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Drive for Free? Deals on Electric Cars Keep on Coming
For many consumers, electric vehicle ownership has been a nonstarter for purely financial reasons. The math indicated that the money one saved in gas from an EV...
The $7,000 Computer Science Degree — and the Future of Higher Education
Tired of student-loan debt? One prominent technology school is offering a three-year master’s degree in computer science that can be earned entirely online — and...
NATO: 3 Troops Killed in Afghanistan Attack
(KABUL, Afghanistan) — A truck bombing Monday killed three coalition service members in southern Afghanistan, NATO said in a statement. A local official said the...
A Mom Asks Mattel to Make Party Supplies Featuring “Barbies of Color”
Barbie herself has dozens of different nationalities, but diverse dolls may not be enough. Like many a 4-year-old, Georgia Braithwaite had her heart set on a...
City Council in Georgia Votes to Require Gun Ownership
(NELSON, Ga.) — Backers of a newly adopted ordinance requiring gun ownership in a small north Georgia town acknowledge they were largely seeking to make a point...
Georgia Town Wants to Make Gun Ownership Mandatory
Forget the debate over gun control for a moment: How would you feel if your city suddenly made it illegal not to own a firearm?
Feds Indict 4 in Salmonella Outbreak
A federal grand jury has indicted four people in a 2009 salmonella outbreak linked to a Georgia peanut processing plant.
Small Jet Crash Kills 5 in Eastern Georgia
(THOMSON, Ga.) -- Authorities were investigating after a small jet crashed off the end of a runway after landing in eastern Georgia, killing five people and...
WATCH: News Crew Gets Dangerously Close to Georgia Tornado
A crew from local station WSB-2 captured the tornado that swept through Adairsville, Ga. on Wednesday.
Charles Darwin Garnered 4,000 Votes in a Georgia County
Which historical figure would you want to represent you in Congress? In one Georgia county, the answer was Charles Darwin
In the Caucasus: Protests and Scandal Dominate Georgia’s Elections
As he stood at the lectern before the United Nations General Assembly on Sept. 25, Mikheil Saakashvili knew he couldn’t avoid the topic. “The facts were...
Georgia School District Hopes Mandatory Mandarin Classes Can Boost Students
Macon, Georgia, nestled in the heart of the Peach State, is located a world away from China. But now, the 7,000 miles that separate Macon and Beijing are being...
Inside the Prison That Beat a President: How Georgia’s Saakashvili Lost His Election
The party of Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili was routed in parliamentary polls, thanks in part to videos showing torture in a prison a TIME correspondent...
Boiled Beef and the Billionaire: A Dinner with Georgia’s Future Leader
Dozens of guests are sitting around a table that is at least 20 meters long, piled high with plates of earthy east Georgian dishes. More home-cooked food is...
Flesh-Eating Bacteria Victim, Aimee Copeland, Tells Her Story to Katie Couric
The Georgian woman whose harrowing illness made headlines earlier this summer has lived to tell her tale on 'Katie'.
ACLU to Represent Ku Klux Klan in Adopt-a-Highway Bid
A Georgia-based Ku Klux Klan group was denied its chance to be part of that state’s Adopt-a-Highway program, but it hasn’t given up — and it now has an unlikely...
Should the KKK Get to Adopt a Highway?
Adopt-a-Highway programs allow civic-minded organizations to clean litter from roadsides, but should just any group be allowed to volunteer? In Georgia, a fight...
Third Flesh-Eating Bacteria Case Confirmed in Georgia, Possible Fourth
A third case of necrotizing fasciitis, a potentially deadly flesh-eating bacterial infection, has been confirmed in Georgia, while a fourth case is suspected in...
Necrotizing Fasciitis: The Flesh-Eating Disease One Georgia Grad Student Is Fighting
For about two weeks now, 24-year-old Aimee Copeland has battled a rare flesh-eating bacteria she contracted after cutting herself when she fell from a homemade...
Flesh-Eating Bacteria Strikes Mom of Twins
As a stricken Georgia college student struggles to recover after being infected with flesh-eating bacteria last week, a second case has been reported in...
