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.
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.
Mammography gets a whole lot clearer
Granted, digital mammography has been around since 2001, but as with all technology, it continues to advance.
Police clear football players in taxi assault
University of Georgia football players were not involved in a recent assault inside a taxi, as two victims first believed, Athens-Clarke police said.
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.
As California skies clear, snow piles up elsewhere
LA CANADA FLINTRIDGE, Calif. - Hundreds of Southern Californians were back in their homes Saturday as a stampede of storms that brought lightning, vicious downpours and tornadoes turned to sunshine.
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.
Mogul arrested after bombings
LAGOS, Nigeria - Authorities arrested the chairman of a former military dictator's presidential campaign Monday in connection with a set of dual car bombings in Nigeria's capital that killed a dozen people, senior government officials said.
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Police clear truck thief suspect of robbing bank
Investigators no longer think the man who stole and wrecked a pickup truck Tuesday is the same person who robbed a bank that afternoon, Athens-Clarke police said.
It probably was just a coincidence that 28-year-old Brandon Satterfield stole the truck on Sycamore Drive about the same time a similar-looking man held up the Regions Bank branch at 2009 Prince Ave., according to police.
"We're investigating coincidences and similarities to the robbery that just happened to happen simultaneously," said Athens-Clarke police Capt. Clarence Holeman, commanding officer of Centralized Criminal Investigations.
Satterfield does resemble witnesses' description of the robber: a white man in his late 20s or early 30s, about 5 feet 7 inches tall and weighing about 145 pounds.
But witnesses said the robber stuttered, and Satterfield does not, Holeman said.
"Our investigation is not riding on Satterfield," he said. "We have an open mind and other avenues to pursue."
Police first thought Satterfield might have been fleeing from the robbery when he wrecked the stolen truck at Georgia Square Mall, but investigators found the timeline doesn't
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