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Georgia opens first jail devoted to U.S. veterans
The problem of US military veterans falling into a life of crime after returning from Iraq and Afghanistan has reached such levels that a law enforcer in Georgia has opened what is believed to be America’s first county jail devoted to veteran inmates. John Darr, the sheriff of Muscogee County…
Cops arrest 6-year-old kindergartener in Georgia
A police department in Milledgeville, Georgia is standing behind a cop’s decision to arrest a kindergarten student in her school after she had a tantrum in class. Acting police chief Dray Swicord told WMAZ-TV Tuesday that he continues supporting one of his officers’ judgement to arrest 6-year-old Salecia Johnson after…
Georgia signs welfare drug-testing bill into law
Georgia’s Governor Nathan Deal has signed House Bill 861 into law, a controversial measure which will require drug testing of all applicants for public assistance, according to the Associated Press. The Social Responsibility and Accountability Act was passed by the state’s deliberative bodies in votes that broke down along party…
Voter ID laws could disenfranchise more than 25,000 transgender voters: study
New voter ID laws will likely make it more difficult for more than 25,000 transgender voters to cast a ballot in the November elections, according to a study released by the Williams Institute. Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Mississippi, South Carolina, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, and Wisconsin have all passed laws requiring voters…
Georgia toasts tourists with alcoholic fountain
TBILISI — The authorities in Georgia are hoping to intoxicate tourists with their country’s charms by building a fountain which pumps out strong alcoholic liquor instead of water once a week. The fountain being built on top of a new tower in the Black Sea resort of Batumi will pump…
Gingrich looks south to revive White House bid
Newt Gingrich hopes his runaway win in home state Georgia onSuper Tuesday can serve as a launchpad for a southern sweep that can get him right back into the Republican presidential race. “Thank you Georgia! It is gratifying to win my home state so decisively to launch our March Momentum,” the former…
Gingrich: You can’t put a dead deer on a Volt
After denying it earlier, Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich admitted on Friday that a gun rack could be installed in Chevrolet’s electric Volt, but he insisted there would be no place to put a dead deer. At a campaign event in Savannah, Georgia, the former House Speaker told a crowd…
Starbucks to start selling wine and beer in U.S.
LOS ANGELES — Starbucks is to start selling wine and beer in some stores in southern California and Atlanta, Georgia, expanding a move which has worked well around its northwest US base, the coffee giant said Monday. The Seattle-based global coffee shop franchise said it will also sell “premium food…
Woman who threatened Rep. Peter King shot to death by police
A Muslim woman who allegedly sent “suspicious” packages to New York Rep. Peter King and New York state Sen. Greg Ball in November was shot to death by police on Christmas morning in Marietta, Georgia, according to the Atlanta-Journal Constitution. Jameela Cecila Barnette allegedly attacked a Cobb County police officer…
Rep rebukes BP chief for denying existence of oil plumes
British Petroleum CEO Tony Hayward has lost a lot of credibility since one of his company’s drilling rigs exploded and sank into the Gulf of Mexico. Unfortunately for he and everyone at BP, Hayward just lost a bit more. Yesterday, Hayward claimed there are actually not any massive plumes of…
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