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Kris Kross rapper remembered at Atlanta funeral
Chris Smith remembered his Kris Kross hip-hop partner Chris Kelly Thursday as a true friend who he's sure is in heaven now. Smith struggled to blurt out words at the pulpit of Jackson Baptist Memorial Church at Kelly's funeral attended by some 300 friends, family and fellow entertainers The 34-year-old ...
Surgeon: Stonewall Jackson death likely pneumonia
Historians and doctors have long debated what medical complications caused the death of legendary Confederate fighter Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson, felled by friendly fire in the Civil War. Jackson's left arm was badly wounded by one of the bullets. It took at least two hours to get him to a ...
Astronomer studies moonlight night Stonewall shot
Friendly fire felled Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson under a full moon in the thick of the northern Virginia wilderness during the Civil War. Ever since, debate has waxed and waned much like the moon over whether his fighters carelessly shot the legendary Confederate under a bright night sky — or ...
AT&T launches prepaid cellphone business
AT&T is launching a prepaid cellphone service — Aio Wireless. The new subsidiary will offer nationwide wireless service to value-conscious customers interested in unlimited talk, text and data plans without an annual contract. Aio launches Thursday in select stores in Houston, Orlando, Fla., and Tampa, Fla. AT&T plans to roll ...
Company orders recall of ice cream produced in NC
A dairy company is voluntarily recalling ice cream produced in Winston-Salem and distributed to 10 states that don't identify possible allergens because the product is packed in the wrong containers. Dairy Fresh said Thursday it's recalling some IGA Brand Vanilla and Chocolate in a 1.75 quart package because it's really ...
Museum of the Confederacy opening Gettysburg show
Among the swords, the wrenching letters home and the haunting photographs in the Museum of the Confederacy's new exhibit on Gettysburg, few artifacts embody the ferocious battle more than the eight battle flags recovered from the bloodied fields where Pickett's Charge was fought. The men who carried them were first ...
Illness prompts quarantine of Ga. animal shelter
State officials have approved cat and dog adoptions at an animal shelter although it was quarantined following an outbreak of upper respiratory illnesses. Savannah-Chatham County police spokesman Julian Miller says the 14-day quarantine was mandated by the Georgia Department of Agriculture Tuesday. Animal control officers discovered the illness among animals ...
Coke takes anti-obesity campaign global
Coca-Cola says it will make lower-calorie options and clear calorie labeling more widely available around the world, intensifying a push against critics who say its drinks pack on the pounds. The Atlanta-based company, which makes Sprite, Fanta and Minute Maid, already offers diet drinks in most markets. But there's no ...
Uncle: Rapper Chris Kelly devoted to family
An uncle of former Kris Kross rapper Chris Kelly was among the mourners Wednesday at an Atlanta funeral home and said his nephew was a good person who loved his family and was very devoted to his mother and grandmother. "He will be very missed, especially within our family," Lemar ...
Medical software firm Allscripts plans 350 NC jobs
Medical software company Allscripts Healthcare Solutions Inc. plans to hire another 350 workers in North Carolina's Research Triangle region over the next 4 ½ years to expand its research and development work, chief executive Paul Black said Wednesday. The Chicago-based company said it would add to its more than 1,000 ...
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