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WASHINGTON - President Bush and Barack Obama on Monday will hold their first substantive talks about the nation's daunting priorities as the transition to a Democratic administration accelerates.
November 21, 2008
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By BEN FELLER
Associated Press Writer
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Washington
Studio Statesboro Vodcast - Thursday, November 6, 2008
November 21, 2008
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MATTHEW BANKHEAD/Producer
mbankhead@statesboroherald.com
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Local
Jonathan Sandys, Winston Churchill's great-grandson, will bring a bit of British history to Bulloch County Sunday when he speaks to the congregation and visitors at Statesboro's First United Methodist Church.
November 21, 2008
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By HOLLI DEAL BRAGG
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Local
(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.)
November 21, 2008
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From Staff Reports
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Crime Report
Organization and proper planning will greatly strengthen your possibilities for success in the year ahead, and they will be the major reasons for you making such leaps and bounds in both your personal and work-related life.
November 21, 2008
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By BERNICE BEDE OSOL
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Coffee Break
Kenneth Grahame, a Scottish author who died in 1932, said, "The strongest human instinct is to impart information; the second strongest is to resist it."
November 21, 2008
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By PHILLIP ALDER
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Coffee Break
VATICAN CITY - Christians and Muslims must overcome their misunderstandings, Pope Benedict XVI told Muslim clergy and scholars Thursday as he pressed for greater freedom of worship for non-Muslims in the Islamic world.
November 21, 2008
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By FRANCES D’EMILIO
Associated Press Writer
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Associated Press
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - A group of Saudi activists began a rare public hunger strike Thursday to demand judiciary reform and draw attention to the detention without trial of 11 political reformists.
November 21, 2008
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By DONNA ABU-NASR
Associated Press Writer
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Associated Press
DEAR DR. GOTT: I am 64 years old and in good health but take five medications. About two months ago, I got a cold and was given a Z-pack. It didn't help, so I was given Levaquin. Now I cannot smell or taste. How can I bring these senses back?
November 21, 2008
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By DR. PETER GOTT
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Coffee Break
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Thursday proposed $4.4 billion in new taxes and a similar amount in spending cuts to deal with California's worsening fiscal crisis, saying, ''We must stop the bleeding.''
November 21, 2008
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By JUDY LIN
Associated Press Writer
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National
NEW YORK - Wall Street plunged for a second day, triggered by computer gear maker Cisco Systems warning of slumping demand and retailers reporting weak sales for October. Concerns about widespread economic weakness sent the major stock indexes down more than 4 percent Thursday, including the Dow Jones industrial average, which tumbled more than 430 points.
November 21, 2008
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By TIM PARADIS
Associated Press Writer
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National
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii - Aging, frail survivors of the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor gingerly sifted dirt as they helped to break ground on a new visitor's center for the USS Arizona Memorial.
November 21, 2008
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By AUDREY McAVOY
Associated Press Writer
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National
BAGHDAD - The U.S. responded Thursday to Iraqi proposals for changes in the draft security pact that would keep American troops here for three more years, saying it now considers the text final and it is up to Iraq's government to push the process to approval.
November 21, 2008
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By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA
Associated Press Writer
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Associated Press
NEW YORK - Federal prosecutors said Thursday that they will not bring criminal charges against Eliot Spitzer for his role in a prostitution scandal, removing a legal cloud that has surrounded the former governor since his epic downfall eight months ago.
November 21, 2008
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By TOM HAYS
Associated Press Writer
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National
MOSCOW - Russia's constitution will be amended by year's end to extend the presidential term to six years, lawmakers promised Thursday - a move that could pave the way for Vladimir Putin's return to the Kremlin.
November 21, 2008
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By DAVID NOWAK
Associated Press Writer
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Associated Press
