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AROUND TOWN: WellStar CEO's termination draws ire, concern
EDITOR'S NOTE: With Around Town's contributors taking advantage of the long holiday weekend and a getting a break from their usual labors, today we bring you instead a selection of responses shared...
Colombia native turned U.S. citizen donates book about process to schools
EAST COBB - As she finished up the years-long process of becoming a U.S. citizen this summer, Colombia native Dr. Esmeralda Meyer looked around for a suitable book that would explain the naturaliza...
Advocates: Art helps students in big picture
MARIETTA - Visitors to Hillgrove High School will soon be greeted by the imagination of students through their artwork in the school's hallways, in celebration of next week being "Arts in Education...
Birney Elementary, church establish a food pantry program
MARIETTA - An unassuming trailer behind Birney Elementary School in south Marietta serves as a food pantry, thanks to volunteers from a nearby church. With nearly 78 percent of Birney's students r...
Bob Sutton, visionary Cobb engineer, dead at 78
MARIETTA - Bob Sutton of Marietta was a right-hand man to Ernest Barrett, Cobb's first commission chairman, and is credited with being a leader in the development of the county. Cobb's dramatic gr...

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BOJ Holds Policy Steady
The Bank of Japan kept its super-loose monetary policy unchanged Tuesday but expressed stronger concern about the yen's surge to 15-year highs.
Mark Hurd Hired by H-P Rival Oracle
Mark Hurd was named co-president of Oracle, heightening the rivalry between the software company and Hewlett-Packard, the technology giant he ran until departing amid a scandal last month.
Obama to Push Tax Break
Obama will propose that companies be allowed to write off 100% of their new investment in plants and equipment through 2011, a plan that White House economists say would cut business taxes by nearly $200 billion.