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Man convicted of racketeering in defrauding church           ]]></description>
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Plant disease hits eastern US veggies early, hard           ]]></description>
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Voluntary recall of 4 million floats           ]]></description>
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More on SC Governor relations with women           ]]></description>
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To be sworn in by former Gov. Zell Miller           ]]></description>
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WASHINGTON (AP) &#8212; Forty-four coal ash storage sites near 26 communities have been targeted for inspection after federal officials identified the ponds as potential threats to nearby residents.           ]]></description>
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ATLANTA (AP) &#8212; Emergency workers have resumed searching the wreckage of a collapsed Atlanta parking garage to see if anyone was trapped inside.           ]]></description>
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Heirs trying to stop a court approved settlement agreement           ]]></description>
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63rd Engineer Company arrived on Monday           ]]></description>
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22 Contracts awarded           ]]></description>
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MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (AP) &#8212; A South Carolina amusement park is paying tribute to Michael Jackson this weekend.           ]]></description>
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South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford faced legal and ethical questions Thursday as he fought to save his job after admitting having an extramarital affair with a woman from Argentina.           ]]></description>
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New boys gymnastics program opens in Savannah           ]]></description>
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E-mails talk of their relationship, love, and personal details.           ]]></description>
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Vance Smith to head Department of Transportation.           ]]></description>
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FORT STEWART, Ga. (AP) &#8212; Three Fort Stewart soldiers are being treated for injuries from an explosion inside an armored vehicle on the southeast Georgia Army post.           ]]></description>
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ATLANTA (AP) &#8212; Members of the North Avenue Presbyterian Church in Atlanta learned in 2005 that teenage prostitutes had begun working within a few steps of the church&#8217;s doors.           ]]></description>
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ATLANTA (AP) &#8212; A new federal report shows a Veterans Affairs clinic in Augusta was investigating improper sterilization of endoscopic equipment a month before a similar discovery in Tennessee set off a national review of VA cleaning procedures.           ]]></description>
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PORT WENTWORTH, Ga. (AP) &#8212; Imperial Sugar has restarted its Georgia refinery to resume making crystal sugar for the first time since a deadly 2008 explosion devastated the plant near Savannah.           ]]></description>
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ATLANTA (AP) &#8212; After a year of steep decline, reports of child abuse and neglect are inching back up in Georgia, a trend some child welfare officials say can be attributed in part to the bad economy.           ]]></description>
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ATLANTA (AP) &#8212; Georgia Supreme Court Justice Carol Hunstein will take the reins as the court&#8217;s top jurist.           ]]></description>
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Hunstein new state chief justice.           ]]></description>
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Syed Haris Ahmed&#8217;s videos of Washington, D.C. landmarks didn&#8217;t represent an imminent threat to the U.S., but prosecutors said his conviction Wednesday for supporting terrorism exemplifies a strategy of snuffing out potential plots in their earliest stages.
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The state&#8217;s top environmental officials are set to decide on Wednesday whether to lift restrictions put in place in the midst of a drought that gripped the Southeast in late 2007.
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CLARKESVILLE, Ga. (AP) &#8212; A northeast Georgia man is jailed after being shot while leading deputies on a chase through Habersham County, including two churchyards.           ]]></description>
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SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) &#8212; The National Park Service has cleared a final hurdle to giving motor tours on Cumberland Island, where federal protections have long required most visitors to hike or bike in a wilderness area larger than Manhattan.           ]]></description>
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WASSAW ISLAND, Ga. (AP) &#8212; Oliver the loggerhead sea turtle is free.           ]]></description>
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The ex-wife of a physician has been sentenced to life in prison after being convicted of murder in his 2007 shooting death at his Waycross office.
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South Carolina Sen. Jim DeMint says some writings by Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor raise serious questions about her approach to the Constitution and the role of the federal judiciary.           ]]></description>
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The South Carolina State Ports Authority has announced that Celebrity Cruises will offer Caribbean cruises from the Port of Charleston beginning next year.           ]]></description>
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The body of a missing 16-year-old South Carolina boy has washed ashore at Myrtle Beach.           ]]></description>
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A move by Chatham County to start charging residents a solid waste fee of eighty five dollars a year was tabled at today&#8217;s commission meeting.            ]]></description>
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ATLANTA (AP) &#8212; Residents in Baker and Early counties can now get federal assistance for damage from severe weather that struck the state early this spring.           ]]></description>
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After being montitored by the US Department of Justice, the Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice meets requirements and is released from an agreement saying it would be watched by the federal government.           ]]></description>
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A Mobile Disaster Recovery Center (Mobile DRC) operated by the State of Georgia and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is open in Camden County to assist people affected by the March 26-April 13 storms and flooding.           ]]></description>
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The Georgia Atheletic and Entertainment Commission approves permits for several boxing and mixed martial arts events.           ]]></description>
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Georgians Benefit From Special Disaster Services: GEMA, FEMA Partner with Other Agencies
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Beginning Monday, May 11, hazard mitigation specialists from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will be on hand at four Lowe&#8217;s stores in south Georgia to advise people affected by the late March and early April storms and flooding. The stores are located in Coffee, Colquitt, Lowndes and Tift counties.
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          <pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 09:13:03 EDT</pubDate>
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FSA Clarifies Double-Cropping Practices for SURE Program           ]]></description>
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A spokeswoman for Georgia&#8217;s Department of Human Resources says Richard Wheat, the head of the state Office of Vital Records has been fired.           ]]></description>
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Gov. Sonny Perdue has signed an overhaul of the state&#8217;s transportation bureaucracy into law.           ]]></description>
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Ga. Regents OK furloughing college employees.           ]]></description>
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Governor Sonny Perdue today issued signing statements on 3 bills and vetoed 16 bills passed by the General Assembly.           ]]></description>
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Governor Sonny Perdue today signed House Bill 261, which provides a $1,800 tax credit for home purchases. The credit, which would be taken over three years, takes effect immediately and is meant to spur activity in the housing market.           ]]></description>
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Governor Sonny Perdue announced today that the State of Georgia successfully sold $314,530,000 in general obligation bonds to fund new schools, public safety projects, hospital improvements and other crucial infrastructure projects throughout the state.           ]]></description>
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Georgians could soon be required to prove they are U.S. citizens to register to vote under a bill signed by Gov. Sonny Perdue.           ]]></description>
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Would-be voters must prove citizenship.           ]]></description>
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The missing former University of Georgia professor suspected of killing his wife and two others did not show up at Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport for a flight to Amsterdam.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2009 10:41:51 EDT</pubDate>
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Cong. Nathan Deal to run in 2010.           ]]></description>
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          <title>President Declares Major Disaster for Georgia Following Severe Storms, Flooding, Tornadoes</title>
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Senators Chambliss, Isakson applaud announcement that will trigger federal assistance to Georgia communities.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 11:27:19 EDT</pubDate>
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Perdue signs Ga. Power bill.           ]]></description>
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A federal grand jury has indicted two people on
charges they used the online service Craiglist to lure men to have
sex with a 17-year-old girl.           ]]></description>
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Georgia Department of Transportation work crews are deployed across the state clearing roads and accessing damages related to storms that soaked South Georgia over the past two weeks and tore through metro Atlanta and North Georgia in recent days.            ]]></description>
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Georgia Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle has dropped out of the race for governor, a surprise move that immediately scrambled the crowded race to replace Sonny Perdue in 2010.           ]]></description>
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Gov. Sonny Perdue has cleared the way for the state to accept $207 million in federal stimulus funds for road projects.           ]]></description>
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The number of state employees being furloughed continues to grow, with an increase of 27 percent in just over a month.           ]]></description>
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The literary archive of Pulitzer Prize-winning
author Alice Walker will be opened to the public for the first time
since she placed them at Emory University two years ago.           ]]></description>
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The Georgia Senate wants to penalize local governments that don&#8217;t check whether the workers they&#8217;re hiring are illegal immigrants.           ]]></description>
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A perennial effort to allow billboard companies more leeway to cut trees on the state right-of-way in Georgia has failed.           ]]></description>
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The Georgia Senate has signed off on a bill that would provide legal protection to families who use donated embryos to have a child.           ]]></description>
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Key votes on tax overhauls will have to wait for another day.           ]]></description>
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Georgia Attorney General Thurbert Baker is entering the 2010 race for governor in Georgia.           ]]></description>
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Among the winners are YouTube, a video-sharing Web site, the Onion News Network with its video parodies of newscasts and newsmakers and The New York Times Web site.
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The Georgia Senate has approved an $18.6 billion budget that will mean higher health insurance costs and more furlough days for state employees.           ]]></description>
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House lawmakers have narrowly approved a massive makeover of Georgia&#8217;s transportation bureaucracy that would have handed the governor and state legislators vast new powers over how infrastructure money is spent.           ]]></description>
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Contenders line up for AG job.           ]]></description>
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Governor Sonny Perdue announced today the Georgia Emergency Management Agency (GEMA) elevated its State Operations Center (SOC) to a Level 2 partial activation at 7 a.m. today in response to flooding caused by very heavy rainfall last weekend, overnight and today in parts of south Georgia.            ]]></description>
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The state Senate&#8217;s budget-writing panel has OK&#8217;d an $18.6 billion spending plan that funnels more state dollars to Medicaid.           ]]></description>
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Business groups push to break legislative jam.           ]]></description>
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State lawmakers sign off on final changes to a plan that boosts the pay of certified math and science teachers.           ]]></description>
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A last-ditch effort to revive Sunday sales at the state Capitol has fallen flat.           ]]></description>
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Corporations, not homeowners, would get tax break.           ]]></description>
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The House unanimously approved a measure that would give prosecutors more leeway to seek sentences of life in prison without parole.           ]]></description>
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Three years after adopting one of the nation&#8217;s stiffest stances on sex offenders, Georgia lawmakers are rethinking some of the crackdown&#8217;s toughest provisions.           ]]></description>
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Georgia has selected the first batch of transportation projects for funding through the federal stimulus package.           ]]></description>
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Georgia Power has won approval to build two new nuclear reactors near Augusta.           ]]></description>
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&nbsp;  &nbsp;  The Georgia Labor Department says the jobless rate in metro
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measurement was standardized in 1976.
&nbsp;  &nbsp;  In the new foreclosure numbers, Fulton County leads with 2,181
properties scheduled for sale, followed by Gwinnett, DeKalb and
Cobb counties.           ]]></description>
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A federal appeals court has upheld a judge&#8217;s decision to toss a lawsuit seeking to allow licensed gun owners to carry weapons in parts of the world&#8217;s busiest airport.           ]]></description>
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Teenage drivers, be warned: Texting and talking while driving could soon be off-limits in Georgia.           ]]></description>
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U.S. Coast Guard           ]]></description>
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Non-legislative Day Committee Action Report from the Georgia House of Representatives.           ]]></description>
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A missing man found clinging to an overturned boat was rescued Monday off Florida&#8217;s Gulf Coast, but the search continued for two NFL players and another man aboard who didn&#8217;t return from a weekend fishing trip.
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Jurors are expected to begin deliberating
soon the fate of four sheriff&#8217;s deputies accused of beating a
federal death row inmate while he was being held in a South
Carolina jail.           ]]></description>
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Zoo Atlanta&#8217;s tiniest monkey mom&#8212;Spree, a 9-year-old a golden lion tamarin&#8212;is about to deliver any day.&nbsp; The golden lion tamarin popoulation, once almost extinct, now numbers more than 1,600.&nbsp;            ]]></description>
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Peach County authorities say a newborn girl was found in the toilet of a jail cell.           ]]></description>
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Senate passes property tax rate cap for 2 years.           ]]></description>
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Gena Evans became transportation commission in October 2007.           ]]></description>
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Georgia labor commissioner Michael Thurmond says unemployment benefits will rise by $25 a week in the state.
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Gov. Sonny Perdue says Georgia may turn down part of the federal economic stimulus money because it might not be in the state&#8217;s best interest to accept it.           ]]></description>
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House Republicans are backing an economic package aimed at encouraging Georgia businesses to begin hiring again.           ]]></description>
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