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N E W S H E A D L I N E S
Tears, caution on news
of US immigration deal

Some U.S.-based immigrants wept in relief at news of a deal between leading senators that would grant millions of undocumented immigrants lawful status, while other reform advocates warned any celebration was premature.
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After wrecks, DOT
looking at barriers
Two horrific accidents in two days -- both crashes along Metro Atlanta interstates when cars crossed a grass median. The DOT has said that concrete barriers are an extra layer of safety, but they were not required at either crash location.
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Gingrich slams
current election politics

"We have shrunk our political process to this pathetic dance in which people spend an entire year raising money in order to offer nonanswers, so they can memorize what their consultants and focus groups said would work," Gingrich said.
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Snakes chase visitors
from park
Indiana Jones would hate Woodstock's Springfield Park. Jones, the fictional star of the Indiana Jones movie series, has a famous fear of snakes. Springfield Park is crawling with them.
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Losses in middle Georgia peaches
greater than believed
Peach County, the center of the fruit crop that gives Georgia its nickname, was hit harder by an Easter freeze than previously believed - with up to 80 percent of the peach crop lost at one of the state's largest orchards.
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West Nile killing off beloved
birds
The West Nile Virus is taking a worse-than-expected toll on some favorite birds in North America such as robins and chickadees, U.S. researchers said on Thursday.
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What happened
to the bees?

"I had 45 colonies last year and had only two left this spring," said Bennett. "Then the queens in those died and I bought more queens and they died in just the past two weeks."
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Democrats still will not
moving decisively on Iraq

Six months after capturing Congress and claiming a mandate to end the Iraq war, Democrats are still reluctantly stuck with a slow boil strategy, blocked by a defiant President George W. Bush.
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Democrats defy voters,
OK interim Iraq War funds

The U.S. Senate on Thursday passed an interim Iraq war funding bill that promised support but gave no specific dollar figure, enabling congressional negotiators to begin work on a compromise they hope to send to President George W. Bush next week.
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Two ABC News journalists
killed in Iraq

Unknown assailants killed two ABC News broadcast journalists in Iraq on Thursday, the U.S. news organization said on Friday.
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'Please, America,
just leave Iraq'

Order the troops to leave Mr. President. Afraid for the safety and the future of this place? Leave 20 thousands of your soldiers on both Iranian and Syrian borders and let us take over our own country.
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Wolfowitz's fall brings more
bad news for incompentent Bush
The announcement by Paul Wolfowitz Thursday that he was stepping down soon as World Bank chief marked yet another blow for US President George W. Bush as his Republican administration nears its end.
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The GOP's crisis
of faith

It isn't always easy to notice, but this year's Republican presidential campaign has become the occasion for the collapse of conservative orthodoxy.
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Dobson says he won't
vote for Giuliani

A prominent Christian leader said Thursday that "my conscience and my moral convictions" prevent him from voting for Rudy Giuliani should he win the Republican nomination.
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Immunity sought
for Cheney, top officials

Attorneys for Vice President Cheney and top White House officials told a federal judge yesterday that they cannot be held liable for anything they disclosed to reporters about covert CIA officer Valerie Plame or her husband, former ambassador Joseph C. Wilson IV.
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Lottery says ticket
may be misprint
The Florida Lottery is refusing to pay a $500,000 prize until it can inspect the $20 scratch-off ticket, which officials said Thursday appears to be a misprint.
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Kohl's, Penney,
Nordstrom profits grow

Retailers J.C. Penney Co. and Kohl's Corp. plan to continue increasing their private-label brands and tap into the growing consumer desire for higher-priced, luxury products, while Nordstrom Inc. expects customers to spend more as it adds designer offerings.
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In shocking plunge, only 1 in 4 now satisfied with state of USA
What's going on? Gallup reports a sudden plunge in its regular "satisfaction" index. Only 25% of Americans now say they satisfied with the state of their country -- down 8% in just one month -- and one of the lowest ever measured.
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Woman Sics Dogs
on Deputies
A neighborhood dispute turned into a melee when, officers said, a Dawson County woman commanded her dogs to attack local deputies. The deputies were actually at the woman's home because of the dogs.
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Biking To Work
To Burn Less Gas
With gas prices setting records more and more people are looking for commute alternatives. Friday is National Bike To Work Day, and bicycle groups in Atlanta said thousands more people will be trying out pedal power on Friday.
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Edwards Speaks To
Georgia Faithful
Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards was in Atlanta on Thursday night to help raise money for the state Democratic Party. Edwards was the keynote speaker at the annual Jefferson-Jackson dinner, the primary fundraising event for Georgia Democrats.
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Who's Using
Illegal Dentists?
Two illegal dentists have been arrested in as many weeks in Metro Atlanta. How many others are out there, and who are using them?
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Funding Concerns For
Review Board
There are new concerns about the future of Atlanta's newly-created citizen review board, which would have the authority to investigate allegations of police misconduct.
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Brazen Robber Strikes
in Daytime
Buckhead residents wonder how safe they are even during the daytime, after a series of reported robberies in the area. �I feel like it�s dangerous around here,� said Baxley Warren as she walked on West Wieuca Road.
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Parents' Vital
Records Compromised
The state's public health director said he is devastated because social security numbers for as many as 280,000 new parents may have been compromised. The records were left in the trash behind a state office building.
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Woman Dies During
Cobb Police Chase
A police chase in Cobb County ended in the death of an innocent driver on Thursday. Two burglary suspects were fleeing from police on Interstate 575, and crashed into the car of an innocent victim, killing her, and injuring four members of her family.
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Autopsy shows jail inmate
died from heart disease
An autopsy found that an inmate who collapsed at the jail died from natural causes brought on by heart disease, Oconee County Sheriff Scott Berry said.
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N.M. health officials
investigate measles case
A 15-year-old girl from India who was visiting for the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair has been hospitalized with measles, and New Mexico health officials say she was likely infectious when she was traveling and while at the fair.
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Baby with cocaine-induced strokes
to remain in state custody
An 18-month-old baby hospitalized with strokes caused by cocaine will remain in state custody, and so will her 9-week-old sister, on the order of a west Georgia juvenile judge.
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North Ga. woman indicted
in murder-for-hire plot
A woman who authorities say tried to hire a hit man to kill her husband, her son-in-law a third person, has been indicted in the case. A Clarke County grand jury charged Ivy Jean Davis, 66, of Hull, with five counts of criminal solicitation to commit murder and three counts of criminal attempt to commit murder.
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Gov. signs inmate
photo ban into law
Gov. Sonny Perdue signed into law Thursday a measure that would ban prison inmates from having photos of their victims in their cells, approving the first piece of legislation taken from a Web site that encourages citizen suggestions.
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Memorial planned May 24 for
daughter of Martin Luther King Jr.
A memorial service will be held in Atlanta on May 24 for Yolanda King, the firstborn child of the first family of the civil rights movement, the family announced Thursday.
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TBS, SF reach small settlement
over botched cartoon promotion
Turner Broadcasting System has agreed to a modest legal payout to the city for a guerrilla ad campaign that sparked bomb scares in Boston but caused little stir here.
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Dogs Put To Sleep While
Owner In Hospital
A Forsyth County man said he is suing the Forsyth County�s animal control for killing his two dogs while he was in the hospital.
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Senators Want CIA
To Release 9/11 Report
A bipartisan group of senators is pushing legislation that would force the CIA to release an inspector general's report on the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
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Employee Dies From
Tire Fire Injuries
An employee of a tire recycling business that caught fire Tuesday in Butts County, died of his injuries Wednesday night. Officials say Jeff Cyronis, 39, of Covington died as a result of burns suffered in the fire.
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Woman Found Dead In
Creek Near Tybee Island
The body of a middle-aged woman was found Thursday morning in Lazaretto Creek just off U.S. 80 near Tybee Island, police said. Savannah-Chatham Police spokesman Sgt. Mike Wilson said the body was discovered shortly before 9 a.m. by a man fishing in the waters.
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Inmate Collapses,
Dies Playing Cards
A jail inmate collapsed while playing cards and later died at a hospital. Walter Lee Stephens, 57, of Atlanta, was pronounced dead just after 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Oconee County Sheriff Scott Berry said.
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AirTran extends tender
offer for Midwest
AirTran Holdings Inc. said it has had a great response to its attempted hostile takeover of Midwest Air Group and is extending its $15-a-share offer until June 8.
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Braves New World: New owner
hails $1.5B deal
The new owner of the Atlanta Braves Thursday hailed the complicated acquisition, saying it creates value for shareholders.
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GA swamp fire could
burn for months

Mark Ruggiero has 400 firefighters, 56 engines, 49 bulldozers and nine helicopters under his command. And that still won't be enough to snuff out the wildfires that have shrouded the Okefenokee Swamp in smoke and flame for the past month.
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South Georgia smoke
drifts to Atlanta
The National Weather Service said changing winds have carried the smell of smoke from the wildfires in south Georgia to Atlanta and its suburbs.
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Memorial Day travel expected
to rise despite gas prices
Despite record fuel prices above $3 per gallon, more Americans will travel by car over the Memorial Day holiday weekend than a year ago, according to a survey by travel agency AAA.
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Aaron to take increased
role with Braves
Hank Aaron will take on an increased role with the Atlanta Braves following the team's sale Wednesday from Time Warner Inc. to Liberty Media Corp.
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Bible indecent because
of sexual, violent content?
Residents have called on authorities to reclassify the Bible as "indecent" due to its sexual and violent content, following an uproar over a sex column in a university student journal.
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US Appeals Court says Google
can display pornography

A U.S. appeals court lifted a preliminary injunction on Wednesday against Google from showing thumbnail-size photos from sexually explicit Internet sites, but said the company might be liable for allowing links to sites displaying pirated photos.
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Lawmakers link gas
prices to investments
"Oil companies today are enjoying record profits, and while they could use those profits to invest in more production capacity, instead they use the money to buy back shares in the markets," complained Rep. John Conyers Jr., D-Mich., the panel's chairman.
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Money-grubbing BP cutbacks caused massive oil leaks
Severe company budget cuts at a time when BP PLC was making huge profits put pressure on managers to ignore corrosion protection at the oil company's North Slope pipelines that sprung leaks last year, according to internal company documents.
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US minority population
tops 100 mln: census
The number of people in the United States from ethnic or racial minorities has risen to more than 100 million, or around one third of the population, according to a U.S. Census Bureau report on Thursday.
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Chromium in drinking
water causes cancer
A type of chromium highlighted in the film "Erin Brockovich" causes cancer in lab animals when they drink it in water, and it could be harmful to people, the U.S. National Institutes of Health said on Wednesday.
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Cleaning US rivers,
one refrigerator at a time
The clean-up volunteers spotted the severed limb of a small mannequin almost as soon as they landed on the bank of the Ohio River.
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Nutrition group sues
Burger King over trans fats
A nutrition advocacy group sued Burger King on Wednesday over the hamburger chain's use of frying oil that contains artery-clogging trans fats.
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US town opposes
'Big Brother' Mexico border fence
A pilot project to place a high-tech network of surveillance towers along a stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border has met boisterous opposition in this Arizona town, where some residents call it "Big Brother."
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