U.S. soldiers with the NATO led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) stand guard at the scene of a suicide attack in Kandahar south of Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012. (AP Photo/Allauddin Khan)
WASHINGTON (AP) — The No. 2 U.S. commander in Afghanistan said Wednesday that U.S. military advisory teams will start deploying to Afghanistan this year to help Afghan combat forces as they take a more prominent role in fighting the Taliban. The plan as described by Lt. Gen. Curtis Scaparrotti is for U.S. and other international troops to begin... full story
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ROBERT BURNS,AP National Security WriterAssociated Press
State of Labor Commissioner Mark Butler today announced that a ribbon cutting ceremony will be held for the Georgia Department of Labor’s (GDOL) Cave Spring Rehabilitation Center (CSRC) on Friday, ...
Harbin Clinic President and CEO Dr. Ken Davis told Rome business leaders that, with respect to future health care re-form, it’s not going to make much of a difference who is elected President of th...
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A spokeswoman for U.S. Rep. Phil Gingrey confirmed this afternoon that the Marietta Republican walked out of President Barack Obama’s address at the annual National Prayer Breakfast, offended by wh...
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Rome and Floyd County residents could be allowed to keep chickens after all under state legislation scheduled for a committee hearing today. Both the city and county commissions resoundingly reje...
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Floyd County Coroner Barry Henderson said Thursday that testing identified the man who was killed in a wreck on Jones Mill Road as Charles Chris Hoge of Armuchee. Hoge died Monday when he lost con...