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Election officials in the Atlanta area are defending their decision to allow singer Usher to bypass long lines and cast his ballot on Election Day, infuriating voters who had to wait...

U.S. rapper Slim Dunkin was Friday shot and killed at an Atlanta music studio, WSB-TV reported, citing both police and the performer's attorney. Atlanta Police Department spokesman Maj. Keith Meadows said Dunkin, whose real name was Mario Hamilton, was shot and killed outside a music studio in the 1000 block of Memorial Drive on Friday night. He was at the studio to shoot a music video.

Federal officials say the rapper TI has been released from an Atlanta halfway house after spending about 10 months in federal prison on a probation violation.

T.I., who is serving a 366-day sentence after pleading guilty to gun charges, has reportedly been transferred from Arkansas’ low-security Forrest City facility to a halfway house in his Atlanta hometown. According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, T.I. will spend the remainder of his sentence — currently scheduled to end March 26, 2010, according to ...

So much for Southern hospitality.