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Explain it to me: AIDSupdated: Fri Dec 02 2011 16:46:00

Thirty years after AIDS was first recognized by the CDC, Dr. Sanjay Gupta explains how far we've come to finding a cure.

SI.com: Jeff Kassouf: WPS Week 9 reviewupdated: Wed Jun 08 2011 13:32:00

WPS Week 9 was the first of what will be several consecutive weeks that will not feature U.S. women's national team players. It was also the final week for other select internationals, who will join their respective national teams shortly. Here are five things learned in WPS Week 9:

SI.com: Jeff Kassouf: WNY Flash still cruising in WPS; Sky Blue FC improves its home formupdated: Wed Jun 01 2011 14:58:00

Week 8 of WPS action was the last weekend that U.S. women's national team players will take part in WPS matches until they return from the Women's World Cup in July. With that in mind and all six WPS teams in action, coaches and players gambled to get results as the halfway point of the season approaches. Here are five things learned in WPS Week 8:

SI.com: Jeff Kassouf: Flash-magicJack showdown draws huge crowd, gives WPS optimismupdated: Wed Jun 01 2011 14:39:00

ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- It may not have been the highest scoring game in WPS history, but it sure lived up to the hype. Sunday's battle between the previously unbeaten pair of Western New York Flash and magicJack was far from a display of tactical genius, but it was the most entertaining match WPS has showcased to date.

SI.com: Jeff Kassouf: Sundhage scans WPS for Women's World Cup roster; more WPS newsupdated: Tue May 10 2011 15:52:00

Week 5 in Women's Professional Soccer saw another top rookie forward score her first professional goal and the debut of a promising young international forward. WPS players looking for inclusion in the United States' Women's World Cup roster also learned their fate. Here are five things learned in WPS Week 5:

SI.com: Jeff Kassouf: Tactical changes boost Boston in WPS Week 4updated: Tue May 03 2011 14:50:00

For the first time this season all six teams in Women's Professional Soccer were in action on the same day, with home teams taking maximum points -- albeit in front of scarce crowds. Here are five things learned in WPS Week 4:

SI.com: Jeff Kassouf: Marta, magicJack debut in WPS Week 3updated: Tue Apr 26 2011 15:20:00

The Atlanta Beat and Western New York Flash played to a thrilling 2-2 draw on Sunday while magicJack finally kicked off its 2011 season at home, beating the Boston Breakers on Saturday. Here are five things we learned in WPS Week 3:

Three arrested in Atlanta subway muggingupdated: Tue Apr 26 2011 01:06:00

Authorities have arrested three suspects in the assault of two Delta Air Lines employees who were mugged and beaten on Atlanta's subway earlier this month.

Airline workers mugged on Atlanta subwayupdated: Thu Apr 21 2011 12:50:00

Police say as many as two dozen youths beat and robbed two Delta Air Lines employees on Atlanta's public rail service Saturday night.

TSA officer suspected of kidnapping, assaultupdated: Tue Nov 23 2010 21:27:00

Police in west Georgia found a wounded Transportation Security Administration officer at his home after a woman said the man kidnapped and sexually assaulted her, then gave her a suicide note to deliver, authorities said Tuesday.

SI.com: Jeff Kassouf: Marta looks like lock for WPS MVP awardupdated: Wed Sep 08 2010 16:47:00

It is not often that a league's most valuable player carries a team to a championship.

SI.com: Jeff Kassouf: Versatility helping WPS squads get offensiveupdated: Wed Aug 25 2010 18:19:00

FC Gold Pride and the Boston Breakers have played some of the most attractive soccer since the WPS All-Star Game on June 30. A lot of that has to do with the versatility both teams have showed in changing their formations.

SI.com: Jeff Kassouf: FC Gold Pride ready to turn success into championshipupdated: Wed Aug 18 2010 13:09:00

It might seem easy to try to compare first-place FC Gold Pride to the 2009 Los Angeles Sol, but do not fall for the trap.

SI.com: Soccer America: Sky Blue FC favored to repeatupdated: Thu Apr 08 2010 11:48:00

No doubt about it, Women's Professional Soccer is the best women's league in the world. The level of play in Year 2 should be stronger than in Year 1 even with the addition of expansion teams in Philadelphia and Atlanta. Teams continued to import foreign stars, most notably from clubs in Scandinavia and England, while another bumper crop of collegians, led by Olympic gold-medalists Tobin Heath and Lauren Cheney, will challenge for starting jobs.

South's rare snow could be ice by morning, forecasters warnupdated: Sat Feb 13 2010 21:59:00

Forecasters are warning that the melt from Friday's rare snowfall across much of the South could freeze overnight Saturday, creating dangerous conditions.

Strange sightingsupdated: Tue Sep 08 2009 12:17:00

Dragon*Con attracts people from all over the U.S., who let their wilder side come out and play.

Dragon*Con brings out enthusiasts' inner geekupdated: Tue Sep 08 2009 12:17:00

It's Geek Pride Week in Atlanta as thousands of fans take over four downtown hotels for Dragon*Con, an annual celebration of science fiction, fantasy, comics and gaming.

Business 2.0: TV Gets a Ticket to Rideupdated: Sun May 01 2005 00:01:00

Sensory experiences on the subway aren't necessarily a good thing. But riders in Atlanta will soon have a welcome diversion: television. This summer the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority...

Fortune: HOW SOME DID WELL ON OIL PRICESupdated: Mon Oct 08 1990 00:01:00

With a fleet of 700 buses that burn about 35,000 gallons of diesel fuel a day, the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority is sitting pretty over oil prices. Two months before Iraq invaded Kuw...

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