NFL notebook: Robinson feeling better, still not cleared to play
FLOWERY BRANCH - Falcons coach Mike Smith says while Dunta Robinson is "much better" after suffering a concussion, the cornerback still has not been cleared to play.

EPA finds greenhouse gases threaten humans
WASHINGTON - The Obama administration took a major step Monday toward imposing the first federal limits on climate-changing pollution from cars, power plants and factories, declaring there was compelling scientific evidence that global warming from manmade greenhouse gases endangers Americans' health.

Editorial: Commission should be clearer on sewer line
The lengthy volleying between Athens-Clarke County's government staff and the mayor and commission over extending sewer service into a northeastern section of the county continues to find the mayor and commission reluctant to proceed on largely environmental grounds, as government staff argues that public health concerns virtually mandate the extension.

Kemp: No politics in pre-clearance moves
Banner-Herald Editorial Page Editor Jim Thompson's Monday commentary (The Editor's Desk, "Why not the Obama-Pelosi-Reid Justice Department?") is specifically the reason why the state is seeking pre-clearance of a voter registration protocol through the courts, rather than continue to allow politics to affect the integrity of Georgia's elections.

Madison's water clears but not stains
HULL - Turning on a water faucet in her home turned into a crapshoot for Melissa Atkinson.

With lecture, Obama signs credit card law
WASHINGTON - President Obama warned overeager shoppers and greedy credit card companies alike on Friday to act responsibly as he signed into law a bill designed to protect debt-ridden consumers from surprise charges.

Ex-officer cleared of charges in fight
JEFFERSON - Stephen Taylor, who was fired from the Jefferson Police Department last September after he was involved in a bar fight, has been cleared of all criminal charges.

Former sheriff cleared in assault
LEXINGTON - An Oglethorpe County grand jury declined to indict the county's former longtime sheriff on charges he and his son-in-law beat a man with a baseball bat at his daughter's home in Comer.