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Ga. textile plant faces tougher restrictions after fish kill
AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) - The owners of a Screven County textile plant could face stricter environmental monitoring rules after it released pollutants into the Ogeechee River that were linked to the ...

Two dead in Cherokee County head-on collision
Canton, Ga-- Cherokee County sheriff deputies are investigating a fatal head-on collision on Knox Bridge Highway near the Canton city limits. According to Cherokee County spokesperson Lt. Jay ...

Delta Air Lines is offering spring special fares for travel between Korea and the United States.
Special fares starting from 500,000 won include round-trips to favorite destinations from Seoul or Busan to Hawaii, Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York City, Atlanta, Detroit and Chicago. / ...

Moore, Bond Take Issue with Secret Airport Bid Scores
(END/2011) (APN) ATLANTA -- At the Wednesday, December 14, 2011, meeting of the Transportation Committee of the City Council of Atlanta, Councilwoman Felicia Moore (District 9) took issue with ...

Falcons Sign RB Nance to Future Contract
The Atlanta Falcons today signed running back Dimitri Nance to a reserve/future contract. Nance, 5-10, 219 pounds, was signed by the Falcons as a college free agent on April 26, 2010. He was later ...

Hines Ward dreams of returning to UGA
SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. - He has two Super Bowl rings and a victory on Dancing with the Stars, but Hines Ward has a dream of returning to the University of Georgia to ...

Mitt Romney wins Nevada Caucus
LAS VEGAS - Republican front-runner Mitt Romney cruised to victory in the Nevada caucuses Saturday night. The former Massachusetts governor held a double-digit lead over his nearest pursuer. Newt ...

Savannah university to enforce smoke-free campus
A Georgia university plans to ban smoking on its Savannah campus later this year. Administrators at Armstrong Atlantic State University says smoking, chewing tobacco and all other tobacco use will ...

Savannah stage ready for panmen
This worker high atop a hydraulic lift makes some final checks to the lighting system at the North Stand at the Queen's Park Savannah in ...

US House Bans Synthetic Marijuana after Heated Debate
(APN) ATLANTA -- The US House of Representatives has voted to ban what appear to be a wide array of synethic cannabinoid strains, some which may have been used in herbal incense products in stores ...

Outwrite Books to Leave 10th and Piedmont Location
(END/2011) (APN) ATLANTA -- Outwrite bookstore, Midtown Atlanta's iconic gay bookstore, will be leaving its10th and Piedmont location within the next few weeks, signaling a key milestone in ...

APD Officers Run Motorcycle into Protesters, Charge Horse at Senior
During the APD response to Occupy Atlanta protesters, one officer literally rode his motorcycle into a group of protesters, causing outrage and a bit of a show-down, according to a video of the ...

Why Innocence Didn't Matter for Troy Davis
ATLANTA, Georgia, Oct 26, 2011 (IPS) - "Innocence matters" is one of the slogans used by activists opposing the U.S. state of Georgia's execution of Troy Davis, up until the day the ...

Farmer for APS, Yes on Sunday Alcohol, No on E-SPLOST IV
(END/2011) (APN) ATLANTA -- The Atlanta Progressive News Board of Directors has issued the following endorsements for the upcoming General Election on November 08, 2011. ATLANTA PUBLIC SCHOOLS ...

WAND Lobbies US Sen. Isakson to Ratify US-Russia Treaty
(APN) ATLANTA -- Activists from Georgia Women's Action for New Directions and other organizations have been lobbying US Sen. Johnny Isakson (R-GA), who sits on the Foreign Relations Committee, ...

Local Currencies Really Can Buy Happiness
ATLANTA, Georgia, May 30 (IPS/IFEJ) - In the face of an economic system which seems to be premised on environmental harm and profit-driven growth, a handful of communities across the U.S. and the ...

Federal Court Intervenes in Handel's Voter Purge
(APN) ATLANTA -- A three-judge federal panel ruled October 27, 2008, that Georgia should have sought approval from the U.S. Department of Justice before using Social Security and driver's ...

Grady Hospital Governing Board Discusses Funding Solutions
(APN) ATLANTA -- Members of the Fulton/DeKalb Hospital Authority (FDHA) exploratory committee and ad hoc advisory group met Tuesday, October 30, 2007, to discuss possible funding solutions to the ...

Defense Act Provides for Indefinite Detention of US Citizens
ATLANTA, Georgia, Dec 30, 2011 (IPS) - Civil liberties groups and many citizen activists are outraged over language in the National Defense Authorization Act of 2011 (NDAA) that appears to lay the ...

Federal Court Grants Legal Victory to Transgender People
ATLANTA, Georgia, Dec 14, 2011 (IPS) - When Vandy Beth Glenn, a transgender woman formerly known as Mr. Glenn Morrison, told her supervisors at the Georgia state legislature where she served as a ...

Nkromo Ineligible for School Board Seat
(END / 2011) (APN) ATLANTA -- Kwabena Nkromo, a community activist who recently announced his intention to run in the November 2011 Special Election for a vacancy in the Atlanta Public Schools Board ...

Brandy K. Checks in From Hawaii
Atlanta Falcons Cheerleader Brandy K. is in Hawaii this week as she was chosen to be the Falcons’ representative on the Pro Bowl Cheerleading team. Before she left, we equipped Brandy with a ...

House Fire Claims Life of Woman
GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. - Fire officials are investigating a deadly house fire which happened on Flowery Branch Road near Pilgrim Road just north of Auburn on Saturday evening. Lt. Eric Eberly with ...

Protest Against US Intervention
ATLANTA - Dozens of protestors gathered in Downtown Atlanta to protest the United State's intervention in Iran. Saturday's protest was part of a national day of ...