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>> Obama administration will give $900 million in aid to Gaza but intends to bypass Hamas to do so.

>> EPIC FAIL: Get it together, Google.

>> Glutton for punishment? Check out these photos of the cast of “Gossip Girl” living it up at NYC Fashion Week. Yes, they’re half your age and, yes, they’re having more fun than you ever will.

>> Who knew this woman could possibly be any more ridiculous? Nadya Suleman is at it again.

>> DUH: A recent California bill presented to the press in San Francisco methodically outlines the benefits legalizing marijuana represents to society and government coffers. Even some Republicans are down.

>> Polls indicate Americans want the government to bail out people who are going to buy work boots, not people who are going to buy private jets.

>> SAD: American television viewing is at an all-time high. A recession is not an excuse to get dumber. Read a book!

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"What'll it be today, guv'nor?" (Photo by Joeff Davis)

• All that rain isn’t for naught. Tornado watch issued for the metro Atlanta area.
• I don’t think you can get more corrupt than Guv. Rod Blagojevich, but hey, they can keep trying!
• So first the Obama camp had talked to Blago about President-elect Obama’s seat, but then no, they really didn’t … Well, turns out Obama himself may have had hand in bringing down the Guv.
• Congress nears a bailout for the automakers … and here’s a message from the automakers to you.
• … And Saturn owners are feeling a little lonely all of a sudden.
• Scary: ‘Hitler was the perfect boss’: Former maid breaks her silence on the ‘charming’ dictator
• The slow crawl of justice … Plaintiffs in the Exxon Valdez spill case just now begin to receive payments.
• Hide the children … well, it won’t matter … Google expands Street view … $10 bucks sez you can find yourself somewhere.

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Google wants to save you the embarrassment caused by late-night e-mails to  the bastards that broke your heart. Or just e-mails you wish you wouldn’t have sent regardless. Today the company launches Mail Goggles, a Gmail feature that requires you to complete simple math problems before it sends the message. You get to choose when it’s activated, but by default it’s set for weekends.

Developing: The AJC has been ordered by the Internet Police to use this feature on its comments sections.

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A spokesperson for the Buckhead Coalition informed us this afternoon that Buckhead has returned to it original location.

After we reported on September 9 that Google Maps moved Buckhead to the west side of Atlanta, just north of Vine City, the Buckhead Coalition contacted Google and asked them to move Buckhead back to its original location.

Google complied, and today Buckhead appears on Google Maps where it should — over the intersection of Peachtree, West Paces Ferry and Pharr roads.

The Buckhead Coalition is pleased with how quickly Google resolved the issue, but not everyone is happy.

CL Arts & Entertainment Editor Debbie Michaud is sad that Buckhead no longer west of downtown.

“It was so much more convenient [to get to Buckhead] when it only seven blocks from our office,” she said.

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Buckhead, the north Atlanta community that is home to many of the city’s wealthiest residents, has moved.

According to Google Maps, Buckhead is now located southwest of Georgia Tech, near the intersection of Donald Lee Hollowell Parkway and Joseph E. Lowery Boulevard.

Buckhead Coalition president and former Atlanta mayor Sam Massell was unavailable for comment this afternoon.

UPDATE: I just spoke with Buckhead Coalition President and former Atlanta mayor Sam Massell.

He assures CL that Buckhead has not moved, and that his office will work to correct what he suggests is a labeling error.

“We will be in touch with Mr. Google so people don’t get lost,” Massell said.

Asked how one goes about getting a Google map changed, Massell said, cryptically,

“We know where the bodies are buried.”

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Google Transit, the online Goliath’s maps-merged-with-mobility program, now includes MARTA routes. Now if they’d step on it and start videotaping every inch of our sprawling region and integrating it into maps, we’d truly show people what’s real about city life. Like observing drug deals. And flashers. Or people falling off bicycles. Step on it, oi!

Citizens for Progressive Transit has its own homegrown online transit tool, too, and it’s a little easier on the eyes than Google’s. The A-TRAIN Trip Planner tells you how to get to the nearest bus stop or rail station, how long it’ll take you, what route to take, and even let you enter in how fast you want to walk or bike to get there.

(Thanks to the folks at the CfPT message board for catching this.)

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