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Ellis sworn in as DeKalb CEO (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Burrell Ellis, DeKalb County's new chief executive officer, took the oath of office Monday in an unusual joint ceremony for all recently elected and re-elected county officials. Georgia Supreme Court Justice Carol Hunstein administered the oath to all 41 officials as hundreds watched from the pews at St. Philip A.M.E. Church just south of Decatur. Ellis took the oath last and was the only ...
Griffin Bell, Carter's attorney general, dies (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Griffin Boyette Bell, who served as Jimmy Carter's attorney general and whose South Georgia drawl and lawyerly mannerisms disguised an unusually innovative legal mind, died Monday morning. He was 90. "He was thinking outside the box before there was a box," said Bob Steed, senior partner at King and Spalding, which Bell molded over six decades into a politically connected law firm with a ...
Breakfast Gets Fit with Pecans (Lexington Clipper-Herald)
(ARA) - Breakfast is still the most important meal of the day. Studies show that eating a balanced breakfast increases energy levels and prevents unhealthy snacking when cravings take over. Georgia pecans fit right in as part of a healthy breakfast.
Former Carter AG Bell dies at age 90 (The Albany Herald)
A second Americus legend in less than a week is mourned by luminaries in the state of Georgia. AMERICUS — Griffin B. Bell, the shrewd Southern lawyer who grew up with Jimmy Carter and later became U.S. attorney general after Carter was elected president, died Monday at an Atlanta hospital.
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