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Sgt. Brock H. Chavers, 25, of Bulloch, and Spc. Issac L. Johnson, 24, of Columbus were among four soldiers who died July 6 in Konduz, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when a roadside bomb detonated near their vehicle.

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In fact, her resignation seems to have even slightly boosted her among GOP constituents.

The state Board of Education is expected to vote on whether to toss out standardized tests that were altered last summer after students submitted them.

Gov. Sonny Perdue says Georgia will receive a high performance bonus of $4 million from the U.S. Department of Agriculture for its management of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, formerly the Food Stamp Program.

Georgia's coast will soon have a public bus system that runs among nine counties thanks to federal stimulus money.

A Georgia appeals court has reversed a trial judge's finding that plans for a coal-fired power plant were faulty because the permit failed to limit the plant's carbon dioxide emissions.

Campaign finance reports for Georgia's crowded gubernatorial field are trickling in.

President Barack Obama's diplomacy is about to get a stern test in Russia, home of a wary public, a two-headed leadership and a lingering bit of hard feelings.

A man convicted of racketeering and violations of Georgia securities law has been sentenced to 10 years in prison followed by 10 years probation.

A $940,000 effort to resurface four miles of roadway in suburban Atlanta - Georgia's first federal stimulus transportation project - will begin this week, Gov.

A new Miss Georgia will be crowned Sunday to replace the one who relinquished the title the day after the June pageant.

Georgia's politicians will soon face tough choices over whether to call a special legislative session or broker an agreement on how to slash funds if state tax revenues continue to plummet amid the troubled economy.

There are a few prerequisites for anyone applying to be a Freemason: You must be a man, you can't be a slave, you must have good character and you must have faith in a supreme being.

The University of Georgia has paid two fraternities nearly $2.4 million to move to houses off-campus. UGA officials moved five fraternities from along South Lumpkin Street and plan to build new homes for the UGA School of Family and Consumer Sciences, the Terry College of Business and other academic buildings.

A man convicted of killing a 2-year-old and injuring her mother, aunt and two young cousins in an attack with a car at a McDonald's restaurant three years ago has died in prison.

Carol Hunstein is set to become Georgia's new top judge. The former DeKalb County Superior Court judge will be sworn in Wednesday by former Gov.

Colin Daymude was out of work last year after his business failed and eagerly filed his taxes in mid-January, figuring he'd get his refund sooner.

Bizarre news According sources, a white woman in her early 20s, around 5-foot-4, approached McNair at the restaurant and accused him of slipping her a "roofie" a year ago.

Former NFL quarterback Steve McNair , whose most noted drive was the final one of the 2000 Super Bowl, was found dead with a gunshot wound to the head Saturday afternoon in a downtown condominium.