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The Atlanta metropolitan area, commonly referred to as Metro Atlanta or the Metro area in Georgia, is the ninth-largest metropolitan area in the United States and consists of 28 counties in Georgia. According to the 2000 census, the metropolitan area had a population of 4,247,981, though the 2006 Census estimate shows 5,138,223 people living in the area. Also according to the 2006 population estimates, the 28 county Atlanta metropolitan area is currently the fastest growing metropolitan area in the United States. Atlanta proper is only the 35th-largest city in the country, largely due to Atlanta's patterns of urban sprawl, and the city's inability to annex as have such cities as Charlotte, San Diego, and Phoenix. Atlanta's combined statistical area or CSA had a population in 2000 of 4,584,234. As of July 1, 2006 the CSA is estimated to be at 5,478,667.

 

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Local News from WSB-TV 2 Atlanta via Yahoo! News

Hanna Closes Georgia Ports

Sep 5, 2008 7:47 pm

Officials have closed southern Atlantic ports as the area prepares for Tropical Storm Hanna.

 

Metro Atlanta Congressman Calls Obamas 'Uppity'

Sep 5, 2008 5:32 pm

Rep. Lynn Westmoreland said he's not aware the term is considered offensive by some African-Americans.

 

Alligator Captured At Lake Lanier

Sep 5, 2008 2:32 pm

A Gainesville homeowner spotted the alligator in his back yard near Lake Lanier.

 

Parr Successful In Debut As Braves Blank Nats

Sep 5, 2008 9:47 am

James Parr made a successful major-league debut, allowing a mere two hits in six scoreless innings of work as Atlanta blanked Washington 2-0 in the opener of a four-game series.

 

Police: Woman Tracked Down Driver Who Hit Child

Sep 4, 2008 9:22 pm

A 5-year-old Dawson County boy was about to get on his school bus Thursday morning when he was hit by a passing car. Police say a quick-thinking mother followed the hit and run driver and called polic...

 

Family Racks Up Nearly $20,000 Phone Bill

Sep 4, 2008 6:37 pm

An Oregon family racks up nearly $20,000 on their AT&T bill.

 

Student At SC High School Tasered In Parking Lot

Sep 4, 2008 5:23 pm

FORT MILL, S.C. -- Authorities say a student at Indian Land High School was shot with a Taser after he hit a police officer during an argument with his mother and the principal.

 

Dogs Dragged In 2 Alabama Counties

Sep 4, 2008 5:22 pm

FLOMATON, Ala. -- Animal cruelty cases are under investigation in Escambia and Monroe counties. Each involved dogs that were deliberately dragged behind a vehicle.

 

Panda Cub Continues Recovery With Mom

Sep 4, 2008 3:22 pm

The nine day old panda cub at Zoo Atlanta continued to recover Thursday with his mother after a mysterious medical problem on Monday.

 

Ross Leads Fish Past Bravos

Sep 4, 2008 10:37 am

Cody Ross' run-scoring single in the bottom of the seventh inning proved to be the difference as Florida downed Atlanta, 5-3, in the rubber match of a three-game set at Dolphin Stadium.

 
 

Statewide Headlines from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Lavonia buys out strip club

Sep 5, 2008 7:01 pm

LAVONIA — The windowless building that once housed the town's only strip club sits empty in the middle of a sprawling gravel parking lot, made all the uglier by the scars from its final part...

 

Coast Guard closes ports in Savannah, Brunswick

Sep 5, 2008 4:16 pm

Savannah — The U.S. Coast Guard has closed the ports of Savannah and Brunswick to inbound vessels because of Tropical Storm Hanna. Robert Morris, spokesman for the Georgia Port Authority, sa...

 

Dawson County woman chases down hit-and-run driver

Sep 5, 2008 2:32 pm

A Dawson County woman who saw a car drive off after hitting a 5-year-old boy followed the driver and held him until authorities arrived to arrest him. DeShan Fishel dropped her child off at school whe...

 

Veterans must find new place to live

Sep 5, 2008 3:11 am

Eighty-one veterans, all with health problems, have been told they must find another place to live by Nov. 30 because budget cuts are forcing the state to close the Milledgeville domiciliary unit at t...

 

Kathy Cox tests smarts on '5th Grader'

Sep 4, 2008 10:39 pm

Georgia will learn Friday night whether state schools Superintendent Kathy Cox is smarter than a fifth-grader. Cox will appear on the season premiere of the popular game show, "Are You Smarter Th...

 

Tropical storm watch issued for coastal Georgia

Sep 4, 2008 5:41 pm

A tropical storm watch was issued for Georgia's coast Thursday as Hanna continued on a track toward landfall in the Carolinas, sparing Georgia from any threat of a direct hit. Emergency officials in S...

 

Davis execution scheduled; 7 witnesses have recanted

Sep 4, 2008 5:34 pm

A convicted cop killer who witnesses now say maybe didn't do it was scheduled Wednesday to be executed later this month for the 1989 murder of off-duty Savannah police officer Mark Allen McPhail. Troy...

 

Atlantans can save $9,129 a year by using mass transit, group says

Sep 4, 2008 4:39 pm

The average Atlanta household using mass transit saves $9,129 a year by not driving, according to a transit advocacy group. That's $3,000 more than the average American household spends on food, said ...

 

Governments deal with less transportation money

Sep 4, 2008 2:36 pm

With a goal of helping metro areas and states plan for dwindling federal transportation dollars, the Transportation Research Board, a nonprofit research group, is holding a conference in Atlanta throu...

 

Georgia lucky but not immune to hurricanes

Sep 3, 2008 11:26 pm

Fact: It's been 110 years since a major hurricane made landfall in Georgia. Myth: The state's coastal "bight," or concave shape, prevents a direct strike. The curve helps, but hurricane expe...

 
 

Metro Atlanta News and Information from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

UPS driver missing

Sep 5, 2008 7:50 pm

Vanessa Jordan-Henry knew something was wrong when her brother failed to return home to care for his two dogs.

 

Attorney: School board member violated policy

Sep 5, 2008 7:50 pm

Clayton County school board attorney said one member violated several policies when arranging a hastily called meeting.

 

Cobb's pension plan under-funded

Sep 5, 2008 7:33 pm

Citing a $115 million gap in its employee pension fund, Cobb County told workers late Thursday that it wants to alter its pension formula to increase employee contributions and reduce some benefits, a...

 

Panasonic closing Peachtree City plant; 500 jobs lost

Sep 5, 2008 7:20 pm

Panasonic's car stereo manufacturing plant in Peachtree City will close by the end of next year, resulting in the loss of 500 jobs, a company spokesman said Friday.

 

Lavonia buys out strip club

Sep 5, 2008 7:01 pm

LAVONIA — The windowless building that once housed the town's only strip club sits empty in the middle of a sprawling gravel parking lot, made all the uglier by the scars from its final part...

 

Coast Guard closes ports in Savannah, Brunswick

Sep 5, 2008 4:16 pm

Savannah — The U.S. Coast Guard has closed the ports of Savannah and Brunswick to inbound vessels because of Tropical Storm Hanna.

 

Dawson County woman chases down hit-and-run driver

Sep 5, 2008 2:32 pm

A Dawson County woman who saw a car drive off after hitting a 5-year-old boy followed the driver and held him until authorities arrived to arrest him.

 

Gustav evacuees busted in blue jeans thefts

Sep 5, 2008 1:43 pm

Police arrested four Hurricane Gustav evacuees Thursday evening in Atlanta mimicking the Metro area's bluejean bandits.

 

Stone Mountain wants to revive snow hill

Sep 5, 2008 1:42 pm

Gerald Rakestraw thinks Stone Mountain can take a half-inch of lake water and turn it into hill of frozen fun. And the amusement park can do it, he says, without taking a drop from the region's deplet...

 

'Lot more confident' at local GOP rally

Sep 5, 2008 4:02 am

Though the 150 or so Republicans gathered at the Fulton County Republican Party headquarters in Sandy Springs Thursday night were squarely in John McCain's corner, they cheered loudest when he introdu...

 
 

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