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[ In Opinion ]
News Corp Charges To Access Online Newspaper Websites
Because what News Corp just doesn't get is that people wont pay for online news. Its been a free model ever since the internet began. Changing the structure now will only see people go elsewhere for their daily news fix. Its kind of like the boffins at the top of News Corp just don't understand how the internet advertising game works. Drag people to your site, and advertisers will pay. Either cost per impression or cost per click. That's fairly simple. ...
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[ In Schools ]
Registration Open for Online Middle School Courses
Registration Open for Online Middle School Courses Short Description: Middle school students can register for online, school-credit courses through the GA Dept. of Education.
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[ In Opinion ]
Remembering the Gettysburg Reunion of 1913
No one dared to criticize the United States and Confederate flags that flew side by side at the Gettysburg soldiers' reunion of honored men who had been enemies on the field of battle just 50 years earlier. Some of today’s politicians and people’s rights groups could learn something from these grand old men of yesterday...
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[ In Breaking News ]
Federal Minimum Wage to Increase to $7.25 on July 24
This increase is the last of three provided by the enactment of the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007, which amended the FLSA to increase the federal minimum wage in three steps: to $5.85 per hour effective July 24, 2007; to $6.55 per hour effective July 24, 2008; and now to $7.25 per hour effective July 24, 2009...
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[ In Breaking News ]
Walter Cronkite, Voice of TV News, Dies at 92
Mr. Cronkite guided viewers with such plain-spoken grace that he was called the most trusted man in America....
 
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[ In Opinion ]
Spare Me the Details

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[ In Opinion ]
Leave the Kids Alone
I remember, as a mere lad, when Pink Floyd came out with an album entitled “Another Brick in the Wall.” The album featured a song called Leave Those Kids Alone....
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Severe Thunderstorm Warning
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for: northwestern Cherokee County...
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State Lifts Watering Ban Due to Heavy Rainful in Recent Months
Georgia officials lifted the statewide watering ban Wednesday, declaring the drought over, but odd-even watering is still in place...
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[ In Opinion ]
Letter to the Editor: Create Jobs for Americans
A while ago I read that Bill Gates and Mayor Michael Bloomberg were planning on donating a total of $500 million to reduce the incidence of smoking in developing countries, especially China...
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A Letter to Georgia’s Citizens: from Chris Clark
Georgia is blessed with abundant natural beauty and a rich cultural heritage. Many of these amazing landscapes and historic sites are part of our award-winning state parks system, with 63 properties from the mountains to the coast...
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[ In Government & Politics ]
Coming This Summer: Health Care Wars...This Time It's Personal
On one side are forces advocating a big government, big regulation approach that will transform the private health system into a government-dominated bureaucracy...
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[ In Severe Weather ]
Hurricane Season Starts Next Week
Besides high winds, hurricanes can cause flooding, storm surge in coastal areas, and tornadoes, all potentially devastating to property...
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[ In Government & Politics ]
Campaign Money May Have Been Offered to Blagojevich
Burris Bombshell...Geithner Heads to China Next Week...watch these videos...
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[ In Government & Politics ]
Obama picks Sotomayor for High Court... N. Korea at it Again
If nominated, 54-year-old Sotomayor would be the nation's first Hispanic justice.... watch the video
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[ In Opinion ]
BBB says Buyer Beware when Clicking on Facebook Ads‏
Always read the fine print or risk paying the price when being tempted by ads on social networking sites...
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[ In Opinion ]
Lock And Load
This week, on a warm spring day in the middle of the afternoon an elderly couple were working out in their front yard; nothing unusual about that. They were approached by three men who stated that they were interested in buying the truck that was parked in their driveway....
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News from Senator Saxby Chambliss
This week the Senate passed H.R. 2346, the Supplemental Appropriations Act, which provides funding for various government programs, including ongoing military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and H.R. 627, the Credit Cardholders Bill of Rights Act...
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[ In Government & Politics ]
Remember the True Meaning of Memorial Day
Memorial Day gained resurgence under the Clinton Administration when Congress established the National Moment of Remembrance.  The idea was born when children touring the Nation’s Capital were asked what Memorial Day means, and they responded, “That’s the day the pool opens”...
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BBB Warns Small Business Owners to Beware of Telephone Relay Fraud
Better Business Bureau warns small business owners that reports of scammers plying their trade through telephone relay services — typically used by the hearing impaired to make phone calls — are cropping up all across the country....
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