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Gov. Perdue Says Homeowner Tax Grants 'Ineffective'

Aug 19, 2008 10:09 pm

ATLANTA -- Gov. Sonny Perdue said Tuesday that homeowner tax grants have helped fatten local government coffers but have been "ineffective" in driving Georgia's property taxes down.

Big Surprise; Bigfoot Find Was Big Hoax

Aug 19, 2008 7:09 pm

Researchers who thawed out the supposed body said it is really a rubber costume.

Real Cops Say Speeder Was Fake Cop

Aug 19, 2008 6:09 pm

A Gwinnett County man is accused of posing as a police officer, a chaplain and a military man during a traffic stop.

Kennesaw State Student Hit By Truck, Thrown

Aug 19, 2008 4:09 pm

Kennesaw State University police said they are investigating an accident in which a student was struck by a truck and thrown a short distance in front of campus.

11 Still Unaccounted For In Grand Canyon

Aug 19, 2008 2:54 pm

Authorities continue their search for 11 people still unaccounted for in a flooded area of the Grand Canyon.

85-Year-Old Man Drowns In S.C. Lake

Aug 19, 2008 2:54 pm

SENECA, S.C. -- Oconee County officials say a preliminary investigation shows an 85-year-old Seneca man drowned in Lake Keowee. Coroner Karl Addis says Harry Ralph Geist of Seneca was swimming with hi...

Fay Picks Up, Then Slams Kite Boarder

Aug 19, 2008 11:54 am

High winds from Fay give a kite boarder a wild ride that ends in the hospital.

Alligator Captured In Suwanee Subdivision

Aug 19, 2008 10:39 am

Suwanee Police captured and removed a 2-foot alligator outside a home, much to the relief of local residents.

Atlanta City Council Defies Mayor; Votes To Reopen Fire Station 7

Aug 19, 2008 10:28 am

Atlanta's city council voted to pull Atlanta's oldest firehouse off the budget chopping block.

Christina Applegate Says She's Cancer-Free

Aug 19, 2008 10:26 am

Actress Christina Applegate says she has a clean bill of health after being treated for breast cancer.

News and Lifestyle Information from The Augusta Chronicle

Living briefs

Mar 29, 2006 7:20 pm

Storm Team 12 at WRDW-TV (CBS) is joining with Fort Discovery to present StormFest from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday in Classroom E and the PowerStation at Fort Discovery, 1 Seventh St.

Men's shoppng magazine, Cargo, to shut down

Mar 29, 2006 7:18 pm

NEW YORK - Cargo magazine, a shopping guide for men that was launched by Conde Nast Publications Inc. with much fanfare two years ago, is shutting down with its May issue, the publisher announced.

Bluetooth group adopts ultrafast radio technology

Mar 29, 2006 7:18 pm

NEW YORK - The Bluetooth wireless standard used in cell phones and other small devices will take a leap in transmission speed, broadening its scope to enable high-definition video and files for digita...

Hospitals are not immune to power of superstition

Mar 29, 2006 7:18 pm

NEW YORK - Many of his patients know Dr. Todd Ponsky as the man who saved their lives, but to his colleagues, he's known as The Black Cloud.

Watch your mouth! Use of profanity getting worse

Mar 29, 2006 7:17 pm

This is a story about words we can't print in this story.

News from Macon and Central Georgia from The Macon News

'Boomerang' Fay maintains strength over Fla.

Aug 20, 2008 5:45 am

Tropical Storm Fay rolled ashore in southwestern Florida on Tuesday without much fanfare, but stubbornly hung around like an unwelcome houseguest, maintaining its strength and threatening - once again...

Forest Hill Road mediation fails

Aug 20, 2008 5:45 am

A mediation intended to work out concerns regarding a controversial $26.1 million plan to widen Forest Hill Road has failed.

Advocacy group targets Ga. child services division

Aug 20, 2008 5:45 am

A children's advocacy group asked a federal judge Tuesday to find a Georgia agency in contempt of meeting court-ordered requirements to place thousands of foster children in permanent homes.

Lawsuit: 2 King children unfairly used center

Aug 20, 2008 5:39 am

Two of Martin Luther King Jr.'s children have been sued by the institution their mother founded - the latest chapter in a family drama that has become increasingly more public in recent years.

Robins F-15 flight marks first historic use of synthetic fuel

Aug 20, 2008 5:32 am

History was made at Robins Air Force Base on Tuesday afternoon as an F-15 Eagle flew at more than twice the speed of sound using a blend of synthetic fuel.

Bibb panel OKs cash for library

Aug 20, 2008 5:24 am

The Bibb County Commission will pony up the extra money needed to run the new Charles A. Lanford M.D. Library, commissioners decided Tuesday.

Budget cuts spark clash in Jones

Aug 20, 2008 5:15 am

Following a heated meeting with the Jones County Board of Assessors before Tuesday night's regular meeting, the Jones County Commissioners said they would reconsider cuts they had made in the assessor...

Marshall could profit from surge of black voters for Obama

Aug 20, 2008 5:15 am

Political analysts are watching to see if high black voter turnout in Georgia, spurred by Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama, will prove a chink in the GOP's Southern firewall this Nove...

Rediscovering downtown Macon's past

Aug 20, 2008 5:15 am

Want to know where the inventor of Coca-Cola went to college in Macon? Or where members of Georgia's government stayed during the Civil War?

Local governments would lose millions if homestead exemption not funded

Aug 20, 2008 5:15 am

If the state doesn't fund the homestead exemption this year, local governments would lose millions in funding.

Statewide Headlines from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Bigfoot's body a hoax, California site reveals

Aug 20, 2008 12:32 am

Can you believe it? Georgia's "Bigfoot" was just a big hoax. The body of a supposed ape-man found in the North Georgia mountains was nothing but an empty rubber monkey suit embedded in ice, ...

Former Georgia Tech worker gets 2.6 years for purchases

Aug 19, 2008 10:12 pm

In the end, a former Georgia Tech employee who stole $316,000 with university credit cards stood mute before a federal judge as she was sentenced to 32 months in prison. Donna Renee Gamble of Marietta...

Why Lake Allatoona is full, Lanier isn't

Aug 19, 2008 7:29 pm

Every day, Lake Lanier's water level is setting a new record low for that date. Less than 60 miles to the west, Lake Allatoona has been full or nearly full all year. Both lakes are critical to metro A...

In Georgia budget crisis, tax breaks, 'pork' are safe

Aug 19, 2008 5:31 pm

State agencies are preparing to furlough employees and slash spending because of the budget crisis, but insurance companies, pig farmers and donors to private-school scholarship groups are keeping the...

Guatemalan president speaks in Atlanta

Aug 19, 2008 5:24 pm

Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom spoke with representatives of Atlanta's Guatemalan community Tuesday, as he took a break from the second annual Americas Competitiveness Forum. The forum, held at the...

Group takes state back to court over foster kids

Aug 19, 2008 4:57 pm

A child advocacy group says the state has failed to live up to a court settlement in which the state agreed to find permanent homes for more children in foster care. Children's Rights Inc. today (Aug....

Tifton could lose 200 jobs as plant closes

Aug 19, 2008 1:18 pm

A food service distribution company has announced it will close its plant in Tifton, cutting dozens of jobs. According to Nashville, Tennessee-based COI, the move will eliminate 200 jobs. The company ...

Joe Frank Harris Commons? UGA seeks to rename buildings

Aug 19, 2008 1:14 pm

University of Georgia administrators want to rename campus buildings after three former governors. The proposals would rename the Student Learning Center in honor of Zell Miller. UGA also wants to ren...

EMS response times under heavy scrutiny

Aug 18, 2008 3:39 pm

A dramatic 911 call made Aug. 2 by Johns Creek resident Darlene Dukes put metro Atlanta's emergency medical response system under scrutiny. A Fulton County 911 operator was fired for mishandling Dukes...

Bigfoot 'evidence' had possum DNA

Aug 18, 2008 3:27 pm

Bigfoot lived in North Georgia, and his cousins are still there. That's what a pair of Clayton County outdoorsmen claim. But if they have definitive evidence to prove it, it wasn't presented at a pres...

Metro Atlanta News and Information from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Bigfoot's body a hoax, California site reveals

Aug 20, 2008 12:32 am

Can you believe it? Georgia's "Bigfoot" was just a big hoax.

Gwinnett police chief suspended 10 days

Aug 20, 2008 12:20 am

Gwinnett County Police Chief Charles Walters has been suspended for 10 days without pay, county officials said.

Dexter King sues his brother and sister

Aug 19, 2008 11:53 pm

Two of Martin Luther King Jr.'s children have been sued by the institution their mother founded the latest chapter in a family drama that has become increasingly more public in recent years.

Former Georgia Tech worker gets 2.6 years for purchases

Aug 19, 2008 10:12 pm

In the end, a former Georgia Tech employee who stole $316,000 with university credit cards stood mute before a federal judge as she was sentenced to 32 months in prison.

Court can use Georgia Tech student's jihad statement

Aug 19, 2008 9:59 pm

Atlanta terrorism defendant Syed Haris Ahmed's statements that he considered planning a terrorist attack and dying a martyr waging jihad can be used against him at trial, a judge has ruled.

Police: Couple stole Alzheimer's patients' identities

Aug 19, 2008 7:53 pm

A Buford couple is facing criminal charges in connection with a scheme to defraud six elderly Alzheimer's patients at a Buford nursing home.

Why Lake Allatoona is full, Lanier isn't

Aug 19, 2008 7:29 pm

Every day, Lake Lanier's water level is setting a new record low for that date.

Beltline finally sees the money: $117M in bonds

Aug 19, 2008 6:59 pm

For the past few years, Atlanta's ambitious Beltline project has struggled to get off the ground without much in the way of funding.

Governor: Homeowner grants didn't work

Aug 19, 2008 5:49 pm

Gov. Sonny Perdue said Tuesday the state's $428 million homeowner grants he wants to eliminate have been ineffective in keeping down property taxes in Georgia.

In Georgia budget crisis, tax breaks, 'pork' are safe

Aug 19, 2008 5:31 pm

State agencies are preparing to furlough employees and slash spending because of the budget crisis, but insurance companies, pig farmers and donors to private-school scholarship groups are keeping the...

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