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Sister Ellen Rahill, 88, receives ashes on her forehead Wednesday at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Home near Turner Field. The nuns at the home care for incurable cancer patients. • Photos

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Ga. budget: New inspectors, no additional furloughs
The House Appropriations Committee approved an $18.9 billion budget for the rest of fiscal 2009 on Wednesday that uses $145 million in federal stimulus money to limit school cutbacks and demands no further agency furloughs.

Tech's new president got rave reviews in former job
Georgia Tech's new president shuns fancy titles such as "doctor" or "chancellor" to introduce himself as plain "Bud Peterson," colleagues say.

DeKalb's Columbia Hiigh School put on lockdown
DeKalb County's Columbia High School was on lockdown Wednesday while police searched for a student who allegedly brought a gun to school last week.

Smyrna man fined $15,000 for wildlife violation
A Smyrna man with an unusual hobby of collecting the skulls of endangered birds was sentenced in federal court Tuesday on multiple misdemeanor charges.

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