The law school at Georgia State University was ranked as the best value in the nation for the second consecutive year by preLaw magazine. The magazine calculated the rankings using bar passage rates, employment rates, average debt after graduation and other factors. The study ranked University of Georgia's law school as No. 5. The following schools rounded out the top five: Brigham Young University, Florida State University and University of North Carolina.
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A career U.S. Department of Education employee was arrested Thursday by federal agents and charged with collecting child pornography on his work computer, the U.S. Attorney's Office said.
Joseph Butler, 66, of Clarkston, has been suspended without pay pending the investigation. According to federal prosecutors, Butler found a way around the filtering software that prevents government employees from visiting illicit web sites. In June, agents seized Butler's work computer and found he collected child pornography from foreign web sites, prosecutors said. BILL RANKIN
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Employees of the Shepherd Center are on a roll.
They recently raised more than $113,000 to buy a new, state-of-the-art accessible bus to be used for field trip for young adult patients. The annual employee giving program is called "ShepherdCares" and this year raised a record amount.
Each year, the ShepherdCares advisory committee selects a program to support.
Shepherd Center specializes in medical treatment, research and rehabilitation for people with spinal cord injury or brain injury. SHELIA POOLE
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