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President Barack Obama gestures as he speaks at Ellicott Dredges in Baltimore, Friday, May 17, 2013, during his second "Middle Class Jobs and Opportunity Tour". (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite Democratic fears, predictions of the demise of President Barack Obama's agenda appear exaggerated after a week of cascading controversies, political triage by the administration and party leaders in Congress and lack of evidence to date of wrongdoing close to the Oval Office.
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Mud and water still cover a portion of the riverwalk just north of Turner McCall Boulevard. (Alan Riquelmy / Rome News-Tribune)
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Rome’s river levels may have fallen after heavy rains earlier this month, but officials remain concerned about potential problems the high waters caused.
There was no major flooding from the rain....
Juhi Varshney said, “I really want to go into medicine. They’ve also got a really great social scene, and that’s something I want to be a part of.” (Lauren Jones / Rome News-Tribune)
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After using her hands to serve others throughout her four years at Rome High School , Juhi Varshney has decided to let service dictate her years to come. Varshney will graduate at the top of her...
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Moving to a new town or a new school can be very challenging for teenagers.
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Emily Reese made a big impact on the Armuchee girls soccer program this season — and she apparently made a big impression on the opposing coaches.
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Intrasquad scrimmages are where a spring full of hard work reveals itself — and offers a glimpse of the fall.
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Sonoraville High's Kristi Vaughn was recently named to the Junior Volleyball Association’s 2013 JVA Watch List. Vaughn, a junior, was one of only three Georgia players to receive the award. These awar
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On Friday morning, the Gordon Lee Trojans will board a bus for a 400-mile trek to Folkson in advance of their Class A public school state championship series at Charlton County.
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Silver Creek woman using bare hands to build house with rocks
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SILVER CREEK — A woman is using her bare hands to build a house in the woods by stacking large rocks on top of each other, one rock at a time.
After a posting on the Rome Georgia Yard Sale Faceboo...
UPDATE: Deal orders return of Bibles to rooms at parks
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Gov. Nathan Deal today instructed the state Department of Natural Resources to return Bibles to cabins and lodge rooms at state parks.
Out of an abundance of caution to avoid potential litigation, ...
Traffic is expected to be tied up in some areas Thursday during filming for Dreamworks’ new movie “Need for Speed”
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Rome will become the backdrop for a movie this week as a Dreamworks motion picture, “Need for Speed,” begins filming here Thursday. The work, which runs through Sunday, will lead to some road c...
Coomer: U.S. 411 a ‘national flashpoint’
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The debate over the U.S. 411 Connector to Interstate 75 has become a “national flashpoint issue,” according to state Rep. Christian Coomer, R-Cartersville.
Coomer and the other Floyd County delega...
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Obama’s policies are working
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Obama’s policies are working
President Obama has been elected twice by the American people. That included winning the Jewish vote. The Obama Administration has the best Middle Eastern foreign poli...
Update: Berry College issues statement about Tennessee lawsuit
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Berry College is suing Tennessee’s higher education commission in a dispute over billboard advertising.
Berry College says in the federal lawsuit that the Tennessee agency has threatened to su...
3 jail inmates charged with felony after flooding incident
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Floyd County Jail officials are tabulating the cost of repairs after they say three inmates flooded their cells during the weekend by overflowing toilets. Gregory Lee Causey, 33, of 1137 Stinso...
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