play game music
"Distant Worlds: Music from Final Fantasy" is set to return to Atlanta June 7 and 8 in Atlanta Symphony Hall at the Woodruff Arts Center.
May 16, 2013 05:00 AM | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Food color can warp time when cooking
Ever tried toasting hamburger buns on a grill? It takes uncanny timing to achieve an even medium brown across the buns. Typically, they remain white for what seems like far too long. Then it’s as i...
May 16, 2013 12:19 AM | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Pain Solutions Treatment Center employee Sandra May and Canvas Food & Bakery COO Mark Herrmann look over some of the donated prizes for a May 18 benefit being conducted for Pain Solutions employee Charles Tumulak. Tumulak sustained an obstacle course injury, leaving him a quadriplegic.  <br>Staff/Kelly J. Huff
Canvas Cafe and Bakery serves up benefit for quadriplegic man
Canvas Café and Bakery will cook on to Fight for a Warrior, Charles Tumulak, on May 18. Injured while competing in an obstacle race, 46-year-old Tumulak faces a new battle.
May 16, 2013 12:00 AM | 1 1 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Lauretta Hannon: On college kids and how to say no
Q: An old acquaintance from high school will be moving to my neck of the woods soon and has asked to stay with me for a few days, along with her two dogs, while she looks for a place to live. Bas...
May 21, 2013 12:14 AM | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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In this photo Thursday, April 25, 2013 Lucy Butler,15, getting ready to have her measles jab at All Saints School in Ingleby Barwick, Teesside, England, as a national vaccination catch-up campaign has been launched to curb a rise in measles cases in England. More than a decade ago, British parents refused to give measles shots to at least a million children because of a vaccine scare that raised the specter of autism. Now, health officials are scrambling to catch up and stop a growing epidemic of the contagious disease. (AP Photo/Owen Humphreys, PA)
Measles surges in UK years after flawed research
More than a decade ago, British parents refused to give measles shots to at least a million children because of now discredited research that linked the vaccine to autism. Now, health officials are...
May 20, 2013 11:45 AM | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Darien to mark date it was burned in Civil War
As the 150th anniversary of the burning of Darien approaches, historian Buddy Sullivan wants to clear up what he considers a misconception about the south Georgia town's Civil War history.
May 20, 2013 11:00 AM | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Five picks for the weekend
Greek Festival, Relay for Life, Wakeboarders, Songwriters and Mableton Day headline a packed weekend.
May 17, 2013 01:52 PM | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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This is a Oct. 13, 2001 file photo of Soccer player David Beckham during an episode of the German television show in Erfurt, Germany. David Beckham is retiring from soccer after the season, ending a career in which he become a global superstar since starting his career at Manchester United. The 38-year-old Englishman recently won a league title in a fourth country with Paris Saint-Germain. He said in a statement Thursday May 16, 2013 he is "thankful to PSG for giving me the opportunity to continue but I feel now is the right time to finish my career, playing at the highest level." (AP File Photo/Jens Meyer)
Beckham to retire from soccer at end of season
The 38-year-old Beckham, who recently won a league title in a fourth country with Paris Saint-Germain, said Thursday he will retire after the season.
May 16, 2013 11:09 AM | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Rome movie filming to involve chopper, road detours
Filming of the Dreamworks motion picture "Need for Speed" is set to begin Thursday and continue through Sunday.
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Cecelia Crocker, the lone survivor of a 1987 plane crash near Detroit Metropolitan Airport that killed 156 people, shows an airplane tattoo on her left wrist in a September 2011 photo provided by Sole Survivor Film. Crocker, then Cichan, was was 4 years old when Northwest Airlines Flight 255 crashed in Romulus, Mich. Crocker, now 30, breaks her silence in the new documentary, “Sole Survivor,” discussing how the crash of the Phoenix-bound jetliner has affected her. "I got this tattoo as a reminder of where I've come from. I see it as — so many scars were put on my body against my will — and I decided to put this on my body for myself," she says in the film. (AP Photo/Sole Survivor Film)
Survivor of 1987 Michigan plane crash breaks silence
At only 4 years old, Cecelia Crocker was the lone survivor of a 1987 plane crash that killed 154 people aboard and two on the ground near Detroit Metropolitan Airport.
May 15, 2013 09:16 AM | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Warm weather means it’s party season in Cobb County
You know spring has sprung because there is a party, party everywhere!
May 15, 2013 12:07 AM | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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 In this Saturday, Dec. 3, 2011 file photo, actress Angelina Jolie poses for a portrait to promote her directorial debut of the film "In the Land of Blood and Honey" in New York. Jolie authored an op-ed for Tuesday’s May 14, 2013 New York Times where she writes that in April she finished three months of surgical procedures to remove both breasts as a preventive measure. She says she’s kept the process private but is writing about it now with hopes she can help other women. (AP Photo/Carlo Allegri, File)
Angelina Jolie says she had double mastectomy
Angelina Jolie says that she has had a preventive double mastectomy after learning she carried a gene that made it extremely likely she would get breast cancer.
May 14, 2013 10:20 AM | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Lauretta Hannon: On horrible in-laws and golf terrors
Empathy — With An Edge
May 14, 2013 12:58 AM | 1 1 comments | 36 36 recommendations | email to a friend
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