Ah, work-life balance. Such a beautiful idea. And all too often, such a desert mirage taunting travelers dying of thirst. For instance! A Georgia judge recently informed an attorney that her fancy newfangled European "maternity leave" was insufficient reason enough to postpone a hearing for three weeks. » 10/15/14 5:30pm 10/15/14 5:30pm

A toddler died in his car seat today after an Atlanta man accidentally left him in a locked vehicle for eight hours. Authorities allege that the temperature in the car could have reached up to 130 degrees. » 6/19/14 3:07am 6/19/14 3:07am

Well this is just lovely (and by that I mean shockingly common), two transgender women of color were harassed and assaulted by at least two men on Atlanta's MARTA train because, oh hey, they're trans women of color. And the men stripped one of the women naked, because of course they did. » 5/29/14 11:00pm 5/29/14 11:00pm

Reese Witherspoon and her husband Jim Toth (co-head of motion picture talent at CAA) were pulled over in a Ford Focus (!?) on Friday at midnight in Atlanta. Toth was weaving between lanes; turns out he was drunk driving. Witherspoon was annoyed, and then angry, and finally started throwing her name around. The… » 4/21/13 7:30pm 4/21/13 7:30pm

An Atlantan man was denied his 1st, 2nd, AND 3rd choices for his vanity plate. James Cyrus Gilbert III wanted his vanity plate to read 4GAYLIB, GAYPWR, or GAYGUY. State officials denied his request saying none of those were available. Gilbert thought that sounded a little suspicious, so he got a lawyer. » 1/22/13 11:45pm 1/22/13 11:45pm

The only thing most of us know about Callista Gingrich is that she has a frighteningly perfect blonde bob—well, that and she was totally happy to be lying in bed with her lover Newt while he talked on the phone to his wife. Now that they're legit in the eyes of God, she's always at Newt's side during events, yet she… » 2/20/12 12:00pm 2/20/12 12:00pm

TLC has brought so much joy into our lives—Hoarding: Buried Alive, Sister Wives, I Didn't Know I Was Pregnant, and the list goes on—but now comes word of a true blessing that's about to be bestowed upon us by the network where different is always better. Preacher Wives will take place in Atlanta and follow the… » 1/31/12 9:45pm 1/31/12 9:45pm

As if their complete control over your morning addiction wasn't enough, Starbucks has now announced it's going to start selling booze at some of its cafes during the evening. Oh, this is going to be good—you'll be able to get hammered at night and then sober up on a venti caramel macchiato the next morning. (Or if… » 1/23/12 9:00pm 1/23/12 9:00pm

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Melanoma cases in young women continues to rise (they have yet to adopt the fear-the-sun attitude of ladymags) due in part to increased outdoor activity and indoor tanning. • A well-preserved statue of Venus (from the late classical Greek tradition) was found in Macedonia. • Napoleon's penis is currently in the… » 7/10/08 5:20pm 7/10/08 5:20pm

Earlier, we posted about the lack of black people in the UK ballet. But here in the US, OutKast's Antwan "Big Boi" Patton has collaborated with choreographer Lauri Stallings on a production called "big." The ballet is a "marriage of artistic aesthetics" that will, at one point, feature Verdi's "La Traviata"… » 4/10/08 3:40pm 4/10/08 3:40pm

In the woods near a suburban apartment complex in Acworth, Georgia,
three boys — ages 8 to 9 — allegedly raped an 11 year old girl. Prosecutors have not decided yet whether to try the suspects as adults. [Breitbart] » 11/19/07 12:45pm 11/19/07 12:45pm

Dear Good People of the Southeast: Jezebel.com is not Jezebel Magazine. The site you are reading right now is a potty-mouthed blog about so-called "women's interest" topics. Jezebel Magazine, however, is a ladylike Atlanta-based women's print publication. We thought that the differences were obvious, but apparently,… » 9/13/07 8:30am 9/13/07 8:30am

• Betsey Johnson is selling a majority of her label to a private equity firm, which is sort of like the tent dress equivalent of this year's fashion financing world, but Portfolio blogger Lauren Goldstein Crowe is confused. What would a private equity firm want with Johnson, a "grandmother, 65 years old?" Um, and…
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It's exhausting worrying about our friends over at DailyCandy. When we're not freaking out about whether they're secretly talking trash about us behind our backs or trying to lure our dads out of the closet... well, we actually do worry about their own emotional well-being, seeing that they're locked up in some office… » 6/07/07 1:54pm 6/07/07 1:54pm