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| Teachers angry over pension
Former educators say a plan by Gov. Sonny Perdue's administration to eliminate annual automatic cost-of-living increases in their pensions is a slap at teachers who spent decades paying into the retirement system.
12 percent of Ga. voters have already cast ballots
Election '08: Each day, the volume of voters at county elections offices grows. On Friday, 55,709 people voted statewide. And women are turning out in bigger numbers than men.
•Forsyth puts wait times online | Biden warns of Obama crisis
•Build ballot | Election Guide
 Stray bullet kills DeKalb mother of 3
Police say the victim, whose name was not released, was struck in the back around 9 p.m. at 1025 Holcomb Road off Redan Road near Covington Highway. The victim's three children, ages 11, 9 and 8, were inside the home at the time but were not harmed.
•Jury deliberates sentence for hammer killer | Riverdale video store owner robbed, slain
•Nichols trials testimony targets jail conditions
2 Georgia congressmen see tide shift in re-election bids
Democratic incumbents John Barrow and Jim Marshall appear poised for re-election in their central and eastern Georgia districts. Both have outraised and outspent their respective GOP opponents.
Justice rips Ga. death appeals
A U.S. Supreme Court justice on Monday criticized the way the Georgia Supreme Court considers capital appeals, calling its review faulty and superficial. The likely result, Justice John Paul Stevens said, "is the arbitrary or discriminatory imposition of death sentences."
TV anchorwoman attacked in home
Popular Little Rock, Ark., TV anchorwoman Anne Pressly, 26, who had a small part in the Bush biopic "W," was in critical condition Monday after being beaten in her home. Police questioned whether she could have been targeted.
Woman, 89, snatches kids' football
Police in Ohio say Edna Jester faces a charge of petty theft because neighborhood children accused her of refusing to give back their football. She was arrested last week in the Cincinnati suburb of Blue Ash.
Soldier's puppy arrives in U.S.
Ratchet, the black puppy decked out in a red, white and blue bandanna, jumped out of his crate and wagged his tail at the airport Monday, three flights and two days after leaving Iraq en route to his new home with a U.S. soldier.
Stocks surge on stimulus hopes
A rising wave of optimism lifted Wall Street Monday, propelling the Dow Jones industrials up more than 400 points on more signs of a reviving credit market and support for further steps to aid the economy.
•Charities suffer in downturn | Tips for saving your money
Taliban kill woman they said spread Christianity
The assailants on a motorbike gunned down Christian aid worker Gayle Williams, 34, in Kabul on Monday, saying she was killed for spreading her religion -- a rare targeted killing of a Westerner in the capital.
UFO sightings debunked, but not this one
An American fighter pilot flying from an English air base at the height of the Cold War was ordered to open fire on a massive UFO that lit up his radar, according to an account published by Britain's National Archives.
Broncos' Bailey brothers hurt on 'MNF'
Boss and Champ Bailey, brothers on the Denver Broncos starting defense and former UGA players, suffered injuries in the first half that sidelined them for the rest of Monday night's game against the New England Patriots. The Pats won, 41-7 .
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