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 Seniors at DeKalb County’s Druid Hills High School graduated Friday in a ceremony at the Atlanta Civic Center.  Mark Elgart, the CEO of DeKalb’s accrediting agency, delivered the commencement address. 

The sound of pomp and circumstance is especially sweet this year for seniors at DeKalb County high schools. The district was placed on accredited probation in December, which precedes a loss of accreditation. That could affect scholarships and college acceptances. But during his address, Elgart encouraged the class of 2013.

Sixteen people were taken to area hospitals after a hotel shuttle bus collided with a tractor-trailer near the Atlanta airport Friday morning.  

Police say the tractor-trailer was making a U-turn at an intersection on Loop Rood near I-85, just off the Atlanta airport. 

The driver of a private shuttle carrying passengers from three nearby hotels reportedly slammed on the breaks, skidded 90 feet, then hit the semi’s trailer, which was blocking the intersection.  

The head of the state Democratic Party is once again in legal trouble.

Party chair and practicing attorney Mike Berlon is the target of a civil suit claiming he mishandled nearly $1 million from a trust he helped set up for a friend.

It comes just days after the state Supreme Court approved Berlon’s voluntary reprimand for violating professional ethics rules.

Nikema Williams, the party’s vice-chair, said she was surprised to hear about the lawsuit in wake of his earlier trouble.  

If you're heading out to catch some rays, be careful.  

Officials at the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say skin cancer is the most common form of the disease, and that melanoma claims thousands of lives every year.

"People tend to think, 'Oh, it's just skin cancer, my doctor can just cut that off.  It's no big deal.'  But in reality, it can be very serious," says CDC Behavioral Scientist Dawn Holeman.