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Georgia News Roundup
Today's stories include - Georgia Democratic chair faces discipline by state bar - Woman shot on coastal Georgia golf course, hospitalized
May 20, 2013 03:25 PM | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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In this photo copied from the 2010 Sleepy Hollow High School yearbook, high school student Andrea Rebello is shown. Police said Rebello, a junior at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y., was shot and killed Friday, May 17, 2013, during a break-in near the college campus. (AP Photo/Sleepy Hollow High School)
Split-second choice ended with NY student dead
Hofstra University junior Andrea Rebello, who was held in a headlock by an masked intruder armed with a loaded gun, died when a veteran police officer fired eight shots - seven hitting the intruder...
May 20, 2013 10:10 AM | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Iran says producing new air defense missile
Iran says it has started mass producing a new sophisticated air defense missile system capable of engaging low-altitude aircraft.
May 20, 2013 06:00 AM | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Handel throwing hat in for open U.S. Senate seat
ATLANTA — Karen Handel, the former Susan G. Komen for the Cure executive at the center of last year’s public clash with Planned Parenthood, said Friday that she will run for an open U.S. Senate s...
May 17, 2013 11:52 PM | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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State announces plan to assess oil, gas at refuge
Alaska is proposing a multiyear plan that includes seismic surveys, environmental studies and exploration drilling on the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
May 20, 2013 11:45 AM | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Kerry vows better security at US diplomatic posts
Secretary of State John Kerry is vowing that the Obama administration will spare no expense or effort to protect U.S. diplomats serving overseas.
May 20, 2013 11:35 AM | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Parents fuming over locked doors at graduation
Several parents of Spelman College graduates are furious after locked doors prevented them from seeing their children's commencement.
May 20, 2013 10:35 AM | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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A derailed Metro-North rail car is hoisted back on to the tracks in Bridgeport. Conn. on Sunday, May 19, 2013. Crews will spend days rebuilding 2,000 feet of track, overhead wires and signals following the collision between two trains Friday evening that injured 72 people, Metro-North President Howard Permut said Sunday. (AP Photo/The Connecticut Post,Brian A. Pounds )
Commutes long, slow after Connecticut train derailment
It took Gary Maddin of Milford an hour to make what is normally a 20 minute drive from his home to the Bridgeport train station. From there, he planned to board a shuttle bus to Stamford where he c...
May 20, 2013 10:30 AM | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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2 FBI agents killed in training accident in Virginia
Two FBI special agents on the agency's elite Hostage Rescue Team have been killed in a training accident in Virginia.
May 20, 2013 08:45 AM | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Republicans gather in Athens with message of unity at state convention
Tea party activist Debbie Dooley passed out stickers warning of “Republicans in name only,” and called it a message to GOP strategist Karl Rove, who is set to address the convention today. Activist...
May 17, 2013 10:40 PM | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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