Ledger-Enquirer.com: AP State GA http:///251/index.xml News, sports and entertainment from Ledger-Enquirer.com en-us Copyright 2008 Ledger-Enquirer.com AP State GA 60 Wed, 03 Dec 2008 18:53:51 EST http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys support@Ledger-Enquirer.com Victorious Chambliss looks for bigger role in GOP http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/251/story/531396.html http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/251/story/531396.html Wed, 03 Dec 2008 18:11 EST A double digit win in Georgia's U.S. Senate runoff could make Saxby Chambliss a star in a Republican party hungry for fresh leadership. Falcons expect Jackson to play against Saints http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/251/story/531382.html http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/251/story/531382.html Wed, 03 Dec 2008 18:01 EST The Atlanta Falcons expect Grady Jackson to be available for Sunday's game at New Orleans after the defensive tackle was not one of the players suspended by the NFL for violating the league's anti-doping policy. GBI joins search for missing man http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/251/story/531372.html http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/251/story/531372.html Wed, 03 Dec 2008 17:41 EST The Georgia Bureau of Investigation has joined the search for a Lamar County man missing for two weeks. Former hoops star Rodney Rogers begins rehab http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/251/story/531351.html http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/251/story/531351.html Wed, 03 Dec 2008 17:31 EST Former NBA standout Rodney Rogers is beginning rehabilitation in Atlanta for a spinal cord injury he sustained in an all-terrain vehicle crash in North Carolina. Cox Enterprises to bring together 3 media units http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/251/story/531328.html http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/251/story/531328.html Wed, 03 Dec 2008 17:11 EST Cox Enterprises Inc. announced Wednesday the company is bringing together its three media units - Cox Newspapers, Cox Television and Cox Radio - under a new organization called Cox Media Group Inc. Bush signs off on commemorative civil rights coin http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/251/story/531322.html http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/251/story/531322.html Wed, 03 Dec 2008 17:01 EST President George W. Bush signed legislation to mint a commemorative silver dollar marking the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act. Lawyers seek to block Photo ID law http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/251/story/531269.html http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/251/story/531269.html Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:22 EST Civil rights lawyers are asking a three-judge federal panel to breathe new life into a lawsuit challenging Georgia's voter ID law. Beebe: Ark. officials trying to keep tire plant http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/251/story/531261.html http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/251/story/531261.html Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:17 EST Arkansas and Texas are working on an incentive package to convince Cooper Tire and Rubber Co. to keep open its tire plant in Texarkana, Gov. Mike Beebe said Wednesday. Government recommends Kansas for biodefense lab http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/251/story/531262.html http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/251/story/531262.html Wed, 03 Dec 2008 17:22 EST The federal government has recommended a site in Kansas for a new $450 million laboratory to study biological threats like anthrax and foot-and-mouth disease, officials said Wednesday. Carter-led panel urges Obama lead on human rights http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/251/story/531218.html http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/251/story/531218.html Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:42 EST Participants in an international human rights conference recommended Wednesday that Barack Obama's incoming administration or Congress establish an independent, bipartisan commission to examine U.S. interrogation and detention practices used to fight terrorism. GT's Dwyer named ACC player of year http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/251/story/531192.html http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/251/story/531192.html Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:22 EST Running back Jonathan Dwyer thought he might be in for a big season when run-first coach Paul Johnson took over at Georgia Tech. 2008 ACC player of the year voting http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/251/story/531193.html http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/251/story/531193.html Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:22 EST Voting results for the 2008 Atlantic Coast Conference player of the year awards, as voted on by 67 members of the Atlantic Coast Sports Media Association. Man accused in 1984 Boston death waives rendition http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/251/story/531135.html http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/251/story/531135.html Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:08 EST A Georgia man charged with murder for allegedly killing a woman in 1984 in Boston has waived rendition proceedings in Georgia and is expected to be returned to Massachusetts on Wednesday. Forecasters: Georgia's economic outlook 'dreadful' http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/251/story/531104.html http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/251/story/531104.html Wed, 03 Dec 2008 17:16 EST Georgia economic forecasters offered another dose of bad news Wednesday, predicting that the recession will last a year-and-a-half - the state's longest economic slump since the Great Depression - and won't start to turn around until late next year. Nation's No. 1 team is underdog in SEC title game http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/251/story/531100.html http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/251/story/531100.html Wed, 03 Dec 2008 14:42 EST The nation's unbeaten top-ranked college football team goes into its conference championship game as an underdog. Akon looks for fresh start on new CD http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/251/story/531076.html http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/251/story/531076.html Wed, 03 Dec 2008 14:02 EST Akon's explosive rise to the top of the music charts was fueled by feel-good songs and naughty grooves - but his criminal past was always an underlying part of his success. His breakthrough album was titled "Konvicted," his music company is called Konvict, and the clank of prison bars are often heard in his music. Ga. lottery numbers http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/251/story/531072.html http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/251/story/531072.html Wed, 03 Dec 2008 13:57 EST Here are the winning numbers selected Wednesday in the Georgia state lotteries: Hampton finalizes $2M, 1-year deal with Astros http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/251/story/531071.html http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/251/story/531071.html Wed, 03 Dec 2008 13:57 EST Oft-injured Mike Hampton finalized a one-year, $2 million deal with the Houston Astros on Wednesday, hoping to resurrect his career in the place where he became a prominent big league pitcher. King associates rally behind MLK memorial effort http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/251/story/531059.html http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/251/story/531059.html Wed, 03 Dec 2008 18:21 EST More than a dozen civil rights pioneers pledged Wednesday to rally behind the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial planned for the National Mall to help raise the final $18 million needed for the project as the nation inaugurates its first black president. Kid Rock upset at Ga. judge's ruling http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/251/story/531032.html http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/251/story/531032.html Wed, 03 Dec 2008 13:27 EST Kid Rock is upset that he can't pick the good deed that will serve as his punishment for a brawl at a Georgia Waffle House. Chambliss: GOP needs back to basics http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/251/story/531004.html http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/251/story/531004.html Wed, 03 Dec 2008 13:02 EST Fresh off his double-digits runoff win, Republican Sen. Saxby Chambliss says his party must return to its conservative roots. Career criminal dies at 92; oldest inmate in Mass. http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/251/story/530969.html http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/251/story/530969.html Wed, 03 Dec 2008 12:12 EST The oldest prison inmate in Massachusetts, a career criminal who was the first person to make the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list twice, has died at 92. Woman sues Tyler Perry for copyright infringement http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/251/story/530938.html http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/251/story/530938.html Wed, 03 Dec 2008 11:47 EST Tyler Perry went to court to face allegations that he stole material from someone else for his blockbuster film "Diary of a Mad Black Woman." DeKalb police seek person who beat dog http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/251/story/530898.html http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/251/story/530898.html Wed, 03 Dec 2008 10:52 EST Investigators are seeking the person who bludgeoned a dog with a sledgehammer in a park in north DeKalb County. Ga. college system approves higher student fees http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/251/story/530881.html http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/251/story/530881.html Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:02 EST Georgia college students will pay more fees and employees will shell out hundreds more dollars for health care under stopgap budget measures passed by the state Board of Regents on Wednesday. Clayton County Commission votes to move 311 graves http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/251/story/530836.html http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/251/story/530836.html Wed, 03 Dec 2008 10:32 EST The Georgia NAACP has called for an investigation after the Clayton County Commission voted to move 311 graves from a black cemetery to make room to expand a landfill. Report surveys public housing residents http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/251/story/530830.html http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/251/story/530830.html Wed, 03 Dec 2008 17:01 EST A group of Georgia State University researchers says demolishing public housing in Atlanta could increase levels of homelessness. Tenn. federal judge orders death for Ga. man http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/251/story/530821.html http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/251/story/530821.html Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:36 EST A judge on Wednesday ordered death for a Georgia man who abducted and killed an Atlanta restaurant owner in Tennessee, the first person to get a federal death sentence in this state. Lungs from NJ church shooting victim transplanted http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/251/story/530795.html http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/251/story/530795.html Wed, 03 Dec 2008 09:32 EST Lungs from a good Samaritan killed in a New Jersey church shooting are breathing new life thanks to a transplant. Clayton County Commission votes to move 311 graves http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/251/story/530768.html http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/251/story/530768.html Wed, 03 Dec 2008 08:22 EST The Georgia NCAA has called for an investigation after the Clayton County Commission voted to move 311 graves from a black cemetery to make room to expand a landfill.