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The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is looking into allegations that a Gainesville police officer abused a police dog during training.

Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine has returned $120,000 that was funneled into his gubernatorial campaign by two insurance firms.

Georgia is making it more difficult for someone to create a fake ID or driver's license.

A former attorney has pleaded guilty in a real estate investment fraud scheme that authorities say took in more than a dozen victims in Georgia, Florida and Tennessee.

An Athens theater troup is set to retake the stage for the first time since three of its members were gunned down by a University of Georgia marketing professor.

The state Board of Education is set to vote Thursday on whether to void the test scores for four elementary schools and revoke their favorable standing on federal No Child Left Behind measurements.

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.

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