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Animal shelters and organizations across Georgia are getting a boost from grants totaling $125,000. Department of Agriculture Commissioner Gary Black made the announcement Wednesday.More >>
Department of Agriculture Commissioner Gary Black made the announcement Wednesday that the Spay and Neuter grants will be split between 19 recipients as part of the Dog and Cat Sterilization Program.More >>
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An Albany man is trying to get his stolen property returned, after it was taken from his Cumberland Lane home Tuesday, and his camera got a partial look at the culprits. He said that two people brokeMore >>
An Albany man is trying to get his stolen property returned, after it was taken from his Cumberland Lane home Tuesday, and his camera got a partial look at the culprits.More >>
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Just before 1:30 Wednesday morning, Officers from the Valdosta Police Department responded to a noise complaint at the Grove Apartment Complex at 2201 Baytree Road. They heard gunshots, and found AricMore >>
Just before 1:30 Wednesday morning, Officers from the Valdosta Police Department responded to a noise complaint at the Grove Apartment Complex at 2201 Baytree Road.More >>
Wednesday, May 22 2013 4:28 PM EDT2013-05-22 20:28:09 GMT
Health officials are warning you to protect yourself from mosquitoes after a horse died from Eastern Equine Encephalitis in south Georgia. The first case of EEE in Georgia this year took the life ofMore >>
Health officials are warning you to protect yourself from mosquitoes after a horse died from Eastern Equine Encephalitis in south Georgia. More >>
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BRIAN SKOLOFF, Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) - Jurors in the Jodi Arias murder trial told the judge they've been unable to reach a unanimous verdict on whether she should be sentenced to life or death. TheMore >>
Jurors in the Jodi Arias murder trial told the judge they've been unable to reach a unanimous verdict on whether she should be sentenced to life or death.More >>
June 13, 2006
Albany-- Young Americans continue to put on the pounds and the American Medical Association is considering an interesting way to fight obesity.
A committee of AMA doctors proposed a federal tax on sugar-sweetened soft drinks. Consumer groups estimate a tax of one cent per drink would raise more than a billion dollars a year.
The revenue could pay for anti-obesity efforts such as healthier meals in schools and more physical activity programs such as "Youth Being Healthy." The Coordinator of that Albany program says it would be a big step in the right direction.
"I look at it as similar to the tobacco tax where they're using that money to educate youngsters about not using tobacco. Well I'm hoping the same thing will result from this when they tax the soft drinks and I hope it moves on to other vending machine items," says Jackson.
For her work with overweight kids, Jackson was featured as one of Jacque Reid's Jewels Tuesday morning on the Steve Harvey Morning Show, a national radio program. She hopes more nationwide attention will be given to the growing problem of childhood obesity.
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