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Bank robbery suspects at large

Submitted by Beth Sawicki, Where U Live Producer

Wednesday, May 16th, 2012, 9:43am

ATLANTA -- Atlanta Police are investigating a Wednesday morning bank robbery on the city's west side.

Police say a SunTrust branch near the intersection of Chattahoochee Avenue and Defoor Place was robbed shortly before 9:30 a.m.

The suspects ran from the bank. Police are working to find them.

More details will become available as the investigation continues.

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Seniors to Learn How to Guard Against Scams

Submitted by FeleciaChurch on Tuesday, May 15th, 7:03 am

ATLANTA -- Fulton County Seniors can take advantage of a workshop on how to protect themselves against scams. The next session of “Be Aware of the Tricks of the Trade: Guarding against Senior Scams” will be held on Tuesday, May 15, 2012. The one-hour program will be held at the Dogwood Neighborhood Senior Center from 10:00 am until 11:00 am.

The Dogwood Neighborhood Senior Center is located at 1953 Donald Lee Hollowell Parkway NW in Atlanta, GA 30318. The session is sponsored by the Fulton County Housing and Human Services Department, Office of Housing and Community Development.

All Fulton County meeting facilities meet ADA accessibility requirements. Citizens in need of reasonable accommodations and communication in an alternative format, please contact the Department of Housing and Human Services at (404) 613-7944. For relay-type services, dial 711.

For more information, call 404-613-7944.

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Mayor Reed pressured to endorse same sex marriage

Submitted by Paul Crawley, 11Alive Reporter

Monday, May 14th, 2012, 6:16pm

ATLANTA - Three years ago State Senator Kasim Reed and Atlanta City Councilwoman Mary Norwood practically stumbled over each other courting the city's sizeable gay and lesbian vote in the mayor's race.

Reed ended up winning a squeaker by just over 700 votes.

Most observers believe he and Norwood split the LGBT vote.

But now some in that vocal and politically active community are threatening to vote against Mayor Reed next year if he doesn't follow President Obama's recent example and personally endorse same sex marriage.

"His refusal to come out and endorse same sex marriage in line with President Obama's endorsement of same sex marriage equality overshadows a lot of the great things that the mayor has done," LGBT activist Charlie Stadtlander told 11 Alive News on Monday.

Stadtlander has started a Facebook page to put pressure on the mayor.

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5 strip club patrons robbed

Submitted by Beth Sawicki, Where U Live Producer

Thursday, May 10th, 2012, 11:15am

ATLANTA -- Atlanta Police say five people were robbed outside a strip club Thursday morning.

Investigators say four women and a man were leaving the Diamonds of Atlanta strip club on Marietta Boulevard in West Midtown at around 3:30 a.m. when they were accosted by two robbers.

Police say the victims had parked their cars on nearby Elaine Avenue, and that's where the robbery occurred. The suspects, one of whom had a gun, took the victims' cell phones, wallets, money and car keys before running.

No one was injured. Police have not yet named any suspects.

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Banks accused to neglecting homes in minority neighborhoods

Submitted by Keith Whitney, 11Alive Reporter

Wednesday, May 9th, 2012, 11:20pm

ATLANTA -- Empty and abandoned houses are a dangerous blight on their communities. Because of the mortgage meltdown, many are now owned by the banks.

The question is why are such a large number of abandoned homes in communities where the predominant population is people of color?

"What we found was neighborhoods of color were substantially less well maintained than white neighborhoods," said Gail Williams, Executive Director of Metro Fair Housing Services. "And here in the Atlanta area we've got a clear disparity."
The National Fair Housing Alliance has filed discrimination complaints with HUD against several banks for allegedly leaving hundreds of homes in disparate states of disrepair.

The organization says it used a metric based on 39 basic maintenance and marketing issues, incorporating everything from curb appeal and landscaping to security and mold infiltration.

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Atlanta Food Truck Park shut down due to 'permit issues'

Submitted by Michael H. King, Digital Executive Producer

Wednesday, May 9th, 2012, 5:11pm

ATLANTA (WXIA) - The new Atlanta Food Truck Park & Market on Howell Mill Road near I-75 has been temporarily shut down due to what has been called permit issues with individual trucks.

The park said in a Facebook post that they are working with the affected trucks to ensure that all of them have the proper permits allowing them to use the park.

In a statement, issued on Facebook, read:

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HIV crisis facing black women in metro Atlanta

Submitted by 11Alive News Staff

Wednesday, May 9th, 2012, 12:26pm

ATLANTA -- 11Alive News is sounding the alarm.

Research shows African-American women, many living in Atlanta, are being infected with HIV -- so much so that the new cases are being compared to African countries.

Data collected in 2009 from the health departments in Clayton, Fulton, DeKalb, Cobb, Douglas and Gwinnett counties indicates infection rates of HIV and AIDS, respectively, as follows: (This is for women and men combined, all races.)

Fulton: 4,213 and 7,342

DeKalb: 3,257 and 3,983

Clayton: 847 and 943

Cobb and Douglas: 1,030 and 1,288

Gwinnett: 884 and 1,041

In another study conducted by the Centers for Disease Control, black women make up 60 percent of all new HIV cases among women. That's 15 times higher than white women and four percent higher than Hispanic women.

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