Read more Georgia stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/2367/georgia.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 11:57:13 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73152/atlanta-may-elect-1st-white-mayor-in-36-years.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA simple focus on accounting is poised to radically—read: racially—change the politics of Atlanta . In a majority-black city that hasn’t had a white mayor in 36 years, a Caucasian city councilwoman from a tony neighborhood has a commanding lead in the polls. Mary Norwood has promised to clean...http://www.newser.com/story/73152/atlanta-may-elect-1st-white-mayor-in-36-years.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 03 Nov 2009 9:43:44 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72853/facebook-love-letter-triggers-teacher-fight.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTwo female middle school teachers face misdemeanor charges after getting into a profanity-laden brawl in front of students. The fight was the result of a love triangle between them and a male teacher at the Georgia school, police tell Fox 5 News , and began after one of the women found...http://www.newser.com/story/72853/facebook-love-letter-triggers-teacher-fight.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 29 Oct 2009 16:14:07 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71081/cleland-memoir-recalls-horrors-of-vietnam-karl-rove.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMax Cleland may be a living symbol of dedication to country—the former Georgia senator lost both legs and an arm to a grenade in Vietnam—but that didn't stop Karl Rove's political machine from ending his political career with attacks on his patriotism. "There are plenty of reasons to...http://www.newser.com/story/71081/cleland-memoir-recalls-horrors-of-vietnam-karl-rove.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 06 Oct 2009 17:11:54 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70640/eu-report-georgia-started-war.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagGeorgia was responsible for triggering last summer’s war with Russia, a European Union investigation has concluded. But Russia was far from blameless, laying the foundation for the war and breaking international law by invading. The report, which was reviewed by the Wall Street Journal , also accuses Russian-backed South Ossetian militias...http://www.newser.com/story/70640/eu-report-georgia-started-war.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 30 Sep 2009 8:30:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70005/eight-dead-in-southeast-floods.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWashed-out roads and flooded interstate highways around Atlanta added to the misery today after days of torrential rain in the Southeast that claimed at least eight lives, including a 15-year-old boy whose body was found in the Chattooga River. Authorities urged people who don't need to drive to stay home,...http://www.newser.com/story/70005/eight-dead-in-southeast-floods.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 22 Sep 2009 10:34:55 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69619/judge-tosses-frivolous-birther-lawsuit.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagLeading "birther" Orly Taitz had a lawsuit chucked out of court yesterday and the judge threatened her with sanctions if she brings another “frivolous” suit to the same court, the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer reports. Taitz—representing a soldier seeking to avoid deployment to Iraq by challenging President Obama's legitimacy—"presented no...http://www.newser.com/story/69619/judge-tosses-frivolous-birther-lawsuit.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 17 Sep 2009 9:38:16 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69188/worlds-oldest-person-dead-at-115.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe world's oldest known person has died in Los Angeles at age 115. Gertrude Baines died today at a hospital, probably of a heart attack; an autopsy will determine the exact cause. Baines was born in 1894 in Shellman, Ga., and she got a letter from President Obama on her...http://www.newser.com/story/69188/worlds-oldest-person-dead-at-115.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 11 Sep 2009 11:53:58 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68926/skull-find-shakes-up-theories-on-early-humanity.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTheories of human evolution have been thrown into disarray by ancient human remains found in Georgia, the Independent reports. The skulls, unearthed near Tbilisi, are from 1.8 million years ago, 800,000 years before modern humanity's ancestors were believed to have first moved out of Africa. The find, scientists...http://www.newser.com/story/68926/skull-find-shakes-up-theories-on-early-humanity.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 09 Sep 2009 6:06:45 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68746/georgia-man-innocent-in-trailer-slayings-kid-brother.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe brother of a Georgia man charged with slaying his father and seven others in a mobile home insists that 22-year-old Guy Heinze Jr would never harm his family, and instead speculates that a drug dispute could have prompted the killings. "I know my brother didn't do this. My brother...http://www.newser.com/story/68746/georgia-man-innocent-in-trailer-slayings-kid-brother.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 06 Sep 2009 14:09:16 CDT