Ga. judge rejects bid to halt execution
By RUSS BYNUM, Associated Press Writer Sat Jul 14, 2:15 PM ET
SAVANNAH, Ga. - A judge has denied a bid to halt the execution scheduled this coming week of convicted cop killer Troy Anthony Davis, refusing to hear evidence the defense says would show he is innocent and identify […]
“You can’t tell a book by its cover.”
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Lynn Turner, seen in a 2001 photo, was found guilty Saturday of murdering her boyfriend by poisoning him with antifreeze.
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Woman found guilty of antifreeze murder
Story Highlights
• Lynn Turner could face death sentence in killing of her boyfriend
• Turner convicted Saturday of poisoning boyfriend with antifreeze
• She’s already […]
except he’s destroying the U.S. Middle Class in place.
‘Rep. Westmoreland Warns That Iraqis Won’t Just ‘Go Back to Tending Sheep and Herding Goats’
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Westmoreland’s statement comes as little surprise. Last year, he led opposition to renewal of the Voting Rights Act, arguing that racism in the South is as irrelevant today as U.S.-British tensions over […]
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Senator Judd Gregg ( R-N.H.) displaying the short hand.
“Senate Multimillionares Vote To Block Minimum Wage Hike
After repeated delays by conservatives, the Senate voted 87-10 today to end debate on legislation that will raise the minimum wage for the first time in a decade, from $5.15 to $7.25. The bill will move to a full vote […]
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‘White Atlanta Suburbs Push for Secession
Push to Split Atlanta’s Fulton County Draws Cries of Racism
By DOUG GROSS
The Associated Press
ATLANTA - A potentially explosive dispute in the City Too Busy to Hate is taking shape over a proposal to break Fulton County in two and split off Atlanta’s predominantly white, affluent suburbs to the north from […]
Our first 2007 nominee is..
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‘Kingston: Americans Should ‘Marry and Work Longer Hours’ To Escape Poverty »
Rep. Jack Kingston (R-GA) made headlines last month after complaining about Congress’ new schedule that requires members to work five days a week:
“Keeping us up here eats away at families,” said Rep. Jack Kingston (R-Ga.), who typically flies […]
According to RAW STORY, ROLL CALL is reporting that Georgia Republican Senator Saxby Chambliss stated:
‘“We need better intelligence. If we had better intelligence in the Civil War we’d be quoting Jefferson Davis, not Lincoln.”
A spokesperson for Chambliss said the story wasn’t correct and that what the Senator actually said said was, “If Gen. JEB […]
The Atlanta Braves and the rest of what was once baseball had better be careful. In Somalia, radical Muslims shot some people for watching the World Cup. There will be a time when our own religious police decide they no longer want Catholics or Jews to come to the ballpark or they call for a […]
Georgia poised to OK Bible studies bill
By Nancy Badertscher, Bridget Gutierrez
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Published on: 03/21/06
Georgia is close to becoming the first state in the nation to pass a bill sanctioning Bible studies classes in public schools.
Under the measure, which passed the House on Monday by a vote of 151-7, high school students could […]
Supreme Court Limits Police Searches of Homes
By David Stout
Published: March 22, 2006
WASHINGTON, March 22 — A bitterly split Supreme Court, ruling in a case that arose from a marriage gone bad, today narrowed the circumstances under which the police can enter and search a home without a warrant.
In a 5-to-3 decision, the justices sided with […]