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Some travelers sleepily making their way through airport security in Atlanta Sunday morning got a startling wake-up. A gun detected in a carry-on at a checkpoint at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport was accidentally fired by an investigating officer around 9 a.m. Sunday, according to a police report.

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Occupy Atlanta's non-violent protestupdated: Sun Nov 06 2011 21:09:00

In the cradle of the civil rights movement, Occupy Atlanta protests have remained non-violent. George Howell reports.

Police arrest suspect in triple shooting in Atlantaupdated: Fri Jul 15 2011 22:16:00

Police arrested a 22-year-old security guard and charged him Friday with murder and aggravated assault in a triple shooting in a garage in Atlanta's Midtown neighborhood.

Georgia police sting nets 49 arrests, hundreds of weaponsupdated: Wed Jun 29 2011 19:19:00

A storefront sting in Atlanta led to the indictment of 49 people on drug trafficking, firearms and theft charges, state and federal officials announced Wednesday.

Women fall from hotel window, one diesupdated: Mon May 30 2011 04:21:00

One woman was killed and another injured after they fell from a 10th-floor window at an Atlanta hotel, authorities said Saturday.

Cop shot, killed at traffic stopupdated: Tue Dec 28 2010 10:50:00

Police say a Georgia state trooper was shot and killed arguing with a driver he pulled over. WSB reports.

Georgia state trooper dies at traffic stopupdated: Tue Dec 28 2010 10:50:00

Authorities are investigating the death of a Georgia state trooper late Monday after he was shot following a traffic stop in northwest Atlanta, an agency spokesman said.

Rapper T.I. talks man down from roof in Atlantaupdated: Thu Oct 14 2010 17:49:00

Rapper T.I. helped police persuade a man not to jump off the roof of high-rise office building in Atlanta, Georgia, Wednesday afternoon, police said.

Georgia Capitol officer wounded in shootingupdated: Wed Jul 21 2010 19:54:00

A Georgia Capitol police corporal was grazed by a bullet Wednesday afternoon during an exchange of gunfire with a man suspected of being part of a chop shop ring, authorities said.

Federal lawsuit filed against Atlanta police over raid at gay clubupdated: Tue Nov 24 2009 22:06:00

A federal lawsuit was filed Tuesday against Atlanta police over a September raid at a gay club, on behalf of 19 patrons who say they were forcibly searched and detained.

Collapsed deck crushes carsupdated: Tue Jun 30 2009 17:20:00

Part of a parking deck collapses in Atlanta, Georgia, sending cars crashing down. WSB's Ross Cavitt reports

Officials comb collapsed Atlanta parking deckupdated: Tue Jun 30 2009 17:20:00

The firm that oversaw the construction of an Atlanta parking garage that collapsed Monday was fined this month in the December collapse of a walkway at the Atlanta Botanical Gardens, a spokeswoman said.

Ex-Atlanta officers get prison time for cover-up in deadly raidupdated: Tue Feb 24 2009 16:55:00

Three former Atlanta police officers were sentenced Tuesday to prison terms ranging from five to 10 years for covering up a botched drug raid in which a 92-year-old woman was killed.

Former Atlanta police officers face sentencing in shooting deathupdated: Fri Feb 20 2009 12:10:00

Three former Atlanta police officers are to be sentenced Monday for their roles in the shooting death of a 92-year-old woman during a botched drug raid in 2006, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.

Director's log: Sheryl McCollumupdated: Wed Jul 30 2008 10:44:00

Log 4: Thoughtprints June-July 2008

Student log: Charna-Marie Dixonupdated: Mon Jul 28 2008 11:24:00

Log 4: A victim's stolen dreams June-July 2008

Foreclosed homes guttedupdated: Tue Jul 22 2008 18:00:00

Vacant homes are being burglarized, right down to the pipes and wires. CNN's Rusty Dornin reports.

Police fight a rash of vacant home burglariesupdated: Tue Jul 22 2008 18:00:00

When Atlanta police officers Bryan Ernest and Bernatt Collins get a burglary call, they know that the house they walk into will probably be stripped, right down to the materials inside the walls.

Police to Atlantans: If you can, 'stay out of the city'updated: Mon Mar 17 2008 12:38:00

Atlanta was scrambling back to normalcy Monday, but city officials warned it could take time to clear the devastation left by a tornado that swept through the city's downtown Friday evening.

Atlanta Downtown Tornadoupdated: Mon Mar 17 2008 12:38:00

CNN's Rusty Dornin reports on a the surprise tornado that tore through a crowded Atlanta downtown.

Feds: Porn suspicions ignored; police officer's husband arrestedupdated: Fri Nov 30 2007 22:00:00

Atlanta police knew seven years ago that a police sergeant's husband may have been paying young girls for sex and producing child pornography, but failed to investigate the allegations, federal authorities said.

Elderly woman's family seeks federal probe of shootingupdated: Thu Nov 23 2006 18:51:00

As family members spent Thanksgiving Day boarding up the home of a 92-year-old woman who was shot to death during a police drug raid, their spokesman said they will request a federal investigation.

TSA: Computer glitch led to Atlanta airport scareupdated: Thu Apr 20 2006 13:25:00

A bomb scare that led authorities to evacuate security checkpoints at Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport on Wednesday was the result of a "software malfunction," Transportation Security Administration Director Kip Hawley said.

Police grab suspect after 56 hours atop craneupdated: Sat May 28 2005 00:44:00

Police on Saturday arrested a suspect in a Florida slaying who had spent 56 hours atop a crane high above an Atlanta construction site.

Police minute-by-minute events in early manhuntupdated: Fri Mar 18 2005 12:51:00

Atlanta Police Chief Richard Pennington released a minute-by-minute timeline of last Friday's Fulton County Courthouse slayings and the subsequent manhunt for suspect Brian Nichols.

A look back at the ritual of New Year's Eveupdated: Mon Jan 12 2004 10:21:00

It comes once a year. You know what I'm talking about. A ritual my friends and I affectionately call "amateur night" -- otherwise known as New Year's Eve.

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