obituaries
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Lucille Powell Stone, 95, died Wednesday, March 3, 2010 in Appling HealthCare System.
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Lillie Spell, age 88, died Monday February 22, 2010 at the Pavilion. She was born on October 7, 1921 in Appling County and had resided here all her life.
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Funeral services were held at 12:00 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 25 at Harper Chapel United Methodist Church for Harold Lee Simpson who died February 21, 2010.
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L. D. Gribble, 84, died Sunday, February 21, 2010 at the Pavilion. She was born on June 29, 1925 in Whitfield County.
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Mae Carter, 75, died Tuesday, February 23, 2010 at the emergency room at Appling HeathCare System.
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Mrs. Carole Beckworth, age 66, died Sunday, February 21, 2010 in the Toombs Nursing Home in Lyons after an extended illness.
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Carlton Barney, died February 20, 2010. Mr. Barney was born June 5, 1924 in Hazlehurst.
national news
BUENA, N.J. (AP) -- He was raised in New Jersey, where he was on the high school wrestling team and earned a black belt in karate. Nearly a decade later, Sharif Mobley is a former nuclear plant worker under arrest in Yemen, suspected of being an al-Qaida member and accused of killing a guard in an attempt to break out of a hospital....
Thu Mar 11 20:14:59 -0600 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) -- House Democratic leaders Thursday abandoned a long struggle to strike a compromise on abortion in their ranks, gambling that they can secure the support for President Barack Obama's sweeping health care legislation with showdown votes looming as early as next week....
Thu Mar 11 19:32:44 -0600 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama on Thursday assured immigration advocates frustrated by the wait for a promised overhaul of U.S. immigration laws that he remains committed to fixing a system he has said is broken. What remains unclear is whether Congress will send him a bill this year....
Thu Mar 11 19:32:55 -0600 2010
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- A federal appeals court upheld the use of the words "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance and "In God We Trust" on U.S. currency, rejecting arguments Thursday that the phrases violate the separation of church and state....
Thu Mar 11 19:59:00 -0600 2010