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Tropical Storm Beryl Makes Landfall In Northeastern Florida

AP | RUSS BYNUM | Posted 05.28.2012

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SAVANNAH, Ga. — Former Tropical Storm Beryl has become a depression with winds dying down. Still, it is soaking parts of the Southeast and ruin...

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Tropical Storm Beryl Nears U.S. Coast

AP | KATE BRUMBACK and KELLI KENNEDY | Posted 05.28.2012

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Tropical Storm Beryl was close to making landfall in the southeastern U.S. late Sunday, as coastal areas were already starting to feel the impact of d...

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Beryl Threatens Southeast Coastline

AP | RUSS BYNUM | Posted 05.28.2012

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By RUSS BYNUM, The Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) -- Subtropical storm Beryl crept Sunday toward the Southeast U.S. coastline, threatening to ...

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Baptist University's Ban On Gay Employees Prompts Faculty Exodus

Posted 05.19.2012

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A Georgia college's controversial "personal lifestyle statement" which includes rejecting homosexuality has led to an exodus of faculty members. I...

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Pregnancy Nightmare: Mom Recalls Night Cop Kicked Her In The Stomach (EXCLUSIVE)

HuffingtonPost.com | Steven Hoffer | Posted 05.18.2012

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All Raven Dozier could think about was why her baby wasn't moving. "Is my baby OK?" she recalls asking at that terrifying moment five months ago. ...

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Gingrich To Campaign For Romney In Key State

The Huffington Post | Paige Lavender | Posted 05.12.2012

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Newt Gingrich will campaign for Mitt Romney at next week's Georgia state GOP convention, CNN reports. After dragging out the final days of his 2012...

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Georgia Cop Under Investigation For Kicking A Pregnant Woman In Stomach

HuffingtonPost.com | Steven Hoffer | Posted 05.11.2012

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A police officer in Georgia is under criminal investigation for allegedly kicking a woman who was nearly nine-months pregnant in the stomach before ch...

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Panel Votes To Set Dredging Limits On Savannah River

AP | MEG KINNARD | Posted 05.08.2012

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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A panel created to represent South Carolina's interests in the Savannah River moved on Tuesday to set limits on a dredging pro...

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Health Policy Dogs That Won't Hunt -- Even in Texas and Georgia

Wendell Potter | Posted 05.07.2012

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Yes, HSAs can be just what the doctor ordered for the young, healthy and highly compensated among us, but many others who enroll in these plans find out when they get sick that coverage is far from adequate.

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Beyond May Day, Frustrated Immigrant Movement Forges Ahead

Michelle Chen | Posted 05.07.2012

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May Day 2012 didn't have a concrete agenda, but it opened a forum for voices that are typically silenced and ignored. And while racist hostility pervades the mainstream political arena, Occupy may be one of the only spaces left for immigrants to speak up without fear.

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Women Building Homes For Women

Liz Crossman | Posted 05.04.2012

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Not too long ago, I met a woman who was volunteering to build a Habitat house. Owning a decent, affordable home had changed her life, and she wanted to do whatever she could to help make that dream a reality for other families.

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Atomic Rate Rigging and the New China Syndrome

Harvey Wasserman | Posted 05.04.2012

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Small wonder the death knell of new U.S. nukes may be upon us. Two reactors proposed for Florida will now, say its would-be builders, cost $24 billio...

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Georgia Bar Owner Displays N-Word Sign -- Again

Posted 05.03.2012

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Georgia bar owner Patrick Lanzo of Paulding County has made habit of claiming he's not racist, an argument that becomes harder to make each time he de...

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Georgia Gov Signs New Abortion Restrictions

Reuters | Posted 05.02.2012

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(Corrects Arizona law to 20 weeks from 18 weeks, paragraph 11; fixes headline) By David Beasley ATLANTA, May 1 (Reuters...

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Body Found On Georgia Boy Scout Reservation

13 WMAZ | Posted 04.23.2012

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A park ranger found a decomposed body on the Camp Benjamin Hawkins Boy Scout reservation in Crawford county on Saturday. ...

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Arizona's Controversial Immigration Law Arriving At Supreme Court This Week

HuffingtonPost.com | Mike Sacks | Posted 04.22.2012

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WASHINGTON -- On Wednesday morning, the Supreme Court will hear oral argument in the federal government's challenge to the Grand Canyon state's contro...

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Man Accidentally Donates Engagement Ring

Posted 04.17.2012

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After finding the perfect engagement ring, Josh Miller found the perfect hiding spot -- so perfect that he accidentally gave away the jacket in which ...

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Georgia Gov Signs Bill To Require Drug Testing For Welfare Benefits

AP | ERRIN HAINES | Posted 04.16.2012

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ATLANTA — Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal has signed legislation that would require thousands of people applying for welfare to pass a drug test before...

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Immigrants Gained Jobs Faster Than U.S.-Born In States With Tough Anti-Immigration Laws

Posted 04.11.2012

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Despite being hit particularly hard by the recession, immigrants are experiencing faster job growth than native-born Americans in Alabama, Georgia and...

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Stalin Museum Will No Longer 'Glorify The Dictator'

AP | MISHA DZHINDZHIKHASHVILI | Posted 04.09.2012

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GORI, Georgia -- A museum that has honored Josef Stalin in Georgia since 1937 is being remodeled to exhibit the atrocities that were committed during ...

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Georgia, Latinos, and the Latino Vote

Erwin de Leon | Posted 04.03.2012

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Latinos and other immigrant communities need to vote and vote into office those who have their best interest in mind.

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Chamber-Backed Anti-Protest Bill Draws Fury Of Unions AND Tea Party

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 03.29.2012

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Labor unions and Tea Party activists came together at the Georgia statehouse Thursday morning to speak out against a controversial bill that they say ...

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New Law Could Outlaw Foreign Passports As Acceptable ID

Posted 03.28.2012

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They have been beaten time and time again in federal courts. And they still insist. Republican-majority Legislatures in several states continue...

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'Chicken Man' Possibly Blows Up Home During Eviction

The Huffington Post | Hilary Tuttle | Posted 03.26.2012

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A Georgia man known for raising chickens appears to have blown up his home Monday afternoon after police arrived to evict him. It's the latest develop...

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Rick Steves In The Land Of Coca-Cola

Rick Steves | Posted 05.26.2012

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Atlanta is clearly the Manhattan of the South. It's CNN slick, Coca-Cola fueled and funded and thriving. Still, I'm not awarding creativity points: 52 streets have "Peach Tree" in their names.

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