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Social Security hits
worrisome turning point

The retirement nest egg of an entire generation is stashed away in this small town along the Ohio River: $2.5 trillion in IOUs from the federal government, payable to the Social Security Administration.


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Marine dies in wrong way driver accident
Officer Joe Hernandez said the accident happened Saturday afternoon a mile east of the Cobb-Douglas county line.


Lamar's Clothing closing
after 60 years in Austell

AUSTELL - After 60 years in business, the family owned Lamar's Clothing in downtown Austell is going out of business.


Questions remain
after pit bull attacks

COBB COUNTY - When a pit bull mauls a child or another dog, it makes the news, but many questions are left unanswered after the brutal incident. Are pit bulls in fact more dangerous than other dogs?


DNA test leads to arrest
in '96 Kennesaw rape

MARIETTA - New DNA test results have helped Cobb Police reopen a cold case and charge a Georgia inmate with a rape that occurred 14 years ago.


Phone towers at
school prompt unease

Parental concern over the possible negative health effects on students has Forsyth County Schools debating whether to allow the construction of cellular phone towers on school property in return for $450,000.


Atlanta Braves team report
The Braves rotation may be set, but the bullpen? That's another story. Manager Bobby Cox and pitching coach Roger McDowell are confident enough with their starters to be able to more or less map out the season -- barring injuries -- slotting each one for an optimal start and figuring out rest days as the season winds down.


Smith tries to cut off
2nd government check

Rep. Bob Smith may be the Maytag repairman of the Georgia General Assembly. He’s taken on the lonely task of trying to cut off the second government paycheck collected by some of his colleagues.


More kids stick
with Buckhead schools

Parents living in Atlanta’s tony Buckhead have for years enrolled their children in the city's elementary schools, later opting for higher performing private middle and high schools. That left the North Atlanta area’s one middle and one high school underpopulated.


Atlanta marked 2-year
anniversary of tornado

Sunday marks the second anniversary of the tornado that hit downtown Atlanta.


Perdue tries goodwill to end water crisis
When Gov. Sonny Perdue pitches in this week to help Gov. Charlie Crist of Florida in his bid to become a U.S. Senator, the gesture may be about more than helping out a fellow Republican in a tough campaign.


Fuel problems park
planes in Covington

Covington Municipal Airport has all the things of a typical small airport -- airplanes, pilots, taxiways and runways. But it's missing a key ingredient: fuel.


Cox: Raise lottery ticket
prices for schools

State schools Superintendent Kathy Cox says lottery ticket prices should be raised to help pay for K-12 education in Georgia.


Wendy's considers $1B bid
for CKE, owner of Hardee's

Nelson Peltz, owner of Wendy's/Arby's Group Inc. is considering a strategic $1 billion bid for CKE Restaurants Inc., the owner of Hardee’s and Carl’s Jr., the New York Post reports.


State may seek sponsors
for great outdoors

High-profile Georgia companies soon may have an opportunity to put their brand on a Georgia park or wildlife protection program through a state-owned nonprofit foundation.


Congress won't pay to close Gitmo, says Boehner
House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Cincinnati) called the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay a "world class facility," and said in an interview with CNN airing Sunday that closing it - a goal of the Obama administration - is not likely and that holding suspected terrorists there is appropriate.


Do's and don'ts for filling
out your NCAA brackets

You watched nothing but basketball all weekend. You studied all the top seeds. You vowed to win back bragging rights from the marketing assistant who still won't let you forget that she finished ahead of you last March.












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ACORN branches rename,
rebrand after video scandal

Affiliates of the once mighty liberal activist group ACORN are remaking themselves in a desperate bid to ditch the tarnished name of their parent organization and restore federal grants and other revenue streams that ran dry in the wake of a video scandal.



Gay seniors come out late,
start second lifetime

Those who work with seniors say they're seeing growth in the number of people in their 60s, 70s and 80s coming out of the closet as gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender.


If Petraeus runs, history
may not be on his side

Perhaps you saw the news on Friday: Gen. David Petraeus is set to deliver a major speech at St. Anselm College in New Hampshire.


Defense official ran
private spy effort

A Defense Department official is under investigation for hiring private contractors to gather intelligence on suspected insurgents in Afghanistan and Pakistan, The New York Times reported Sunday.


Obama losing chance
to reshape judiciary

"An early chance for the Obama administration to reshape the nation's judiciary -- and counter gains made in the federal courts by conservatives -- appears close to slipping away, due to a combination of White House inattention and Republican opposition," the Los Angeles Times reports.


Lawmakers spend 1K/month
on taxpayer-funded cars

The economy is still limping along, but some members of Congress are nevertheless riding in style: At least 10 House members are spending more than $1,000 a month in taxpayer money to lease cars.


Republican Ensign isolated
by scandal

Embattled Republican John Ensign is showing no signs of giving up his Senate seat, but the persistent drip of information about his sex scandal has some colleagues and top Republican aides asking quietly whether he can serve effectively.


Deadly storm leaves
Northeast soggy, powerless

Last month, the Northeast was smothered by blizzards. Now, it's waterlogged by torrential rains.


Walmart fires cancer patient for legally using medical marijuana
Joseph Casias, 29, has an inoperable brain tumor. Last November, Walmart fired him after 5 years on the job because he tested positive for (legal) marijuana.


There is literally no way
to make money selling news

That is the only conclusion a reasonable person can reach reading this new Pew Foundation report. Paywalls are anathema. Nobody clicks on ads. The value of news is zero dollars and zero cents. The future of news is awesome.



Study: Apollo moon rocks
contained water all along

According to new research, evidence that water exists on the moon is contained within rocks brought back from the Apollo program of the 1960s and '70s.


Teacher writes 'loser' on
student's assignments

The mother of a sixth-grader in Buncombe County, N.C., is upset about name-calling in her daughter's classroom -- but the students aren't the ones slinging the mud.

















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