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Weekend street closures and event parking/travel tips

Submitted by John Gerard, Commuter Dude

Friday, April 5th, 2013, 11:34pm

Weekend street closures and event parking/travel tips

ATLANTA -- With hundreds of thousands of people planning to attend events in the City over the next four days, transportation officials have released a list of street closures, as well as parking suggestions and travel tips. The following comprehensive information was collected from the Atlanta Police Department, the Georgia Department of Transportation, and MARTA.

A.P.D. - The Atlanta Police Department reminds the public of heavy traffic volume in Downtown Atlanta from April 4^th-8^th , centered around the Final Four basketball tournament and related events around the Georgia Dome. The Department is urging event-goers and others who must travel into Downtown to consider taking MARTA, or other alternative modes of travel to decrease volume.

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USA Today Metro Atlanta Super 25 Baseball Poll

Submitted by Sam Crenshaw, 11Alive Sports Anchor

Friday, April 5th, 2013, 9:20pm

ATLANTA, Ga. -- The latest edition of the USA Today Metro Atlanta Super 25 High School Baseball Poll is here. This week, there are more changes with a new name at the top this week.

Loganville returns to the top spot this week, followed by East Coweta, Milton, Lambert, and East Paulding.

Eagle's Landing Christian is next with Blessed Trinity, McEachern, Gainesville and Marietta completing the Top 10.

The Metro Atlanta Super 25 High School Baseball Poll is computer generated and produced by USA Today exclusively 11AliveNews.

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"See Rock City" barn leads to dispute

Submitted by Jerry Carnes, 11Alive Reporter

Friday, April 5th, 2013, 6:47pm

CUMMING, Ga. -- A "See Rock City" sign, so popular across the south at one time, has produced a standoff between a barn owner and Forsyth County.

Two years ago, Ben Morris purchased a 1930's era barn, farmhouse and produce stand. Morris says in the process of restoring the historic buildings, a handyman discovered faded letters beneath dirt and rust on the roof of the barn.

One fresh coat of paint later, Morris has been hit with a citation that threatens fines and even the possibility of jail time.

"I'm prepared to go to jail," Morris said. "I'm prepared to lead rallies. I'm prepared to bring all the townspeople with pitchforks and signs."

For decades, barns across the south pleaded with tourists to See Rock City. In the 1930s, 40s, and 50s, the popular spot on the Georgia-Tennessee border offered compensation to farmers that allowed the ads painted on their barns.

The ads have slowly faded over the years.

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USA Today Metro Atlanta Super 25 Baseball Poll

Submitted by Sam Crenshaw, 11Alive Sports Anchor

Thursday, March 28th, 2013, 8:29pm

ATLANTA -- The latest edition of the USA Today Metro Atlanta Super 25 High School Baseball Poll is ready for inspection. This week's list has teams from throughout the metro area with a new name at the top.

The East Coweta Indians are the new number one team, with Loganville, East Paulding, Lambert and Eagle's Landing Christian making up the top 5.

Lovett is next with Gainesville, Walton, Dunwoody, and McIntosh completing the top 10.

The Metro Atlanta Super 25 Baseball Poll is computer generated and produced by USA Today exclusively for 11Alive News and 11Alive.com

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USA Today Metro Atlanta Super 25 Boys Lacrosse Poll

Submitted by Sam Crenshaw, 11Alive Sports Anchor

Thursday, March 28th, 2013, 8:26pm

ATLANTA -- The new USA Today Metro Atlanta Super 25 Boys Lacrosse Poll is here. Look for changes in the top 10, but no change at the top this week.

The Milton Eagles continue to soar above the rest. Lassiter, Centennial, Northview, Westminster in the top 5.

Decatur, Lambert, Chattahoochee, Roswell and Walton complete this week's top 10.

The Metro Atlanta Super 25 polls are computer generated and produced by USA Today High School Sports exclusively for 11Alive News and 11Alive.com.

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Metro jobless rate drops to 8.3 percent

Submitted by Associated Press

Thursday, March 28th, 2013, 10:19am

ATLANTA -- Metro Atlanta's unemployment rate declined to 8.3 percent in Februray.

That's down from 8.7 percent in January and well under the jobless rate of 9.3 percent from February a year ago.

Forsyth County's unemployment rate was 6.4 percent in February.

The new numbers were released early Thursday by the Georgia Department of Labor.

Officials say the rate declined because the number of jobs increased and there were fewer new layoffs.

The number of jobs in metro Atlanta increased by 6,400, climbing to 2.37 million from 2.36 million in January.

Most of the growth was in professional and business services, and education and health care. Some seasonal jobs were lost in trade, transportation and warehousing.

The metro Atlanta unemployment data is not seasonally adjusted.

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Fired for being female?

Submitted by Blayne Alexander, 11Alive Reporter

Thursday, March 21st, 2013, 6:42am

CUMMING, Ga. -- As a marketing manager with CorFire, Andrea Ariza loved her job. She says during her nearly two years with the company, she developed much of their marketing strategy and received positive reviews.

So when she was fired last April, Ariza believed it didn't have anything to do with her performance, but stemmed directly from a human resources complaint she launched two months earlier.

According to her lawsuit, Ariza's former company, SK C&C (parent company of CorFire, a Korean mobile technology company) had announced plans to restructure. She and other marketing employees were called into a manager's office to discuss the change.

"He was clear in that he no longer wanted us to focus on strategy, that he wanted us to leave that to higher level people in the company who happened to be men," she said.

"And then he said, it's because 'you are women and you are perceived as weak.'"

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