First Slice 8/20/2015: Fulton health director blocked CDC’s offer to resolve HIV/AIDS funding logjam

Plus, soon you can live at “The Office”

?Fulton County Health Department Director Patrice Harris hindered the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s effort to help the county make better use of its HIV/AIDS prevention funding.
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? Beginning in January, current MARTA Breeze cards will be phased out of circulation to make room for the new cards that cost $1 more. MARTA officials say a stronger computer chip will prevent Breeze card hacking. Some riders ask if hacking is a big enough issue to warrant the pricier cards. 
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? The release of hacked account information from Ashley Madison, a social media network that helps people cheat on their spouse, reveal a handful of Georgia government email accounts. Seven discovered email addresses were registered under the City Hall domain.
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? Paces Properties, the development minds of Krog Street Market, have unveiled plans to construct “The Office” that you can live in. “The Office,” which is an actual former office, will be what developers claim are Downtown’s first non-student apartments in more than two decades. 
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? Atlanta will boast a “municipal fleet” of electric-powered cars by the end of the year as part of an effort to help reduce emissions. 
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? And foot soldiers of the war on drugs have started a new battle by the Georgia Dome. 






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