<p>Hip-hop mogul Sean P.Diddy Combs has purchased a seven-bedroom, European-style mansion on seven acres in suburban Dunwoody for $2.6 million.</p><p>The house has 11 bathrooms, a five-car garage with an apartment above it, a pool, pool house and tennis court, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported Friday. Built in 1987, it sits at the crest of a hill fronted by a rolling expanse of lawn.</p><p>The was sold by H.J. Newton, who purchased it in April 2001 for $1.5 million, the newspaper said. Newton owns several car dealerships in Georgia and Tennessee.</p><p>Combs, who owns Justins Restaurant in Atlantas Buckhead section, also has a house in Fayetteville, south of Atlanta. He bought the brick ranch house, which sits on more than 18 acres, in 1995 for $260,000.</p>
Former state Democratic Party leader Jimmy Bentley, who switched to the Republican Party in 1968 and sparked a defection by four other state officeholders, died of a heart attack.
The acting secretary of the Army will travel to Fort Stewart this weekend to check on complaints that ailing reservists on the base are receiving substandard medical treatment and housing.
Forecasters said Easter morning will arrive with temperatures in the 20s across the Southeast meaning that Easter frills, bonnets and sandals will be replaced with coats, scarves and socks.
