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Monica Pearson
Longtime WSB TV anchor retiring
ATLANTA (AP) — Veteran Atlanta news anchor Monica Pearson is retiring after 37 years with WSB-TV. The station reports Pearson will lead her last newscast on July 25. In 1975, Pearson became the f...
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FILE- In this March 25, 2011 file photo, Ware County firefighter Drew McCarthy works to contain one of three major wildfires in Southeast Georgia that burned nearly 35 square miles in Ware County, Ga. (AP Photo/The Florida Times-Union, Terry Dickson, File)
Warm, dry weather could bring busy wildfire season
BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — With forecasters predicting an early spring in southeast Georgia, forestry officials are gearing up for what could be an early start to a fire season they fear could be a repe...
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FILE- In this April, 9, 2007, file photo Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, speaks at a ceremony in Iran s nuclear enrichment facility in Natanz, 300 kms 186 (miles) south of capital Tehran, Iran. For the first time in nearly two decades of escalating tensions over the Iranian nuclear program, it appears that world leaders are genuinely concerned that an Israeli military attack on the Islamic Republic could be imminent, an action that many fear might trigger war, terrorism and global economic havoc. (AP Photo/Hasan Sarbakhshian, File)
Obama: US has 'very good' intelligence on Iran
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama said the U.S. has a "very good estimate" of when Iran could complete work on a nuclear weapon, but cautioned Monday that there are still many unanswered que...
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The smoldering remains of a house, left, where an explosion killed Josh Powell and his two sons, Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012, is shown from the air in Graham, Wash. The explosion occurred moments after a Child Protective Services worker brought the two boys to the home for a supervised visit. Powell s wife Susan went reportedly missing from their West Valley City, Utah, home in December 2009. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
Utah father bars social worker from home, kills himself and sons
GRAHAM, Wash. (AP) — Josh Powell's note was simple and short, a farewell to the world after two years of being scrutinized in the media, hammered by police and questioned by judges, prosecutors and...
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FILE - In this April 13, 2011 file photo, Rodney Berget, accused of killing a South Dakota prison guard during an unsuccessful escape in 2011, is escorted to court in Sioux Falls, SD. A judge on Monday, Feb. 6, 2012, sentenced Berget to death for his part in the murder. (AP Photo/The Argus Leader, Elisha Page, File)
South Dakota inmate sentenced to death in guard killing
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A judge on Monday sentenced a South Dakota inmate to death for killing a prison guard by bashing him with a pipe and covering his mouth with plastic wrap during a failed es...
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Anders Behring Breivik, a right-wing extremist who confessed to a bombing and mass shooting that killed 77 people on July 22, 2011, arrives for a detention hearing at a court in Oslo, Norway, Monday, Feb. 6, 2012. About 100 survivors and relatives of the victims of the July 22 massacre attended the hearing in Oslo s district court - expected to decide to keep Breivik in jail until his trial begins in April. (AP Photo/Lise Aserud, Scanpix Norway)
Norway mass killer demands medal at court hearing
OSLO, Norway (AP) — The right-wing extremist who has admitted killing 77 people in Norway's worst peacetime massacre told a court Monday that he deserves a medal of honor for the bloodshed and dema...
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Nathan Deal
Deal announces needs-based scholarship
ATLANTA (AP) — Gov. Nathan Deal has announced a need-based scholarship to be privately funded and aimed at grooming Georgia middle school students for college. AT&T joined the governor at Georgia ...
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This image posted on the 11Alive website shows Winder s historic Granite Hotel.
Mementos of Winder's Granite Hotel sought
WINDER, Ga. (AP) — The Barrow County Historical Society is seeking stories and old photos of the Granite Hotel, which is scheduled to be demolished soon. The Athens Banner-Herald reports the ...
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Europeans struggle under record cold snap
by JOVANA GEC,Associated Press
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BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Overwhelmed by deep snow and harsh temperatures, some countries in Europe closed down schools and struggled to run public transport Monday, as post-snow rains caused a dam t...
Queen celebrates 60 years on throne
by GREGORY KATZ,Associated Press
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LONDON (AP) — Tributes poured in to Queen Elizabeth II on Monday as she marked 60 years on the throne with a message vowing to continue serving the British people. Dressed in a Tiffany-blue hat an...
Ga. court to hear arguments in alligator attack
by GREG BLUESTEIN,Associated Press
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ATLANTA (AP) — The Georgia Supreme Court is set to hear arguments in a case involving a woman found dead in a lagoon that was home to an eight-foot alligator in a subdivision near Savannah. The co...
Court: Atlanta violated Ga. sunshine laws
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ATLANTA (AP) — The Georgia Supreme Court has ruled that the city of Atlanta violated the state's sunshine laws by refusing to name council members who voted against amending its rules regarding pub...
Police: Man accidentally shoots self at gun show
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SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Authorities say a Rincon man is recovering after accidentally shooting himself in the leg at a Savannah gun show. Police say 26-year-old Charles Lake was leaving the gun show ...
Ga. Supreme Court overturns assisted suicide restrictions
by GREG BLUESTEIN,Associated Press
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ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia's top court on Monday struck down a state law designed to discourage assisted suicides after a legal battle brought by four members of a suicide group who said the law also v...
Super Bowl ads battle for championship
by Mae Anderson,AP Business Writer
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NEW YORK — The pressure was on. The tension was thick. And then, there were yawns in between. The Super Bowl may have been a nail biter, but the ads were a snooze. Clint Eastwood waxed for two mi...
Police: 11 arrested at Occupy DC site
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Authorities say 11 people have been arrested in Washington's McPherson Square since Park Police began clearing away tents from one of the nation's last remaining Occupy sites. Da...
Boys Killed in Dad's Fire Suffered 'Chop Injuries'
Authorities say sons of missing mom had 'chop injuries' to their necks as they died in a house fire set by dad
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    Tue Feb 07 01:04:16 UTC 2012
    Catholic Leaders Pressure Obama
    Outrage from Catholics over mandate that employers must cover entire cost of female contraception as part of health care overhaul could be factor in presidential election, as Obama won the Catholic vote in 2008 by a 9 percentage-point margin.
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    Tue Feb 07 01:04:16 UTC 2012