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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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Georgia stories: 267 news summaries

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(Newser) - So why did Tweets fall silent for much of today? One leading theory traces the problem to the unlikeliest of places—the conflict between Russia and Georgia, CNET reports. It goes like this: A pro-Georgia blogger with accounts on Twitter, Facebook, and the other sites affected by today's slowdown attracted... More »

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Russia • Internet • YouTube • spam • Facebook • Georgia • LiveJournal • Twitter

(Newser) - Two Atlanta-area police officers have been placed on paid leave for running a background check on President Obama, reports the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. The Secret Service was notified after the president's name was sent to the National Crime Information Center from a computer in the cops' police car. The Internal... More »

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Atlanta • police • Georgia • background check • President Obama

Zell Miller: Use 'Gorilla Glue'
on Obama

Says president is traveling too much, should stick to chair

Jul 16, 09 9:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - Zell Miller, the former Georgia governor and senator, told a group of conservatives today that Rahm Emanuel should "get some Gorilla Glue" and use it to keep President Obama in his Oval Office chair, reports the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Two black leaders who know Miller tell the AP they were... More »

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(Newser) - South Carolina's AWOL governor is expected to be back at work tomorrow, the State reports. Mark Sanford has been incommunicado for several days, save for a fleeting cell phone signal picked up near Atlanta. Aides say he's been hiking on the Appalachian Trail, though his political opponents are skeptical. "... More »

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South Carolina • Georgia • vacation • governor • state senate • AWOL • Mark Sanford • Appalachian Trail • Jake Knotts

Ahmadinejad Foes Gang Up on Websites

'Hacktivists' overload president's blog, other government outlets

Jun 16, 09 7:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - As protests continue on the streets of Tehran, hackers in and outside of Iran are mounting an assault on the establishment's main websites, reports ZDNet. The sites of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and several news agencies were crippled yesterday after activists flooded them with traffic. The campaign appears to... More »

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Iran • Russia • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • Georgia • CNN • Distributed Denial of Service • hackers • Ayatollah Ali Khamenei • Twitter • denial of service attack • Iranian election • Mir Hossein Mousavi

Russian Veto Forces UN Out of Abkhazia

Mission in breakaway Georgian republic ends after vote deadlocks

Jun 16, 09 5:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - Russia today vetoed a UN Security Council resolution to keep troops and observers in Abkhazia, one of the two breakaway Georgian regions in last year's war. Western nations say that Abkhazia remains part of Georgia, but Russia has recognized its independence. The veto means that the UN will have to... More »

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Russia • United Nations • Georgia • separatists • UN Security Council • Abkhazia

Congressman Calls for End
to 'Birthright Citizenship'

Says policy encourages illegal immigration

May 26, 09 1:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Georgia Congressman wants an end to a US policy granting citizenship to anyone born on American shores, the AP reports. “Birthright citizenship” granted by the 14th Amendment, helps fuel illegal immigration, says Republican Nathan Deal, who’s running for governor. But immigration advocates argue that a change wouldn’... More »

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immigration • Georgia • illegal immigration • US citizenship • Nathan Deal

(Newser) - A colleague of the University of Georgia professor suspected in a triple murder April 25 went into hiding after police found directions to her house in George Zinkhan’s abandoned car, she tells the Red & Black. At investigators’ urging, Barbara Carroll stayed out of sight from May 1-6. “... More »

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murder • Georgia • fugitive • University of Georgia • manhunt • George Zinkhan • Barbara Carroll

Police Uncover
Body of Fugitive
Professor

Alleged wife-killer hid
in woods before killing himself: cops

May 9, 09 1:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - Two weeks after George Zinkhan allegedly murdered his wife and two men at a Georgia playhouse, police say they located the body of the fugitive marketing professor, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. Dogs found Zinkhan today about a mile from where his Jeep had been recovered in a wooded area near... More »

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crime • murder • Georgia • fugitive • University of Georgia • manhunt • George Zinkhan

 Georgia Ends Coup, 
 Russia Cries Foul 

Government withdraws earlier claims of Moscow-backed coup

May 6, 09 5:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Georgian government claims to have crushed an army mutiny at a base near the capital Tbilisi, but it backed away from earlier claims that Russia was backing a coup aimed at ousting or assassinating President Mikheil Saakashvili. The plot organizer has been arrested and several others remain at large.... More »

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Russia • NATO • Georgia • Kremlin • mutiny • Mikheil Saakashvili • Georgians

 Georgia Sees Russian Hand 
 in Mutiny, Coup Attempt  

Tbilisi says Russia-backed revolt was set to topple government

May 5, 09 6:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - A revolt has broken out at an army base near the Georgian capital of Tbilisi, which the government is calling a Russian-backed military coup, the Guardian reports. The Georgian defense minister says the soldiers were being confined in their barracks, and at least one person has been arrested. The Georgians... More »

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Russia • NATO • Georgia • Tbilisi • military coup • former Soviet state • Georgians

(Newser) - The FDIC has shut down a Georgia-based bank that was the largest in the country to accept deposits exclusively from other banks, the Wall Street Journal reports. Some argued that Silverton Bank—known as the Bankers' Bank until last year—was “too big to fail.” The FDIC... More »

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Georgia • FDIC • bank failure • economic crisis • Silverton Bank • banker's bank

Wanted Prof's Jeep Found in Ga. Ravine

Zinkhan, suspected
of killing wife and 2 others, still at large

May 1, 09 11:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - The University of Georgia professor suspected of shooting and killing his wife and two others last weekend remains at large, but authorities have finally found his car, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. The Jeep was discovered “well off the beaten path” in a wooded ravine near George Zinkhan’s house.... More »

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murder • Georgia • University of Georgia • suspect • manhunt • Jeep • George Zinkhan

NATO Boots 2 Russians for Spying on HQ

Moscow charges expulsion is ploy to sabotage relations

May 1, 09 2:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - NATO has expelled two Russian diplomats from its Brussels headquarters for spying, officials announced. The expulsion of the diplomats, one of whom is the son of Russia's EU ambassador, provoked an angry response from Moscow, which accused NATO of deliberately sabotaging relations. The spy scandal is the most serious rift... More »

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Russia • NATO • Estonia • European Union • espionage • Georgia • spy • Dmitri Rogozin

 12 Killed in Azerbaijan 
 School Shooting 

13 wounded; gunman kills self

Apr 30, 09 6:32 AM CDT
(AP) - A gunman opened fire at Azerbaijan's prestigious oil industry academy today, killing 12 and wounding 13 before turning the gun on himself. The suspect, Georgian citizen Farda Gadyrov, entered the Azerbaijan State Oil Academy in Baku and climbed five floors of the building, shooting everyone he met along the way,... More »

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(Newser) - A driver leaped onto his stolen truck as it pulled out of Georgia parking lot and held on for a 70-mile high-speed cop chase, reports CNN. The driver called police from his cell phone from the truck, and clung to the rig as the thief gunned it. The getaway was... More »

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Atlanta • crime • police • theft • Georgia • speeding • hijack • speed • truckers • trucks • car theft • police chase

(AP) - Authorities were on a nationwide manhunt for a University of Georgia professor suspected in the shooting deaths of three people, including his ex-wife, at a community theater near campus today. Police were searching for 57-year-old George Zinkhan, who has been a marketing professor at the university in Athens since the... More »

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Roof Leak at Plant Implicated in Outbreak

Earlier Ga. salmonella scare also thought caused by rainwater

Mar 27, 09 1:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - A leaky roof at the Peanut Corporation of America’s Georgia plant is seen as a possible culprit for the recent salmonella outbreak, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. Not only is water necessary to activate salmonella, but rain could have washed salmonella-carrying bird droppings into the plant. “Allowing water to... More »

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Georgia • contamination • salmonella • outbreak • Peanut Corporation of America • processing plant • roof leak • rainwater

(Newser) - A little divine intervention has apparently helped a city in the nation of Georgia give its population a boost. Two years ago, faced with a stagnant birth rate, the head of Georgia’s Orthodox Church pledged to personally baptize any child born to parents with more than two other kids.... More »

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Europe • Georgia • Orthodox Christianity • birth rate • baptism • Patriarch Ilia II • Howard Stern Grid

Ga. Sex Registry Pulls Non-Offenders Onto List

Those who committed no sex offense are subject to harsh rules

Mar 16, 09 11:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - Georgia’s sex offender registry includes rapists, child molesters, and, in a controversial move, a growing number of people who never committed a sexual offense, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. Under the state's broadly written law, anyone convicted of kidnapping or false imprisonment of a minor goes on the list, too,... More »

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Atlanta • kidnapping • Georgia • sex offenders • parole • sex crime

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