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		<title>Arris Group 2nd-quarter earnings rise as better product mix boosts gross margin</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 05:12:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SUWANEE, Ga. — Arris Group Inc., a communications equipment company, on Thursday reported higher second-quarter earnings, helped by sales of more profitable products.

Net income jumped to $22.9 million, or 18 cents per share, compared with $7.8 million, or 6 cents per share, last year. Adjusted earnings in the most recent quarter totaled 27 cents per [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Butterfly buffs track species in sweltering Ga. refuge count; numbers may be environment gauge</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 01:20:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Bluestein</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[HILLSBORO, Ga. — The rusty van creaks to a halt and two men jump out, binoculars in hand, heads pivoting. Quickly, questioningly, they call out evocative names: Is that a Pearl Crescent? A Carolina Satyr? A Sleepy Orange? A Swarthy Skipper?

It&#8217;s butterfly counting time at a central Georgia wildlife refuge. That means a sweaty but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2 Atlanta-area police officers accused of running criminal background check on Barack Obama</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 00:59:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[DECATUR, Ga. — Authorities are investigating two Atlanta-area police officers accused of using government computers to run a criminal background check on President Barack Obama.

DeKalb County police spokeswoman Sheila Edwards confirmed Thursday that officers Ryan White and C.M. Route have been placed on paid administrative leave while the July 20 incident is investigated. She said [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ga. police arrest woman they say was operating illegal strip club in her basement, garage</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 08:15:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. — Police investigating a noise complaint in arrested a 28-year-old woman they said was operating an illegal strip club in her basement and garage. Gwinnett County officers said they also found a sign at the home reading &#8220;1 Dollar Jello Shots&#8221; and minors drinking alcohol when they investigated on July 18.

The woman faces [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Police: Georgia man kills wife, grandson and himself on couple&#8217;s 57th wedding anniversary</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 04:33:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Errin Haines</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[EAST POINT, Ga. — George Doby had been married to Edna 57 years on the day authorities say he shot her to death in the back yard. Police say he also killed their 12-year-old grandson before taking his own life.

The gunshots rang out as two of the couple&#8217;s children and four of their grandchildren were [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Officer shoots mother, daughter to death in suburban Atlanta; police say daughter had gun</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 23:40:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ATLANTA — An officer who fatally shot an elderly woman and her daughter at a suburban Atlanta home was not aware when she was sent to the scene that the younger woman had said she wanted police to kill her, authorities said Wednesday.

The officer was responding to a 911 call around 9 p.m. Tuesday from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Judge sets March trial date for Army sergeant facing death penalty in slayings of 2 soldiers</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 23:44:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Russ Bynum</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[FORT STEWART, Ga. — A military judge Tuesday set a March trial date for an Army sergeant charged with slaying his superior and another U.S. soldier last year at a patrol base in Iraq.

Army prosecutors are seeking the death penalty against Sgt. Joseph Bozicevich, who was arraigned Tuesday on charges of premeditated murder.
The judge, Col. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Judge sets March trial date for Army sgt. facing death penalty in slayings of 2 US soldiers</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 23:34:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Russ Bynum</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[FORT STEWART, Ga. — A military judge at Fort Stewart has set a trial date for an Army sergeant charged with slaying his superior and another U.S. soldier last year in Iraq.

Sgt. Joseph Bozicevich (BOZ-eh-vich) was arraigned on charges of premeditated murder Tuesday. The judge, Col. Tara Osborn, scheduled his court-martial to begin March 29.
Army [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Army sergeant scheduled for arraignment on charges he killed 2 US soldiers in Iraq</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 18:02:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[FORT STEWART, Ga. — An Army sergeant charged with slaying his superior and another U.S. soldier in Iraq last year is due back in a military courtroom in Georgia.

Sgt. Joseph Bozicevich (BOZ-eh-vich) was scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday before a military judge on murder charges at Fort Stewart. The military base&#8217;s commanding general referred the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Plan unveiled to create village of shops, eateries on Jekyll Island</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 03:37:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[JEKYLL ISLAND, Ga. — A proposal to attract more tourists and meetings to Jekyll Island includes plans for a village of shops and restaurants.

Mike Chatham, the project&#8217;s lead architect, told the Jekyll Island Authority board the plan showcases the island&#8217;s pristine beach while creating a bustling downtown hub like visitors might see in Savannah or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Georgia inmates burned trying to light handmade cigarette with spark from electrical socket</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 06:26:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Russ Bynum</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SAVANNAH, Ga. — Two inmates at the Chatham County jail in coastal Georgia got burned by their own smoking habit when they started a fire trying to light a handmade cigarette with a spark from an electrical socket.

Both inmates were treated for minor burns after their cellmates quickly doused the fire with water, Sheriff&#8217;s Deputy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2 Savannah jail inmates burned trying to light cigarette with electrical socket</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 06:01:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Russ Bynum</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SAVANNAH, Ga. — Two inmates at the Chatham County jail in coastal Georgia got burned by their own smoking habit when they started a fire trying to light a handmade cigarette with a spark from an electrical socket.

Both inmates were treated for minor burns after their cellmates quickly doused the fire with water, Sheriff&#8217;s Deputy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Soldier to be tried in court martial over Iraq slayings at Ga. base; could face death penalty</title>
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		<dc:creator>Russ Bynum</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SAVANNAH, Ga. — An Army sergeant accused of slaying his superior and another U.S. soldier in Iraq will face a court-martial and could be sentenced to death if convicted, the military said Tuesday.

Army prosecutors say Sgt. Joseph Bozicevich, 39, of Minneapolis shot his squad leader, Staff Sgt. Darris Dawson, and Sgt. Wesley Durbin on Sept. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fans to open &#8216;Big House&#8217; in Macon as Allman Brothers Band museum in December</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/fans-to-open-big-house-in-macon-as-allman-brothers-band-museum-in-december-101020/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 00:55:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dorie Turner</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MACON, Ga. — It&#8217;s the place where the Allman Brothers Band founded their Southern rock sound, the place where the song &#8220;Ramblin&#8217; Man&#8221; was penned and the last place Duane Allman visited before dying in a motorcycle crash in 1971.

The Big House in Macon, where the band lived when its fame took flight in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US soldiers among first in Iraq to get new assignment: security hand-off ahead of withdrawal</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/us-soldiers-among-first-in-iraq-to-get-new-assignment-security-hand-off-ahead-of-withdrawal-100365/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/us-soldiers-among-first-in-iraq-to-get-new-assignment-security-hand-off-ahead-of-withdrawal-100365/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:03:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lara Jakes</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[FORT STEWART, Ga. — It was just another day for the U.S. Army in war-weary northern Iraq: insurgents in Mosul, political turf battles in Kirkuk, an attack on the Bayji oil refinery in Salah ad Din.

All needed to be dealt with immediately. And all by an infantry unit that wasn&#8217;t even in Iraq.
The recent war-gaming [...]]]></description>
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		<title>17 cars from a coal train derail near Atlanta; tracks damaged but no injuries reported</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:43:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[UNION CITY, Ga. — Seventeen cars from a coal train have derailed and tipped over in Georgia.

The cars damaged a section of CSX train tracks near Union City, about 20 miles south of Atlanta.
The train was not carrying hazardous materials, and no injuries were immediately reported.
Several railroad crossings in the area were closed because of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fate of US-born kid of illegal immigrant parents up in the air as Ga. officials weigh options</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 23:51:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate Brumback</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. — His mother isn&#8217;t in the picture. His illegal immigrant father was deported.

Now, the 13-year-old waits for a Georgia court to decide his fate. Among the options: keeping the boy in the only country he&#8217;s ever lived in, but as a ward of the state, or sending him to his father in Guatemala, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rescuers continue search of collapsed Atlanta parking deck; no injured, missing people found</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/rescuers-continue-search-of-collapsed-atlanta-parking-deck-no-injured-missing-people-found-96026/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:33:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate Brumback</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ATLANTA — Crews used cranes Tuesday to lift crushed cars from a collapsed parking garage as they continued to stabilize the structure and search debris, but it still wasn&#8217;t clear what caused the deck to collapse from the fourth floor to the ground level a day earlier.

Remarkably, no injuries were reported and there were no [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ga. death penalty case likely on hold until fall after US Supreme Court recesses for summer</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/ga-death-penalty-case-likely-on-hold-until-fall-after-us-supreme-court-recesses-for-summer-94984/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/ga-death-penalty-case-likely-on-hold-until-fall-after-us-supreme-court-recesses-for-summer-94984/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 04:42:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Russ Bynum</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SAVANNAH, Ga. — The U.S. Supreme Court has recessed for the summer without taking action on the appeal of a Georgia death row inmate whose case has drawn worldwide attention, likely delaying any developments until the fall.

Troy Davis, of Savannah, was convicted in 1991 of killing a police officer. Supporters say he deserves a new [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The mayor has no clothes: Former Gainesville politician arrested for public nudity</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/the-mayor-has-no-clothes-former-gainesville-politician-arrested-for-public-nudity-93686/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/the-mayor-has-no-clothes-former-gainesville-politician-arrested-for-public-nudity-93686/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 23:19:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CLAYTON, Ga. — Naked time got a little too public for a former Georgia mayor.

Authorities arrested Mark Musselwhite and charged him with public indecency last weekend after state Department of Natural Resources officers found him sitting nude at his Rabun County campsite.
Officers had received a complaint about a naked man walking along a nearby road [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Georgia man wins big lottery prizes twice in a week, including $777,777 prize</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/georgia-man-wins-big-lottery-prizes-twice-in-a-week-including-777777-prize-88979/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/georgia-man-wins-big-lottery-prizes-twice-in-a-week-including-777777-prize-88979/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 03:19:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[AUGUSTA, Ga. — A 62-year-old man struck it big twice in the Georgia Lottery. Earl Fritz won the top prize of $777,777 in the instant game Super Lucky 7&#8217;s. That dwarfed the $1,000 he won a week earlier in a different game. The carpenter said he felt lucky a week ago and now feels a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AP ENTERPRISE: Hundreds of Africans turn to US hoop teams in hopes of a better life</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/ap-enterprise-hundreds-of-africans-turn-to-us-hoop-teams-in-hopes-of-a-better-life-88942/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 02:09:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Newberry</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MARIETTA, Ga. — Growing up in Nigeria, Robert Ojeah fretted over the demands of everyday life, the sort of things that shouldn&#8217;t be a burden to a child.

Would he have a roof over his head that night? What was he going to do for money? Where was his next meal coming from? He bounced around [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Major fire burning at Athens landmark Georgia Theatre, venue for REM, Widespread Panic</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/major-fire-burning-at-athens-landmark-georgia-theatre-venue-for-rem-widespread-panic-86742/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 21:13:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ATHENS, Ga. — Police say a major fire has erupted at the landmark Georgia Theatre in Athens that has been a venue for Georgia bands including REM, Widespread Panic and the B-52s.

Witnesses said the fire began around 7 a.m. Friday and was a major blaze. They said the converted movie theater would likely suffer major [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Police officer&#8217;s gifts of a cell phone and handgun save father&#8217;s life in knife attack</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/police-officers-gifts-of-a-cell-phone-and-handgun-save-fathers-life-in-knife-attack-85163/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/police-officers-gifts-of-a-cell-phone-and-handgun-save-fathers-life-in-knife-attack-85163/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 07:39:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Johnny Clark</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ROSWELL, Ga. — A Georgia liquor store clerk credits his police officer son with giving him two life-saving gifts — a cell phone and a gun.

Joseph Wescott says the phone he slipped into his shirt pocket stopped a knife to his chest when a robbery suspect attacked him at the store in a northern Atlanta [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Graphic Packaging International nets $238.4 million in private senior notes offering</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/graphic-packaging-international-nets-2384-million-in-private-senior-notes-offering-83383/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 04:54:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MARIETTA, Ga. — Consumer products packaging maker Graphic Packaging International Inc. on Tuesday said it completed a private debt offering it will use to buy back other debt.

The subsidiary of Graphic Packing Holding Co. said it closed the sale of $245 million of its 9.5 percent senior notes due 2017. The notes were sold to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ga. liquor store clerk shoots would-be robber after his cell phone defects knife</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/ga-liquor-store-clerk-shoots-would-be-robber-after-his-cell-phone-defects-knife-83313/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 03:52:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ROSWELL, Ga. — A liquor store clerk&#8217;s cell phone may have saved his life. Police said when a would-be robber tried to stab the clerk at Beverage Mart on Monday the knife dented the cell phone in the clerk&#8217;s pocket, but did not injure him. The clerk, 59-year-old Joseph Wescott, then pulled a gun and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Imperial Sugar restarts Ga. refinery damaged in 2008 explosion that killed 14</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:32:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Russ Bynum</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PORT WENTWORTH, Ga. — 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.

Employees fired up the boiler at the nation&#8217;s second-largest sugar refinery Tuesday morning and planned to start shipping liquid sugar by Thursday. The first truckloads of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Low cabin pressure leads Southwest plane to make emergency landing in Columbus</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/low-cabin-pressure-leads-southwest-plane-to-make-emergency-landing-in-columbus-81501/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 08:23:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[COLUMBUS, Ga. — Officials say low cabin pressure forced a Southwest Airlines flight from Chicago to Fort Myers, Fla., to make and emergency landing in Columbus, Ga.

Southwest spokesman Brad Hawkins says 122 people were onboard Flight 1040 Sunday afternoon.
He says the passengers were on the ground in Columbus, about 90 miles southwest of Atlanta, for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Husband gets $5,000 in drawing, and a week later wife gets scratch-off ticket worth $1 million</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/husband-gets-5000-in-drawing-and-a-week-later-wife-gets-scratch-off-ticket-worth-1-million-79265/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 14:43:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[VILLA RICA, Ga. — One week after Chuck Hill won $5,000 in the Georgia Lottery&#8217;s Weekly WinFall drawing, his wife did even better. Karen Hill bought a World Class Millions scratch-off ticket on her way to work at City Chevron in Villa Rica. Her $20 ticket won $1 million.

The couple has two children, ages 6 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Motorized tours OKd for Cumberland Island, Ga.</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/motorized-tours-okd-for-cumberland-island-ga-75575/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 03:45:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SAVANNAH, Ga. — Motorized tours are coming to Cumberland Island, where federal protections have long limited most visitors to hiking or biking.

National Park Service administrators have signed off on a study showing motorized tours would pose little threat to the protected wilderness and wildlife on the 15-mile island off Georgia&#8217;s coast.
Dennis Parsons, chief park ranger [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Small plane with 2 aboard lands on suburban Atlanta highway after engine fails; no injuries</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 00:40:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[KENNESAW, Ga. — A small plane with two people on board has made an emergency landing on a highway in the northern Atlanta suburbs.

The Federal Aviation Administration says the Italian-made Sky Arrow 600 Sport was headed for the Cobb County Airport-McCollum Field at 11:20 a.m. Monday when the pilot reported smoke in the cockpit and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Army secretary Geren announces plans scrapped to add brigades at posts in Ga., Colo. and Texas</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 07:59:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Russ Bynum</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[FORT STEWART, Ga. — The military has decided to scrap plans to add one combat brigade each to Army posts in Georgia, Colorado and Texas, Army Secretary Pete Geren announced Tuesday.

Losing out were Fort Stewart, Ga., Fort Carson, Colo., and Fort Bliss, Texas. The posts and surrounding communities were told in December 2007 to expect [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gen. Petraeus calls for &#8216;responsible&#8217; closure of military prison at Guantanamo Bay</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/gen-petraeus-calls-for-responsible-closure-of-military-prison-at-guantanamo-bay-67248/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2009 02:51:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Bluestein</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. — Closing the military prison at Guantanamo Bay would purge the U.S. of a symbol used by enemies to divide the nation, the head of the U.S. Central Command said Friday.

Army Gen. David Petraeus said the U.S. military is &#8220;beat around the head and shoulders&#8221; with images of detainees held in Guantanamo, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gen. Petraeus calls for civilian &#8216;world changers&#8217; to innovate at Ga. college commencement</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/gen-petraeus-calls-for-civilian-world-changers-to-innovate-at-ga-college-commencement-67155/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2009 00:17:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Bluestein</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. — The head of the U.S. Central Command said Friday the nation needs a new generation of civilian &#8220;world changers&#8221; who can help bolster the troubled economy, fix the health care crisis and tackle other pressing challenges in the future.

&#8220;Now, more than ever, our nation needs leaders and world changers in its civilian [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Former Mexican President Vicente Fox encouraged about US cooperation in drug war</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 02:47:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate Brumback</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[KENNESAW, Ga. — Former Mexican President Vicente Fox said Tuesday he is encouraged that the Obama administration accepts some U.S. responsibility for drug violence ravaging Mexico, but he is not yet persuaded it will lead to concrete U.S. actions.

&#8220;The responsibility is here as well as it is in Mexico, so it&#8217;s a joint responsibility,&#8221; he [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Doctor of wrestler Benoit who killed himself, family, gets 10 years in prison on drug charges</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 00:58:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEWNAN, Ga. — The personal doctor to a professional wrestler who killed himself, his wife and their 7-year-old son was sentenced to 10 years in prison for illegally distributing prescription drugs to patients.

Dr. Phil Astin was sentenced Tuesday after pleading guilty Jan. 29 to 175 counts that including illegally distributing prescription drugs.
Wrestler Chris Benoit killed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Police: Ga. professor targeted wife&#8217;s friend outside theater, then shot wife and other man</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 23:14:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Bluestein</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ATHENS, Ga. — A Georgia professor shot and killed his wife&#8217;s friend outside a community theater before turning the gun on her and a third person, authorities said Tuesday as they released new details about the slayings.

A two-week international manhunt ended Saturday when authorities found the body of University of Georgia marketing professor George Zinkhan, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Former Alabama quarterback Wilson tries to impress Falcons as undrafted rookie free agent</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/former-alabama-quarterback-wilson-tries-to-impress-falcons-as-undrafted-rookie-free-agent-58972/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 16:21:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Henry</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. — John Parker Wilson waited all weekend to throw a pass to Tony Gonzalez.

Finally, after Falcons coach Mike Smith dismissed the team on the last day of Wilson&#8217;s first NFL mini-camp, the former Alabama starting quarterback worked one-on-one with Gonzalez, the league&#8217;s career-leading tight end.
The drill Sunday afternoon was nearly over before [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Smith says Falcons first-round draft pick Jerry has mild knee sprain, misses practice</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 06:25:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. — Atlanta Falcons coach Mike Smith says first-round draft pick Peria Jerry has a mild right knee sprain.

A day after leaving practice early with the injury, Jerry stood on the field with other defensive linemen Sunday, but didn&#8217;t participate as Atlanta finished its three-day mini-camp. The former Mississippi tackle walked without a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2-week manhunt ends with discovery of wanted Ga. prof&#8217;s body mostly buried in the woods</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 00:12:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate Brumback</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BOGART, Ga. — The shooting deaths of three members of a theater group during a quiet picnic shattered an idyllic spring day at the sunny University of Georgia campus. Just as shocking was the suspect: A distinguished college professor.

As suddenly as the shootings happened, suspected shooter George M. Zinkhan disappeared.
For the next two weeks, officers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Atlanta Falcons wait to hear status of DT Peria Jerry, who sprained knee in mini-camp session</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2009 08:23:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Henry</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. — The Atlanta Falcons can only hope that first-round pick Peria Jerry stays healthy in his rookie season.

Drafted 24th overall out of Ole Miss, Jerry left the early session of Atlanta&#8217;s mini-camp Saturday morning with a sprained right knee and didn&#8217;t return for the late-afternoon practice.
Jerry seemed to have caught his cleats [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Prof accused of killing wife, 2 others found dead in Ga. woods, covered in brush and dirt</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/prof-accused-of-killing-wife-2-others-found-dead-in-ga-woods-covered-in-brush-and-dirt-58042/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2009 07:33:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate Brumback</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ATHENS, Ga. — Cadaver dogs found the body of a wanted professor &#8220;beneath the earth&#8221; in the north Georgia woods Saturday, two weeks after police say he shot his wife and two other people to death outside a community theater, then vanished.

Searchers found two guns near the body of marketing professor George Zinkhan, 57, but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Crime lab confirms body found in Ga. woods is professor wanted for killing wife, 2 others</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/crime-lab-confirms-body-found-in-ga-woods-is-professor-wanted-for-killing-wife-2-others-58035/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2009 07:24:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate Brumback</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ATHENS, Ga. — Officials have confirmed a body found in the north Georgia woods is that of a professor wanted for killing his wife and two other people at a community theater two weeks ago.

Officials say the Georgia Bureau of Investigation crime lab confirmed Saturday that the body is 57-year-old University of Georgia marketing professor [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Georgia suspends 2 players who violated team rules, another out with lingering injury</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2009 07:14:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ATHENS, Ga. — Georgia has suspended two football players, including tight end Bruce Figgins for six games, for violating team rules.

Figgins, a junior, started two games last season.
Sophomore defensive end Justin Houston was suspended for two games. A third player, junior receiver Tony Wilson, also had a violation but it wasn&#8217;t necessary to suspend him [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Police: Body found in Georgia woods fits description of professor sought in 3 killings</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2009 05:28:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate Brumback</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ATHENS, Ga. — Police believe a body found hidden in dirt and brush Saturday in the north Georgia woods is a professor accused of killing his wife and two other people at a community theater two weeks ago.

Two guns were found with a body that fits the description of marketing professor George Zinkhan, who vanished [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Police: Body found near where Jeep of Ga. prof. was discovered; teacher accused of killing 3</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/police-body-found-near-where-jeep-of-ga-prof-was-discovered-teacher-accused-of-killing-3-57815/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2009 01:08:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BOGART, Ga. — Authorities say they have found a body in an area where they are looking for a University of Georgia professor accused of killing three people.

Authorities said Saturday police dogs near a rural town about 60 miles east of Atlanta discovered the body and it is being taken to a lab for identification.
The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Falling tree nearly slices house in half in Ga., killing 7-year-old boy and injuring 2 others</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2009 09:40:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ROSSVILLE, Ga. — A boy died and two other people were injured by a giant oak tree that toppled onto a home in northwest Georgia, nearly slicing the house in half, authorities said.

Christian Lucas, 7, was pronounced dead at a hospital after the tree fell late Thursday, officials said. A woman was in serious condition [...]]]></description>
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		<title>QB Ryan excited to work with 10-time Pro Bowl tight end Tony Gonzalez</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2009 09:05:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Henry</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. — Matt Ryan isn&#8217;t trying to hide his excitement about the arrival of Tony Gonzalez.

On the first day of the Atlanta Falcons&#8217; minicamp, Ryan took great pleasure in connecting often with his new tight end. Players wore helmets and no pads in their on-field debut for 2009, but having a 10-time Pro [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ga. doctor receives package with 36 pounds of pot wrapped in cellophane</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2009 03:50:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[STOCKBRIDGE, Ga. — Police are trying to determine who sent a Stockbridge physician a large quantity of marijuana. Police said the doctor thought the package contained a birthday present but inside the cardboard box was 36 pounds of pot wrapped in cellophane. The doctor, whose name was withheld, called police.

A Henry County police spokesman said [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Police release new sketches of UGA professor accused of killing wife, 2 others outside theater</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 03:14:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ATHENS, Ga. — Investigators have released new sketches of a University of Georgia professor suspected of killing his wife and two others outside a community theater last month.

Police say the sketches, done by a Georgia Bureau of Investigation artist, show what 57-year-old George Zinkhan would look like without a beard and without hair to help [...]]]></description>
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