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Diane Connors, Douglas County purchasing director, talks to a Friday morning information meeting on the new jail and law enforcement center. About 200 building trade representatives packed Citizens Hall at the county courthouse to learn about the $150 million project, with construction due to start next October. (Sentinel photo by Winston Jones)
Diane Connors, Douglas County purchasing director, talks to a Friday morning information meeting on the new jail and law enforcement center. About 200 building trade representatives packed Citizens Hall at the county courthouse to learn about the $150 million project, with construction due to start next October. (Sentinel photo by Winston Jones)
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Jail work to begin next fall
by Winston Jones/Staff Writer
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Construction on the new Douglas County jail should be under way by next October. and local workers will get preference, according to Eric Johnson, project manager. “We’ll be turning dirt by Octobe...

Mason Creek Elementary School dedicated
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Kathleen French, principal of Mason Creek Elementary School, addresses the crowd attending the school’s dedication ceremony Thursday night. The new elementary school, and its neighbor, Mason Creek ...
Judges will take voluntary furloughs to cut costs
by Helen McCoy/Douglas County Sentinel
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Chief Superior Court Judge Robert James said he and fellow judges are doing their part to cut costs by taking a furlough day each month without pay. According to James, it was not a forced action,...

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Chapel Hill boys endure 'learning experience' in 78-37 blowout by Westlake
by Bill Evans/Sports Writer
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Westlake made the pollsters look pretty smart. Ranked as high No. 3 by one rating system, the Lions looked the part leading from start to finish in trouncing host Chapel Hill 78-37 Friday night in...
Ugly second quarter dooms Chapel Hill girls against Westlake
by Darryl Maxie/Sports Editor
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By Darryl Maxie Sports Editor The best thing about the second quarter Friday night at Chapel Hill was the buzzer that mercifully sounded at the end of it. Only then did Westlake cease hammering ...
Joby Boydstone returns as coach of the Douglas County High School Tigers after a three-year absense. (Photo by Bill Evans/Sentinel)
Joby Boydstone returns as coach of the Douglas County High School Tigers after a three-year absense. (Photo by Bill Evans/Sentinel)
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Boydstone era resumes with DC rebuilding year
by Bill Evans/Sports Writer
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The Joby Boydstone era of Douglas County basketball has returned. Following a three-year absence, the Runnin’ Tigers program opens on the road Friday at Johns Creek and Saturday at Villa Rica befo...

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Historic health care bill nears key Senate vote (AP)

President Barack Obama's Democratic allies in the Senate strove to lock down support to prevail in remaking the US health care system. Adding to their confidence, a wavering Democrat, Senator Ben Nelson of Nebraska, pictured here in October, said he would vote with his party this time but warned he might side with Republicans in subsequent fights.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Chip Somodevilla)AP - In a show of unity, Senate Democrats sealed a 60-vote majority needed to advance health care legislation Saturday ahead of an evening showdown with Republicans eager to doom the bill and inflict a punishing defeat on President Barack Obama.


Sat Nov 21 14:28:21 -0600 2009
Restored machine to explore mysteries of Big Bang (AP)

In this photo released by the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) on Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009, scientists react in the CERN Control Center after successfully restarting the Large Hadron Collider, in Geneva, Switzerland, Friday, Nov. 20, 2009. Scientists moved Saturday to prepare the world's largest atom smasher for exploring the depths of matter after successfully restarting the $10 billion machine following more than a year of repairs. (AP Photo/Keystone, Brice, CERN)AP - Scientists are preparing the world's largest atom smasher to explore the depths of matter after successfully restarting the $10 billion machine following more than a year of repairs.


Sat Nov 21 13:06:46 -0600 2009
Hackers leak e-mails, stoke climate debate (AP)

Smoke billows from factories in Moscow. Braking the rise in Earth's population would be a major help in the fight against global warming, according to an unprecedented UN report that draws a link between demographic pressure and climate change.(AFP/File/Denis Sinyakov)AP - Computer hackers have broken into a server at a well-respected climate change research center in Britain and posted hundreds of private e-mails and documents online — stoking debate over whether some scientists have overstated the case for man-made climate change.


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