Test-cheating trial judge lifts ban on news story

ATLANTA (AP) The judge presiding over the Atlanta Public Schools test-cheating trial has lifted an order barring media outlets from reporting a specific story related to the case. <br /> <br /> Media reports said Fulton County Superior Court Judge Jerry Baxter on Friday signed an order that prohibited the media, particularly television station Fox 5 Atlanta, from airing "a certain news story."<br /> <br /> Baxter lifted the order during a hearing Monday before media lawyers got a chance to make arguments. <br /> <br /> The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported Monday after the order was lifted that the story in question is about a trial witness receiving an anonymous threat because of his testimony. <br /> <br /> Before testimony in the trial began Monday, Baxter reminded the jury not to listen to any outside discussion of the story either from acquaintances or media.

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