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• Seattle ranked saddest large city in the nation

  28-02-2023 18:08 via cbsnews.com
  
  SEATTLE, February 27, 2023 - According to the U.S. Census Bureau, 45% of Seattle-area adults reported feeling sad or depressed; gloomy weather could be a contributing factor. Seattle has higher rates of seasonal affective disorder by a few percentage points and many Seattleites seek light therapy to help. Science on resilience speaks to social support and physical exercise and activity as two helpful tools to alleviate stress and trauma. 
  
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• Bill that could let Buckhead split from Atlanta advances

  28-02-2023 16:12 via cbsnews.com
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia Senate committee has approved two bills that could allow the Buckhead neighborhood to secede from the city of Atlanta, the first time that an issue freighted with fears about crime and racial and economic division has moved forward in the General Assembly.The Senate State and Local Government Operations Committee's Republican majority pushed Senate Bills 113 and 114 through on 4-3 votes Monday, sending them to the full Senate for more debate.Des
  
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• Broadway's "Parade" tells the story of Leo Frank and fights hatred both onstage and off

  28-02-2023 16:09 via cbsnews.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — There's so much darkness awaiting Ben Platt in his new Broadway role these days that he's countered with a dash of brightness."I painted my dressing room pink so that it's a very bright and warm and joyful place to be, so that I can leave what happens on the stage on the stage," he says.Platt deserves all the joy he can grab while playing the doomed lead anti-hero in the musical "Parade," adapted from a true story that took place in Atlanta just before World War I
  
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• Jimmy Carter: Family affair to the White House and beyond

  28-02-2023 15:48 via cbsnews.com
  
  PLAINS, Ga. (AP) — When Jimmy Carter stepped onto the national stage, he brought along those closest to him, introducing Americans to a colorful Georgia family that helped shape the 39th president's public life and now, generations later, is rallying around him for the private final chapter of his 98 years."Family has always been important to Uncle Jimmy," said Kim Fuller, whose father, Billy Carter, was the former president's youngest brother and a favorite subject of national political r
  
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• Buckhead Coalition: Cityhood would ‘choke off economic development’

  28-02-2023 13:54
  A group of Buckhead business leaders say economic growth would be stymied if the wealthy Atlanta neighborhood broke away and formed its own city.The Buckhead Coalition wrote a letter opposing proposed legislation that would carve a path for the “City of Buckhead City.”
  On Monday, two bills that could spark a new city passed out of a Senate committee. Senate Bill 114 would allow Buckhead residents to vote on whether to secede from Atlanta through a November 2024 ballot referendum
  
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• Atlanta among 10 airports where Southwest is adding the most flights this year

  28-02-2023 13:51
  Southwest intends to fly an aggressive schedule that peaks with almost 4,400 daily flights in July focusing on increasing capacity at its largest hubs. Here are the airports and cities where that growth is happening.
  
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