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Atheists allowed to donate material to GA State Parks
Visitors to Georgia's state-owned lodges and cabins may soon find more than just Bibles in their bedside tables. The national group American Atheists is planning to take up the governor's invitation to donate their own material. It was a complaint by an atheist that prompted the state to first remove ...
A taste for BBQ leads to an E.coli outbreak in North Ga.
The number of cases reported to the Georgia Department of Public Health has grown to 11, ten in Georgia and one in South Carolina. Ten of those people had eaten at the BBQ Shack in Toccoa earlier this month. Seven people wound up hospitalized for treatment. Several developed complications, but ...
E. coli outbreak reported in northeast Georgia
State health officials said Saturday that a number of people in Stephens County have been infected with E.coli. District 2 Public Health spokesman Dave Palmer confirmed that no source has been identified as the cause of the outbreak that sickened at least seven, although several people have been hospitalized. The ...
New state BUI law takes effect today
As the feds call on states to lower the threshold for drunk driving, Georgia is getting tougher on those who boat under the influence. The new law, which takes effect today, lowers the blood-alcohol level for boat operators to be considered legally drunk from .10 to .08, the same as ...
A "walking" prescription to promote fitness
Your doctor's assistant can now write you a prescription to walk here in Georgia. In an unusual collaboration the Georgia Association of Physicians Assistants and Georgia State Parks are trying to promote fitness in the great outdoors. It's usually five dollars to park your vehicle at Georgia state parks but, with the ...
Former Braves pitcher Rick Camp dead at age 60
Former Braves pitcher Rick Camp died Thursday at his home in Bartow County, authorities said.“Our sympathies go out to his family, friends and former teammates,” the Braves said in a statement Thursday afternoon.Bartow Deputy Coroner Brandon Duncan confirmed to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution that Camp, 60, died Thursday morning at his ...
West memorial, 04.25.13
A memorial was held Thursday, April 25, 2013, in Waco for victims of the West fertilizer plant explosion.
Bush Presidential Center dedication, 04.25.13
Photos from the Bush Presidential Center dedication ceremony in Dallas on April 25, 2013.
IRS: Tax cheats abound in metro Atlanta
If you live in one of 46 towns surrounding Atlanta, chances are, your neighbor could be a tax cheat. The National Taxpayer Advocate, an independent arm of the Internal Revenue Service, reports the metro area is among the worst in the nation when it comes to the number of people ...
West plant explosion, 04.17.13
Photos from the fertilizer plant explosion in West, Texas, on April 17, 2013.
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