Police move in on Occupy Oakland protesters on Oak Street and 12th Street as tear gas gets blown back on them in Oakland, Calif. on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2012. An unlawful assembly was declared as occupiers planned to take over an undisclosed building. (AP Photo/The Tribune, Bay Area News Group)
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Oakland police used tear gas and "flash" grenades Saturday to break up hundreds of Occupy protesters after some demonstrators started throwing rocks and flares at officers and tearing down fencing. Three officers were hurt and 19 people were arrested, the Oakland Police Department said. No details on the officers' injurie... full story
The Polk Medical Center Inc. board gathered for the first time Friday, approving a transition agreement that will shift management of Polk Medical Center in Cedartown from Redmond Regional Medical ...
With the approval rating of Congress at an all-time low, William Perry encouraged local Floyd County Democrats on Friday to speak out for a proposed ethics bill in the state Capitol that would limi...
2007 was a year when revenues peaked for the city of Rome, City Manager John Bennett told the Rome Exchange Club on Friday. But since 2007 the city has been losing revenue, and equipment is getti...
Townsend wins Australian Open girls event MELBOURNE, Australia — With Venus and Serena Williams nearing the ends of their careers, the question that's been asked over and over again in American tennis circles is: who's going to take their ...
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Rome High’s girls put some distance between them and their Region 7-AAAA opponents on Saturday. The Lady Wolves came away with a 72-48 win against Lambert, maintaining a grip on second place in th...
Darlington’s wrestling team faced some fierce competition on Saturday as 15 schools came to the campus to participate in the Tiger Invitational. The Tigers held first place through the early round...
The Rome High boys’ skid increased to 10 games on Saturday as the Wolves were defeated, 66-54, by 7-AAAA foe Lambert at home. The loss dropped the Wolves to 4-18 overall and 0-11 in region play. ...
The Santa Fe. Cattle Co. restaurant on Turner McCall Boulevard has closed, according to a sign on the door of the business. The sign directs customers to other Santa Fe locations, including Fort P...
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David Dawson, Rome News-Tribune Sports EditorRn T.Com
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The Unity Christian football team provided one of the biggest feel-good stories of the season when the Lions won the ICSGA state championship last November. Now the story has taken a sad a...
Police say an Alabama man was driving down Ga. 53 on Tuesday night touching himself, according to a Floyd County Jail report. According to the report: Rondy Gamble, 57, of 1120 County Road 89, Ga...
Floyd County will be short about $15,000 because of an estimated 200 speeding tickets issued between Jan. 1 and Jan. 20 that will be voided after Floyd County Police Department officials learne...
A high-ranking Northwest Georgia Bank official was one of 15 people charged with soliciting a prostitute in an undercover sting in Chattanooga, Tenn., late last week. According to the Chattanooga ...
Three years of funding cuts are starting to grate on the citizen-appointees of the Rome-Floyd Parks and Recreation Authority . The board didn’t have a quorum Monday, Jan. 23, but attendees spe...
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Ben Feller, AP White House CorrespondentAssociated Press
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WASHINGTON — Declaring the American dream under siege, President Barack Obama called Tuesday night for a flurry of help for a hurting middle class and higher taxes on millionaires, delivering a Sta...