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  • Wednesday, June 19 2013 11:46 AM EDT2013-06-19 15:46:18 GMT
    Ravi Mikel Givens was arrested Tuesday and charged with possession of marijuana with intent to distribute. He is being held in the Dougherty County jail. Givens, who played ball at Westover and Stetson
    Agents say that police responded to the apartment because of a burglar alarm. Officers found the back door broken open and went inside. That's where they detected a strong odor of marijuana, and saw pot in plain view.
  • Wednesday, June 19 2013 10:16 AM EDT2013-06-19 14:16:37 GMT
    Demetria Porter, charged with causing the death of Ja' Kavion Davis, appeared before a judge at the Dougherty County jail this morning to hear the charges against her. She is charged with cruelty to a
    Demetria Porter, charged with causing the death of Ja' Kavion Davis, appeared before a judge at the Dougherty County jail this morning to hear the charges against her.
  • Wednesday, June 19 2013 9:45 AM EDT2013-06-19 13:45:09 GMT
    COLUMBUS, Ga. (AP) - About 100 soldiers are scheduled to return to Fort Benning in Georgia after a nine-month deployment to Afghanistan. The Columbus Ledger-Enquirer reports (http://bit.ly/17WfBX4) that
    About 100 soldiers are scheduled to return to Fort Benning in Georgia after a nine-month deployment to Afghanistan. The unit is made up of soldiers assigned at Fort Benning and medical personnel from throughout the Army.

November 6, 2002

 (Atlanta-AP) -- Republicans stunned the top two Democrats on the ballot in Georgia, a state dominated by that party since Reconstruction.

Representative Saxby Chambliss, forced into the Senate race when Democrats redrew his congressional seat, unseated Senator Max Cleland.

Sonny Perdue, a party-switcher best known for leading Georgia's disastrous decision to deregulate the natural gas market, shocked Governor Barnes to become the state's first Republican governor since 1872.

Even House Speaker Tom Murphy, the longest-serving legislative officer in the nation, trails a GOP challenger. Democrats also lost their bid to regain a majority of the seats in Congress on a day marred by rain and marked by the debut of a new electronic voting system.

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