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NEWS ABOUT: Georgia

Georgia stories: 267 news summaries

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Atlanta May Elect 1st White Mayor in 36 Years 

Frontrunner Mary Norwood vows to fix the city's accounting mess

Nov 3, 09 9:43 AM CST
(Newser) - A simple focus on accounting is poised to radically—read: racially—change the politics of Atlanta . In a majority-black city that hasn’t had a white mayor in 36 years, a Caucasian city councilwoman from a tony neighborhood has a commanding lead in the polls. Mary Norwood has promised... More »

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Atlanta • African Americans • Georgia • accounting • mayor • Shirley Franklin • white women • mayoral race • Election 09 • Mary Norwood • election day November 2009

Facebook Love Letter Triggers Teacher Fight

Two women arrested for brawling after love triangle turns ugly

Oct 29, 09 4:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - Two female middle school teachers face misdemeanor charges after getting into a profanity-laden brawl in front of students. The fight was the result of a love triangle between them and a male teacher at the Georgia school, police tell Fox 5 News , and began after one of the women found... More »

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Georgia • fight • love triangle • middle school • teachers

 Cleland Memoir 
 Recalls Horrors 
 of Vietnam, 
 Karl Rove 

Cleland describes how he survived grenades and Republican attack ads

Oct 6, 09 5:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - Max Cleland may be a living symbol of dedication to country—the former Georgia senator lost both legs and an arm to a grenade in Vietnam—but that didn't stop Karl Rove's political machine from ending his political career with attacks on his patriotism. "There are plenty of reasons... More »

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terrorism • Karl Rove • Vietnam • homeland security • Georgia • Vietnam veteran • senator • Saxby Chambliss

 EU Report: Georgia Started War 

But Russia broke international law, militia committed genocide

Sep 30, 09 8:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Georgia was responsible for triggering last summer’s war with Russia, a European Union investigation has concluded. But Russia was far from blameless, laying the foundation for the war and breaking international law by invading. The report, which was reviewed by the Wall Street Journal, also accuses Russian-backed South... More »

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Russia • genocide • European Union • Georgia • war • invasion • Abkhazia • South Ossetia

 Eight Dead in Southeast Floods 


Sep 22, 09 10:34 AM CDT
(AP) - Washed-out roads and flooded interstate highways around Atlanta added to the misery today after days of torrential rain in the Southeast that claimed at least eight lives, including a 15-year-old boy whose body was found in the Chattooga River. Authorities urged people who don't need to drive to stay home,... More »

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Southeast • Atlanta • Georgia • flood • flooding • rain

 Judge Tosses 'Frivolous'
 Birther Lawsuit

Peeved judge tells Orly Taitz not to waste his time with any similar suits

Sep 17, 09 9:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - Leading "birther" Orly Taitz had a lawsuit chucked out of court yesterday and the judge threatened her with sanctions if she brings another “frivolous” suit to the same court, the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer reports. Taitz—representing a soldier seeking to avoid deployment to Iraq by challenging President Obama's legitimacy—... More »

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Georgia • judge • lawsuit • frivolous lawsuits • President Obama • birther • Orly Taitz

(AP) - The world's oldest known person has died in Los Angeles at age 115. Gertrude Baines died today at a hospital, probably of a heart attack; an autopsy will determine the exact cause. Baines was born in 1894 in Shellman, Ga., and she got a letter from President Obama on her... More »

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California • Georgia • Los Angeles • old age • President Obama • Gertrude Baines • oldest person

Skull Find Shakes Up Theories on Early Humanity

Remains found in Georgia suggest mankind's evolution had Eurasian chapter

Sep 9, 09 6:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - Theories of human evolution have been thrown into disarray by ancient human remains found in Georgia, the Independent reports. The skulls, unearthed near Tbilisi, are from 1.8 million years ago, 800,000 years before modern humanity's ancestors were believed to have first moved out of Africa. The find, scientists... More »

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origins of humanity • Georgia • skull • human evolution • homo sapiens • hominids • Homo erectus

Georgia Man Innocent in Trailer Slayings: Kid Brother

Cites drug dispute; 'my bro has a conscience'

Sep 6, 09 2:09 PM CDT
(AP) - The brother of a Georgia man charged with slaying his father and seven others in a mobile home insists that 22-year-old Guy Heinze Jr would never harm his family, and instead speculates that a drug dispute could have prompted the killings. "I know my brother didn't do this. My... More »

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drugs • police • murder • Georgia • debt • killings • Guy Heinze

Man Who Called Cops Charged
in Ga. Killings

7 of 8 dead at trailer park were related to Guy Heinze, 22

Sep 4, 09 8:18 PM CDT
(AP) - A 22-year-old man was charged today with killing eight people whose deaths he had reported to police in a frantic phone call from his family's Georgia mobile home. Guy Heinze Jr. was arrested on eight counts of first-degree murder in the slayings last weekend near the coastal community of Brunswick.... More »

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crime • murder • Georgia • family • mobile home • killings • trailer park • Guy Heinze

Man Charged With Striking Stranger's Child

Annoyed by crying,
Ga. shopper pledged
to 'shut her up for you'

Sep 3, 09 1:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Georgia man is being held on charges of felony cruelty to children after he slapped a stranger’s crying child in Wal-Mart, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. Roger Stephens, 61, approached the mother and said, “If you don’t shut that baby up, I will shut her up... More »

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shopping • Georgia • children • child abuse • strangers • crying • Wal-Mart • criminal charges • Roger Stephens • slap

 Ludacris Makes 
 Like Oprah,  
 Gives Away Cars 

Rapper's nonprofit holds contest

Sep 2, 09 10:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - Need a ride? Ludacris wants to help. The rapper and actor plans to give away 20 cars on Sunday through his Ludacris Foundation, SixShot.com reports. To qualify, you must really need a car; be 18 or older; have a valid Georgia license; and be able to afford taxes and... More »

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entertainment • Georgia • contest • rapper • Ludacris • actor • cars • Jay-ZTV

8th Victim Dies
in Trailer Park Massacre

Family member busted, but cops believe shooter still at large

Aug 31, 09 4:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - An eighth victim has died in a massacre in a Georgia trailer park, reports ABC News. Police have arrested a 22-year-old relative of one of the victims who authorities say called in the deaths on Saturday and was found with drugs. But police believe the killer is still on the... More »

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crime • murder • Georgia • mobile home • mass shootings • trailer park

Ga. Cops Seek Clues in Trailer Park Murder of 7

'Worst crime scene I have witnessed' in 17 years, coroner says

Aug 30, 09 12:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - Authorities in Georgia are releasing few details about the circumstances of a mass slaying in a mobile home, the AP reports. Seven people were found dead along with two critically injured survivors yesterday on the grounds of a historic plantation. “It’s not a scene that I would want... More »

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Georgia • mobile home • police investigation • mass deaths

 Jobless Rates Jump in 26 States 

16 states' unemployment at least 10%

Aug 21, 09 2:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Jobless rates climbed in 26 states last month, suggesting employment recovery will be slow and governors may face worsening budget woes, Bloomberg reports. Unemployment in California, Georgia, Rhode Island, and Nevada was at its highest since record-keeping started in 1976. While California’s rate rose from 11.6% to 11.... More »

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California • Georgia • US states • unemployment • Nevada • Rhode Island • jobless

10 EU Countries, Others, in Deals to Take Gitmo Detainees

White House upbeat on 80 cleared for release

Aug 20, 09 8:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - The White House, in talks ranging from Australia to Georgia, is making progress on its attempts to resettle Guantanamo Bay detainees, the Washington Post reports. Ten EU countries have agreed to take detainees; the US is negotiating with Saudi Arabia to accept Guantanamo's 98 Yemenis; and 11 detainees, including four... More »

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Saudi Arabia • European Union • Georgia • Guantanamo prisoners • Uighurs

UPDATED

 Killer Ga. Dogs to Be Put Down 


Aug 18, 09 1:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - A court has ordered the pack of wild dogs that killed a retired Georgia professor and his wife put to sleep, the Atlanta Journal Constitution reports. Authorities have already rounded up most of the 14 involved in the attack. The couple’s neighbor had fed the dogs before moving... More »

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(Newser) - A retired professor and his wife whose bodies were found this weekend were mauled to death by a neighbor's dogs, an autopsy concluded. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that several of the dogs—the neighbor had 14, all mongrels—were guarding their prey when a pair of Jehovah's Witnesses found the... More »

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Georgia • animal attack • killings • dog • dogs

ANALYSIS

 August Is a Snooze— 
 Unless These Crises Hit 

Iran, Afghanistan won't spend summer snoozing

Aug 11, 09 9:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - August is a snooze—except when it isn't, writes Anne Applebaum for the Washington Post, who points out that World War I and Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait began in the eighth month. For the benefit of "the interns who are manning the shop while everyone is out of... More »

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Iraq • Afghanistan • Iran • Russia • Georgia • foreign policy • summer • Iranian protests • Afghanistan election

(Newser) - The Georgian blogger who was taken offline in the cyberattack that shut down Twitter on Thursday believes Moscow is the culprit, he tells the Guardian. The economics professor, who goes by the online name Cyxymu, says he believes Russian authorities targeted him with the denial-of-service attack because of his persistent... More »

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Russia • cyberattack • hacker • Facebook • Georgia • blogger • LiveJournal • Twitter • Abkhazia • denial of service attack

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