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WASHINGTON — Scientists say an analysis of a soil sample by the Mars Lander Phoenix shows that Mars could support life.
Scientists with the US space agency NASA appear to have finally found what they were seeking when they sent Phoenix millions of kilometers to the Red planet.
When the lander analyzed soil it had [...]

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LONDON — The European Commission described Zimbabwe’s presidential runoff on Friday as a “sham” and said it does not recognize the election or its outcome as legitimate.
The European Union has joined the chorus of condemnation of the Zimbabwean government’s decision to go ahead with Friday’s runoff presidential election with President Mugabe as the [...]

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ATHENS, Ga. – The University of Georgia Research Foundation has reached an agreement to acquire WNEG-TV, channel 32, from its current owner, Media General, Inc.
Transfer of the license for the television station, which serves Northeast Georgia from studios in Toccoa, is subject to approval by the Federal Communications Commission. The station will be [...]

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ELMONT, N.Y. — Big Brown lost his bid to become the first Triple Crown winner in 30 years.
Da’ Tara won today’s Belmont Stakes, despite 38-1 odds. Big Brown ran with 1-4 odds.

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ATLANTA — A man who claimed to earn over $600,000 from the Cobb Transit system on his 2005 tax return will have five years in prison to mull over the response he got from state officials.
Charged by Georgia Attorney General Thurbert Baker with theft in relation to the fraudulent return that he filed [...]

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ATLANTA — Nineteen rehabilitated horses now have new homes following the Georgia Department of Agriculture’s most recent auction.
The auction, held May 31 at the department’s equine impound facility in Decatur, was held in order to find homes for horses that were found in poor condition and nursed back to health.
“The sale was a [...]

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ATLANTA — “Don’t let the bed bugs bite” is an old bedtime rhyme that has become too real for some people due to a resurgence of this blood-sucking insect in recent years.
The resurgence is causing some entomologists to caution those who travel since the most common way for bed bugs to invade new [...]

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ATLANTA — Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue has signed an executive order suspending a scheduled increase in gas taxes that would have taken effect on July 1.
“Georgians are already facing record gas prices, and raising taxes even higher would put further strain on families’ budgets and on our economy,” Perdue said. “Suspending these tax [...]

By Mike O’Sullivan
Voice of America
LOS ANGELES, June 4, 2008 — Barack Obama claimed the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination Tuesday after winning a majority of delegates to the party’s nominating convention, which will be held in August.
Even before the Montana polls had closed, the Illinois senator had gained a clear majority of delegates to the nominating [...]

CHICAGO — One person was injured when a Chicago Transit Authority train derailed, according to published reports.
The derailment on the CTA’s red line comes a week after a green line train derailed. Fourteen people were injured in the Green Line derailment.
None of the four cars in today’s derailment overturned, and all of the train passengers [...]