First Slice 4-14-15: Rise up, Atlanta Falcons stadium costs!

Should the ongoing water wars lawsuit between Georgia and Florida be kept secret?

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How much does the Atlanta Falcons stadium now cost? Team owner Arthur Blank just revealed it will take at least $1.5 billion to build the multi-use sports facility — up from $1.4 billion in 2014, $1.2 billion in 2013, and $1 billion before that.

A Megabus headed from Chicago to Atlanta crashed in Indiana and resulted in 19 injuries.


Meet GigaPower, AT&T’s speedy new Internet service that’s coming to Atlanta, Decatur, Newnan, Sandy Springs.

Should the ongoing water wars lawsuit between Georgia and Florida be kept secret? The attorney overseeing the legal kerfuffle says yes. “This is a personal opinion, but I think the media is relentless and ruthless,” said lawyer Ralph Lancaster. “And so they will do everything they can to publish everything that they can find out.”

Four Atlanta firefighters were injured in a crash in southeast Atlanta after hitting both a car and a tree.

One day after former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s announced her second presidential bid, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Florida, became the latest person to jump into the presidential race.






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