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The Obamas' first state dinner
The Obama's host their first state dinner in the White House on November 24, 2009.

No hot meals for prisoners
For five weeks, the Clayton County jail has been unable to serve hot meals because of broken equipment in the kitchen, Sheriff Kem Kimbrough said. On Monday, the AJC toured the jail with the sheriff and learned that the jail has been without four ovens and three skillets for about a year. Five weeks ago, the jail’s three kettles, which are used to cook rice and pasta, also went out.

Police search illegal pawn shop
Photos: Police confiscate stolen items from an illegal pawn shop operating from a downtown Atlanta garage.

Sandy Springs celebrates birthday
Photos: Sandy Springs celebrates a cityhood anniversary. The area in north Fulton County incorporated as a city four years ago with Eva Galambos as mayor.

Repo man on the job
Photos: Repossessing cars can be risky work. Winston Harper, who works for Atlanta Locators & Recovery Inc. of Tucker, shows what it's like.

Atlanta mayoral candidates debate
Atlanta mayoral candidates Kasim Reed and Mary Norwood debate Sunday.

Cat show in Atlanta
Cats compete for awards at the Georgia International Convention Center Saturday.

State Police doubles motorcycle patrols
Georgia State Patrol has doubled its number of patrol Harleys, in part to deal with Atlanta's epic traffic congestion.

Warm coats for winter
Clean Street Team partners with the Samaritan House of Atlanta to hand out 2500 coats from the Warm Coat Drive Factory to people at the Samaritan House.

SWAT standoff in Decatur
SWAT officers were called to a house in Decatur.

Aeropostale hands out coats at Samaritan House
Representatives from Aeropostale hand out 2,500 coats from the Warm Coat Drive Factory to people at the Samaritan House in Atlanta. Samaritan House helps homeless men and women achieve self-sufficiency.

Georgia Archives selling books
Photos: Georgia Archives in Morrow, Ga., holds book sale Nov. 19-21, 2009.

Soldiers receive special send-off
National Guard unit deploying to Afghanistan Wed. to get parade through Gainesville, Ga.

Tuskegee Airmen open KSU exhibit
Members of the Tuskegee Airment were on hand for the exhibition opening of "The Tuskegee Airmen: The Segregated Skies of World War II" at Kennesaw State University.

Swindall seeks to oust flea market tenants
ormer U.S. Congressman Pat Swindall has been leasing the Discount Mall (2660 Godby Rd, Atlanta) in south Fulton County, and sub-letting booths to vendors there. His lease is up with TJ Maxx and gave the merchants renting from him until Tuesday, November 17, 2009 at 7a.m to vacate. He said he would have the 100-something merchants kicked out, but the Fulton County Codes enforcement officer said Swindall will face sanctions should he try to kick the people out w/o a permit.

Artists inhabit Marietta warehouse
Photos: The Artisan Resource Center in Marietta. Open house in Nov. 20-22, 2009.

Atlanta teens on mission against racism
Metro Atlanta students get to know one another before embarking on the Grosfeld Family National Youth Leadership Mission to the Holocaust Memorial Museum, where they will wrestle with the issue of racism and the role they can play in breaking the cycle in America.

Hancock County tax hike ignites controversy
Photos: A tax hike in Hancock County, Georgia, (whose county seat is Sparta) has set off a major controversy in the impoverished county.

First annual Atlanta Wed-a-thon
Photos of first annual Wed-a-thon at the Atlanta Northwest Marriott hotel on Nov. 14, 2009.

Hearing on Lilburn mosque draws crowd
More than 500 people packed the Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center in Lawrenceville for a hearing on a proposal by the local Muslim congregation of Dar-E-Abbas for a 20,000-square-foot mosque, gymnasium and cemetery on about 8 acres at U.S. 29 and Hood Road..

Lewis Academy highly popular
Photos: Lewis Academy, a charter elementary school in Riverdale (Clayton County), has just added 14 classrooms to handle the overflow of students.

Boxes for Marines on Veterans Day
On Veterans Day, Nov. 11, 2009, residents of the King's Bridge Retirement Center in Atlanta make care package boxes for the (Heavy Machine Helicopter) HMH-463, Pegasus unit of Marines serving in Afghanistan. The boxes contained magazines, books, thank-you cards, a cap, energy bars, Moon Pies, hot sauce, wipes, hot chocolate, candy, gum, toilet tissue.

Veterans honored in Marietta, Lawrenceville
Photos: Veterans Day events: Parade in Marietta, Fallen Heroes Memorial ceremony in Lawrenceville, Georgia. Nov. 11, 2009

Creeks flood roads in metro Atlanta
Photos: Creeks flood in metro Atlanta after heavy rains. Nov. 11, 2009

Celebrities that got naked for PETA
Falcons tight end Tony Gonzalez and his wife, October, are the latest celebrities to pose nude for PETA.

Veterans seek jobs
A job and veterans benefits fair at the American Legion Post 201 in Alpharetta drew a good crowd on the eve of Veterans Day.

Fort Hood memorial
Photos of Fort Hood memorial honoring 13 soldiers killed in shooting spree on Nov. 10, 2009.

Rain in Atlanta
Photos: Rain in Atlanta, people on the streets in the rain, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009.

Hundreds attend Tea Party rally at Capitol
Hundreds gather at Georgia's state Capitol to hold a Tea Party Express II: Countdown to Judgement Day.

Fire at Baptist Towers senior high-rise
Photos: A fire at Baptist Towers in southwest Atlanta forced the evacuation of elderly residents.

Chomp and Stomp at Cabbagetown Park
Chomp and Stomp in Cabbagetown drew a large crowd Saturday. Check out the best photos from the festival.

Georgia Veteran's Day Parade
Photos of the 28th Annual Georgia Veterans Day Parade in downtown Atlanta on Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009.

Veterans Day: Band of Brothers
A group of 10 soldiers from the Georgia Army National Guard long range surveillance unit are on a quest to commemorate the 100-plus mile march made by Easy Company of the 101st Airborne Division in preparation of WWII . The march, which started in Toccoa, Ga., will end in Atlanta, where they will participate in Saturday's Veteran's day Parade.

Charter school advocates hold rally
Photos: Charter school teachers, students and parents rallied at the Georgia Capitol on Friday, Nov. 6, 2009, to push for state funding for charter schools.

Smash-and-grab at Wolf Camera
Photos: Burglars smashed a window and entered Wolf Camera on Roswell Road in Atlanta on Thursday, Nov. 6, 2009.