| Suspect charged in two previous robberies |
| Athens Banner-Herald - News, Thu, 08 May 2008 |
| [ Police charged an Athens man Thursday in connection with two eastside armed robberies, days after they arrested him for allegedly holding up a westside convenience store. |
| L.A. Drivers Ditch Cars for Subway |
| NPR - Main Stories, Thu, 08 May 2008 |
| Southern California commuters are being hit hard by some of the highest gasoline prices in the nation. And, like commuters elsewhere in the country, many of them are turning to mass transit for relief. |
| Lt. Governor Says He Will Allow Senate Vote On Sunday Alcohol Sales |
| GA WSB TV - Local, Thu, 08 May 2008 |
| Cagle: Let the voters decide on Sunday sales |
| AJC - State News, Wed, 07 May 2008 |
| Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle, a possible Republican candidate for governor in 2010, now says he is willing to let the state Senate vote on Sunday package store sales of liquor. Cagle, the Senate's president, made the statement in a letter to Georgians who contacted his office about legislation that would let voters decide whether to allow Sunday sales. Just under 2,000 letters were sent out in the past week. Cagle has been viewed as a stumbling block on the issue. The Senate has stalled Sunday sales legislation the past two General Assembly sessions. |
| Gas Budget Soaks Up Fun Money |
| GA WXIA 11 Alive - Consumer, Wed, 07 May 2008 |
| How many of us buy more than gasoline when stopping to refill our cars? Statistics show, a lot of us do. |
| Robbery suspects identified fast |
| Athens Banner-Herald - News, Mon, 05 May 2008 |
| [ Investigators are studying whether two men arrested for the weekend armed robbery of a westside convenience store also may have held up two other businesses since late March, Athens-Clarke police said. |
| Legislators got donations weeks before session began |
| AJC - Legislature, Sat, 19 Apr 2008 |
| In the final days before the start of the 2008 legislative session, a health care company lobbying for a law to help it get into the Georgia market doled out $41,000 in campaign contributions to more than 50 lawmakers and top state officials. The biggest contributions from Cancer Treatment Centers of America went to legislative leaders, including Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle, Speaker Glenn Richardson, House Majority Leader Jerry Keen and Senate President Pro Tem Eric Johnson, according to reports filed recently with the State Ethics Commission. State Ethics Commission reports show lawmakers and state officials took in more than $1 million in campaign contributions in the two weeks leading up to the 2008 session, which began Jan. 14. Most of that came from groups such as the Cancer Treatment Centers, UnitedHealthcare, the National Rifle Association and dozens of other organizations with lobbyists and a huge stake in what happened during the session. |