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Science causes brotherly dispute
Mitch Clarke
      I have to admit that I wasn't exactly stunned by the scientific study that hit the news a few weeks back out of Norway. Scientists for Norway's National Institute of Occupational Health and the Norwegian Armed Forces Medical Services found that older siblings, particularly boys, were smarter than...
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Mumbles
And beer for our horses!
Billy Fleming
      Several times over the past week when Judy walked into the room I felt the urge to quickly flip channels. For several days the constant news story was the collapse of the I35W bridge across the Mississippi River in Minneapolis.
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It doesn't take a rocket scientist
      A recent survey shows nine out of 10 drivers think text messaging while driving should be banned. Apparently, 66 percent of those drivers admit they have text messaged while driving even though they think it should be against the law.
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Alex McRae
Imaginary camp could be taking up the slack
      Summer's almost over. The kids will be back in school before you know it and sighs of relief will burst forth from homes across the fruited plain, the loudest sighs of relief coming from parents forced to spend too much time with the kids this summer.
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Shipp's Georgia
When the sure bet is a loser
Bill Shipp
      By now just about everyone who follows Georgia politics has heard about new Congressman Paul Broun's amazing victory over former State Sen. Jim Whitehead in the July runoff to fill the unexpired term of the late Charlie Norwood.
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Sheriff shows America how to deal with illegal immigration
Matt Towery
      While politicians have hacked and sloughed their way through the issue of illegal immigration, one sheriff in Atlanta has taken matters into his own hands by doing what the law already allows law enforcement to do - begin deportation proceedings against illegal aliens who are charged with crimes.
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News from the past
      10 YEARS AGO Aug. 21, 1997 ACTIVITY at the Blakely Animal Shelter has been brisk the past few weeks, with nearly 100 animals being picked up by the animal control officer. THE GEORGIA Department of Technical and Adult Education announced that Anderson Construction Company of Ft. Gaines has be...
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