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Obama speaks at Morehouse graduation

US President Barack Obama before receiving his honorary doctorate of law degree, after delivering the commencement address during a ceremony at Morehouse College on May 19, 2013 in Atlanta, Georgia.(MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images)
4:11 PM, May 19, 2013

ATLANTA, Ga. (USA Today) -- President Obama on Sunday told the graduating class at Morehouse College, the country's pre-eminent historically black college, there is "no time for excuses" for this generation of African-American men and that it was time for their generation to step up professionally and in their personal lives.

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Brunswick Commissioner suspended by governor

9:28 AM, May 1, 2013

Georgia Governor Nathan Deal has suspended Brunswick Commissioner James Brooks, according to First Coast News' media partner, The ...

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Viral basketball video, featuring 100 ft leap

The Legendary Shots have gone viral on YouTube with a video showing a man sinking a jump shot as he free falls off a 100 foot tower. To test the difficulty of their stunts, a reporter tries one they failed while zip-lining in a business suit.
2:09 PM, May 16, 2013

The video popped up on YouTube over the weekend showing a remarkable stunt: A young man attached to a bungee cord leaps from a 100 foot tower. As he free-falls, he hurls a basketball toward a goal set up on the ground.

Lion, tiger and bear make for odd, yet happy family

(Photo courtesy of ABC News)
12:04 PM, May 16, 2013

At Noah's Ark, a wild-animal rescue center in Georgia, the "BLT" are an unlikely trio that even "Oz's" Dorothy would find hard to fear.

Woman builds house with rocks using bare hands

(Photo courtesy of AP)
8:05 AM, May 16, 2013

A woman is using her bare hands to build a house in the woods of north Georgia by stacking large rocks on top of each other, one rock at a time.

Georgia's jobless rate drops to 8.2 percent

A job seeker talks to a recruiter at a job fair expo in Anaheim, Calif.(Photo: Jae C. Hong, AP)
7:56 AM, May 16, 2013

State labor officials say Georgia's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate has dropped to 8.2 percent in April.

Applicants wanted for suspended commissioner's job

7:51 AM, May 16, 2013

Gov. Nathan Deal's office is looking for Brunswick residents willing to take the place of a city commissioner who has been suspended.

Ex-pharmacist guilty in drugs-for-sex scheme

Acetaminophen and hydrocodone bitartrate 500 mg / 5 mg at the new Kaiser Permanente office and pharmacy in Castle Rock, Colorado, Tuesday, March 13, 2012. Joe Amon, The Denver Post (Photo By Joe Amon/The Denver Post via Getty Images)
11:42 AM, May 15, 2013

U.S. Attorney's officials said a former pharmacist has pleaded guilty to exchanging prescription drugs for sex for more than two years.

Ga. officials launch youth drug abuse initiative

Since the health care overhaul two years ago, medicare participants have saved$5 billion on prescription drugs.(Photo: Julia Cheng for USA TODAY)
9:37 AM, May 15, 2013

State officials and lawmakers have launched a campaign aimed at addressing the issue of prescription drug abuse among teenagers in the state.

8 arrested in Savannah prostitution sting

Shawn Lernard Williams, 42 -Charged with fleeing to elude police officer, pandering, obstruction, driving with suspend or revoked license, poss/deliver of c/s w/intent distribution and reckless driving
9:05 AM, May 15, 2013

Police in Savannah said eight people have been charged in an undercover prostitution sting, including one man who tried running from police and was found with crack cocaine.

Disaster training becoming big business

Guardian Centers was designed to help agencies with hands-on disaster training.
7:48 PM, May 14, 2013

PERRY, Ga. -- After nearly three decades of working with Bell South, Geoff Burkart was ready to do his own thing.

Man indicted in series of unsolved Ga. rapes

4:04 PM, May 14, 2013

Police say a man has been indicted in a series of rapes from the mid-1980s in the metro Atlanta area.

Sheriff's seek woman on most wanted list

Krystle Latrell Merriweather, 31
8:37 AM, May 14, 2013

The Camden County Sheriff's Office is searching for a woman on their most wanted list.

Man killed in Gwinnett Co. police confrontation

10:52 PM, May 13, 2013

BUFORD, Ga. (AP) -- Authorities in Gwinnett County say a man has died after a confrontation with police.

Woman accused in Ga. bank robbery identified

10:27 PM, May 13, 2013

ATLANTA (AP) -- Police have identified a woman accused of robbing a bank, leading police on a high speed chase and flipping her car on an Atlanta interstate as 39-year-old Ancely Faye Green.

Ga man found dead in floodwaters

5:24 PM, May 12, 2013

ROME, Ga. (AP) -- Authorities say a north Georgia man who fled police has been found dead in flood waters in Floyd County.

2 die in crash after fleeing Georgia police

12:41 PM, May 12, 2013

Two people are dead after a fiery crash that began with a car fleeing Savannah police.

Pedestrian killed trying to cross Interstate 75

6:28 PM, May 11, 2013

JONESBORO, Ga. (AP) -- Police in metro Atlanta say a man is dead after he was run over by cars while trying to walk across Interstate 75.

Baby, teen killed in GA. street racing crash

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3:52 PM, May 10, 2013

CONYERS, Ga. (AP) -- Georgia State Patrol officials say two people, including a baby, were killed in an early morning street racing crash.

Teen arrested for murder of missing Austell student

Jmaal Keyes (Courtesy of WMAZ)
10:24 AM, May 10, 2013

A Hawkinsville teenager is charged with murdering Jmaal Keyes, the Middle Georgia State College student who went missing from the MGSC Cochran campus on April 25.

2 separate fatal wrecks in Metro Atlanta

10:07 AM, May 10, 2013

Around 3:30 a.m. Friday, one vehicle wrecked on the northbound ramp from I-75 to Moore's Mill Road, killing one person. All lanes reopened around 6:30 a.m. In Rockdale County, two people were killed in an earlier wreck on I-20 westbound, east of Salem Road. All lanes there are now open.

Body of missing 8-year-old boy found

ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Fla. -- The body of a missing 8-year-old autistic boy was discovered Sunday afternoon. 

6:08 PM, May 19, 2013
One winning ticket for a record US Powerball lottery jackpot worth 590.5 million dollars was sold in Florida, organizers say. Sarah Charlton reports.

Lottery official: Winning Powerball ticket sold in Fla.

 The winning number's in Saturday night's Powerball drawing are 10, 13, 14, 22, 52 and 11, and one ticket sold in Florida has matched all six numbers for a record Powerball jackpot of more than $590 million, according to the Powerball website and lottery officials.

11:10 AM, May 19, 2013

Teen arrested after cops say she bit man's penis

BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) -- A 19-year-old high school student has been arrested after authorities say she bit her boyfriend's penis when he refused to have sex with her.

6:00 PM, May 19, 2013

Man falls from 16th floor of Hyatt

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- An unknown man jumped from the 16th floor of the Hyatt Regency in downtown Jacksonville Saturday. 

11:23 AM, May 19, 2013

Man drowns during event at Jax Beach

JACKSONVILLE BEACH, Fla. -- A man swimming in the Battle of the Beach event at Jacksonville Beach drowned, possibly because of a heart attack.

7:49 PM, May 19, 2013
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Man found dead after explosion at Yulee trailer

According to the Nassau County Sheriff's Office a 64-year-old man was found dead early Sunday morning.

11:18 AM, May 19, 2013

Domestic dispute leads to stabbing

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- A domestic dispute between a man and a woman ended with both suffering stab wounds. 

9:17 PM, May 18, 2013
A crest of the Federal Bureau of Investigation is seen 03 August 2007 inside the J. Edgar Hoover FBI Building in Washington, DC. AFP PHOTO/Mandel NGAN (Photo credit should read MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images)

2 FBI agents killed in training accident in Va.

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) -- Two FBI special agents on the agency's elite Hostage Rescue Team have been killed in a training accident in Virginia.

7:14 PM, May 19, 2013
Prayers for Bowersox Family

Prayers poured out for Ben Bowersox at First Baptist Church of Jacksonville

 Since First Coast News first aired the story of 5-year-old Ben Bowersox, prayers for him and his family have poured in.

4:30 PM, May 12, 2013

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