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Ethical minefield: Some ponder ’designer’ babies with Mom or Dad’s defective genes

CHICAGO - The power to create ''perfect'' designer babies looms over the world of prenatal testing.

January 05, 2007 | By LINDSEY TANNER AP Medical Writer | Nation

Delta Chapter 11 plan calls for it to remain standalone company

ATLANTA - Delta Air Lines filed a reorganization plan Tuesday that calls for it to emerge from bankruptcy next spring as a standalone company worth as much as $12 billion, which would be more than the market value of the nation's two biggest carriers combined.

January 05, 2007 | By HARRY R. WEBER AP Business Writer | Nation

Police Report - December 22

Note: All information included in this report is taken from law enforcement incident reports and arrest records, which are public records and available for review at any and all local law enforcement agencies. Not every arrest leads to a conviction. Guilt or innocence is determined by the court system.

January 05, 2007 | From staff reports | Crime Report

Could Mount Hood climbers still make it? Unlikely, experts say, but possible

PORTLAND, Ore. - It starts with mumbling and stumbling. Then come violent shivers and then, paradoxically, a false sense of warmth that makes some people strip their clothes off. Eventually, they may curl into a fetal position as their muscles go rigid, their skin goes waxy, and the heart slows down, then stops.

January 05, 2007 | By TIM FOUGHT and SARAH SKIDMOR Associated Press Writers | Nation

Sheriff calls off Mount Hood climber search

HOOD RIVER, Ore. - With yet another snowstorm barreling in, rescue teams gave up any hope of finding two missing climbers alive on wind-whipped Mount Hood and abandoned the search Wednesday after nine frustrating days.

January 05, 2007 | By SARAH SKIDMORE Associated Press Writer | Nation

8 Marines charged in killings of 24 Iraqi civilians after roadside bomb

CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. - Eight Marines were charged Thursday in the killings of 24 Iraqi civilians in the town of Haditha last year.

January 05, 2007 | By THOMAS WATKINS Associated Press Writer | Nation

New station to broadcast SoCon

Heathrow, FL - The America Channel announced Tuesday that it has entered into multi-year, comprehensive video broadcast agreements with a number of distinguished NCAA Division I conferences including the Big South Conference, Southern Conference, Big West Conference, Colonial Athletic Association, Big Sky Conference, America East Conference, Patriot League and Atlantic Sun Conference.

January 05, 2007 | Special to the Herald | Georgia Southern

Astrograph 12/21

The year ahead is likely to encourage a period of ongoing creative changes in your lifestyle, but don't wait until circumstances are totally intolerable before you take the initiative to make some. Strike when the notion first hits you.

January 04, 2007 | By BERNICE BEDE OSOL | Coffee Break

Vick says sore groin has improved

FLOWERY BRANCH - Michael Vick says his sore groin has improved but added he didn't try to test the injury as he took a reduced role in Wednesday's practice.

January 04, 2007 | By CHARLES ODUM AP Sports Writer | Sports

Grobe wins AP coach of the year for leading Wake Forest revival

NEW YORK - Jim Grobe held Wake Forest together after a couple of potentially devastating injuries, refused to let his players feel sorry for themselves and turned the perennially downtrodden Demon Deacons into champions.

January 04, 2007 | By RALPH D. RUSSO AP Sports Writer | Sports

Hall takes call from Owens, says feud is over

FLOWERY BRANCH - After Terrell Owens spit in DeAngelo Hall's face in Saturday night's game, Hall insisted he'd have nothing to do with the Dallas receiver.

January 04, 2007 | By CHARLES ODUM AP Sports Writer | Sports

Bush open to increasing Iraq troops but says they must have clear mission

WASHINGTON - Acknowledging deepening frustration over Iraq , President Bush said Wednesday he is considering an increase in American forces and warned that next year will bring more painful U.S. losses. New Defense Secretary Robert Gates said in Baghdad that a troop surge was an obvious option.

January 04, 2007 | By TERENCE HUNT AP White House Correspondent | Nation

Bridge 12/21

Sir Frederick G. Banting, a Canadian who won the 1923 Nobel Prize in medicine as one of the co-discoverers of insulin with Professor John J.R. Macleod, said, "No one has ever had an idea in a dress suit."

January 04, 2007 | By PHILLIP ALDER | Coffee Break

Ask Dr. Gott 12/21

DEAR DR. GOTT: Several weeks ago, you printed a letter from a gentleman whose wife had terminal cancer and he was wondering what to do. You mentioned (in a very unfavorable manner) the possibility of seeking alternative treatment in Mexico. I would like to respond to some of your comments.

January 04, 2007 | By DR. PETER GOTT | Coffee Break

Shiite summit aims to prod radical cleric toward cease-fire and rejoining government

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr is considering a one-month unilateral cease-fire and may push his followers to rejoin the political process, three weeks after they walked out of parliament and the Cabinet to protest the prime minister's meeting with President Bush, officials close to the anti-American militia leader said Wednesday.

January 04, 2007 | By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press Writer | Nation

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The season continues

AUGUSTA - Two plays into Friday's Region 3-AAAA play-in game, the Statesboro Blue Devils found themselves trailing Glenn Hills 6-0.

November 09, 2013 | By MIKE ANTHONY manthony@statesboroherald.com | Prep Sports 360

Late TD lifts Portal over Montgomery

PORTAL - Trailing by five with 5:45 remaining, Portal needed to go 80 yards to score the go-ahead touchdown in the Panthers' final game of the season.

November 09, 2013 | By LUKE MARTIN Herald Correspondent | Prep Sports 360

Appling tops SEB, clinches Region 1-AAA title

BAXLEY - The Southeast Bulloch Yellow Jackets traveled to Baxley to face the Appling County Pirates on Friday, with a potential region title on the line. The Yellow Jackets fell short 42-21 and finish third in the final Region 1-AAA standings for 2013.

November 09, 2013 | By MATT GARDNER Baxley News-Banner | Prep Sports 360

Pinewood airs it out against rival Bulloch

BELLVILLE - All week long, Bulloch Academy's coaching staff had warned their players about Pinewood Christian Academy quarterback Dalton Johnson.

November 09, 2013 | By RAHN HUTCHESON Special to the Herald | Prep Sports 360

Byington wins debut at GSU

The Mark Byington era started with a bang.

November 09, 2013 | By MATT YOGUS myogus@statesboroherald.com | Georgia Southern

Western Carolina just might be on the rise

All of a sudden everything seems different for the Western Carolina football team.

November 09, 2013 | By MIKE BROWN Herald Correspondent | Georgia Southern

GSU women tip off at Auburn

During Chris Vozab's first season as Georgia Southern's head coach, the Eagles lived by the jump shot and lost by the jump shot.

November 09, 2013 | By MATT YOGUS myogus@statesboroherald.com | Georgia Southern

Murray set for 50th start against Appalachian State

ATHENS - Aaron Murray is reaching a milestone for durability as he chases another SEC record.

November 09, 2013 | By CHARLES ODUM AP Sports Writer | UGA - AP

Kirk overcomes the wind for Sea Island lead

ST. SIMONS ISLAND - Chris Kirk was at his best when the wind was at its worst Friday in the McGladrey Classic. Kirk rolled in a 40-foot birdie putt from off the green, chipped in from nearly 60 feet for birdie on another hole and wound up with another 4-under 66 at Sea Island to take a one-shot lead going into the ...

November 09, 2013 | By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer | Sports

Highway 67 project on back burner

The widening of Georgia Highway 67 - Statesboro's Fair Road - to four lanes down to Interstate 16 shows up as a $36.4 million item in the proposed Statewide Transportation Improvement Program, with right-of-way purchases funded in 2016 and construction "after 2017." It's Bulloch County's biggest project in the $4 billion, four-year improvement program.

November 08, 2013 | By AL HACKLE ahackle@statesboroherald.com | Local

Oldest African-American church in Bulloch celebrates milestone

A small brick church at the end of a dirt road in Brooklet recently commemorated an event that no other church in Bulloch County can boast of. Antioch Missionary Baptist Church traces its roots back to September 1863 and recently celebrated its 150th anniversary. "It has been my pleasure and still another blessing from the Almighty God to serve as pastor of the oldest and one of the best churches in Bulloch ...

November 08, 2013 | By JULIE LAVENDER Herald writer | Local

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