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Southern Baptists prepare to send help to Oklahoma
Members of the Southern Baptist Convention's disaster relief organization are making plans at their suburban Atlanta offices to send help to the Oklahoma City area after Monday's tornado. The volunteers were gathering at the group's North American Mission Board office in Alpharetta, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported (http://bit.ly/14sKLRJ ). Mike Ebert, ...
Solar industry pushes for more use in Ga.
The solar industry in Georgia wants to force an electric monopoly to use more renewable energy. Southern Co. subsidiary Georgia Power is presenting its plans for meeting the state's energy needs over the next 20 years. Advocates for the solar industry say the firm is effectively ignoring solar energy. Southern ...
Falcons get $200 million NFL loan for stadium
NFL owners approved a $200 million loan Tuesday for the Atlanta Falcons to build a new stadium. The multipurpose stadium could cost as much as $1 billion, with team owner Arthur Blank committed to funding most of it. Blank, speaking at the NFL's spring meetings, called the decision by the ...
Suspect in FAMU hazing death to be in court
The last of the suspects to be charged with the death of a Florida A & M University drum major during a hazing ritual has a date in court. Darryl Cearnel has an arraignment Tuesday in state court in Orlando. Cearnel was charged with manslaughter and felony hazing last March, ...
Ga.'s grad rate increases to 69.7 percent for 2012
State education officials say Georgia's high school graduation rate has increased to 69.7 percent for the Class of 2012, up from 67.4 percent the year before. It's the second year that Georgia's graduation rate has been calculated under a new federally mandated formula that makes it possible to compare states. ...
Del. police: Ga. man tried to flush 3 kg of PCP
Dover police say a Georgia man tried to flush nearly three kilograms of PCP when he was found at a vacant property. Police announced Tuesday that officers called to a home on Heritage Drive on Sunday found 32-year-old Eljer Ingram of Augusta, Ga., and four other people. Capt. Tim Stump ...
2 Fantasy 5 players share $95,813.71 top prize
Two winners of the "Fantasy 5" game will collect $95,813.71 each, the Florida Lottery said Tuesday. The winning tickets were bought in Fort Myers and Winter Park, lottery officials reported. The 256 tickets matching four numbers won $120.50 each. Another 8,625 tickets matching three numbers won $10 each, and 83,718 ...
West Ga. school board approves school closings
A west Georgia school system has approved a package of cuts that includes closing an elementary school and a middle school. The Columbus Ledger-Enquirer reports (http://bit.ly/ZabpQp) that the Muscogee County School Board approved the plan with a unanimous vote Monday night. The recommendation by interim Superintendent John Phillips includes closing ...
Housing recovery boosts Home Depot 1Q results
Even though the weather was poor, Home Depot posted an 18 percent increase in its net income for the first quarter thanks to the ongoing housing recovery. Its quarterly results topped Wall Street's view and the world's biggest home improvement chain boosted its full-year earnings and revenue forecasts Tuesday. Shares ...
Officer's name is finally added to memorial
The name of a Doraville police officer killed while responding to a call has been added to a memorial to fallen officers after relatives questioned an earlier decision to exclude him from it. Relatives of 27-year-old Robert Shane Wilson were preparing to attend the Public Safety Memorial ceremony in May ...
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