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Military supplier faces court hearing
ATLANTA (AP) — A major military food supplier charged with inflating prices and defrauding the U.S. government faces a key court hearing in Georgia. The first appearance hearing is scheduled Mon...
February 08, 2010 11:07 AM | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Schools cut graduation coaches to help budgets
ATLANTA – One look at his budget and Jim Holton knew he’d have to cut one of the few non-classroom jobs in his tiny school district in rural east Georgia. Though the graduation coach...
February 07, 2010 01:00 AM | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Inside Washington: Missed signs in recalls
WASHINGTON – When Peter Boddeart’s Lexus lurched forward and rear-ended another vehicle in Fauquier County, Va., earning him a police citation, he wrote to federal regulators implor...
February 07, 2010 01:00 AM | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Plan to appoint statewide officers draws fire
ATLANTA – Gov. Sonny Perdue’s proposal to appoint – rather than elect – four statewide constitutional officers ran headlong into opposition Friday. Critics from both part...
February 06, 2010 01:00 AM | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Uncertainty in search after Conn. blast
MIDDLETOWN , Conn. (AP) — A section of an under-construction power plant that exploded was too unstable to search Monday, and left questions about whether anyone was trapped inside because author...
February 08, 2010 12:49 PM | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Stacks of boxed donated goods are stored at the Notre Dame d Haiti Catholic Church in Miami. More than three weeks after the earthquake, donated goods are accumulating at small charities, sitting in shipping limbo because of costs and a complex web of transportation logistics. The heaps of donations are evidence that many people ignored the advice to just give cash. Cash only, please
MIAMI – Cases of bottled water and cardboard boxes full of blue jeans, diapers and cans of tuna are piled several feet high in Ruth Estriplet’s living room. The charity worker doesn&...
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Monument honors historic black soldier
ZEBULON – When Virginia genealogist Joseph Dooley visited Pike County last weekend, he brought along a print of the famous painting, “Washington Crossing the Delaware,” by Eman...
February 07, 2010 01:00 AM | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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One of two American-born giant pandas, Tai Shan, arrives at Chengdu airport in southwest China’s Sichuan province on Friday. Tai Shan was born in Washington, D.C., and Mei Lan lived at Zoo Atlanta. Both pandas arrived at their new China home Friday to find just what they’d left in the United States, live TV coverage and a passionate crowd. U.S.-born pandas reach new home in China
Two American-born pandas arrived in their new China home Friday, bringing a welcome dose of cuddly to the countries’ currently strained relations. Special crates carrying Mei Lan, Tai Shan a...
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Georgia public defender's office hires attorneys to handle appeals
ATLANTA – Georgia’s cash-strapped public defender’s office has hired attorneys to handle the appeals of more than 100 convicted criminals who are pressing a class-action lawsui...
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Senator urges harsher penalties to combat illegal massage parlors
ATLANTA – State Sen. Cecil Staton said Thursday that tougher penalties are needed to crack down on illegal massage parlors, especially in middle Georgia, where it seems to be more of a pro...
February 05, 2010 01:00 AM | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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