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2 hrs ago | MyFoxAtlanta

Georgia GOP leaders upset with state right to life group

Some prominent Georgia conservatives are blasting Georgia Right to Life. The Georgia group has campaigned against a new far-reaching House anti-abortion bill because it says that the bill doesn't save enough lives.

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Related Topix: Abortion

Wed Jun 19, 2013

Rome News

Feds charge 33 in Ga. gun trafficking case

Federal authorities in Savannah have charged 33 people as part of an undercover operation into gun and drug trafficking.

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Rome News

Georgia increases cancer awareness through screening and research

Georgia officials recently trumpeted that the state has treated 203 cancer patients and paid $6.1 million as part of its annual cancer-prevention program, but critics say more should be done.

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Related Topix: Cancer, Georgia Government

WALB-TV Albany

Cordele police on the look out for attempted robbery suspect

Dougherty County School Police are under the watchful eye of some law enforcement veterans this week, as a team of experts is assessing the department as part of a plan to improve the entire school system.

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Related Topix: Cordele, GA, Dougherty County, GA, Worth County, GA, Oakfield, GA

The Times

Georgia Baptist church makes a - SPLASH'

About 50 people from the First Baptist Church of Dawson, Georgia, a congregation of about 175 families in the farm community just north of Albany, were here from June 8-15 for a "SPLASH the Forgotten Coast" mission trip, designed to minister to people in Franklin County alongside churches in the community.

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Related Topix: Dawson, GA, Kids, Family

Athens Banner-Herald

Mixed results for Georgia in teacher training report

Just four teacher-training programs at Georgia's college and universities earned high marks on a national survey released Tuesday looking at more than 1,000 programs across the country.

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Related Topix: University of Georgia West Georgia State

Examiner.com

Felon arrested at Church's Chicken for murder months after leaving prison

A felon was arrested for allegedly killing a middle Georgia man during a home invasion only months after being released from prison.

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Related Topix: Prison

GPB.org

Couple Rescues 3rd Middle Ga. Historic Home

The Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation, a nonprofit formed to help save the state's historic treasures, says Percell and Veronica Kelley recently bought a Victorian railroad cottage known as the Miller House.

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13WMAZ.com

Georgia College Screenings Focus on Race in Workplace

The Sallie Ellis Davis Cultural Arts Center at Georgia College is offering a few events to encourage the community to talk about issues that are still prevalent.

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Tue Jun 18, 2013

MDJonline.com

Dallas Highway gets safety upgrade

Motorists turning left into the Avenues at West Cobb shopping center now must wait for a green arrow before turning on Bob Cox Road.

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Related Topix: Georgia Government

Ledger-Enquirer.com

Miss Georgia Pageant kicks off tonight, features six contestants from Columbus area

For the first time in a long time, there are more contestants from Columbus than any other city in the Miss Georgia Pageant.

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Related Topix: Columbus, GA, Midland, GA, Gwinnett County, GA, Troup County, GA, Spelman College

WLTX-TV Columbia

Police Dog Dies After Being Left in Police Car in Georgia

A Woodstock police officer has been placed on paid administrative leave after a police dog was left in his car and died of a heat stroke.

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WALB-TV Albany

South Georgia cops train to help domestic violence victims

A young man in Moultrie is turning to you for help after suffering from a rare flesh eating bacteria.

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Related Topix: Albany, GA, Privacy

Ledger-Enquirer.com

Georgia Supreme Court upholds 2005 murder conviction in 1990 Harris County cold case

On the morning of Feb. 28, 1990, passersby found Paul McKeen Jr. dying from a head injury beside Georgia Highway 190 in Meriwether County, near Dowdell’s Knob.

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Related Topix: Harris County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Troup County, GA, Pine Mountain, GA

13WMAZ.com

College of Education Fosters Local, State Leaders

For more than 100 years, the John H. Lounsbury College of Education at Georgia College has produced educators who make a difference in their field.

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Related Topix: Atlanta, GA, University of Georgia, Bleckley County, GA

13WMAZ.com

Dodge Co. Murder Victim ID'd, Two Suspects in Jail

Magic "Deonte" Fuller, 18, and Printess Stanley, 25, are in jail, charged with felony murder.

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Related Topix: Georgia Government

11Alive

Valor for sale

Is it easy to fake having military merit? We discovered getting your hands on the medals is simple - earning them is not.

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Athens Banner-Herald

Georgia Supreme Court hears 'open records' case against state, Kia

Lawyers used grammar rules as much as Georgia laws in their arguments Monday before the Supreme Court over whether the state is required to turn over Kia Motors' hiring records.

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Related Topix: Nathan Deal, US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Georgia Government, US Governors

Mon Jun 17, 2013

MyFoxAtlanta

790 the Zone radio show hosts fired for mocking ALS patient

The cast of an Atlanta sports radio show has been suspended after mocking a former NFL player who has Lou Gehrig's disease.

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Related Topix: Hall County, GA, Gainesville, GA

The Macon Telegraph

Woman killed, 2 others hurt in Ga. hotel shooting

Ashburn Police Chief Joe Saxon tells WALB-TV 41-year-old Marilyn Patterson was killed in the Sunday night shooting and a suspect identified as Joshua McKelvin has been arrested.

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