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Vatican provides road rage cure
Mitch Clarke
      The Vatican this week issued a new set of "Ten Commandments" aimed squarely at keeping all you speed demons and road hogs on the road to salvation by warning against the sin of road rage, driving under the influence and even just plain rudeness.
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Jake's here!!!
Billy Fleming
      Have I shown you a picture of Jake yet? Yep, he's here, all seven pounds, 9 ounces of him! He and Jenny are both doing fine, and Holden has that same grin on his face you see when he's posing with a trophy buck or gobbler. Knowing he could change plans at any time, we were all looking forward to ...
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All That's Fit to Print
Puddle-jumpin'
Brenda Wall
      It was reported over the weekend that Hillary Clinton has raised $27 million in campaign money. And, she's not alone singing "we're in the money." Obama posted raising $32 million. That's just obscene. The almost successful car bombings in London and Scotland over the weekend revealed some intere...
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Alex McRae
Hog wild with designer sausage
      If sausage king Jimmy Dean were dead he'd be rolling over in his grave. As it is, he's probably just a little green. With envy. In a cholesterol-conscious world, sausage is about as politically correct as a Klan rally. Zillions of people still eat it.
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Shipp's Georgia
Healthcare: Another flop in Georgia
Bill Shipp
      I owe Atlanta's Grady Hospital a debt that I can never repay. More than 55 years ago, when I was a student at Emory, the Atlanta Journal dispatched me to Grady as a part-time reporter to cover the emergency room on Saturday nights. I would never again witness such bloody chaos and medical hero...
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Socialized medicine for 'kids' debate underway
Robert Novak
      WASHINGTON - There is no need to wait until a new president is elected next year for the great national health care debate. It is underway right now, disguised as a routine extension of an immensely popular, noncontroversial 10-year-old program of providing coverage to poor children.
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News from the past
      10 YEARS AGO July 10, 1997 THE GEORGIA Trust for Historic Preservation recognized the Early County Board of Commissioners for their exceptional efforts to preserve the Early County Courthouse, described as one of Georgia's most historic resources.
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