Month: August 2013
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Make Your Home Safer for Your Family
Tips to keep your children safe from a hidden danger (Family Features) Filled with mesmerizing trinkets and gadgets – your home is a new and exciting world for your small child to explore. But this new world can introduce serious and sometimes surprising safety issues that many parents do not realize are risks. Hidden concerns…
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OP-ED: Georgia’s Friendship with Israel Key to International Trade and Foreign Investment Growth
Israel is the cradle of the great Abrahamic religions and the site of many important events of the Old and New Testaments. It is also a modern democracy and one this country’s and state’s most important trading partners. I recently had the opportunity to join a delegation exploring ways to strengthen ties between the State…
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Georgia Commemorates 50th anniversary of ‘I Have a Dream’ speech
ATLANTA — Senator Emanuel Jones, D-Decatur, chairman of the Martin Luther King Jr. Advisory Council, this week joined State and local leaders on the top of Stone Mountain to mark the anniversary of the historic March on Washington, and to Let Freedom Ring from Stone Mountain, as mentioned in Dr. King’s “I Have a Dream”…
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Chambliss: Time ‘to act in a serious way’ on Syria
The vice chairman of the U.S. Senate Select Committee this week said it is time for the United States “to act in a serious way” on Syria. “Based on available intelligence, there can be no doubt the Assad regime is responsible for using chemical weapons on the Syrian people,” U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., said…
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Are You Passing Down the Wrong Family Traditions?
High blood pressure ran in Dee Louis-Scott’s family, along with a talent for preparing delicious, beautiful meals that kept everyone at the table for hours. “I hear many families with a history of medical problems who say they can’t do anything about it because it’s ‘genetics,’ ” says Louis-Scott, author of “Believe in the Magic,”…
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Feds won’t challenge pot laws in Colorado, Washington
The U.S. Department of Justice on Thursday said it will not stand in the way of voter-approved initiatives in Colorado and Washington to legalize the possession of small amounts of marijuana. Last November, voters in both states passed initiatives to allow the recreational use of marijuana; Oregon voters turned back a similar initiative. Regardless of…
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Alexander: ‘Train wreck is coming with’ Obamacare
The senior Republican on the U.S. Senate health committee this week said Americans should be concerned about the continual delays in implementing Obamacare. “I’ve been warning that a train wreck is coming with this law, but the truth is that no train wreck has ever had this many warning signs,” U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn.,…
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Carpet manufacturer to create 500 jobs in Georgia
CARTERSVILLE, Ga. — Shaw Industries Group will build a new facility in Bartow County to manufacture modular carpet tiles. The company is expected to make an $85 million investment in Georgia and create 500 new jobs, Gov. Nathan Deal said. “The steady comeback of the floor covering industry in North Georgia continues to reflect the…
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Feds: All legal same-sex marriages recognized for federal tax purposes
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) today ruled that same-sex couples, legally married in jurisdictions that recognize their marriages, will be treated as married for federal tax purposes. The ruling applies regardless of whether the couple lives in a jurisdiction that recognizes same-sex marriage or a jurisdiction…