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Polk named GOAL winner
by Thomas Hoefer
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At a Tuesday luncheon hosted by the Griffin Exchange Club, business management student Sara Polk was named Southern Crescent Technical College’s winner of the Georgia Occupational Award of Leadersh...
Expo offers small-business advice
by Thomas Hoefer
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The Griffin-Spalding Chamber of Commerce held its annual Power Partners Entrepreneur Expo Thursday at Southern Crescent Technical College, providing valuable business-related information for those ...
Animal ordinance changes approved
by Ray Lightner
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Spalding County will soon be a single animal restraint district. The Spalding County Board of Commissioners earlier this week approved the second and final reading to change the county’s animal co...

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    Griffin Christian’s Jonathan Hammond (4) is called for a charge during a home game Jan. 17 against Stratford Academy. Taking the charge on the play for Stratford is Greer Smith (10). (John Sullivan/Daily News)
    Griffin Christian’s Jonathan Hammond (4) is called for a charge during a home game Jan. 17 against Stratford Academy. Taking the charge on the play for Stratford is Greer Smith (10). (John Sullivan/Daily News)
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    Crusaders take on Arlington at home
    by JEFF ARMSTRONG—Assistant Sports Editor-jeff@griffindailynews.com
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    Despite the fact that the GISA Class AAA No. 3 state-ranked Griffin Christian Crusaders basketball team is two games ahead of Arlington Christian, tonight’s game — slated for 7:30 p.m. — is still v...

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    Connecticut killer sentenced to die for "unimaginable horror"

    Jennifer Hawke-Petit, 48, and her daughters Hayley Petit, 17, and Michaela Petit, 11NEW HAVEN, Conn (Reuters) - A judge formally sentenced Joshua Komisarjevsky to death for the murders of a mother and her two daughters during a brutal home invasion in Connecticut, saying he committed a crime of "unimaginable horror." Judge Jon Blue on Friday told Komisarjevsky, 31, that he alone was to blame for his new address on death row after the 2007 triple murders of Jennifer Hawke-Petit, 48, and her daughters Hayley Petit, 17, and Michaela Petit, 11, and beating of husband and father Dr. William Petit Jr. ...


    Fri Jan 27 13:42:24 UTC 2012
    Obama pushes colleges to keep tuition under control

    U.S. President Barack Obama delivers remarks on college affordability at the University of Michigan in Ann ArborANN ARBOR, Michigan (Reuters) - President Barack Obama, appearing before thousands of cheering students at the University of Michigan, touted his plan on Friday to reward colleges that keep their tuition under control with more federal aid as he makes school affordability a top election-year priority. Obama, seeking to reform federal aid for students to pay spiraling college costs, unveiled fresh details of a proposal to make higher education affordable for more families that he first announced on Tuesday in his State of the Union address. ...


    Fri Jan 27 12:53:47 UTC 2012
    "Barefoot Bandit" faces sentence in wild crime spree
    SEATTLE (Reuters) - The 20-year-old serial thief nicknamed the "Barefoot Bandit" faces final sentencing in Seattle's U.S. District Court on Friday for his sensational, two-year crime spree as a sometimes-shoeless teenage runway. Colton Harris-Moore could receive up to 6 1/2 years in prison for the seven federal charges he pleaded guilty to in June, including interstate transportation of two stolen airplanes and a yacht, two bank burglaries, possessing a firearm as a fugitive and piloting an aircraft without a valid license. ...
    Fri Jan 27 13:53:15 UTC 2012
    Building site collapse injures 10 in Cincinnati

    Emergency responders remove plastic to expose the collapsed section of floor at the construction site of a new casino being built in downtown CincinnatiCINCINNATI (Reuters) - Part of a casino under construction in downtown Cincinnati collapsed on Friday as workers poured concrete, injuring 10 people, none critically, in the second construction accident at an Ohio casino project in the past six weeks. Workers were pouring concrete on the second story of the planned Horseshoe casino when part of the floor collapsed onto the floor below. The cause was undetermined, fire and casino officials said. Ten workers were transported to hospitals with injuries ranging from bumps and bruises to possible fractures, Cincinnati Fire Chief Richard Braun said. ...


    Fri Jan 27 13:38:46 UTC 2012
    In retiree-heavy Florida, health reform not a popular topic

    Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney pauses while speaking at a campaign stop at Paramount Printing in JacksonvillePALM HARBOR, Florida (Reuters) - There's one small-government idea that Republican presidential candidates are reluctant to discuss in this retiree-heavy state: their plans to rein in health care costs for the elderly. Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney, front-runners for the Republican nomination to face Democratic President Barack Obama on November 6, both support reforms to the Medicare government health insurance program for the elderly that could help set federal spending on a sustainable course. ...


    Fri Jan 27 14:35:05 UTC 2012
    New Hampshire principal saves autistic boy from icy river
    (Reuters) - A New Hampshire elementary school principal rescued an autistic boy from a frozen river after he fell through the ice while running away from school at the end of a recess, authorities said on Friday. Principal Gwen Rhodes chased the student through woods near Gonic School on the outskirts of Rochester, New Hampshire, after he ran away on Wednesday following an outdoor recess, Lieutenant Dennis Dube of the Rochester Fire Department said. The boy walked most of the way across the frozen Cocheco River before falling through a section of thin ice, he said. ...
    Fri Jan 27 14:28:39 UTC 2012

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