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...Georgia Perilous Peanuts Nearly 500 people in 43 states have been sickened by a salmonella outbreak caused by tainted peanut butter and peanut-butter products. Made at the Peanut Corp. of America's Blakely, Ga., plant on or after July 1, 2008, the products were not sold directly to the public but distributed to other food companies. Kellogg Co. has recalled 16 of its products, including items from its Keebler and Famous Amos labels, and said salmonella was found in some of its peanut-butter crackers. The outbreak, which may have contributed to six deaths, is unrelated...
...Smith, cowboy star Tom Mix and six miles of jubilant Democrats paraded past his reviewing stand. Just a day after a decidedly unpleasant Red Room tea with the Hoovers, Roosevelt returned to the same room to greet 13 children on crutches, emissaries of hope from Warm Springs, Ga. Declaring, "It is my intention to inaugurate precedents like this from time to time," he looked on as his full Cabinet was sworn in en masse--another first...
Already, the push-and-pull of falling revenue based on property taxes, on the one hand, and demand for services, on the other, is convulsing many communities and states. In Decatur, Ga., a suburb east of Atlanta that relies on property taxes for revenue, the city has postponed a vote to annex additional neighborhoods because locals are concerned that annexation will overcrowd schools. In New Jersey, Governor Jon Corzine wants county and municipal governments to forego more than $500 million in pension payments in the coming year as a way of avoiding higher property taxes. And California and Arizona, where...
...Department of Defense plans to have 20,000 uniformed troops expressly trained to assist in national disaster rapid response at a moment's notice. Since Oct. 1, some 4,700 soldiers belonging to a brigade combat team out of Fort Stewart, Ga., have already been engaged in the new assignment, according to Air Force Lt. Col. Almarah Belk, a spokeswoman at the Secretary of Defense's office. The $556 million, five-year training program is part of a broader, $2.3 billion FEMA project to have civilian authorities in states such as Massachusetts, South Carolina and Washington work with the military...
...school records fell, as the swimmers shared the pool with nationally-ranked competition at the annual Georgia Invitational.The divers stayed closer to home, competing at the Big Al Open in Princeton.GEORGIA INVITATIONALThe third year was the charm for the swimmers, as they had their fastest meet yet in Athens, Ga. Competing against No. 1 Georgia and No. 6 California, among other teams, the Crimson made its presence known and dramatically rewrote the school record board with a third-place finish. The sophomore class provided the Harvard firepower, with Pickard claiming five records and Mills four.Mills got things started on Friday...