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GA cyclist pitted against bus, car in commute race

A cyclist is set to face off against a car and a bus during the fifth annual dump the pump challenge. Savannah City officials say the challenge is part of a national event designed to show that alternative means of transportation can be convenient, cheaper and are better for the ...

This June 17, 2013 provided by Heritage Auctions, shows the pair of leg irons, or shackles, believed to be those used on John Brown during his incarceration at the Charlestown, W.Va., jail following his arrest during the raid at Harper's Ferry W.Va. John Brown's capture of the Federal Arsenal at Harper's Ferry on Oct. 17, 1859 as part of a failed attempt to incite a slave uprising is seen by most historians as the spark that ignited the Civil War. They have been passed down in the family of John Boling, of Idaho, for six generations, after being obtained by a decedent shortly after Brown’s execution. They are expected to bring more than $10,000 when they come up for auction on June 22, 2013. (AP Photo/Heritage Auctions)

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 ...

Ga. police sergeant reinstated after stabbing

An Athens Clarke-County police sergeant is back on the job six years after nearly being stabbed to death while on duty. The Athens Banner-Herald reported Wednesday that (http://bit.ly/11nRWev) Sgt. Courtney Gale was sworn in again to the Athens-Clarke County Police Department earlier this week. Gale was working as a uniformed ...

Former exec. pleads guilty to insider trading

A former executive for Carter's Inc. has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit securities fraud, officials from the U.S. attorney's office in Atlanta said Wednesday. Richard T. Posey is the second former executive of the Atlanta-based children's clothing company to plead guilty in what prosecutors have said was a multi-million ...

Feds: North Texas prostitution ring dismantled

A man is accused of operating nearly a dozen brothels that masqueraded as massage parlors in three North Texas counties as part of a multistate prostitution ring generating more than $1 million since 2010. A federal grand jury returned a seven-count indictment against 11 people, including eight who are in ...

FILE - This Jan. 17, 2012 file photo shows celebrity chef Paula Deen posing for a portrait in New York. Deen says she has used racial slurs in the past but insists she and her brother, who are accused of racial and sexual discrimination in a lawsuit by a former manager of their restaurant, don’t tolerate hateful behavior. In a court deposition conducted on May 17, 2013 and filed Monday, June 17, 2013, in federal court, an attorney for former restaurant manager Lisa Jackson presses the 66-year-old Deen about her racial views and those of her brother, Bubba Hiers.  (AP Photo/Carlo Allegri, File)

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 ...

Ralston says changes to Ga. forfeiture law needed

House Speaker David Ralston said Wednesday that changes are needed to Georgia's forfeiture law to increase accountability and transparency and plans a serious look at legislation next year. Recent reports of questionable spending by two district attorneys have generated a significant amount of public interest in how the government handles ...

Marie Widner holds up photos of newspaper articles and family photos of her two brothers, Clarence and John Anglin inside the of the Columbia Bank building on Tuesday morning, June 18, 2013 in Columbia, Ala. The south Georgia woman remembers her brothers - John William (J.W.), Clarence and Alfred Anglin - as rambunctious but nonviolent kids trying desperately to escape poverty in Donalsonville, Ga. (AP Photo/The Dothan Eagle, Jay Hare) MAGS OUT; TV OUT

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 ...

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