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In this 2009 file photo, a Toyota Motor Corp. worker gives the final examination on an newly assembled 2010 Prius at Toyota Tsutsumi Plant in central Japan. (AP/Shizuo Kambayashi)
In this 2009 file photo, a Toyota Motor Corp. worker gives the final examination on an newly assembled 2010 Prius at Toyota Tsutsumi Plant in central Japan. (AP/Shizuo Kambayashi)
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Toyota recalls 437,000 Priuses, hybrids globally
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TOKYO (AP) — Toyota is recalling 437,000 Prius and other hybrid vehicles worldwide to fix brake problems — the latest embarrassing safety lapse at the world's largest automaker. "I don't see Toyota as an infallible company that never makes mistakes," President Akio Toyoda said at a news conference Tuesday. "We will face up to the facts and corr...
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Berry hopes Thorpe Award Super Bowl trend rolls on
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OKLAHOMA CITY — Tennessee safety Eric Berry has a lofty new tradition to uphold as the winner of the Jim Thorpe Award. Two of the last three winners of the award given to the nation’s top co...
Shorter to host financial aid workshop
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The Shorter College Office of Financial Aid will offer free communitywide financial aid workshops during the month of February, March and April. All parents and students are welcome — including hi...
US Olympians begin checking in at Vancouver
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RICHMOND, British Columbia — Noelle Pikus-Pace gasped as she glanced around the hotel ballroom to see the mountains of boxes piled around and overflowing with red-white-and-blue U.S. Olympic gea...
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Berry hopes Thorpe Award Super Bowl trend rolls on
by The Associated Press
1 hr 13 mins ago | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
OKLAHOMA CITY — Tennessee safety Eric Berry has a lofty new tradition to uphold as the winner of the Jim Thorpe Award. Two of the last three winners of the award given to the nation’s top co...
When it opened in the mid-1970s, the Model High gym was considered to be an ultra-modern venue, with its dome ceiling providing a unique, planetarium-type feel. But now, at age 36, the once-futuri...
David Dawson, Sports Editor
Mon Feb 08 22:13:54 -0600 2010
The Darlington Lady Tigers pulled together in the second half of a Region 6-A game against Bowdon on Monday to get a 57-50 win. One game over .500, the girls will enter the final two games of the ...
staff reports
Mon Feb 08 22:12:42 -0600 2010
Cedric Spivey scored 11 and Tev’n Hamilton had 10 but the Tigers fell to Bowdon, 61-45, on the road in a Region 6-A game. Tre Langston added 8 as Darlington will host Mt. Zion tonight at the Huffm...
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Mon Feb 08 22:09:27 -0600 2010
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8 arrested on drug charges after police respond to 911 hangup call
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The Floyd County Police Department arrested eight people Wednesday night on 14 felony and 12 misdemeanor charges after responding to a 911 hang-up call at 3184 Rockmart Highway, lot 17, and smellin...
Perdue: Teachers support merit pay, leaders should listen to rank and file
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ATLANTA -- Quoting results of a survey completed by 20,000 Georgia teachers in December, Gov. Sonny Perdue said Monday that teachers overwhelmingly support his proposal for performance pay and that...
To change, Obama must listen to the right people
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The letter writer of Jan. 24, could have stepped back to the first year of President Reagan’s term, just after taking over from the disastrous Jimmy Carter years, to see a similarity of how much Ob...
Where are they now? A look back at some high-profile criminal cases
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Northwest Georgia has been the home to many notorious crimes over the years, and many of the people who perpetrated those crimes are still alive and residing in various prison systems, while all th...
Tougher Ga. laws urged for illegal massage parlors
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ATLANTA — State Sen. Cecil Staton said Thursday that tougher penalties are needed to crack down on illegal massage parlors, especially in middle Georgia, where it seems to be more of a problem. ...
‘Financial crisis’ forces RACA to close Broad Street gallery
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Citing a financial crisis, Rome Area Council for the Arts board members voted to close RACA’s Broad Street office and gallery as well as release its executive director Rebecca Koontz. RACA pre...
Southern values covered by a cap
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I was saddened to open the Rome News-Tribune and see a photograph of a student and a parent who wore his cap inside the classroom. The only place I wear a cap inside a building is a gym, for a gra...
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