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NEW STORE: NEWNAN: 1094 Highway 34E, (770)251-7915 BUCKHEAD: 3145 Piedmont (404)233-6526 DULUTH: 3650-A Satellite (770)476-0522 in the Middle of the Courtyard DUNWOODY: Georgetown S.C. 4502-A Chamblee-Dunwoody, (770)457-3565 EAST COBB: 736 Johnson Ferry Rd. Fountains of Oldtowne, (770)971-0511 MARIETTA: Village Green S.C. 36 Dallas (678)355-5505; MARIETTA: 700 Sand Plains (770)428-1536 MIDTOWN PROMENADE: 931 Monroe Dr. next to Save-Rite Grocery, (404)541-0621 MORROW: 1115-J Mt.

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(770)732-6137, (678)842-0441 ATLANTA PARKSIDE SHOPS: 5920 Roswell Road, N.W. (North of Cliftwood Dr.) (404)236-0104 MARIETTA SHALLOWFORD CROSSING: 2399 Shallowford (770)926-0283 PEACHTREE CITY WESTPARK WALK: 233 Commerce (770)486-5550 WARNER ROBINS GALLERIA SQUARE: 4025 Watson Ste 180 (912)953-6518 Media reports state that a U.S. Army officer is being charged with violating the Uniform Code of Military Justice for threatening an Iraqi policeman. The officer said he was trying to extract information about a planned attack on his troops. Exactly what does the code state as a violation? H.G.

Smith, Atlanta The incident involved Lt. Col. Allen West, who has been relieved of command of the 2nd Battalion, 20th Field Artillery Regiment. He is accused of threatening to kill Yahya Jhodri Hamoodi by firing his gun near the man. The Army says the aggressive interrogation method constitutes an assault under the military justice code.

The Article 128 says any person subject to the code attempts or offers with unlawful force or violence to do bodily harm to another person, whether or not the attempt or offer is consummated, is guilty of assault and shall be punished as a court-martial may It also states that such person who commits assault a dangerous weapon or other means or force likely to produce death or grievous bodily harm; or an assault intentionally inflicts grievous bodily harm with or without a is guilty of aggravated assault shall be punished as a court-martial may None of the articles read about the upheaval in Georgia have listed the age of former President Eduard Shevardnadze. Can you furnish? Larry McIntosh, Peachtree City Shevardnadze, who resigned Nov. 23, is 75. What can consumers do to ensure that green onions purchased in a supermarket contaminated? Does washing them remove contamination? D.J. Hughes, Alpharetta No.

They need to be cooked. On its Web site www.fda.gov/ the Food and Drug Administration offers this advice to consumers concerned about the possibility of getting hepatitis A from green onions, whether purchased at a supermarket or in restaurant food: Cook green onions thoroughly to minimize the risk of illness by reducing or eliminating the virus. Cook in a casserole or in a skillet. Check food purchased at restaurants and delicatessens and ask whether menu items contain raw or lightly cooked green onions. If you wish to avoid food that contains suspect onions, request that they not be added to your food.

Foods such as freshly prepared salsa and green salads often contain raw green onions. What happened to the limousine that President Kennedy was in when he was shot in Dallas? Can it be seen by the public? Marge Beckham, Atlanta After the assassination, the custom-built 1961 Lincoln Continental stretch limousine was rebuilt with titanium armor, repainted black (originally midnight blue), and had bulletproof glass and a permanent hard top installed. It went on to serve four presidents: Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter. It was retired in 1977. now on permanent display at the Henry Ford Museum at Dearborn, Mich.

The JFK Lincoln is one of five presidential limousines on display. one of the most viewed, revered and photographed artifacts in the collection, said museum spokesman Andrew Johnson. Info: www.hfmgv.org/ or 313-982-6150. Do you have a question about the news? Colin Bessonette will try to get an answer. Call 404-222-2002 or email (include your name and city).

Old drug shacks converted to good ASSOCIATED PRESS Savannah Once dealers sold drugs from dilapidated shacks on the east side of Savannah. Now those shacks are renovated homes of hope for poor and homeless people with HIV or AIDS. The Daniel-Flagg Villas, which opened Tuesday, can house up to 20 patients, giving them a safer place to sleep than traditional shelters that have no way to care for those with HIV. The clients are among a growing number of people in Chatham and Effingham counties battling the disease. In Savannah, 1,078 AIDS cases were reported as of September.

An estimated 5,000 more HIV- positive individuals are living in Savannah. Priscilla Hagan, a youthful- looking 52, has lived with the HIV-positive diagnosis since 1984. She left high school in the eighth grade after getting pregnant. She never went back. was shooting she said.

was selling drugs, and I had jumped in and out of cars with guys I never met. So my lifestyle By July 1998, she turned to the Phoenix Place, a program for treating HIV-positive and AIDS patients on east side. But continued drug use put her out of the program, and she ended up at Tidelands mental health and then the Salvation Army before making her way back to Phoenix Place later that same year. Now she lives in the Villas. is my safe Hagan said.

like my home away from Through Phoenix Place, located across the street, Hagan finds a team of caregivers. A physician oversees the clinic. Staff includes a family nurse practitioner, a licensed practical nurse, a certified medical assistant, a certified nursing assistant, case managers, a nutritionist, substance abuse counselor, mental health counselor and a prevention team. approach the client said Aretha Jones, program director at Phoenix Place of Union Mission Inc. try to teach the client how to live with this Buildings are home to HIV patients ASSOCIATED PRESS Macon A former Macon Municipal Court judge who pleaded no contest Monday to shoplifting from a grocery store must pay a $500 fine or perform community service.

Ben Willis, 42, did not legally dispute charges he took $86.14 worth of groceries from a Kroger store in Macon on May 28. Willis was sentenced under first-offender probation status, which means his criminal record will be cleared if he successfully completes his sentence, said Macon Judicial Circuit Assistant District Attorney Graham Thorpe. Kroger officials declined to press charges after Willis walked out with the groceries. The district office brought the case before a grand jury a few weeks later. Willis, who has practiced law since 1987, resigned from the Macon Municipal Court days after the incident occurred.

The case will be reported to the State Bar of Georgia, which governs all attorneys, to determine whether license to practice law will be affected. Ex-judge sentenced for shoplifting Need to Vent? Call 404-222-8338; e-vent: that time of year when the self-righteous tree huggers go buy real Christmas trees. I love getting all those free AOL CDs. The plastic cases they come in are great for storing my music. We all talk back to our TVs no channel is immune.

And to think talking back to our TVs when we could be out fishing. rabbit head is said to be emblem of the last half of the 20th How soon we forget the mushroom cloud. confess The Rooms to Go couple terrify me. How can that razor company get away with calling titanium sharpest metal known to in their ads? Sharpest? Thanksgiving is like the annual migration of a species to gather with family at its place of origin, but without the mating, except, of course, in Alabama. I know a guy who stole one of those Ten Commandments signs and put it in his yard.

This Medicare bill demonstrates that Republicans are no longer right wing. They are more like Wing If the beer lines at Six Flags are as slow as the ride lines, worry about the possibility of anyone ever getting drunk there. If shocked by Jessica use of English, you obviously read any of the notes that your teachers have been writing to you over the last few years. a pseudo-vegetarian. I have to pretend that all meat grows in Styrofoam trays high in the treetops.

not saying my father-in- law is cheap, but he shampoo his hair until after he comes back from the barbershop because he want to waste shampoo on hair that is going to be cut off. I find it extremely helpful to fight off holiday stress by screaming at the top of my lungs. Since I gained weight, I no longer skinny-dip. I chunky dunk. Since Leo Mullin is leaving, will Delta employees be allowed to be nice to customers again? The borrow-and-spend big- government Republicans are on a spree like nothing in U.S.

history. the money going to come from? As to the employment status of those who would hang out in bars until 4 a.m., I have two words: second shift. Hey Publix, do you have any idea how irritating it is to your customers to have the food arranged differently in your various stores? you come up with one floor plan and stick to it? To the venter who says the English dress sexy: Obviously, never been to England. I would never buy anything that Rush Limbaugh recommends just because I know he got it free. Go ahead and build your mansion next to my little house.

I still taking the pickup truck off the blocks. Thank you, Centennial Olympic Park! Your lights look fabulous this year. I feel like such a loser. The only time I talk on my cell- phone in my car is when calling in vents. THE VENT RMAIN1204OD2FMAI51204OD2 5 Star 2D 2D RR RR BlueRedYellowBlack Blue RedYellowBlack D2 Thursday, Dec.

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