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An item came out in the news the other day about the Georgia Lottery. According to this scientific study from the University of Georgia, most of the people who play the Lottery are less educated and are less financially able to spend money playing the lot

Living plants are being used in great numbers and variety in all types of indoor environments.

Right after I heard that Eric Rudolph was captured, I went to the FBI Most Wanted list on the web and saw that it already noted him as

I'm not sure when our American foreign relations changed, but during World War II we let the world know we were willing to fight to "make the world safe for democracy."

On behalf of local Posts 7 and 521 of the American Legion, let me compliment the 15,000 or so people who lined Green Street for the 2003 memorial Day parade.

Memorial Day, 2003, has come and gone but this one was different. Sure, it was a time of school graduations, and the end of school, and the beginning of summer vacations.

June is upon us, and with it come many landscape and garden chores which need not be forgotten. Here are a few tips and suggestions which I hope will lead to success in the lawn and garden this summer.

Gene Shadburn had an idea that he just could not let go. He wanted to have a big, old-fashioned Memorial Day Parade. In many ways, it was a new kind of parade for a new kind of Memorial Day. This day has always been set aside to remember those in servi

I remember the day it happened. Just moments before, I had been sitting in my office, killing time playing with some extra rubber bands and paperclips. I was pretty intent on making a toy of some sort, and with my mind so occupied, I wasn't paying att