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Damn good dawg

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:07:03 +0000

A goodly number of college football teams have live mascots. But the line of Ugas take the cake. We’re especially in thrall of the late Uga V, otherwise known as “Magillicuddy II.” He not only appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated in 1997, but jumped up to bite Auburn ...

weswolfe posted 32 hours ago from wolfereports.com

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Clemson student gets beaten up at Georgia

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:20:41 +0000

Take note, Clemson fans. The Bulldogs from Georgia do not like orange . And let’s face it — with last week being the Deep South’s Oldest Rivalry, with Auburn visiting Athens, a group of fraternity brothers probably just thought the kid was from Auburn. After all — an ag ...

weswolfe posted 3 days ago from wolfereports.com

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Train wreck kills 4 in Hardeeville

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:30:29 +0000

AMTRAK TRAIN COLLIDES WITH CAR TRYING TO BEAT CROSSING ARM A tragic train-car wreck near the small town of Hardeeville left four people dead Monday. Authorities said an Amtrak passenger train struck a car carrying three adults and a 12-year-old child near the South Carolina-Georgia state ...

Rover found this 3 days ago on palmettoscoop.com

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Oakland Army mom refused to go to Afghanistan because of son

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:30:54 +0000

A 21-year-old Army specialist from Oakland who skipped out on her deployment date to Afghanistan has been ordered to remain on her base in Georgia for a review of "alleged misconduct," while her civilian attorney contends the soldier had no choice, with nowhere to keep her young baby. Alexis ...

Politics on HuffingtonPost.com found this 4 days ago on insidebayarea.com

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Case could decide whether Georgia can afford the death penalty

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:11:22 +0000

By Bill Rankin The Atlanta Journal-Constitution An accused killer from Pike County has sat in jail for nearly four years without a trial -- not because of any problems with the evidence but because the state is seeking the death penalty and cannot pay for the man's defense. The case, argued ...

Peach Pundit found this 9 days ago on ajc.com

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"I Object": Tom Price Tries To Shut Down Democratic Congresswomen (VIDEO)

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:24:40 +0000

On Saturday morning, a group of House Republicans -- led by Rep. Tom Price (R-Georgia) -- attempted to stop the Democratic Women's Caucus from making their arguments about how the health bill would benefit women by screaming over them. Rep. Lois Capps (D-Calif.) only had time to say "Mr. ...

BuzzFlash.org - Progressive News and Commentary with an ... found this 9 days ago on huffingtonpost.com

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Federal Judge Calls Courtroom Tweets Banned Broadcasts Under Rule 53

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:51:21 +0000

A federal judge in Georgia has banned reporters from sending live-action tweets from his courtroom, saying that Twitter is a form of broadcasting and hence prohibited under Rule 53 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure. But the ruling by U.S. District Judge Clay Land only extends as far as ...

TalkLeft found this 11 days ago on abajournal.com

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Barbour, 3 other governors visit troops in Iraq

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:43:37 +0000

JACKSON, Miss. -- Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour said Tuesday from Iraq that he's proud of the job American troops are doing. Barbour and the governors of Georgia, Oregon and Wyoming are on a trip sponsored by the Department of Defense. The trip was announced only after the governors arrived ...

The Atlantic Politics Channel found this 9 days ago on sunherald.com

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Judge Directs US Attorney To Collect $20K From Orly Taitz After Failure To Pay Fine

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:33:05 +0000

A federal judge in Georgia has ordered the US Attorney to collect a $20,000 judgment against Orly Taitz after the Birther attorney failed to pay the fine -- which she appealed -- within 30 days. Here's the full order from Judge Clay Land, of the US District Court in the Middle District Of ...

Talking Points Memo found this 7 days ago on tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com

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Georgia Tech: “50 percent of the [USA] warming that has occurred since 1950 is due to land use changes rather than greenhouse gases”

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:01:09 +0000

From a Georgia Tech Press Release: Reducing Greenhouse Gases May Not Be Enough to Slow Climate Change Georgia Tech City and Regional Planning Professor Brian Stone publishes a paper in the December edition of Environmental Science and Technology that suggests policymakers need to address the ...

Stop The ACLU found this 8 days ago on wattsupwiththat.com

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Iraq Coalition Casualties: U.S. Wounded Totals

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:30:42 +0000

Think Progress found this 4 days ago on icasualties.org

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Nationwide Marriage Equality Protest Listing

Sat, 7 Nov 2009 14:36:00 +0000

In the wake of marriage equality being defeated in Maine, and the one year anniversary of the passage of proposition 8, activists are holding protests throughout the country to express their outrage that the majority has the right to deny civil rights to a minority population. *Please notify ...

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South Carolina is happy

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:06:24 +0000

Believe it or not, South Carolina is the fourth-happiest state in the South. According to the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index , the Palmetto State is the only trails Virginia, Texas and Georgia in being the happiest state in Dixie. Of all the states in America, Virginia rocks No. 15, Texas ...

weswolfe posted 8 days ago from wolfereports.com

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