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An anti-bullying PSA made by Berry students won an award from the Broadcast Education Association. Berry students win award for anti-bullying PSA
A public service announcement produced by four Berry College communication majors has earned first place in the promotional category of the Broadcast Education Association’s national student video...
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9-year-old donates hair to Locks of Love
Emma Grace Hamilton, 9, had her hair cut at Shear Professionals by her aunt Kim Stansell and donated the hair to Locks of Love. This is Emma’s second hair donation with the first one being to Pant...
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‘Night of Dreams’ band fundraiser coming soon
The 17th annual “Night of Dreams” fundraiser for the Rome band program will be April 10 at The Forum. The dinner-dance sponsored by the Rome High Band Boosters features live jazz, silent aucti...
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Rome farmer wins district stewardship honor
Jamie Jordan of Rome’s Riverbend Farm was the district winner in the Governor’s Environmental Stewardship Award for Agriculture, announced today in conjunction with the start of Agriculture Awaren...
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Darlington grad publishes ‘Waking Up Blind’
Darlington School graduate Tom Harbin, an Atlanta ophthalmologist, recently published “Waking Up Blind — Lawsuits Over Eye Surgery.” The book examines a real-life scandal at a respected medica...
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Berry student wins music award
Susanna Brown, a Berry College junior pursuing a Bachelor of Arts degree in music with a concentration in vocal performance, has earned the 2010 Barbara Malis Award thanks to her winning effort in...
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Lions leader visits
The Georgia Lions 18-A district governor visits the Rome Lions Club. Pictured are Rome Lions Club President Scott Skinner (from left), District Gov. Berry Broach from Ellijay and Vice District Gov...
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Rome graduate named to Georgia College Dean’s List
Sarah Catherine Storey has been named to the Dean’s List at Georgia College & State University for the fall semester of 2000. The daughter of Terry and Hal Storey, she is a 2009 graduate of Ro...
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Student gets education grant
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Kimberlie Langham recently received a grant from the Program for Continuing Education, a project of the Philanthropic Educational Organization, to pursue certification in diagnostic sonography. S...
Roman named to Dean’s List at Lee
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Brady Smith, of Rome, was named to the Dean’s List with Honors at Lee University for the fall 2009 semester. Students with a semester grade point average of 3.9 or higher are named to the Dean’s Li...
10-year-old donates to Locks of Love
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Sarah Kate Cochran, 10, a student at Model Elementary School, has donated her hair to Locks of Love. Sarah is the daughter of Susan Franklin and Brad Cochran. Locks of Love is a public nonprofi...
Girl donates to Locks of Love
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Zoey Franklin, 4, a student a Model Elementary School, has donated her hair to Locks of Love . Zoey is the daughter of Jim and Susan Franklin of Rome. Locks of Love is a public nonprofit organiza...
Berry senior wins prestigious marketing award
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Berry College senior Megan Moffatt is one of four Georgia college students chosen to receive a new award being presented by the Atlanta chapter of the American Marketing Association. Ken Bernhard...
Rome native directs 'Frankly, My Dear' at Nashville theater
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Described as "hilarious, irreverent and mostly true," Frankly, My Dear - which purportedly tells what happened when David O. Selznick demanded a new script for Gone With the Wind - opens at Chaffin...
High school seniors eligible for Blood Assurance scholarship
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The Blood Assurance Foundation is now accepting applications for the 2010 Crystal Green Memorial Scholarship. Applications for the one-time $1,500 scholarship must be postmarked no later than March...
KneckDown to perform benefit for Sexual Assault Center
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April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. On April 3, the Sexual Assault Center of Northwest Georgia will hold a benefit concert with KneckDown at 7 p.m. at the Rome City Auditorium. Tickets are $...
Todd Bridges Says Wearing Diaper Was His Drug-Abuse Low Point

The actor was on 'Fox & Friends' promoting his new book, 'Killing Willis.'

Wed Mar 17 13:54:47 -0500 2010
Being on Reality TV Is Unhealthy for Children, Experts Say

Putting small children in front of the camera prevents them from developing the proper relationship with their parents and creating their own identity, says one expert.

Wed Mar 17 08:17:04 -0500 2010
Oprah Winfrey to Appear at Defamation Trial Involving Her South African Girls' School

The case centers on remarks Winfrey made in suspending a headmistress amid the 2007 abuse complaints.

Tue Mar 16 15:51:41 -0500 2010
Posner says he failed to source material for book (AP)
AP - An author and journalist who resigned last month from the Internet news site The Daily Beast over allegations of lifting material acknowledged that passages in his latest book are similar to those of another writer.
Wed Mar 17 11:36:34 -0500 2010
Reagan 'GE Theater' tapes restored, go to library (AP)
AP - All 208 episodes of television's "General Electric Theater," hosted by then-actor Ronald Reagan, are being delivered to former first lady Nancy Reagan on Wednesday as part of the two-year celebration of the late president's 100th birthday.
Wed Mar 17 11:22:29 -0500 2010
French polemic over fake game show electrocutions (AP)

Christophe Nick, TV producer of 'The Game of Death,' which is set to air Wednesday, talks to reporters Wednesday March 17, 2010 in Paris. State-run television is making headlines about a fake game show based on a 1963 experiment in the United States in which credulous participants obey orders to deliver increasingly powerful electric shocks to a man (an actor) until he appears to die. In the pilot, more than 4 in 5 believed they were participating in a real show and turned up the juice to the maximum, potentially deadly level . (AP Photo/Chrsitophe Ena)AP - A state-run TV channel is stirring controversy with a documentary about a fake game show in which credulous participants obey orders to deliver increasingly powerful electric shocks to a man, who is really an actor, until he appears to die.


Wed Mar 17 13:56:22 -0500 2010