Georgia

Jones, 40, will leave behind a legacy of greatly increased popularity of youth baseball in Georgia. He is not alone in this – the Braves played in their first two Atlanta World Series before his major league debut – but Jones has been part of the... Full Article at The New York Times

Anthony Grant, Auburn’s Tony Barbee, Arkansas’s Mike Anderson, Louisiana State’s Johnny Jones, Tennessee’s Cuonzo Martin, Missouri’s Frank Haith and Mississippi State’s Rick Ray. The former Georgetown coach John Thompson, an African-American coaching... Full Article at The New York Times

May 19, 2012 at 2:00 PM ATLANTA, May 19 (UPI) -- Seven school buses taking children to a Georgia theme park were involved in a crash Saturday morning in a highway construction zone, police said. The crash occurred on Interstate 20 about 25 miles east of... Full Article at United Press International

Phillies manager Charlie Manuel watches his team play the Atlanta Braves in the 7th inning of a MLB baseball game at Turner Field in Atlanta, Georgia, on September 27, 2011. The Phillies defeated the Braves 7-1. UPI Photo/Erik S. Lesser License photo... Full Article at United Press International

Copeland contracted a flesh-eating bacteria after falling from a homemade zip line into a Georgia river. (Copeland family photo) AUGUSTA, Ga. , May 18 (UPI) -- A 24-year-old Georgia student is set to lose her remaining foot and both hands to a... Full Article at United Press International

Joe Arpaio , who also has questioned Obama’s birth certificate. Clearly, Bennett thinks raising this issue will help him in the state’s Republican primary. Several House members have also been caught recently flirting with birtherism among supporters,... Full Article at The Washington Post

Jack Kingston, R-Ga. , and Betty McCollum, D-Minn. McCollum introduced similar legislation last year but it didn't make it out of committee. Kingston joined McCollum's effort this year. Asked if he would invite Kingston to a race, Earnhardt said: "Yeah. Full Article at USA Today

(AP) – A young Georgia woman fighting a flesh-eating bacteria has learned she will lose her hands and remaining foot, and responded by saying "Let's do this." Graduate student Aimee Copeland, 24, is fighting to survive a flesh-eating bacterial infection. Full Article at USA Today

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Barrow, a Democrat, represents Georgia’s 12th District in the U.S. House and is a co-chair of the Blue Dog Coalition. Journalists in Washington and other places have reported for at least the past year and a half on the so-called end of the moderate in... Full Article at The Washington Post

Aaron Golson, 19, and Sean Hobson, 23, will serve a year's probation in Georgia, their home state, and report to a jail-work camp for one month. They initially faced felony charges for hazing 18-year-old Bria Shante Hunter. The freshman was seeking to... Full Article at USA Today

"We opened the company to become more acquainted with the people of Atlanta and offer a great location for rentals," the Downses said. "U-Haul is proud to be partnering with a quality independent business such as Atlanta Hope Center," exclaimed Brent... Full Article at PR Newswire

Roberts (L), 23, and Wesley Peters, 22, of Lamar County, Georgia. BARNESVILLE, Ga. , May 17 (UPI) -- Georgia authorities said they arrested two "Bubba bombers" after finding pipe bombs, ammunition and marijuana in a house during a deer-poaching... Full Article at United Press International

Poor children —who stand to benefit most from attending school — are also more likely to miss school. Professor Balfanz and Vaughan Byrnes, a research associate, found that only six states — Georgia, Florida, Maryland, Nebraska, Oregon and Rhode Island... Full Article at The New York Times

The affliction can destroy muscle, fat and skin tissue. Copeland contracted the infection days after she suffered the deep cut May 1 when the zip line snapped over rocks in the Little Tallapoosa River near the University of West Georgia, where she... Full Article at USA Today

In WKCR’s case, it was missing a record of shows of community interest, known as an issues/programs list. WKCR is the third college station to be fined this month for public inspection file violations, the agency said. The University of Maryland... Full Article at The New York Times

Sure, you might lose some so-called street cred, but one big company isn’t going to kill the soul of a decades-old event if the people don’t let it. “The one thing about the carnival that’s done here on Georgia Avenue versus in Canada for Caribana and... Full Article at The Washington Post

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Copeland, the Georgia graduate student battling a life-threatening, flesh-eating bacterial infection, was still on a respirator Tuesday in a hospital in Augusta, Ga. , but she is improving, her father says. Aimee Copeland, the 24-year-old Georgia... Full Article at USA Today