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African lion trio leaving Atlanta for Mexico park
ATLANTA (AP) — Three of Zoo Atlanta’s African lions are moving to a new home at a Mexican adventure park. The 21-month-old lions will leave Atlanta on Thursday morning to travel to Afr...
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Strongly felt quakes shake Chile inauguration
SANTIAGO , Chile (AP) — Two strongly felt earthquakes have rocked central Chile as dignitaries arrive for the inauguration of President-elect Sebastian Pinera. The U.S. Geological Survey says the...
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State's system to defend the poor still reeling
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia’s public defender system is still trying to recover its financial footing five years after a courthouse gunman racked up a $3 million taxpayer-funded defense tab on ...
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Douglasville man convicted of killing girlfriend, 16, after she said she was pregnant
AUSTELL , Ga. (AP) — A Douglasville man was convicted on Wednesday of stabbing and beating his 16-year-old girlfriend to death after she confided she was pregnant and wanted to keep the baby. It ...
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Bill requires conferences for failing students
ATLANTA (AP) — New legislation would mandate parent-teacher conferences when a student receives a failing grade on two consecutive report cards. The bill was introduced by state Rep. Dee Dawkins...
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Regents talk little about budget during monthly meeting
ATLANTA — Like the crazy aunt sitting in the corner that no one wants to talk about, the simmering budget crisis facing the state and the University System of Georgia was hardly mentioned ...
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Judge bans release of crime scene photos requested by Hustler
ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia judge barred state authorities from releasing the crime scene and autopsy photos of a 24-year-old University of Georgia graduate who was slain while hiking. DeKalb Count...
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Marguerite McCreery of Portsmouth, Va., holds her Congressional Gold Medal with Rep. Bobby Scott, D-Va., left and her grandson Coast Guard Lt. JG Bradley Clemons. (AP/Lauren Victoria Burke Female WWII aviators honored with gold medal
WASHINGTON (AP) — A long-overlooked group of women who flew aircraft during World War II were awarded the Congressional Gold Medal on Wednesday. Known as Women Airforce Service Pilots, or WASPs,...
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CDC uses shopper-card data to trace salmonella
by DAVID MERCER, Associated Press Writer
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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — As they scrambled recently to trace the source of a salmonella outbreak that has sickened hundreds around the country, investigators from the Centers for Disease Control and ...
New national math, English standards drafted
by DONNA GORDON BLANKINSHIP, Associated Press Writer
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SEATTLE (AP) — Math and English instruction in the United States moved a step closer to uniform — and more rigorous — standards today as draft new national guidelines were released. Supporters of ...
Obama takes health care overhaul push to Missouri
by ERICA WERNER, Associated Press Writer
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation's top health official challenged insurers on Wednesday to join President Barack Obama's push to overhaul the medical system, arguing that if the effort fails it will hu...
Stocks post modest gains
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Stocks posted modest gains Wednesday, with the Nasdaq ending at its highest level in more than 18 months, as investors weighed falling oil prices against strength in the financial services sector a...
'Lost Boys' actor Corey Haim dead in Calif. at 38
by ROBERT JABLON, Associated Press Writer
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Corey Haim, a 1980s teen heartthrob whose career was blighted by drug abuse, has died. He was 38. Haim died early Wednesday at Providence St. Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, L...
AG: Ga. must hand over $18 million to local governments
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ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia's top lawyer says the state must hand over $18 million in disputed sales taxes to local governments. The opinion from Attorney General Thurbert Baker was obtained by The Ass...
University System to audit employees for ineligible dependents on health insurance
by Walter Jones, Morris News Service
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ATLANTA -- The University System of Georgia is launching an audit of every employee’s health-insurance dependent coverage in hopes of saving nearly $5 million. The system’s Board of Regents voted ...
Ga. Marines name kennel for slain dog handler
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ALBANY, Ga. (AP) — An Albany military base is naming its kennel in honor of a Marine canine handler whose parents were allowed to adopt his bomb-sniffing dog after the young Marine was killed in Ir...
A jailed Jordanian cleric who is behind bars for promoting terrorist attacks appears to be the face of Al Qaeda’s newest recruitment campaign.
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Thu Mar 11 10:55:55 -0600 2010
By the time it’s over, Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon should have easily improved on his longstanding record as the biggest-spending U.N. secretary-general in history, by a respectable margin
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Thu Mar 11 08:28:57 -0600 2010