11Alive's most-viewed news stories of 2012

(WXIA) -- 2012 was an incredible year, with many milestones and many news stories that affected everyone here in Metro Atlanta, across the nation and around the world. We have compiled the most viewed stories from 11Alive.com -- the stories that captured...

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Boys from Levi's Call found safe in Texas

ROSWELL, Ga. -- Roswell Police say Ben and Henry Cleary have been found safe and sound in Austin, Texas. Authorities say a citizen recognized Daniel Cleary and his sons from the Amber Alert on the news and called police around 5PM. Police arrived and...

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Your photos of Metro Atlanta's year-end snow

Latest Headlines Your photos of Metro Atlanta's year-end snow Snow flurries blew through parts of North Georgia this weekend, just in time ... Boys from Levi's Call found safe in Texas After a nation-wide Levi's Call, two brothers have been...

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11Alive's most-viewed news stories of 2012

(WXIA) -- 2012 was an incredible year, with many milestones and many news stories that affected everyone here in Metro Atlanta, across the nation and around the world. We have compiled the most viewed stories from 11Alive.com -- the stories that captured...

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ACE Hardware in Tucker collapses from fire

TUCKER, Ga. -- DeKalb County Fire crews are still working to extinguish a two-alarm fire at an ACE Hardware store in Tucker. When crews arrived at the store, located at 4365 Cowan Road, they found heavy smoke and flames showing. According to officials,...

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Authorities release new photos in Levi's Call

ROSWELL, Ga. -- Authorities released new photos in the Levi's Call issued for two Roswell boys who are believed to be traveling through Tennessee with their father. Nine-year-old Ben Cleary and 7-year-old Henry Cleary have not been in touch with their...

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Parents, son from Stone Mountain killed in NJ Turnpike crash

A view from WCAU's helicopter shows the scene of the Thursday morning wreck on the New Jersey Turnpike (WCAU Philadelphia) MOUNT LAUREL, NJ (WXIA) - Three people from a Stone Mountain family were killed in an accident Thursday on the...

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Crews battle Marietta condominium fire

Fire crews battling two-alarm fire in Marietta. MARIETTA, Ga. -- Cobb County firefighters were on the scene of a one-alarm fire in a multi-story structure in the Willows Condominiums on Riverlook Parkway early Thursday evening....

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Levi's Call issued for Roswell brothers

ROSWELL, Ga. -- An AMBER Alert has been issued for two Roswell boys who are believed to be traveling through Tennessee with their father. Nine-year-old Ben Cleary and 7-year-old Henry Cleary were last seen with their non-custodial father, 46-year-old...

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Make Charitable Donations Before Year-End for Tax Breaks

ATLANTA -- Now that Christmas gifts have been opened, and decisions made on what will be kept and what will be returned, it's time now to go through the house and figure out what will stay and what will go to charity. A key is to make your donations...

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Spalding County Church burns, congregants blame lightning

GRIFFIN, Ga. -- "My Sunday School room is gone. It's ashes now for sure," Mary Murphy said.  Just one day after Christmas, her church of more than 70 years burned to the ground. There is no official word but most of the church congregants believe...

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George Bush moved to ICU with rising fever

Former President George H.W. Bush on hand on Salute To Service day before the Houston Texans play the Buffalo Bills at Reliant Stadium on November 4, 2012 in Houston, Texas. (Bob Levey/Getty Images) HOUSTON (KPRC) -- Former President...

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No Troops to Afghanistan on Christmas Day...USO Quietest in 9 Years

Santa (a.k.a. Fulton County Judge Jackson Bedford) escorts a member of the U.S. Armed Forces through Hartsfield-Jackson Airport. ATLANTA -- For American troops the war in Afghanistan is winding down and there is no better barometer than Christmas...

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Storms tonight then snow

WXIA -- Tonight, heavy showers come back to the area.  Those will change over to thunderstorms late, and some of them will be severe. East winds will be 10-15mph gusting up to 25mph.  Overnight temperatures will remain relatively steady in...

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TORNADO WATCH issued until 5a.m.

Latest Headlines 11Alive and Hands On Atlanta! Hands On Atlanta helps individuals, families, corporate and community groups ... Hosea Feed the Hungry Christmas feast attracts thousands Hosea Feed the Hungry held its Christmas dinner at the...

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Holiday greetings, galleries and giving

Latest Headlines 11Alive and Hands On Atlanta! Hands On Atlanta helps individuals, families, corporate and community groups ... Random Act: Becoming Santa Claus for a day A Clayton County man decides to do something good for his community,...

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Neighbor arrested in death of 9-yr-old Skylar Dials

SPALDING COUNTY, Ga. -- The Spalding County Sheriff's Department  has made an arrest in the murder death of 9-year-old  Skylar Dials. According to Sheriff Wendell Beam, Shane Clifton Collett, 40, of Griffin, was arrested and...

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Track Santa with NORAD

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. -- Volunteers are pulling on their Santa hats, phone lines are set, and tracking screens are ready.  NORAD Tracks Santa is primed for its 57th annual goodwill mission. Santa trackers start taking calls today, telling...

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Holiday greetings, galleries and giving

Latest Headlines 11Alive and Hands On Atlanta! Hands On Atlanta helps individuals, families, corporate and community groups ... Random Act: Becoming Santa Claus for a day A Clayton County man decides to do something good for his community,...

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Neighbor arrested in death of 9-yr-old Skylar Dials

SPALDING COUNTY, Ga. -- The Spalding County Sheriff's Department  has made an arrest in the murder death of 9-year-old  Skylar Dials. According to Sheriff Wendell Beam, Shane Clifton Collett, 40, of Griffin, was arrested and...

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Ex-husband wanted in murder of Cobb woman

MARIETTA, Ga-- Cobb County Police investigators are searching for a man they say murdered his ex-wife in the Marietta home they used to share at 3960 Tall Pine Drive. Police say Saturday around 11am authorities resonded to a 911 call and found  Donna...

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Holiday greetings, galleries and giving

Latest Headlines 11Alive and Hands On Atlanta! Hands On Atlanta helps individuals, families, corporate and community groups ... Holiday greetings, galleries and giving Your holiday guide: military greetings, photo galleries, ways to give and...

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Neighbor arrested in death of 9-yr-old Skylar Dials

SPALDING COUNTY, Ga. -- The Spalding County Sheriff's Department  has made an arrest in the murder death of 9-year-old  Skylar Dials. According to Sheriff Wendell Beam, Shane Clifton Collett, 40, of Griffin, was arrested and...

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Huge line at Cobb County Gun Show

MARIETTA , Ga - Hundreds of people waited in line for more than an hour to get into the Cobb County Gun Show Saturday, as the debate over gun laws heats up. People told 11 Alive they were trying to stock up on guns and ammunition before the country's...

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Police search for missing 9-year-old

Courtesy of Spalding County Sheriff's Department SPALDING COUNTY, Ga. -- The Spalding County Sheriff's Office is investigating the disappearance of a 9-year-old girl.  The child, Skylar Dials, was last seen on the 600...

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Help for Phillip

Phillip Haynes, Roswell, GA, December 21, 2012 ROSWELL, Ga. -- Earlier this week, a Metro Atlanta mother came forward in response to the mental health issues raised in connection with the massacre in Newtown, Connecticut. Her own, 25 year old...

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Calhoun woman and 4-yr old killed in I-75 crash

BARTOW COUNTY, Ga. -- Two people are dead as a result of a car crash on Interstate 75 in Cartersville Friday afternoon. The Georgia State Patrol said the car was traveling in the right lane near exit 293 when it was forced out of the lane by a...

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Our Heroes: Troops stuck in Atlanta trying to get home for Christmas

ATLANTA -- Every day home on leave from war is a gift. And the service members sleeping Thursday night in chairs and on carpets at Atlanta's Hartsfield Jackson Airport could only hope they'll be home in time for Christmas. It was one of the busiest...

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Atlanta actress lands role in "Parental Guidance"

ATLANTA, Ga. -- Parental Guidance, one of the films opening on Christmas Day, was filmed in metro-Atlanta.  While Billy Crystal and Bette Midler grab top billing, a local character actor plays a memorable and funny role...

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Speed and alcohol possible factors in deadly crash

AUSTELL, Ga. -- Police investigators believe alcohol and speed may have been contributing factors in an early Thursday Cobb County crash that claimed the life of a 25-year-old man and injured three teenagers. The crash, at the intersection of South...

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Victims killed in I-75 tractor trailer crash identified

Three people were killed in the crash just before 2 a.m. Wednesday. CARTERSVILLE, Ga. -- The state patrol has identified the three men killed in an early Wednesday morning wreck involving two tractor trailers on Interstate 75 in Bartow...

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Sign of the Times: Bulletproof backpacks for children

ATLANTA -- Another sign of the times -- the latest protection for children: Bulletproof backpacks. The bulletproof backpacks for schoolchildren are able to stop pistol rounds, not rifle rounds. No one's claiming that they're the perfect defense for...

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Missing 57-year-old man found safe

Courtesy of Atlanta Police Department UPDATE: Atlanta police say 57-year-old Jimmie Brown has been found safe and in good condition. Police asked for help in locating Brown, who suffers with schizophrenia, after he was last seen around...

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Atlanta senator to propose statewide assault weapons ban

ATLANTA -- The National Rifle Association on Tuesday issued its first statement since the tragedy in Newtown, CT, saying the NRA will offer some proposals on Friday "to help make sure this never happens again." The NRA's "four million moms and dads,...

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SPECIAL REPORT: Drug traffickers operating Sandy Springs rehab center

11Alive News has learned that two metro Atlanta men who recently pled guilty to federal drug trafficking charges have been operating a Sandy Springs facility for recovering addicts for several years. In October, federal prosecutors announced the...

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Neighborhood Santa brings North Pole to Austell

Neighborhood Santa brings North Pole to Austell AUSTELL, Ga. -- At first glance, it may look like Santa's famous home. But in reality, this heavily-decked holiday house is located just a few miles outside of metro Atlanta. Eighteen years ago,...

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DeKalb Schools put on probation through 2013

(Duffie Dixon, 11Alive News) DECATUR, Ga. -- The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools has placed DeKalb County Schools on probation through 2013. The accrediting agency held a news conference at noon Monday following an intense...

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Schools step up security after Conn. shooting

ATLANTA, Ga. -- Parents seemed pleased to see police officers patrolling area schools on Monday.  But the state warns police are only one in a list of nearly 100 items schools should consider in its overall safety plan. Most districts throughout...

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Clayton County Officer shot; 1 suspect dead, 1 in custody

CLAYTON COUNTY, Ga. -- A Clayton County police officer is fighting for his life at Grady Memorial Hospital after a shootout at the Motel 6 in Stockbridge Monday afternoon. The Clayton County Police Chief says two officers responded to a domestic dispute...

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Victims' names released in CT elementary school massacre

NEWTOWN, Conn. -- Late Saturday afternoon, authorities in Newtown, Connecticut, released the names of the victims in Friday's tragic elementary school shooting rampage.All six adults killed in the shooting were women, police said Saturday afternoon....

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Metro Atlanta schools consider security after mass shooting

GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. -- The Gwinnett County Police Department will have extra patrols at schools beginning Monday monring. The decision follows the mass shooting Friday at an elementary school in Connecticut that left 28 people dead.  The majority...

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President speaks at service

President Barack Obama waves as he leaves the White House for Connecticut NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) -- President Barack Obama says the nation is failing to keep its children safe, and he's promising to do what he can to change that. The...

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What's on Sale: Closeouts and Pop Up Shops

What happens to all the items people return to Amazon?In some cases, they are resold by an Atlanta Company called Auction Liquidators.   The company has opened its Collier Road warehouse to the public for a holiday closeout sale that began...

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Reason to smile: Trip to the North Pole

Atlanta-- It was the trip of a lifetime for several dozen cancer patients at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta. They not only got to board a real Delta jet for a trip to the North Pole Saturday morning, they rode to the international terminal in limousines...

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Victims' names released in CT elementary school massacre

NEWTOWN, Conn. -- Late Saturday afternoon, authorities in Newtown, Connecticut, released the names of the victims in Friday's tragic elementary school shooting rampage.All six adults killed in the shooting were women, police said Saturday afternoon....

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Atlanta iPhone thieves get more brazen

ATLANTA, Ga. -- It was Sunday night in an Edgewood Avenue bar called Church. The owner, Grant Henry was seated at a table. As the evening progressed, he realized his iPhone had disappeared. A day later, he looked at surveillance video and realized a...

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27 killed, including 20 children at Conn. elementary school

NEWTOWN, Conn. -- A lone gunman, now identified, killed at least 27 people, including 20 children, in a terrifying shooting spree at a Connecticut elementary school Friday morning.The shooting happened at Sandy Hook Elementary School in...

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VIDEO | Routine Christmas ritual transformed: trancendent

ATLANTA -- Friday night in Atlanta, parents bringing their children to Lenox Square Mall to visit Santa spoke of how grateful they are for the small moments in life, and how the tragedy in Newtown, Connecticut magnifies the beauty of every moment...

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Inmates are paying for information to reduce sentences

Atlanta City Detention Center ATLANTA -- Snitching is nothing new in the criminal justice system. An inmate who provides prosecutors with information that helps convict other criminals can get time off his or his sentence in return. USA Today...

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Sen. Al Franken's bill to curb cyberstalking gets committee approval

WASHINGTON, D.C./ATLANTA -- A loophole that permits software companies to sell cyberstalking apps that operate secretly on cellphones could soon be closed by Congress. The software is popular among jealous wives or husbands because it can continuously...

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