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High court strikes down restrictions on assisted suicide
ATLANTA — Georgia’s highest court concluded Monday that a state law restricting assisted suicides violated free speech rights, a ruling that destroyed a long-running criminal case against members o...
February 07, 2012 01:07 AM | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Senate bill could face tough odds
ATLANTA — In a symbolic scene, state Sen. Josh McKoon stood alone Monday to announce an ethics bill that would cap lobbyist gifts at $100 and set a limit of $750 for travel, meals and accommodation...
February 07, 2012 12:01 AM | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Ga. launches need-based college scholarship
ATLANTA — Some middle school students in Georgia will soon have a $10,000 reason to stay out of trouble. Gov. Nathan Deal announced Monday that he is launching a privately funded, need-based schol...
February 07, 2012 12:00 AM | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Ga. primary looks to be rough fight
ATLANTA — Georgia’s Republican primary is shaping up as a role reversal for the two leading candidates, with Newt Gingrich backed by establishment support and a home-state network, while Mitt Romne...
February 06, 2012 01:08 AM | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Colleges increasingly obsess over New & World rankings
When US News & World Report debuted its list of “America’s Best Colleges” nearly 30 years ago, the magazine hoped its college rankings would be a game-changer for students and families. But arguabl...
February 06, 2012 12:49 AM | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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Race turns to Colorado, Minnesota
LAS VEGAS — Now it’s on to Colorado, Minnesota and Maine. With back-to-back victories fueling him, Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney is looking toward the next states that hold GOP ...
February 06, 2012 12:48 AM | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Romney win leaves rivals few options
LAS VEGAS — Mitt Romney’s big win in Nevada four days after his breakthrough victory in Florida spells big trouble for his remaining rivals. Simply put: Is there any way to stop Romney now? There ...
February 06, 2012 12:47 AM | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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U.S. seeks to support Syria rebels
BEIRUT — The United States proposed an international coalition to support Syria’s opposition Sunday after Russia and China blocked a U.N. attempt to end nearly 11 months of bloodshed, raising fears...
February 06, 2012 12:45 AM | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Members of the 99th Pursuit Squadron mechanics graduating class examine a Bell YFM-1B Airacuda at Chanute Field in Rantoul, Ill., in 1941. George Lucas’ new movie, ‘Red Tails,’ focuses on the Tuskegee Airmen, an all-black unit during World War II. The movie was released in January, and Jack Hall, who’s older brother, Richard, fought in the 100th Squadron’s ‘second wave,’ said the movie was good but didn’t focus on the deeper meaning that brought the group together. <br>The Associated Press
‘Red Tails’ included Albany pilots
ALBANY — You’d expect Jack Hall’s take on the hit George Lucas movie “Red Tails” to go a little deeper than most casual movie buffs.’ One of the Tuskegee Airmen who inspired the movie, after all, ...
February 06, 2012 12:02 AM | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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  • Leaving Las Vegas, Gingrich is now targeting blue collar NASCAR voters
    by Shannon McCaffrey
    Associated Press Writer
    02.06.12 - 12:01 am
  • Activists say Ga. House ethics bill a good start
    by The Associated Press
    02.05.12 - 12:00 am
  • Komen controversy leaves supporters divided
    by Jocelyn Noveck
    Associated Press Writer
    02.04.12 - 11:46 pm
  • Romney’s victory in Nevada a quiet one
    by David Espo and Kasie Hunt
    Associated Press Writers
    02.04.12 - 11:39 pm
  • Former Ga. ethics commission leader on Gingrich’s staff
    by The Associated Press
    02.04.12 - 10:36 pm
  • Charter school amendment tops state agenda
    by The Associated Press
    02.04.12 - 12:01 am
  • Life sentence for man in case of girl in landfill
    by The Associated Press
    02.04.12 - 12:01 am
  • Jobless rate hits 3-year low
    by Christopher S. Rugaber
    Associated Press Writer
    02.04.12 - 12:00 am
  • Law enforcement websites under attack by hackers
    by Brian Skoloff and Denise Lavoie
    Associated Press
    02.03.12 - 03:47 pm
  • Groups sue over Savannah River deepening project
    by Bruce Smith
    Associated Press
    02.03.12 - 03:34 pm
    • Ga. court hears case of woman killed by alligator
    ATLANTA (AP) _ The family of an elderly woman fatally mauled by an 8-foot alligator as she searched for her daughter’s dog told the state’s high court Monday that the neighborhood homeowners associ...
    February 06, 2012 03:24 PM | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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    Ga. court overturns assisted suicide restrictions
    ATLANTA (AP) _ Georgia’s top court struck down a state law that restricted assisted suicides, siding on Monday with four members of a suicide group who said the law violated their free speech right...
    February 06, 2012 10:37 AM | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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    Court: Atlanta violated Ga. sunshine laws
    ATLANTA (AP) _ The Georgia Supreme Court has ruled that the city of Atlanta violated the state’s sunshine laws by refusing to name council members who voted against amending its rules regarding pub...
    February 06, 2012 10:37 AM | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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    Bill aims to help vets with jobs, education when they come home
    ATLANTA — Three military veterans who now serve in the Georgia Senate say the state can do a better job helping younger, unemployed veterans who fought in Iraq and Afghanistan, and they’re offering...
    February 04, 2012 10:37 PM | 1 1 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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    Ga. GOP donors give most cash to Romney
    ATLANTA — Campaign fundraising reports show that Georgians are opening their wallets wider for Mitt Romney than they are for Newt Gingrich, who represented the state in Congress for more than two d...
    February 04, 2012 10:37 PM | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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    House passes revised $18.6 billion budget
    ATLANTA — Metro Atlanta would get hundreds of millions dollars in transportation funding while Georgia farmers would get help finding workers they say were driven away by a crackdown on illegal imm...
    February 03, 2012 11:01 PM | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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    Woman charged in beheading plot held without bond
    WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) _ A federal judge in North Carolina has ruled that a Raleigh school administrator accused of paying a hit man to behead three witnesses in a terrorism case should be held with...
    February 03, 2012 03:54 PM | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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    Woman charged in beheading plot held without bond
    WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) _ A federal judge in North Carolina has ruled that a Raleigh school administrator accused of paying a hit man to behead three witnesses in a terrorism case should be held with...
    February 03, 2012 03:46 PM | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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    Komen drops plan to cut Planned Parenthood grants
    NEW YORK (AP) _ After three days of controversy, the Susan G. Komen for the Cure breast-cancer charity says it is reversing its decision to cut breast-screening grants to Planned Parenthood. “We w...
    February 03, 2012 12:00 PM | 1 1 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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    More cities consider parades for Iraq War vets
    ST. LOUIS (AP) _ The St. Louis parade welcoming home Iraq War and other post-Sept. 11 veterans is spurring talk of similar parades in at least eight other cities. Organizers of the parade that dre...
    February 03, 2012 11:55 AM | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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  • Official: 2nd teacher pulled from S. Calif. school
    by Greg Risling
    Associated Press
    02.03.12 - 11:35 am
  • DA warning Kan. gov., lawmakers to keep records
    by John Hanna
    Associated Press
    02.03.12 - 11:19 am
  • High Museum to feature folk artist Bill Traylor
    by Kate Brumback
    Associated Press Writer
    02.02.12 - 11:19 pm
  • Feds: ‘Unusual’ wear on new tubes at CA nuke plant
    by Michael R. Blood
    Associated Press
    02.02.12 - 03:51 pm
  • Arpaio office lawyers to meet with DOJ
    02.02.12 - 03:44 pm
  • Gingrich: ‘We should care about the very poor’
    by Shannon McCaffrey
    Associated Press
    02.02.12 - 03:33 pm
  • AP sources: Trump intends to endorse Romney
    by Kasie Hunt and Beth Fouhy
    Associated Press
    02.02.12 - 01:01 pm