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ATLANTA, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- Drought is forcing officials to dive deep into area lakes to ensure water keeps flowing to metro Atlanta.
Cobb County officials are awaiting a U.S. Corps of Army engineers permit to dredge the base of a water intake tower on Lake Allatoona to see if the lowest intake gate, unused since the mid-1960s, is operable, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution said. County officials say temporary pipes to deeper parts of lakes are a contingency plan against receding water levels in lakes that supply the region.
Atlanta's water treatment plant also hasn't been able to draw as much water, so officials have spent $500,000 extra on chemicals to assist in treatment.
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Authorities in South Carolina said they were investigating the disappearance of a woman whose fiance was found dead in the couple's home near Charleston.
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Actor Matt Bomer, star of the U.S. television series "White Collar," confirmed during the weekend he is gay and has a longtime partner.
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TEL AVIV, Israel, Feb. 13 (UPI) --
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