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Investigation of Georgia Theatre fire proceeds
ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — A construction crane has begun removing debris from the Georgia Theatre to help investigators determine the cause of the fire that gutted the landmark music venue in downtown Athens.
Investigators have marked as potential evidence several large air conditioning units that were on the roof when it caved in on Friday.
Wilmot Greene, who has owned the theater for five years, says he’d like to rebuild it, but doesn’t know if that will be possible. Meanwhile, artists are taking part in benefits for the theater’s employees and to raise money for the building’s possible restoration.
Greene says he has insurance on the building and that his agent has been optimistic. But there’s no guarantee the total cost of a restoration will covered.
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Budget task force set to turn over recommendations
Senate leaders are expected to get dozens of ideas for saving billions of dollars from a group of business leaders assembled to bring fresh ideas to Georgia’s fiscal crisis.
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Plane kills beach jogger in SC emergency landing
A 38-year-old jogger from Georgia is dead after a single-engine plane making an emergency landing hit him as he ran on a South Carolina beach listening to his iPod.
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College students protest education cuts
A few hundred college students rallied on the steps of the Georgia Capitol on Monday to protest budget cuts they say could make college too expensive at a time when education is needed with a shrinking pool of jobs.
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Appeals court dismisses anti-lying law complaint
An appeals court ordered a federal judge to dismiss a complaint that claimed a Miami-Dade County ordinance making it a crime punishable by fines and jail to lie during petition drives is unconstitutional.
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Court upholds Fla. man’s sex tourism conviction
A federal appeals panel has upheld the conviction of a Miami man who was sentenced to 40 years in prison on sex tourism and child pornography charges.
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House delays vote on anti-bullying proposal
Efforts to update Georgia’s anti-bullying statute stalled in the House as its supporters faced opposition from fellow representatives.
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Zebra that sprinted through Atlanta euthanized
Lima, a 12-year-old circus zebra that caused a stir when he escaped from an animal compound and ran through downtown Atlanta last month has been euthanized.
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Defendants cleared in Atlanta gay bar raid case
An Atlanta judge has found three defendants in a case spawned by a late-night raid on a crowded gay bar not guilty.defendants
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Savannah revives square destroyed in 1950s
Savannah is celebrating the resurrection of one of its famous squares, a site that helped spark the city’s preservation movement after its demolition in the 1950s.
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Perdue proposes deep health care cuts
Georgia’s hospitals and health-care providers were hammered as part of a new round of cuts proposed by Gov. Sonny Perdue on Thursday to deal with a gaping budget shortfall.
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