First Slice 12-30-13: UFO over Downtown slowly awakens from slumber
Plus, suicide attack in Volgograd
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- It’s alive! Almost!
All hail Polaris, the iconic UFO-esque restaurant on top of the Hyatt Regency in Downtown that’s expected to finally reopen this March after nearly 10 years of just stone-cold hibernatin’.
East Atlanta residents are peeved after an attempted burglary on Saturday night that ended with the ne’er-do-wells opening gunfire to escape the house after the homeowner interrupted the crime.
The minimum wage is rising in 13 states across the country this week - but not Georgia.
New York, before and after Mike Bloomberg.
More than 30 people have been killed in suicide explosions in Volgograd, Russia, raising concerns about a terrorist attack during next year’s Winter Olympics in Sochi.
ICYMI: A juvenile was arrested and charged with the murder of Xavier Arnold, a U.S. Army reservist and college student who was shot while walking in Kirkwood.