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FILE - In this July 18, 2012 file photo, Ruth Moore of Milbridge, Maine, who was raped twice while serving in the Navy, testifies before the Veterans Affairs subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs on Capitol Hill in Washington. More than 85,000 veterans were treated last year for mental health and substance abuse problems connected to military sexual trauma and another 4,000 sought disability compensation, underscoring the staggering, long-term impact of this emerging crisis. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
FILE - In this July 18, 2012 file photo, Ruth Moore of Milbridge, Maine, who was raped twice while serving in the Navy, testifies before the Veterans Affairs subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs on Capitol Hill in Washington. More than 85,000 veterans were treated last year for mental health and substance abuse problems connected to military sexual trauma and another 4,000 sought disability compensation, underscoring the staggering, long-term impact of this emerging crisis. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
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AP IMPACT: Military sex abuse victims seek VA help
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WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 85,000 veterans were treated last year for injuries or illness stemming from sexual abuse in the military, and 4,000 sought disability benefits, underscoring the staggering long-term impact of a crisis that has roiled the Pentagon and been condemned by President Barack Obama as "''shameful and disgraceful." A Departm...
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Floyd County Jail report for Monday, May 20, 8 p.m.
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The Floyd County Sheriff's Office releases its jail intake report twice daily -- at 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. In this report: Males: 12 Females: 3 Total: 15 Oldest: 74 Youngest: 18 Average: 33
Rome McDonald's franchises fall somewhere in the middle on the 'Quarter Pounder Index'
by Alan Riquelmy, Staff Writer
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Think all Quarter Pounders with cheese are the same? You’d be McWrong. The McDonald’s burger varies in price depending where you go. The “Quarter Pounder Index,” a creation of NerdWallet.com , ran...
GNTC nursing program reaccredited
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Georgia Northwestern Technical College Associate Degree Nursing program has been granted continued accreditation by the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission. Accreditation will co...
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Game One of the Class AA Semifinals is underway as the Pepperell Dragons host the Westminster Wildcats. 
Mon May 20 17:30:00 UTC 2013
Update: The Pepperell baseball today will host Westminster today at 4 p.m. in the first game of their best-of-three Class AA semifinal series.
Mon May 20 01:01:00 UTC 2013
The Gordon Lee Trojans had just finished up some conditioning drills last Thursday, but several of the players were not ready to go home just yet. 
Sun May 19 20:21:00 UTC 2013
Gordon Central High senior Deisy Najarro (seated, center) signed a soccer scholarship on Monday with Tennessee Temple (Chattanooga, Tenn.).
Sun May 19 07:30:00 UTC 2013
For the Pepperell baseball team, it’s almost go time.
Sun May 19 00:46:00 UTC 2013
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Obama’s policies are working
by Charles R. Shiflett, Rome
May 17, 2013 | 34 34 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
Obama’s policies are working President Obama has been elected twice by the American people. That included winning the Jewish vote. The Obama Administration has the best Middle Eastern foreign poli...
Silver Creek woman using bare hands to build house with rocks
by The Associated Press
May 17, 2013 | 25 25 comments | 19 19 recommendations | email to a friend
SILVER CREEK — A woman is using her bare hands to build a house in the woods by stacking large rocks on top of each other, one rock at a time. After a posting on the Rome Georgia Yard Sale Faceboo...
Coomer: U.S. 411 a ‘national flashpoint’
by Doug Walker, Associate Editor
May 16, 2013 | 4 4 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
The debate over the U.S. 411 Connector to Interstate 75 has become a “national flashpoint issue,” according to state Rep. Christian Coomer, R-Cartersville. Coomer and the other Floyd County delega...
UPDATE: Deal orders return of Bibles to rooms at parks
by AP, Staff reports
May 15, 2013 | 15 15 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
Gov. Nathan Deal today instructed the state Department of Natural Resources to return Bibles to cabins and lodge rooms at state parks. Out of an abundance of caution to avoid potential litigation, ...
Traffic is expected to be tied up in some areas Thursday during filming for Dreamworks’ new movie “Need for Speed”
by Staff reports
May 15, 2013 | 13 13 comments | 36 36 recommendations | email to a friend
Rome will become the backdrop for a movie this week as a Dreamworks motion picture, “Need for Speed,” begins filming here Thursday. The work, which runs through Sunday, will lead to some road c...
Officers arrest 16 people during River Jam
by Jeremy Stewart, staff writer
May 20, 2013 | 9 9 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
Spectators at the sixth annual Rome River Jam music festival at Ridge Ferry Park kept Rome police busy Saturday. Reports from the Rome Police Department indicate that officers working detail at the...
Police believe robbers live near their target; Big H on Main Street has been robbed for second time in two months
by Kim S. Jarrett, staff writer
May 19, 2013 | 8 8 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
Police believe two men who have held up the same convenience store twice in two months live in the neighborhood and someone knows who they are. “If they are not permanent residents, they are stay...
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