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The Last Trawlers
by Tony Rehagen + Follow
Atlanta Magazine | April 2012
For generations, shrimp boats have plied the waters along Georgia’s coast. But as foreign seafood floods the market and gas prices soar, will this way of life be lost?
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The Big Break
by Justin Heckert + Follow
Atlanta Magazine | April 2012
How three old friends—a former attorney general, a perfectionist lawyer, and an ex-cop—exposed the conspiracies behind the biggest public school cheating scandal in American history.
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No Earthly Trace
by Josh Green + Follow
Atlanta Magazine | March 2012
Every year several thousand adults are reported missing in Georgia. Most are found alive. They are the demented elderly, voluntary absconders, the subjects of family miscommunication. A few, though, leave behind only a soiled shoe, a wad of cash, an abandoned car. And some, like Justin Gaines, leave...
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The Chief Complaint
by Dr. Otis Brawley + Follow
Atlanta Magazine | February 2012
In an excerpt from his forthcoming book, an Emory professor and former Grady cancer director pulls back the curtain on the medical machine.
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Virgin Harvest: Georgia Olive Oil
by Jim Auchmutey + Follow
Atlanta Magazine | January 2012
A group of South Georgia farmers is rolling the dice on a crop straight out of the Bible—olive trees. Will gourmet olive oil be far behind?
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The Long Goodbye
by Doug Monroe + Follow
Atlanta Magazine | January 2012
Augustus Monroe figured he'd drop dead long before he'd need a nursing home. A decade later, his son considers the weighty financial and emotional costs that come with a parent's immortality.
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Solid Ground: The Haiti Earthquake
by Charles Bethea + Follow
Atlanta Magazine | December 2011
Crushed under a house and left for dead after the Haiti earthquake, Roovens Monchil survived with help from strangers. Months later, they found each other again in Atlanta.
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Two Fridays / Five Yellow Jackets / Six Bulldogs
by Tony Rehagen + Follow
Atlanta Magazine | November 2011
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The Town That Blew Away
by Justin Heckert + Follow
Atlanta Magazine | October 2011
Just past midnight on April 28, the tiny community of Vaughn was going to sleep. Forty-five seconds later, it was no longer there.
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Zombies Are So Hot Right Now
by Justin Heckert + Follow
Atlanta Magazine | September 2011
Why is the best new show on television filmed here? Simple. Atlanta is the zombie capital of the world.