Designer knock-offs might be bad for business, but blatant designer knock-offs are always good for a laugh. A Rolax watch? A Pollo shirt? There’s more funny there than you can fit into a Louis Veeton bag. Which brings us to ...

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WASHINGTON — The nation’s first new nuclear power plant in a generation won approval Thursday as federal regulators voted to grant a license for two new reactors in Georgia. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission voted 4-1 to approve Atlanta-based Southern Co.’s ...

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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court agreed Monday to rule on Arizona’s controversial law targeting illegal immigrants. The justices said they will review a federal appeals court ruling that blocked several tough provisions in the Arizona law. One of those requires ...

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MACON, Ga. — Prosecutors will seek the death penalty for the suspect accused of killing Mercer University law school graduate Lauren Giddings. The Macon Telegraph reports that prosecutors filed a notice of their intention to seek the death penalty in ...

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ATLANTA — With bright, bold colors, varying formats and iconic images, a new exhibition at Atlanta’s main art museum allows visitors to experience dozens of modern art masterpieces and to explore the relationships among the artists who created them. “Picasso ...

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MACON, Ga. — Authorities in Macon say a hacksaw has been recovered at the apartment complex where a recent Mercer University law school graduate was found slain and dismembered and where both she and the classmate accused of killing her ...

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MACON, Ga. — A 25-year-old Georgia law school graduate has been accused of killing a fellow classmate who was discovered dismembered outside the apartment building where they lived. Stephen Mark McDaniel was charged with murder in the death of Lauren ...

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SAVANNAH, Ga. — Georgia and South Carolina port officials agreed Monday to move forward with studying a proposal to build a shared shipping terminal on the Savannah River, a project that seemed stalled months ago as both sides argued over ...

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ATLANTA — The video camera that recorded the execution of a Georgia death row inmate did more than give attorneys an account of the man’s reaction to a new lethal injection drug. Death penalty experts say it could also lead ...

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RMF Engineering, a Baltimore-based engineering firm, has opened an office in Kennesaw, Ga., a suburb of Atlanta, to better serve higher education clients, including The University of Georgia in Athens and Kennesaw State, Emory and Auburn universities. The company said ...

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