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OBAMA: Wins Mississippi primary; CNN calls Texas caucus for Obama, too.

STANDOFFISH: Police surround a DeKalb home in possible hostage situation.

FISH RECALL: Don’t trust the Gorton’s fisherman.

STREAMS OF UNCONSCIOUSNESS: Georgia fish, mussels and rays are dying more often as low water levels lead to higher concentrations of pollutants.

RELEASE AND CATCH: Falcons can’t stay mad at Joey Harrington, just at his salary.

COLIN POWELL: Will join in Athens roundtable of former secretaries of state.

CLAYTON: Board of commissioners to vote within two months on citizen panel that would enforce ethics codes.

TEACH ME HOW TO LOVE YOU: Bishop Weeks pleads guilty to aggravated assault against Juanita Bynum.

KID ROCK: Kisses ass at Waffle House.

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WATER FIGHT: Now the ball’s in the courts’ court. And the drought will still get worse. At least what water we have left is full of drugs to soothe us.

CHENEY: Coming to Atlanta tonight.

SHARK WEAK: Brunswick fishermen leaving sharks to die on the beach.

“ALTERNATIVE LIVESTOCK”: South Georgia legislator wants to bring deer farming to Georgia.

GLOBAL WARMING: More holier-than-thou environmentalists.

HAMPTON: Hurt again.

CLAYTON: SACS approves of postponing search for permanent superintendent.

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A DELEGATE SITUATION: Michigan and Florida want to redo their Democratic primaries, and want national party to pay for them.

PERDUE: Hosts McCain fundraiser at Westin Buckhead just three days after endorsing him. McCain visits Chick-fil-A HQ in College Park this morning.

DRIVE-BY SHOOTING: In Stone Mountain; seven injured.

NICHOLS TRIAL: “Meeting of the minds” yields defense funding agreement.

CLAYTON: Parents to call for all school board members’ resignations at Monday’s meeting. Perdue pushes a bill that would allow voters in deaccredited school districts to vote out board members via referendum. BoE suspends search for permanent superintendent, will hire “corrective” interim chief within weeks.

RICHT GETS RICHER: UGA coach gets $800,000 raise, still only fifth-highest paid coach in the SEC.

LOUSY SMARCH WEATHER: Temperatures drop, snow possible Saturday in North Georgia.

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CLINTON: Bounces back in the race for Democratic phone answerer nomination. Texas caucus still TBD.

HUCKABEE: Math: 1. Miracles: 1÷0.

OBAMA: Gets another Georgia superdelegate.

LANIER: Up two feet, but will drop again soon. Don’t think you’re off the hook, Tennessee.

GBD 08058: Don’t eat chicken, meatloaf or turkey that says that on it.

CLAYTON SCHOOL BOARD: Accreditation schmaccreditation. No one makes a fool of Norreese Haynes! (Well, except Norreese Haynes.)

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WE PRAYED FOR RAIN: God sends wintry mixed signals.

ACCREDIT WHERE ACCREDIT IS DUE: One Clayton school board member quits, one is voted out.

DUNN DONE: Falcons release 10,000-yard rusher after signing former L.T. backup Turner.

JACK DAVIS: Gets respect.

DRUNK DELTA PASSENGER: Accused of threatening to blow up a plane from Atlanta to Dublin.

OBAMANIA, CLINTOMONIUM: It all comes down to tonight. Unless it doesn’t.

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Barring major reforms, the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools will revoke Clayton County Public Schools’ accreditation in September. Clayton’s students will lose scholarship eligibility and will be unable to transfer their credits. In the past 20 years, only two school systems in the country have lost accreditation.

“The Clayton County Board of Education is dysfunctional. Currently the Board does not operate with unity or a common sense of purpose. Individuals on the Board act in their own best interest or that of special interest groups. As a result the Board operates in a constant of confusion and conflict.”

— Southern Association of Colleges and School’s Feb. 15 report by the Special Review Team for Clayton County Public Schools

“ASSCLOWN!”

— The label given to Clayton County school board members Lois Baines-Hunter, Ericka Davis, the Rev. W. Rod Johnson and Sandra Scott on the website www.give-em-the-boot.com. The site accuses several top county officials of incompetence and corruption.

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The Associated Press and USA Today just picked up the AJC’s April 2 story about the Atlanta Police Department’s War On Bathroom Sex. I blogged a little bit about it on April 3. In case you missed it, Atlanta cops are peering into toilets at the airport to catch people engaged in sexual activity.

Seeing the story again reminded me of a conversation I had two weeks ago with a Clayton County assistant solicitor whose office prosecutes public indecency offenses at the airport.

I got in touch with her after I tried and failed to get an Atlanta police officer to talk to me about the crackdown. Strange. You’d think that someone who’s been peering into bathroom stalls at the airport would have some stories they’d want to tell.

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