Georgia
Partnership looks to grow heritage tourism
The temptation is to think that what follows here is the whole story. It's not, of course. So much happened before the people who later settled in Savannah's Pin Point community ever reached the shores of Georgia's barrier islands in the 18th century, so much unfolded even before they were ...
SW Ga. police find new leads in 1976 child slaying
Police in southwest Georgia are working on fresh leads in the unsolved slaying of a 7-year-old girl in southwest Georgia nearly four decades ago. Young Faleshia LaFrance Battle had been missing for four days when her body was found suffocated and dumped in a neighbor's garden in Ocilla in 1976. ...
Will Boy Scouts accept gay youth? Vote is imminent
With its ranks deeply divided, the Boy Scouts of America is asking its local leaders from across the country to decide whether its contentious membership policy should be overhauled so that openly gay boys can participate in Scout units. The proposal to be put before the roughly 1,400 voting members ...
Middle Ga. deputy shoots motorist in police chase
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation says a police chase in middle Georgia ended when a pickup truck driver rammed two patrol cars and was shot by a Houston County sheriff's deputy. The Telegraph of Macon reports (http://bit.ly/19HDfCS ) the wounded suspect was in hospitalized in critical condition after the shooting ...
NC Lottery
These North Carolina lotteries were drawn Saturday: Mega Millions Estimated jackpot: $12 million Pick 3 Midday 7-0-3 (seven, zero, three) Pick 4 Midday 4-4-6-0 (four, four, six, zero) Powerball Estimated jackpot: $475 million
Pa. coffee run leads to hatchet hitchhiker arrest
Two cups of coffee ended life on the run for an Internet sensation known as Kai the hatchet-wielding hitchhiker. An employee at a Starbucks in Philadelphia is credited with recognizing 24-year-old Caleb "Kai" McGillvary, whose fledgling celebrity took a turn toward notoriety when authorities announced this week that he was ...
Winning numbers drawn in 'Mega Millions' game
The winning numbers in Friday evening's drawing of the "Mega Millions" game were: 11-15-35-43-49, Mega Ball: 41 (eleven, fifteen, thirty-five, forty-three, forty-nine; Mega Ball: forty-one) Estimated jackpot: $190 million
Winning numbers drawn in 'Megaplier' game
The winning numbers in Friday evening's drawing of the "Megaplier" game were: 4 (four)
Flesh-eating disease victim gets prosthetic hands
A metro Atlanta woman who lost both hands, her left leg and right foot after contracting a flesh-eating disease was on her way back from Ohio Friday after being fitted with prosthetic hands. Aimee Copeland, 25, is returning from Hilliard, Ohio, where she was fitted with a pair of "bionic" ...
30 catalytic converters stolen in past 2 weeks
Authorities say more than 30 catalytic converters have been stolen from vehicles during the past two weeks in Atlanta and nearby Decatur. Police suspect the platinum in the devices is behind the crime spree. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported (http://bit.ly/11IvQWd ) that platinum is reselling now for roughly $50 a gram. ...
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