The Daily Citizen, Dalton, GA State News 2012-05-31T16:10:56-04:00 urn:uuid:d82929a3-e458-463f-ba35-cb92c9826177 Amnesty program for jury dodgers comes to an end urn:uuid:ddc748ea-4b97-4838-8ff8-f42e8577c34c 2012-05-31T09:51:44-04:00 <p> Authorities in a metro Atlanta county say an amnesty program for people who ducked jury duty in the past is now coming to an end.</p> Mail-order firm to close Ga. distribution center urn:uuid:0ef8cbb2-bc9f-4838-9af3-75d51fb5885f 2012-05-31T09:51:05-04:00 <p> A mail-order business plans to close its distribution center in central Georgia, putting about 89 people out of work.</p> State Supreme Court gets new chief for brief spell By KATE BRUMBACK, Associated Press urn:uuid:b65f917c-0f45-4ee0-bbd9-5ffb02aa2463 2012-05-30T09:44:27-04:00 <p> Justice George Carley was sworn in Tuesday as the 29th chief justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia, a post he will hold for less than two months.</p> State Supreme Court reverses murder conviction urn:uuid:5d9d53aa-0a5a-407b-b722-0e58133c6f87 2012-05-30T09:43:36-04:00 <p> The Georgia Supreme Court on Tuesday reversed a man&#8217;s murder conviction and life sentence, ruling that the trial judge should have allowed evidence that the suspect believed the man he shot and killed had molested a young female relative and that he should have told jurors they could consider the less serious charge of voluntary manslaughter.</p> President Obama back in Atlanta for fundraiser urn:uuid:eb3794ba-cbde-4519-8791-01cf626af448 2012-05-30T09:41:54-04:00 <p> President Barack Obama will return to Georgia next month for a fundraiser at a downtown Atlanta hotel.</p> Civil rights icon Lewis honored by five colleges urn:uuid:523e4443-018b-47d0-a424-9b912b2e19e2 2012-05-30T09:40:48-04:00 <p> Georgia Congressman John Lewis has picked up the last of his prestigious honorary degrees for this year from Brown University.</p> Facebook tip leads to arrests in mill fire urn:uuid:81e113f2-3379-4721-9d70-1dde4e8e581f 2012-05-30T09:39:56-04:00 <p> Authorities say a Facebook tip and an incriminating video led them to four suspects after an arson fire at a historic cotton mill in Douglasville.</p> Holiday weekend wrecks kill 15 people across Ga. urn:uuid:cdb3fb64-3006-4ac3-8a7a-3f0d7036e5f6 2012-05-29T10:00:29-04:00 <p> Authorities say traffic crashes in Georgia during the Memorial Day holiday weekend claimed the lives of more than a dozen motorists.</p> Police: Boxer was driving too fast for conditions urn:uuid:1175c807-a50f-4268-bb41-c268e08da125 2012-05-29T09:59:53-04:00 <p> Police say boxer Paul Williams was driving his modified sport motorcycle too fast for conditions when he crashed into an embankment.</p> Memorial Day ceremonies held across Georgia urn:uuid:48b7ccb2-ea92-40e6-bdbe-4e489927a748 2012-05-28T16:16:01-04:00 <p> All around Georgia, flags were lowered and memorial services over the three-day holiday weekend to honor those who have served in the military.</p>