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In this Wednesday, April 30, 2003 file photo, Yoshi Kato tests coffee for aroma, texture and taste during a contest of Nicaraguan coffee growers in Managua, Nicaragua. A large U.S. federal study concludes people who drink coffee seem to live a little longer. Researchers saw a clear connection between cups consumed and years of life. Whether it was regular or decaf didn't matter. The results are published in the Thursday, May 17, 2012 New England Journal of Medicine. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
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MILWAUKEE (AP) — One of life's simple pleasures just got a little sweeter. After years of waffling research on coffee and health, even some fear that java might raise the risk of heart disease, a big study finds the opposite: Coffee drinkers are a little more likely to live longer. Regular or decaf doesn't matter. The study of 400,000 people is...
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In this file photo, Rome High's marching band provides music during the school's homecoming parade. (File, Daniel Varnado RN-T.com)
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The bands of Rome City School system have had a superior year at all performances. According to a Rome High press release: Each performing group that has been rated in a marching group, Jazz ens...
Lisa Brown-Ingram (far left), United Community Bank, receives a handshake and plaque from Teresa Lumsden, State Farm Insurance, and Chip Hood, Evergreen Landscaping, Tuesday, May 15, 2012 during the Leadership Rome class XXIX graduation dinner. (Daniel Varnado RN-T.com)
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People don’t just decide they want to be leaders and then automatically become one, said Georgia First Lady Sandra Deal. Instead, leadership is born from recognizing a need and doing what you can ...
Sumner, a guide dog owned by DisAbility Link Executive Director Maia Santamaria, sits on the floor as Santamaria talks with sign language instructor John C. McDonald (middle) and volunteer Terri Cooper at their new facility. (Daniel Varnado RN-T.com)
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American Sign Language and finger-spelling classes are starting up Thursday night at the Goodwill Career Center on Hicks Drive. The classes are the first local ones offered in several years, said ...
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Shorter stands on the fundamentals
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FUNDAMENTAL, according to Webster, means “serving as a basis supporting existence or determining essential structure or function.” Music, science, math, etc., all have fundamentals. Only when we c...
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: 53 display integriy, courage
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HAVING NO relationship with Shorter I have observed the ongoing controversy from a distance and regrettably detached. The article and editorial in this past Sunday’s paper caused deeper reflection....
Obama keeps up with Kardashians, Avengers, more
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama can hold his own when it comes to pop culture: He's up on "The Avengers" superheroes, has a handle on the Kardashians and says he catches up with TV hits du...
GUEST COLUMN: Both sides in Shorter debate must seek common truth
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I WAS INTRIGUED by Betty Zane Morris’ column about Shorter University in the Sunday, May 6, issue of the Rome News-Tribune. I have no direct connection with Shorter other than being casually acquai...
Citi Center's permit suspended by US Corps of Engineers
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Local environmentalists are calling it a qualified win, but developers behind the Citi Center shopping center project on Riverside Parkway say a suspension of their permit won’t change their plans....
Many blacks shrug off Obama's new view on gays
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ARDMORE, Pa. (AP) — Like many black Americans, Dorsey Jackson does not believe in gay marriage, but he wasn't disillusioned when Barack Obama became the first president to support it. The windows o...
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“My mom is my hero because she fought for me for two years, and she didn’t give up.” For Ali Marie Miller, a mother is not necessarily defined by someone who carried her in the womb for nine month...
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