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By
Jana BarnelloMonday, January 05, 2009 at 6:17 PM
A new law effective the first of the year gives Georgia drivers the option to get better car insurance coverage, but it cost more.
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Monday, January 05, 2009 at 5:42 PM
A Minnesota board on Monday certified results showing Democrat Al Franken winning the state's U.S. Senate recount over Republican Norm Coleman, whose lawyer promised a legal challenge that probably will keep the race in limbo for months.
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Monday, January 05, 2009 at 5:37 PM
President-elect Barack Obama's top pick to become national intelligence director won high marks for countering terrorism in southeast Asia after 9/11, but he will preside over an agency that may be downsized somewhat under the new administration.
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By
Jana BarnelloMonday, January 05, 2009 at 5:36 PM
A Lee County man who investigators say is the "mastermind" behind a multi-state, multi-million dollar drug ring pleaded guilty to federal drug charges on Monday.
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By
Terry GrahamMonday, January 05, 2009 at 5:18 PM
Jury selection begins for an Albany man accused of killing his girlfriend’s 3-year-old son.
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Monday, January 05, 2009 at 5:00 PM
NEW YORK (AP) - Prosecutors in New York are asking a judge to put Bernard Madoff (MAY'-dawf) behind bars without bail.
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Monday, January 05, 2009 at 4:57 PM
NEW YORK (AP) - Caution has returned to Wall Street as investors collected some profits after last week's huge rally even as they find encouragement from President-elect Barack Obama's calls for an economic stimulus package.
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By
Jenna McWilliamsMonday, January 05, 2009 at 4:16 PM
The Albany-Dougherty Economic Development Commission has hired a new president.
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By
Ashley KnightMonday, January 05, 2009 at 4:03 PM
Newly sworn in Dougherty County Commissioner, Gloria Gaines wasted no time in calling for a list of possible projects that can use money from a proposed stimulus package.
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Monday, January 05, 2009 at 3:25 PM
Former President Jimmy Carter's attorney general, Griffin B. Bell, has died, according to Bell's law firm. Bell was 90.
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Monday, January 05, 2009 at 3:16 PM
Georgia's lieutenant governor says he doesn't like the idea of loosening the state's concealed weapons laws to allow guns in more public places.
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Monday, January 05, 2009 at 11:58 AM
Senate appointee Roland Burris travels to Washington Monday even as Democratic leaders continue to say he won't be seated.
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Monday, January 05, 2009 at 11:47 AM
President-elect Barack Obama will be holding a series of meetings with lawmakers on Capitol Hill Monday.
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Monday, January 05, 2009 at 11:17 AM
Israel seized control of high-rise buildings and attacked houses, mosques and smuggling tunnels as it pressed its offensive against Hamas rulers on Monday.
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Monday, January 05, 2009 at 11:15 AM
The Cabinet that President-elect Barack Obama picked on a fast track has an unexpected opening, with New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, Obama's choice for commerce secretary, withdrawing under pressure of a federal investigation into how his political donors landed a lucrative transportation contract.
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Monday, January 05, 2009 at 11:09 AM
A Republican state lawmaker is considering legislation that would impose a fee on Georgia strip club patrons.
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Monday, January 05, 2009 at 10:58 AM
NEW YORK (AP) - Wall Street is showing a little relief over a government report that construction spending has fallen less than economists had forecast
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Monday, January 05, 2009 at 10:54 AM
A couple who hadn't been seen since New Year's Eve have been found dead inside their locked bedroom with their cying 9-month-old daughter, and three older children had been left out on their own.
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Monday, January 05, 2009 at 10:53 AM
Apple Inc. founder and Chief Executive Steve Jobs, a survivor of pancreatic cancer, said Monday that a hormone imbalance is to blame for the weight loss that has prompted worries about his health.
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Monday, January 05, 2009 at 10:51 AM
Georgia State Patrol officials say wet roads were to blame for the 20 traffic deaths reported during the New Year's holiday period.
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Monday, January 05, 2009 at 10:49 AM
A former South Carolina policeman holding an infant and two women hostage in a Georgia motel surrendered peacefully Monday after a 13-hour standoff.
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Monday, January 05, 2009 at 10:47 AM
WASHINGTON (AP) - Construction spending fell less than expected in November as record activity on nonresidential projects helped offset another steep decline in housing.
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Monday, January 05, 2009 at 10:45 AM
OPEC production cutbacks sent oil prices rising in Georgia.
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Monday, January 05, 2009 at 10:41 AM
WASHINGTON (AP) - First things first: President-elect Barack Obama's two daughters have checked into their new school in Washington.
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By
Jana BarnelloSunday, January 04, 2009 at 8:58 PM
Parents say they are happy with a new law requiring sex offenders to turn over their e-mail addresses and passwords, but worry about enforcing it.
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