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Veterans exposed to HIV get mixed information

An attorney for veterans potentially exposed to HIV and other infections by colonoscopies at three Department of Veterans Affairs hospitals said his clients are waiting to hear if they will be compensated for mistakes that led to congressional hearings and new VA spending on patient safety.

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Thu Jul 02, 2009

WRDW-TV Augusta

Construction changes in Augusta nearing end

Anyone driving on I-20 or I-520 has seen lots of changes over the past two years, and just this week there have been a few more.

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Wed Jul 01, 2009

WAPT

New Burn Center Opens In Brandon 22min

A burn center will open in Brandon on Monday, providing the state with its first inpatient burn-treatment facility in four years.

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WJBF-TV Augusta

Augusta Sinkhole Problem Tied To Corrugated Metal Pipe

They are extremely dangerous. Sink holes that form when a storm pipe fails beneath a roadway.

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Tue Jun 30, 2009

WJBF-TV Augusta

Some Left Turns Prove Costly In Augusta

Augusta, GA - Deputy James Paugh, Richmond County Sheriff's Office: "I have over 22 of them between basically 2 hours." Nearly 2 dozen warnings were handed out for making this illegal left turn, from Washington Road onto I-20. Cpl.

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Mon Jun 29, 2009

WRDW-TV Augusta

Augusta gets ready for National HIV Testing Day

Every nine and half minutes someone in the U.S. is infected with HIV. National testing day is this Saturday and today city leaders are urging you to get tested.

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Sun Jun 28, 2009

WAGT

Victim's name released in North Augusta deadly accident

The Aiken County Coroner's Office says Gregory A. Maree, 35, was killed in a car accident around 9:45 a.m. Sunday.

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WRDW-TV Augusta

Only on 12: Augusta company to make world premiere on CBS Early Show

It's a sight to see cruising through downtown Augusta. "You're able to maneuver around town, park in a typical parallel parking spot without ever hitting reverse," Mike Tomberlin said.

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The Augusta Chronicle

Fite nearing deal to leave Augusta State

Longtime Augusta State baseball coach Skip Fite is nearing a deal to head up the West Georgia program.

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Sat Jun 27, 2009

Augusta Chronicle

Augusta State enrollment expected to rise

If the number of applications is any indication, Augusta State University is well on its way to another record enrollment.

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Augusta Chronicle

Air prompts health advisory in Augusta

Augusta joined metro Atlanta on Friday among cities under an air pollution health advisory, but conditions were expected to improve slightly today.

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Fri Jun 26, 2009

WJBF-TV Augusta

Big Plan For One Augusta

Gordon Highway and Deans Bridge Road are two of Augusta's main entryways. But this important intersection is at a crossroads when it comes to future development.

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Thu Jun 25, 2009

Augusta Chronicle

Navy may join Neumar probe

A Navy cold case unit is re-examining evidence that could lead to an investigation into the suspicious death of a man who was the third husband of an Augusta woman who has five dead husbands in five states, an agency spokesman said Wednesday.

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Wed Jun 24, 2009

WBIR-TV Knoxville

VA hospitals get $26 million for new equipment, training after contamination problems

Veterans Affairs hospitals will get $26 million worth of new sterilizing equipment to help clean endoscopes and other reusable medical devices, the Department of Veterans Affairs said Wednesday.

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WRDW-TV Augusta

Third arrest in North Augusta homicide

Temp: 86.0 F Heat Index: 91 F Augusta, Bush Field, GA June 24, 2009 Another arrest has been made in the death of Exzradrian Holloway.

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Tue Jun 23, 2009

University of Florida News

a Mixed realitya human helps medical students learn to do intimate exams

It sounds like a snippet of conversation between doctor and patient. But the doctor, in this recent exchange at the University of Florida campus, was actually an engineering doctoral student - and the patient a a oemixed reality humana composed of a life-sized computer avatar on a flat screen and a mannequin with a prosthetic breast.

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WJBF-TV Augusta

VA endoscopic problems in Augusta, elsewhere to get Senate hearing

A member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs says "despite numerous and repeated directives," some VA hospitals have not corrected mistakes with endoscopic equipment.

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Augusta Chronicle

Bonnaroo & Augusta, too

I don't need another T-shirt with a band's logo, nor am I in the market for anything made from hemp, but that didn't stop me from putting together a shopping list last week while wandering from stage to stage at Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in Tennessee.

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Mon Jun 22, 2009

Augusta Chronicle

Teens serve at Augusta hospitals

Brooke Hendrix, 17, is trying scrubs on for size this summer. She is a junior volunteer at University Hospital, helping out in the operating room and breast health departments.

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Sun Jun 21, 2009

WAGT

Augusta man wins lottery twice in one week

A 62-year-old Augusta man struck it big twice in the Georgia Lottery. Earl Fritz won the top prize of $777,777 in the instant game Super Lucky 7's. That dwarfed the $1,000 he won a week earlier in a different game.

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