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BOSTON - A measure that would decriminalize minor marijuana-possession cases is on the ballot in Massachusetts largely because of one man: billionaire financier and liberal activist George Soros.
September 11, 2008
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By STEVE LeBLANC
Associated Press Writer
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National
What do you think about squeeze plays? Impossible? For experts only?
September 11, 2008
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By PHILLIP ALDER
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Coffee Break
The year ahead will provide many fresh and substantial avenues for applying some valuable lessons you're learned in the past. These new contributions to your affairs will make all the difference and help achieve your goals.
September 11, 2008
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By BERNICE BEDE OSOL
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Coffee Break
DEAR DR. GOTT: I read your column about a person who seems to have the same progressive disorder of the spinal discs that I have. I have enclosed the doctor's report of my MRI.
September 11, 2008
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By DR. PETER GOTT
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Coffee Break
TRIPOLI, Libya - Two hijackers who commandeered a jetliner from Sudan's Darfur region and diverted it to a remote desert airstrip in southern Libya surrendered and freed all hostages Wednesday after a daylong standoff, officials said.
September 11, 2008
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By KHALED EL-DEEB
Associated Press Writer
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Associated Press
BOISE, Idaho - The air was still thick with the smell of smoke when fire crews allowed Christopher Lee and his wife to return to their charred neighborhood and collect their belongings - or what was left of them.
September 11, 2008
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By JESSIE L. BONNER
Associated Press Writer
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National
Mr. and Mrs. Russell T. Mangum of Augusta announce the engagement of their daughter, Jenna Leigh of Augusta, to James Farris "Jimbo" Lawson Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy F. Lawson of Leesburg, Ga.
September 11, 2008
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Wedding Planner
Mr. and Mrs. E.J. "Buster" and Barbara Brown of Statesboro announce the engagement of their son, John Matthew Brown of Statesboro, to Courtney Marie Oswald, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Michael and Paula Horn.
September 11, 2008
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Wedding Planner
Brittany Leigh Bartley of LaGrange, Ga., became the bride of Steven Earle Tanner of Statesboro on June 28, 2008, during a 7:30 p.m. ceremony held at Oakhurst in Pine Mountain, Ga. Stewart Moody officiated.
September 11, 2008
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Wedding Planner
NEW ORLEANS - On the cusp of Hurricane Katrina's third anniversary, nervous Gulf Coast residents watched Wednesday as a storm threatened to strengthen and crash ashore, testing everything the city has rebuilt.
September 11, 2008
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By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and TAMARA LUSH
Associated Press Writer
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National
WASHINGTON - More ominous signs Wednesday have scientists saying that a global warming ''tipping point'' in the Arctic is happening before their eyes: Sea ice in the Arctic Ocean has melted to its second lowest level since satellite observations began.
September 11, 2008
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By SETH BORENSTEIN and DAN JOLING
Associated Press Writer
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Washington
HICKMAN, Neb. - This one-horse town is looking like becoming a no-horse town.
September 11, 2008
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By NATE JENKINS
Associated Press Writer
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National
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Pakistani troops drove off a Taliban attack on a fort and pounded another band of militants holed up in a health center, officials said Wednesday as fighting spread to a third area of the tribal belt along the Afghan border.
September 11, 2008
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By STEPHEN GRAHAM
Associated Press Writer
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Associated Press
Bulloch County and the City of Statesboro fell prey to almost every major disease that ravaged the rest of America during the 1800's., including "yellow fever," "Smallpox" and Influenza."
September 11, 2008
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By ROGER ALLEN
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Lifestyles Columnists
JERUSALEM - Scientists using American space technology have started a huge project to digitally photograph the Dead Sea Scrolls, the oldest known version of the Hebrew Bible, and post it on the Internet for all to see, Israeli authorities said Wednesday.
September 11, 2008
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By IAN DEITCH
Associated Press Writer
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Associated Press
