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Arkansas Takes Out No. 2 Seed Georgia; UCLA Shuts Out USC in NCAA Women's Round of 16 Play (ZooTennis)

noreply@blogger.com (Colette Lewis) — Fri, 16 May 2008 01:03:00 GMT

©Colette Lewis 2008-- Tulsa, OK-- Arkansas had already taken down No. 15 seed North Carolina in the regional finals last Saturday. Today the 17-32 seed bumped off No. 2 Georgia 4-2, earning their second victory of the season over their SEC rivals. Georgia lost the doubles point and then the first set in three matches, so faced an uphill climb during the unseasonably cool late afternoon....

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Fewer Gun-free Zones in Georgia (TFS Magnum)

Fri, 16 May 2008 02:18:00 GMT

Perdue signs law allowing guns in restaurants | ajc.com In other words, there are more places where law-abiding citizens can legally defend themselves with firearms, and fewer places where criminals and/or nut-jobs can kill people knowing they will be unopposed.Georgians with carry licenses can tote their concealed guns on public transportation, in restaurants that serve alcohol and in state...

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Perry survives wet day for share of lead in Georgia (Fox News)

Fri, 16 May 2008 00:45:12 GMT

Kenny Perry sloshed through the water-logged fairways, ducking under an umbrella every chance he got. He also hit plenty of good shots on a miserable day at the TPC Sugarloaf. Coming off a final-round meltdown at The Players Championship, Perry endured a steady - and occasionally driving rain - to claim a share of the first-round lead with a 6-under 66 at the AT&T Classic on Thursday.

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juan crow in georgia (Planet Grenada)

Thu, 15 May 2008 23:13:00 GMT

The Black Commentator: Juan Crow in Georgia by Roberto Lovato Latinos’ subordinate status in Georgia and in the Deep South bears more than a passing resemblance to that of African-Americans who were living under Jim Crow. Call it Juan Crow: the matrix of laws, social customs, economic institutions and symbolic systems enabling the physical and psychic isolation needed to control and exploit...

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Press release from Georgia Congressman Paul Broun on E-VERIFY (The Dustin Inman Society Blog)

Thu, 15 May 2008 23:08:48 GMT

For Immediate Release May 15, 2008 Contact Jessica Morris (706) 483-8490 U.S. Congressman Paul Broun: Strengthening Employers’ Ability to Identify Illegal Aliens Broun: “Improving an employer’s ability to [...]

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AEI/Brookings Georgia State Conference (RiskProf)

Thu, 15 May 2008 22:59:40 GMT

.... On the future of Insurance regulation will be held at the AEI on July 9. Be there or be square. Here is the link to the program. The conference is sponsored by the Risk Foundation.

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Georgia Deregulates (mostly) Auto Insurance (RiskProf)

Thu, 15 May 2008 22:48:19 GMT

Yesterday, Governor Perdue, singed a law recently passed ( SB 276 ) by the legislature that would allow insurers to set prices in a free market for automobile insurance. My colleague Rich Phillips and I made a couple of presentations to legislative committees on the issue. Our main point was that Georgia was not in a crisis mode right now, so it would be easy to allow market competition to commence....

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Isakson, Chambliss on the farm bill: There could be a agro-terror facility in it for Georgia (Political Insider | ajc.com)

Thu, 15 May 2008 22:26:09 GMT

“The new and modern technology of the NBAF must be utilized to protect our food animals,” said David Lee, vice president for research at the University of Georgia. “Safe research and the development of effective counter-measures for this disease are critical to the health and welfare of the domestic herds of cattle, sheep, and swine, and to our agricultural industry, not just in Georgia,...

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T-shirts for sale in Georgia compare Obama to ?Curious George.? (The Hollywood Liberal)

Thu, 15 May 2008 11:31:15 GMT

T-shirts for sale in Georgia compare Obama to ?Curious George.? Mike Norman, a bar owner in Marietta, GA, who is peddling t-shirts that feature “a look-a-like of cartoon chimp Curious George peeling a banana, with ‘Obama in ‘08′ underneath” claims that the shirts are “not meant to offend,” despite his acknowledgment of “the imagery's Jim [...]

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The long Flight and first day in Greece - Savannah, Georgia, United States (TravelPod.com Recent Updates)

Thu, 15 May 2008 21:54:05 GMT

Jump to the full entry & travel map Savannah, Georgia, United States I traveled from Savannah to Altanta and met up with the group from California as we next headed to JFK in New York. Our next flight was the long character building run from New York to Athens, Greece. I was fortunate enough to sit next to a young guy named Constantin who was from Athens. He was returning from...

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Georgia rape case dismissed because of victim's sexual history? (feminist blogs)

Thu, 15 May 2008 20:38:55 GMT

... didn't stop Day from raping her a month later. Her lawsuit against Day is now on appeal to the Georgia Supreme Court , in part because of the victim-blaming actions of the trial court judge. Judge Phillip Brown, despite a Georgia rape shield law, compelled Ross to disclose every person she had ever dated, or engaged in any sexual activity with, including their names, dates of interaction,...

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Georgia Review Receives Awards (NewPages Blog)

Thu, 15 May 2008 20:31:00 GMT

The University of Georgia’s Georgia Review Wins General Excellence Award and Six Others in 2008 GAMMA Awards Competition The Georgia Review, the University of Georgia’s nationally renowned quarterly journal of arts and letters, earned seven honors, including four golds, at the Magazine Association of the Southeast's 2008 GAMMA Awards. Chief among the wins was the General...

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Farm bill vote splits Georgia Republicans (Political Insider | ajc.com)

Thu, 15 May 2008 20:10:25 GMT

Look for the farm bill to be a topic of much conversation at the state Republican convention in Columbus on Friday and Saturday. The bill, which President Bush has threatened to veto, has clearly split Republican members of the Georgia...

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY RECOGNIZES RIGHT OF RETURN OF DISPLACED TO ABKHAZIA, GEORGIA (International)

Thu, 15 May 2008 19:01:00 GMT

GENERAL ASSEMBLY RECOGNIZES RIGHT OF RETURN OF DISPLACED TO ABKHAZIA, GEORGIA New York, May 15 2008 3:00PM The <" http://www.un.org/ga/ ">General Assembly today adopted a resolution in which it recognized the right of return of all refugees and internally displaced persons (<" http://www.unhcr.org/protect/3b84c7e23.html ">IDPs), regardless of their ethnicity, to Abkhazia, Georgia. With 14 votes...

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Georgia Creates Tax Break For Game Makers (DigitalBattle)

Thu, 15 May 2008 18:51:26 GMT

With gas and food prices on the rise drastically around the world, everyone’s trying to figure out ways to save money or make more money. Hybrid cars are common and the used automobile market is flooded with gas-guzzling SUVs. In a bid to bring more businesses and revenue to the state of Georgia legislators have [...]

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2nd Amendment gets a boost in Georgia (Save The GOP)

Thu, 15 May 2008 13:04:44 GMT

Georgians are leading the way in holding up 2nd Amendment rights. Georgians with carry licenses can tote their concealed guns on public transportation, in restaurants that serve alcohol and in state parks under legislation signed by Gov. Sonny Perdue Wednesday. This issue is definitely heading to the courts. The anti-gun nuts can't resist.

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Georgia: Governor Signs Red Light Camera Restrictions (TheNewspaper)

Thu, 15 May 2008 15:03:15 GMT

Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue (R) yesterday signed into law a set of restrictions on cities that use red light cameras. Beginning January 1, motorists who receive a photo ticket can avoid paying the fine by sending in a form certifying that they were not behind the wheel when the citation was issued. State Representative Barry Loudermilk (R-Cassville) initially sought to ban automated ticketing...

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Georgia researcher to track pigweed resistance trait (Southeast Farm Press RSS Feed)

Thu, 15 May 2008 14:22:00 GMT

Even though springtime tree pollen covers much of Georgia now, Lynn Sosnoskie plans to track a different kind of pollen this summer, one that has the potential to spread the worst thing to hit Georgia cotton in decades.

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“Signs” of life in Georgia’s alcohol laws? (Monday Night Brewery : Atlanta, GA)

Thu, 15 May 2008 14:14:31 GMT

Our guv’na, Sonny Perdue, signed a couple wine laws at the last possible moment. While none of these is related to beer, it could provide a nice little backdrop for updating Georgia’s notoriously stingy beer laws. Three wine laws have recently been approved: The most exciting: ONLINE wine sales Sunday sales at Gwinnett stadium Ability to take half [...]

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The adventure begins - Norcross, Georgia, United States (TravelPod.com Recent Updates)

Thu, 15 May 2008 13:00:06 GMT

Jump to the full entry & travel map Norcross, Georgia, United States Before taking off on my big adventure, I had to lease my home and move out. I put my home on the market to lease, the end of January. With the poor market, I think I saw about 20 For Rent signs within a mile of mine. I had someone coming to look at it the 23rd of February while I was out in Phoenix with friends. While in Phoenix,...

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