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Anti-abortion groups have erected scores of billboards around metro Atlanta with an alarming message: “Black children are an endangered species.” The groups responsible insist that they are not exaggerating, despite contrary federal data.

VIA: AJC.com The body of Diane Caves, a 31-year-old Atlanta woman on temporary assignment to Haiti, has been found, according to the National Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which dispatched her to Port-au-Prince just before a massive earthquake on Jan. 12. She is the first known Atlanta fatality from the disaster that claimed an […]

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Listen to Maria More every weekday at 10:35am! Just because its Valentines Day, that doesn’t mean you HAVE to be with someone, especially if you’re in a relationship that doesn’t make you happen. Read today’s Midday Motivation by clicking MORE.

While there are no hard numbers, Atlanta police say they’ve seen a spike in applications for adult-entertainment permits in the past year or so. Like it or not, sex sells in Atlanta, where there are still more exotic and nude dance clubs in and around the city than anywhere else in the country, according to the Association of Club Executives, an industry trade group.

What's up ATL? Every week I'm going to be bringing you my favorite app of the week, courtesy of Verizon Wireless. This week's app is the Ringtone Recorder Pro!

This week MTV News' Mixtape Daily selected Ludacris' "Ludacris Presents Conjure: A Hustler's Spirit" as its main pick of the week. On the mixtape, Luda pours his rap magma on tracks like his official "Battle of the Sexes" blast-off banger "How Low" and Snoop Dogg's instrumental for "I Wanna Rock."

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Listen to Maria More every weekday at 10:35am for your Midday Motivation! So, we’re getting closer and closer to that special day of LOOOOVE!! I’m talking about VALENTINE’S DAY! And if you’re single or in a relationship, today’s quote about LOVE is just for you!

Everybody’s talking about Keri Hilson’s shocking attire at VH1's Pepsi Super Bowl Fan Jam concert in Miami. Keri sauntered onstage in a shirt with NO pants underneath – and we’re not sure she was wearing panties, either. Check the pics here!

Atlanta Thrashers rookie Evander Kane was selected fourth overall in the NHL Entry draft, and at only 18 years of age, he is one of the youngest players on the Thrashers roster. Named after Atlanta boxing legend Evander Holyfield, it’s only right that Kane launches his career in Atlanta. The Versus network is chronicling Kane’s rookie season on their Web site in a video titled “Rookie Diaries: Evander Kane!”

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Wide reports throughout the Internet indicated that Keisha Cole went into early labor. The rumors started last night during a televised basketball game, when TNT announcers blurted out that Keyshia Coles' baby daddy, Cleveland Cavalier Daniel "Boobie" Gibson was absent. Click here to read the details!

Christine Beatty, ex-Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick’s former top aide and secret lover, plans to take a job in Atlanta to make a new life with her two daughters. “She’s sad that she has to move — she really loves Detroit — but she really had no choice,” said her lawyer, Mayer Morganroth.