﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Georgia on my Mind from Newser</title><description /><link>http://www.newser.com/</link><copyright>2008 - Newser</copyright><language>en-us</language><generator>Newser Feed Generator</generator><pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 4:24:05 CST</pubDate><item><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newser.com/story/42634/mccain-returns-to-trail-urges-ga-voters-into-battle.html?refid=rss_all_default</guid><title>McCain Returns to Trail, Urges Ga. Voters 'Into Battle'</title><description>John McCain found himself back on familiar terrain tonight—the campaign trail. The Republican also-ran traveled to Georgia to stump for Saxby Chambliss, who's locked in a runoff battle for the Senate with Democrat Jim Martin, the  Atlanta Journal-Constitution  reports. “I did not think I would be back on the campaign trail quite this early,” McCain said. “But there is a lot at stake here. I’m asking you to go into battle one more time."</description><link>http://www.newser.com/story/42634/mccain-returns-to-trail-urges-ga-voters-into-battle.html?refid=rss_all_default</link><pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 18:15:02 CST</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newser.com/story/42389/mccain-will-campaign-for-chambliss-in-ga-runoff.html?refid=rss_all_default</guid><title>McCain Will Campaign for Chambliss in Ga. Runoff</title><description>John McCain will stump for Saxby Chambliss this week as the Republican Senator drums up support for a Dec. 2 runoff vote against Democrat Jim Martin, the  Atlanta Journal-Constitution  reports. Chambliss has also secured Mike Huckabee to campaign for him in Georgia. Martin, meanwhile, has pleaded with President-elect Barack Obama to stump in the key contest, but no word yet.</description><link>http://www.newser.com/story/42389/mccain-will-campaign-for-chambliss-in-ga-runoff.html?refid=rss_all_default</link><pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 15:54:26 CST</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newser.com/story/41718/georgian-cluster-bombs-killed-own-civilians.html?refid=rss_all_default</guid><title>Georgian Cluster Bombs Killed Own Civilians</title><description>The cluster bombs Georgia used during its war with Russia malfunctioned on an “absolutely massive scale,” killing at least three civilians, and leaving the country littered with deadly unexploded bombs, according to new research from Human Rights Watch. The Georgian Ministry of Defense said the findings were “impossible,” because the bombs were never used “nearby/around civilian populated areas.”</description><link>http://www.newser.com/story/41718/georgian-cluster-bombs-killed-own-civilians.html?refid=rss_all_default</link><pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 7:27:30 CST</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newser.com/story/41504/new-home-sale-incentive-free-house-calls.html?refid=rss_all_default</guid><title>New Home-Sale Incentive: Free House Calls</title><description>Home sales being a little tricky these days, a luxury developer in the trendy Buckhead section of Atlanta has stumbled onto a unique form of incentive: free house calls from doctors. Deep-pocketed buyers who plunk down $2 million to $12.5 million to live in a new high-rise will get free use of a roving medical practice, the  Atlanta Journal-Constitution  reports.</description><link>http://www.newser.com/story/41504/new-home-sale-incentive-free-house-calls.html?refid=rss_all_default</link><pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2008 11:33:18 CDT</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newser.com/story/41333/black-vote-puts-heat-on-georgia-republican.html?refid=rss_all_default</guid><title>Black Vote Puts Heat on Georgia Republican</title><description>With Barack Obama’s candidacy driving record early-voter turnout in Georgia among African-Americans, Republican Sen. Saxby Chambliss is in an unexpected dogfight with Democrat Jim Martin, the  New York Times  reports. Though the Obama campaign stopped short of a full-court press for Georgia, it has spent months registering tens of thousands of new voters, many of them African-American.</description><link>http://www.newser.com/story/41333/black-vote-puts-heat-on-georgia-republican.html?refid=rss_all_default</link><pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 13:30:09 CDT</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newser.com/story/38217/supreme-court-stays-execution-of-georgia-man.html?refid=rss_all_default</guid><title>Supreme Court Stays Execution of Georgia Man</title><description>The Supreme Court issued a stay of execution for a Georgia man only two hours before he was scheduled to die tonight, the  Atlanta Journal-Constitution  reports. Troy Anthony Davis has been on death row since 1991, when he was convicted of killing an off-duty police officer. Seven of nine key prosecution witnesses have since recanted their testimony, and his family and supporters have called for a new trial.</description><link>http://www.newser.com/story/38217/supreme-court-stays-execution-of-georgia-man.html?refid=rss_all_default</link><pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 20:01:03 CDT</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newser.com/story/38129/ga-wont-stay-execution-despite-witness-reversals.html?refid=rss_all_default</guid><title>Ga. Won't Stay Execution Despite Witness Reversals</title><description>A man sentenced to die tonight in Georgia is looking to the US Supreme Court after the state’s parole board and top court rejected clemency yesterday, the  Atlanta Journal-Constitution  reports. Troy Anthony Davis was convicted in 1991 for murdering a police officer, but seven prosecution witnesses have since recanted testimony, leading to calls for his sentence to be commuted to life in prison.</description><link>http://www.newser.com/story/38129/ga-wont-stay-execution-despite-witness-reversals.html?refid=rss_all_default</link><pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 5:38:45 CDT</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newser.com/story/35291/men-admit-bigfoot-hoax.html?refid=rss_all_default</guid><title>Men Admit Bigfoot Hoax</title><description>Bigfoot hunters will just have to keep looking. Two Georgia men’s story about finding Sasquatch has—surprise!—turned out to be a hoax, Cox News Service reports. Their ruse fell apart when a block of ice containing the “body” melted—leaving behind a rubber monkey suit. The men reportedly then admitted the hoax to a California organization that paid for the rights to their story. They checked out of their hotel and are now lying low, just like Bigfoot himself.</description><link>http://www.newser.com/story/35291/men-admit-bigfoot-hoax.html?refid=rss_all_default</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:12:55 CDT</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newser.com/story/34858/ga-men-claim-to-have-found-bigfoot.html?refid=rss_all_default</guid><title>Ga. Men Claim to Have Found Bigfoot</title><description>Two Georgia men claim to have found a Bigfoot, and say they'll release evidence tomorrow at a press conference, LiveScience reports. Whether they'll display the alleged carcass or simply photographs is unknown, but a well-known Bigfoot hoaxer speaking on their behalf said the body will be studied in a secure, undisclosed location—raising doubts about its authenticity.</description><link>http://www.newser.com/story/34858/ga-men-claim-to-have-found-bigfoot.html?refid=rss_all_default</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 9:17:02 CDT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>