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Infection occurred after 24-year-old gashed her leg after zip line accident on Georgia river
Read More »Aimee Copeland "very responsive," but to lose hands and other foot to necrotizing fasciitis, says report
Blog post on University of West Georgia Psychology department website says there's no indication 24-year-old has brain damage, and her lungs are improving
Read More »When Trademark Enforcement Goes Too Far
You can always enforce your trademarks, but should you? Here are three tips to help you decide when it's worth it.
Read More »Extinction Looms for Rare Frog Species, Now Down to One Individual
And then there was one. The last known Rabb’s fringe-limbed tree frog ( Ecnomiohyla rabborum ) now lives by himself at Zoo Atlanta in Georgia after the zoo euthanized the only other member of its species
Read More »Nuclear Reactor Approved in U.S. for First Time Since 1978
Years of shifting and smoothing Georgia red clay paid off today, as the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) voted to allow construction of two new nuclear reactors
Read More »Planned Parenthood’s Unplanned Branding Bonanza
The fact that the beloved charity that owns the pink ribbon
Read More »Ga. childhood obesity PSAs spark controversy
Strong4Life's five childhood obesity commercials air in Georgia which has second highest obesity rate in U.S.
Read More »The Elf That Stole Christmas
Christa Pitts left her job at QVC to help her mother and sister create a book and toy that have become a holiday tradition. In 2005, Christa Pitts left her job as a QVC host to help her mother, Carol Aebersold, and twin sister, Chanda Bell, launch Elf on the Shelf. The Marietta, Georgia-based company makes books and toys based on the family's Christmas tradition, which includes a toy elf who monitors naughty and nice behavior for Santa
Read More »New strategy could lead to dose reduction in X-ray imaging
For more than a century, the use of X-rays has been a prime diagnostic tool when it comes to human health.
Read More »An Ad Maestro’s Greatest Hits
Stan Richards is the mastermind behind the biggest independently owned ad agency in the nation. Weve gathered some of The Richards Groups greatest hits, as well as one that missed the mark. Here are a dozen of the best-loved advertising campaigns that came from the shop of Stan Richards, the disciplinarian mastermind behind The Richards Group, the nation’s biggest independently owned ad agency
Read More »Zac Brown’s "Eat & Greet" Tour Serves Fans Grits Before Hits
With the help of a kitchen on wheels named Cookie, one of country music's biggest stars and his chef friend Rusty Hamlin are on the promotional tour of a lifetime. Dinner is served--jams come later. And the secret sauce is BBQ-flavored.
Read More »A 2-dimensional electron liquid solidifies in a magnetic field
Physicists from the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a theory that describes, in a unified manner, the coexistence of liquid and pinned solid phases of electrons in two dimensions under the influence of a magnetic field.
Read More »Herman Cain’s Poll Stats Aren’t Pushing Pizza Sales
Call it a barometer of the Herman Cain brand: Calls to a slew of Godfather's franchises across the country suggest Cain's celebrity has failed to stimulate sales of Sicilian or pepperoni slices. Can Cain move voters if he can't move pizzas
Read More »Cybersecurity Threats to Pick Up Steam in 2012
This year has had its share of cybersecurity bombshells. Cybersecurity vendor McAfee revealed widespread theft of government data over the past five years . Now the hacker group Anonymous has threatened to take down the New York Stock Exchange's computers .
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