Georgia
Obama exhorts good deeds by Morehouse graduates
President Barack Obama is telling graduates of Morehouse College to take the power of their example — as black men graduating from college — and use it to improve people's lives. He's asking those headed to law school to think about defending the poor, and those destined for medical school ...
Ga. students' weather balloon travels 100 miles
Elementary school students in Athens launched a weather balloon that reached an altitude of nearly 97,000 feet and traveled nearly 100 miles to Sparta. The Engineering Club at Chase Elementary School released the 7-foot helium-filled balloon Tuesday. They tracked it to a dense swamp in a heavily wooded area in ...
Jet donated by Travolta being moved to Ga. museum
The military is helping move a Gulfstream jet once flown by actor John Travolta to its new home at an aviation museum in middle Georgia. Members of two maintenance squadrons based at Robins Air Force Base were scheduled to tow the G-2 private jet Sunday to the Museum of Aviation ...
$590M-plus Powerball: 1 winning ticket sold in Fla
It's all about the odds, and one single ticket in Florida has beaten them all by matching the numbers drawn for the highest Powerball jackpot in history at an estimated $590.5 million, lottery officials disclosed Sunday. The lone winner was sold at a Publix supermarket in Zephyrhills, Fla., according to ...
1 winning ticket sold in Fla. on Powerball
A lottery official says 1 winning ticket has been sold in Florida for a record Powerball jackpot of more than $590 million. Terry Rich, a lottery official in Iowa, confirmed the ticket matching all six numbers was sold in Florida. Rich told The Associated Press by telephone that details were ...
One Jackpot Winner
One of the tickets sold in Florida for the Powerball game Saturday evening matched all six numbers drawn, which were: 10-13-14-22-52 Powerball: 11 (ten, thirteen, fourteen, twenty-two, fifty-two; Powerball: eleven) The player matching all five numbers and the Powerball won the $600 million jackpot. The prize goes to an estimated ...
Partnership looks to grow heritage tourism
The temptation is to think that what follows here is the whole story. It's not, of course. So much happened before the people who later settled in Savannah's Pin Point community ever reached the shores of Georgia's barrier islands in the 18th century, so much unfolded even before they were ...
Will Boy Scouts accept gay youth? Vote is imminent
With its ranks deeply divided, the Boy Scouts of America is asking its local leaders from across the country to decide whether its contentious membership policy should be overhauled so that openly gay boys can participate in Scout units. The proposal to be put before the roughly 1,400 voting members ...
Pa. coffee run leads to hatchet hitchhiker arrest
Two cups of coffee ended life on the run for an Internet sensation known as Kai the hatchet-wielding hitchhiker. An employee at a Starbucks in Philadelphia is credited with recognizing 24-year-old Caleb "Kai" McGillvary, whose fledgling celebrity took a turn toward notoriety when authorities announced this week that he was ...
Winning numbers drawn in 'Mega Millions' game
The winning numbers in Friday evening's drawing of the "Mega Millions" game were: 11-15-35-43-49, Mega Ball: 41 (eleven, fifteen, thirty-five, forty-three, forty-nine; Mega Ball: forty-one) Estimated jackpot: $190 million
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