Funerals set for 2 Athens shooting victims Fecha: 30 Apr 2009
Atlanta Journal Constitution -
Funeral services for two of the three victims in Saturday's shootings in Athens have been completed. Services for Marie E. Bruce, 47, will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at Warren Baptist Church in Augusta with Dr. David H. McKinley officiating. Interment will follow in Westover Memorial Park.
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Hijacked trucker recalls 'life-and-death experience' Fecha: 30 Apr 2009
Atlanta Journal Constitution -
One day after he clung to the back of his hijacked tractor-trailer cab, Torrey Robert Lang is quietly recuperating. The Lithonia man was thrust into the spotlight Wednesday when he left his keys in his truck and police say Milo Banks, a 27-year-old career criminal, stole it and led police on a
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Schools turn to Twitter to get news to parents Fecha: 30 Apr 2009
Atlanta Journal Constitution -
What do pop star Ashton Kutcher and a bold group of high-profile Georgia public school image-makers have in common? They tweet. Twitter, the free social networking service, is being used by celebs, CEOs, soccer moms and now even tech-savvy school districts to keep the public informed about
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Execution set for Wednesday night after delay Fecha: 30 Apr 2009
Atlanta Journal Constitution -
After getting a one-day reprieve, white supremacist William Mark Mize is be executed at 7 p.m. Wednesday for killing a man in Oconee County 15 years ago. On Tuesday, the Georgia Supreme Court granted a temporary stay of execution to Mize just hours before he was to be put to death by lethal
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Supreme Court wrestles with Voting Rights Act case Fecha: 30 Apr 2009
Atlanta Journal Constitution -
Washington The Supreme Court's conservative justices led a sustained attack Wednesday on a key element of the Voting Rights Act, questioning whether one-time bastions of segregation including Georgia still should be held to account for past discrimination. The case is a test of whether states must
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White supremacist executed Fecha: 30 Apr 2009
Atlanta Journal Constitution -
A Georgia man has been executed for the murder of a follower of his white supremacist group. William Mark Mize was put to death Wednesday by lethal injection at the state prison at Jackson. The 52-year-old inmate was pronounced dead at 7:28 p.m. by authorities. Mize became the second person
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Georgia settles with drug company for $6M Fecha: 30 Apr 2009
Atlanta Journal Constitution -
Georgia has decided to enter into a multimillion-dollar settlement with Eli Lilly and Co. over the pharmaceutical giant's off-label promotion of the anti-psychotic drug Zyprexa. The state will get more than $6 million from the deal. Even so, lawyers familiar with the case wonder if Georgia is
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Hospital chaplain killed in wreck Fecha: 30 Apr 2009
Atlanta Journal Constitution -
A truck driver has been charged with vehicular homicide in the death of a hospital chaplain. A Richmond County sheriff's spokesman said 67-year-old Bill Snyder, a minister in North Augusta, was killed when the moped he was riding collided with a dump truck. The crash happened just before 10 a.m.
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