Entries by Walter Geiger

Tales from the ER

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Friday, March 19. 2010

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By Dr. Spencer Price

They’re called the Darwin Awards – annual recognition bestowed upon those among us who perform acts of supreme stupidity and who, in so doing, often pay the ultimate price. An example of a classic Darwin Award winner is the crook who, during a robbery, aimed a gun at an innocent person and pulled the trigger. When the gun failed to discharge, the would-be robber turned the gun around, looked down the barrel, and pulled the trigger again. Unfortunately for him, this time the gun fired, sending the criminal to an early grave and earning him a Darwin Award. [Full story »]

Pipeline vote could come Friday

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Thursday, March 18. 2010

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The Pike County commission has scheduled a meeting for 3 p.m. Friday, March 19 on the controversial industrial corridor gas pipeline project.
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Updated: Embarrassing daddy-daughter duo

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Tuesday, March 16. 2010

Updated: 12 hours ago

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By Cynthia Tucker
AJC/uexpress.com

Liz Cheney doesn't hold a seat in the United States Senate. She doesn't have the power to call committee hearings to intimidate those who dare disagree with her. And she isn't practicing her demagoguery in an era of widespread fear of an existential threat. Nevertheless, she has slipped easily into the role of Joseph McCarthy.
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Updated: Weis delays cited in second death penalty case

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Monday, March 15. 2010

Updated: 3 days ago

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By Bill Rankin
Atlanta Journal-Constitution

A lawyer conceded Tuesday he was asking the Georgia Supreme Court for drastic remedies in the Gwinnett County death-penalty case against Khanh Dinh Phan.

Because the state has been unable to pay for Phan's defense, attorney Chris Adams argued, the court should dismiss the charges against the accused double murderer or bar the state from seeking the death penalty.

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Updated: A big win for property owners?

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Monday, March 15. 2010

Updated: 3 days ago

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Georgia senators are claiming a sweeping win for property owners with the unanimous passage of new legislation. [Full story »]

Updated: The fight for sunshine

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Monday, March 15. 2010

Updated: 1 day ago

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The Savannah Morning News

If you thought the Georgia Legislature has too much on its hands to consider clamping down on the public's right to know, think again.

No less than seven bills that mean less open government are pending.

We hope none make it into law. [Full story »]

Updated: Three hurt in Reidsboro Rd. crash

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Sunday, March 14. 2010

Updated: 17 hours ago

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Three people were treated on the scene of an accident on Reidsboro Road Friday afternoon. [Full story »]

Spring forward tonight

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Walter Geiger

in Breaking News

Saturday, March 13. 2010

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Daylight Savings Time begins at 2 a.m. Sunday

Don't forget to set your clocks forward one hour before going to bed tonight.

Updated: Solid seal of disapproval for Obama

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Friday, March 12. 2010

Updated: 16 minutes ago

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The Augusta Chronicle

An anonymous "ranter" complained this week that this page's handlers "must have graduated from the college of negativity" for all our criticisms of Barack Obama.

Blame The Chronicle all you like. But if anyone thinks this page is alone, or even off base, in its urgent criticism of this president's misbegotten policies, they're just not tuned in to reality. [Full story »]

Updated: Spalding authorities seek missing teen

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Friday, March 12. 2010

Updated: 6 days ago

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Spalding sheriff's investigators have enlisted the help of the public in locating a missing 18-year-old girl. [Full story »]

Updated: Silent, empty plants

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Thursday, March 11. 2010

Updated: 6 days ago

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By Millard Grimes
Harris County Journal/Georgia Trend

Now into the third year of what is being called The Great Recession, the United States still has the largest economy in the world and its people are better off on the whole than the people of any other natio [Full story »]

The garage you don’t want to clean

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Wednesday, March 10. 2010

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The large garage bay is served by two roll-up doors. It is the garage you don't want to turn up in or clean, for that matter.

It is filed with aluminum autopsy gurneys. [Full story »]

Updated: Couple charged with 'imprisoning' kids ages 1 and 3

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Tuesday, March 9. 2010

Updated: 4 days ago

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(From Captain Tony Ranieri, Spalding Co. S.O.)

A Griffin couple has been arrested and charged with False Imprisonment and Cruelty to Children according to Sheriff Stewart. Stewart said that officers were called to a residence on Highfalls Road to check the welfare of kids that were left home alone. [Full story »]

Updated: Dedication to truth

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Tuesday, March 9. 2010

Updated: 4 days ago

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By William Smith

If dedication to truth is the promise of morality, then there is no greater form of dedication than the responsibility of thinking, and accepting no authority over your own brain. It seems there are so many people who identify themselves with race or political ideology that they lack the ability to think as an individual. [Full story »]

Updated: Returning to the American way

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Monday, March 8. 2010

Updated: 7 days ago

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By Dink Nesmith
(Published in the Athens Banner-Herald)

America, we need to wake up and look in the mirror. Staring back at us is the ugly truth: We are the problem. If we don't come to grips with reality and change direction, the most advanced nation in the world is going to lose its coveted place. [Full story »]