MIT’s future students receive their acceptance letters in shimmering silver cardboard tubes. It’s more of a legacy item – the mailing used to contain a poster – but now it’s simply a postmarked reminder of the …
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Junior Eurovision: Georgia Wins the World’s Largest Song Contest for Kids
Candy — a group of five teenagers from the Republic of Georgia — has won the Junior Eurovision Song Contest.
Georgia University to Employees: Reject Premarital Sex and Homosexuality, or Leave
Working at Georgia’s Shorter University isn’t a nine-to-five gig. It’s a way of life.
Clerk Error Lands Georgia Woman $25 Million in Powerball Jackpot
An initially unremarkable mistake proved fortuitous for one lucky lady.
Crimes of Fashion: Town Makes Money Off Saggy-Pants Fines
Making people pay for their distasteful sartorial choices? That’s one way for a town to generate income.
Dougherty Gang: Cross-Country Chase Trio Were Headed South of the Border
Three sibling suspects in a multi-state crime spree that ended in a shootout with Colorado cops planned to escape to Mexico, investigators have revealed.
Troy Davis Executed in Georgia for Killing Off-Duty Cop
After one final, desperate plea for clemency, Troy Anthony Davis was executed after the U.S. Supreme Court denied his request to cancel his execution.
Opinion Roundup: Troy Davis’ Scheduled Execution Infuriates Bloggers
Across the blogosphere, emotions are running high on the impending execution of Troy Davis, who has been set to die by lethal injection at 7 p.m. Wednesday.
Busted: Fugitive Sibling Trio Caught Near Colorado Springs
The short-lived, multi-state crime spree of the siblings billed as “The Dougherty Gang” came to a crashing end on Wednesday, as they were felled by police who had been tipped they were in the Colorado Springs area.
Party in the Heartland: Ohio University Named Nation’s Top Party School
Who knew the Appalachian foothills were home to the country’s best college parties?
Import Irony: China Buys Its Chopsticks From A Small Georgia Town
It seems everything we buy these days says “Made in China.” But millions of the Asian nation’s iconic chopsticks are proudly made in the U.S.A.
Quote: Carlos Santana Tells Us Who’s Really Running the Economy
“I would invite all Latin people to do nothing for about two weeks so you can see who really, really is running the economy… I am here to give voice to the invisible.”
—CARLOS SANTANA, musician, gives his take on the …