First Slice 9/1/15: State rep says he had Ashley Madison account more than two years ago

Plus, Ashley Diamond is out on parole

State Rep. Allen Peake, R-Macon, says he had an account on Ashley Madison, the cheating website whose member information was recently leaked after being hacked, during a difficult time in his marriage. Peake says he told his wife about the account and the two have worked through problems in their relationship. 
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? You can soon pay top dollar to live in a shoebox. Micro-apartments are coming to Atlanta! The Emory Point mixed-use development near the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will offer 390-square-foot units starting at... $1,110 a month. 
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? Ashley Diamond, a transgender woman inmate who sued the Georgia Department of Corrections after it refused to give her hormone therapy and placed her in a men’s facility, has been released on parole.
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? Cobb County Police are not thrilled about a hospital prohibiting law enforcement from performing blood tests on “non-compliant” DUI suspects to screen for alcohol or drugs.
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? The Georgia Bureau of Investigation and DeKalb County Police are looking into what led to an officer and homeowner getting shot — and a dog killed — when police visited the wrong address last night.
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? A group of undocumented immigrants is suing the state for denying them driver’s licenses. The immigrants, who are not named in the lawsuit, say the Georgia Department of Driver Services is violating their constitutional rights. 
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? “China.” Or is it Shine-uh?






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