Updates headlines and News inside Atlanta for Oct 02 2011

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• OLD FOURTH WARD: History of City Hall East
  
• Former Nichols hostage speaks about addiction, redemption
  Ashley Smith Robinson, who was held captive by Brian Nichols in 2005, spoke at a fundraiser for Breakthru House Saturday morning.
• Troy Davis funeral draws over 1,000 mourners
  SAVANNAH, Ga–Jonesville Baptist Church was filled with family, friends and supporters Saturday afternoon. Hundreds were present to pay final respects to Troy Davis, a man who’s name had become synonymous with a global effort to commute his death sentence and end capital punishment in Georgia.
• Open Records: Troy Davis’ final statement
  In response to an open records request, 11Alive News obtained the official transcript of Troy Davis’ final statement.
• New tolls on I-85 stay relatively low for opening
  Drivers began paying real money on the I-85 Express Lanes on Saturday with a starting toll of $1.55 for the entire 15.5-mile ride.
  
• Gwinnett county libraries cutting their hours
  The Gwinnett County Libraries voted Thursday to cut hours at all of their branches, effective Oct. 23.
  

• Federal agency to survey Grady following woman’s death
  A federal agency told Grady Memorial Hospital Wednesday it plans to conduct an unannounced survey of the hospital after the death of a woman who fell from an 11th floor window last month.
• Administrators: Second grader brings gun to school
  A second-grade student is accused of bringing a gun to a southwest Atlanta elementary school Friday.
• Consumer office issues new warning about scams
  The Governor’s Office of Consumer Protection has issued a warning about sweepstakes scams aimed at the elderly, saying they have taken a scary turn.
• CAU gets a "Life"
  Clark Atlanta University will welcome eight of Harlem’s hottest spoken-word artists next Wednesday for “The Life Tour,” which addresses real-life issues in two one-act presentations.
• Atlanta police investigate shooting
  Police are looking for three men involved in a early morning shooting in Buckhead. Two men were sitting in a car behind the Darlington apartment building at 2025 Peachtree Road shortly after midnight Friday morning, police spokesman Sgt.
• Rev. Peter Tibi to speak at the King Center
  The Rev. Peter Tibi, who leads a group that helps rehabilitate communities affected by the brutal war in Sudan, will be the keynote speaker during a program Wednesday at the King Center, 450 Auburn Ave.

• 2 arrested after jewlery worth millions stolen
  Thieves cut their way into a Forsyth County jewelry store and got away with $2.8 million in merchandise in what may turn out to be one of the largest jewelry heists in Georgia history. Two men have been arrested.
• Do you own a pair of toning shoes?
  
• Emory student arrested, accused of SAT cheating
  An Emory University sophomore is accused of receiving thousands of dollars to take the SAT exam for a half-dozen students.
• Police: Teens, parents charged for making bombs
  Five Snellville teenagers are facing felony charges after police say they were making and detonating bombs in a back yard.
• Jail employee accused of stealing inmates’ IDs
  A DeKalb County Jail employee is out of a job and out on bond after investigators say she stole thousands of dollars from inmates.
• Man sentenced to life without parole in child death
  Two DeKalb County jurors say it was the brutality of a crime that killed a 2-year-old girl prompted them to return to the courthouse to hear the defendant’s sentence.