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Texas auction house to sell John Brown leg irons
The leg irons that restrained abolitionist John Brown after his failed 1859 raid on a federal arsenal in Harpers Ferry are being sold Saturday in Texas, but two historical parks dedicated to his legacy can't afford to bid on them Dallas-based Heritage Auctions estimates the shackles are worth at least ...
No Jackpot Winner
None of the tickets sold for the Powerball game Wednesday evening matched all six numbers drawn, which were: 07-46-47-52-57 Powerball: 17 (seven, forty-six, forty-seven, fifty-two, fifty-seven; Powerball: seventeen) Players matching all five numbers and the Powerball would have won or shared the $105 million jackpot. The prize goes to an ...
Deen says she used slur but doesn't tolerate hate
Celebrity cook Paula Deen said while being questioned in a discrimination lawsuit that she has used racial slurs in the past but insisted she and her family do not tolerate prejudice. The 66-year-old Food Network star and Savannah restaurant owner was peppered with questions about her racial attitudes in a ...
FedEx 4Q profit drops as priority services lag
FedEx Corp.'s fourth-quarter profit fell 45 percent as international customers traded down to less-expensive delivery options and the company spent heavily on restructuring. FedEx said 3,600 employees will take voluntary buyouts and nearly half of them have already left. The company is also retiring older airplanes. Excluding charges related to ...
HPV vaccine cut infection by half in teen girls
A vaccine against a cervical cancer virus cut infections in teen girls by half in the first study to measure the shot's impact since it came on the market. The results impressed health experts and a top government top health official called them striking. The research released Wednesday echoes studies ...
Alcatraz escapee's sister returns to robbery scene
Standing in the vault her brothers robbed 55 years ago, Marie Anglin Widner gasped. "They really went in here," she said, turning to fully take in the surroundings at the old Bank of Columbia. "Wow." The south Georgia woman remembers her brothers - John William (J.W.), Clarence and Alfred Anglin ...
Indicted DeKalb CEO says he's done nothing wrong
The chief executive officer of one of Georgia's largest counties, who is facing multiple corruption charges made public Tuesday, says that he's done nothing wrong. DeKalb County CEO Burrell Ellis made a brief statement Tuesday night, hours after a 15-count indictment alleged that he threatened to withhold county business from ...
TN Lottery
These Tennessee lotteries were drawn Wednesday: Cash 3 Evening 9-5-0, Lucky Sum: 14 (nine, five, zero; Lucky Sum: fourteen) Cash 3 Midday 9-0-9, Lucky Sum: 18 (nine, zero, nine; Lucky Sum: eighteen) Cash 4 Evening 2-8-9-9, Lucky Sum: 28 (two, eight, nine, nine; Lucky Sum: twenty-eight) Cash 4 Midday 0-3-3-1, ...
Judge raises concerns about school cheating case
A judge overseeing the case against dozens of Atlanta educators accused of a conspiracy to cheat on standardized tests is expressing concerns about whether their statements to investigators were coerced by investigators. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Jerry Baxter addressed prosecutors at a hearing this week, telling them "I am ...
Ga. schools to use career-oriented education model
State education officials have announced they've developed courses for a new education model geared toward helping students find potential career paths. Officials from the Georgia Department of Education say the career clusters framework will allow students to choose one of 17 career pathways based on what they'd like to study ...
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