http://www.macon.com/220/index.xml News, sports and entertainment from Macon Telegraph en-us Copyright 2008 Macon Telegraph State news 60 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 02:58:45 EDT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys feedback@macon.com http://www.macon.com/220/story/411678.html http://www.macon.com/220/story/411678.html Wed, 23 Jul 2008 02:58 EDT A single ticket has won the grand prize from the latest Mega Millions lottery drawing. http://www.macon.com/220/story/410952.html http://www.macon.com/220/story/410952.html Tue, 22 Jul 2008 09:53 EDT A trial date for one of Michael Vick's co-defendants on state dogfighting charges will be set on September 23. http://www.macon.com/220/story/410966.html http://www.macon.com/220/story/410966.html Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:48 EDT Authorities continue to investigate the fatal shooting of a 40-year-old preschool teacher in Gwinnett County. http://www.macon.com/220/story/410999.html http://www.macon.com/220/story/410999.html Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:29 EDT A federal court judge has ruled in favor of the Georgia Board of Regents and top university administrators in a lawsuit brought against them by a national pharmacy group. http://www.macon.com/220/story/411142.html http://www.macon.com/220/story/411142.html Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:43 EDT Kid Rock has been sentenced to a year's probation and fined $1,000 for his role in a fight at a suburban Atlanta Waffle House last fall. http://www.macon.com/220/story/411220.html http://www.macon.com/220/story/411220.html Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:04 EDT KEY RESULTS: UPS' profit declined nearly 21 percent in the second quarter as fuel costs soared. Domestic volume was down, while international growth moderated. http://www.macon.com/220/story/411299.html http://www.macon.com/220/story/411299.html Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:38 EDT President Bush swept into Georgia on Tuesday for what's become something of an election year ritual: trying to knock U.S. Rep. Jim Marshall out of office. http://www.macon.com/220/story/411358.html http://www.macon.com/220/story/411358.html Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:13 EDT A woman diagnosed with HIV has been sentenced to three years in prison for spitting in another woman's face and proclaiming "I hope you get AIDS." http://www.macon.com/220/story/410778.html http://www.macon.com/220/story/410778.html Tue, 22 Jul 2008 04:09 EDT Georgia is expected to release data this week on how the state's public schools fared with federal No Child Left Behind measurements. http://www.macon.com/220/story/411480.html http://www.macon.com/220/story/411480.html Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:58 EDT Two corporations owned by a former Republic Bank president and his cohorts in a multimillion-dollar fraud scheme 15 years ago in Miami could be allowed to keep their ill-gotten gains under an appeals court ruling. http://www.macon.com/220/story/410811.html http://www.macon.com/220/story/410811.html Tue, 22 Jul 2008 05:38 EDT The great-grandson of George W. Vanderbilt and two other witnesses say air pollution is a threat to tourism and means additional expenses and restrictions for their businesses. http://www.macon.com/220/story/410878.html http://www.macon.com/220/story/410878.html Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:49 EDT Customers are using UPS shipping services within the U.S. less amid a slumping U.S. economy and soaring fuel prices. The company's international business was affected as imports into the country declined in the second quarter. http://www.macon.com/220/story/410896.html http://www.macon.com/220/story/410896.html Tue, 22 Jul 2008 09:03 EDT Fifth Third Bancorp is reporting a net loss of $202 million, or 37 cents a share, in the second quarter compared with a profit of $376 million, or 69 cents a share, for the same period in 2007. http://www.macon.com/220/story/410958.html http://www.macon.com/220/story/410958.html Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:18 EDT The Peach County Chamber of Commerce has a different kind of business celebration on its Aug. 8 agenda - a grand closing ceremony. http://www.macon.com/220/story/410973.html http://www.macon.com/220/story/410973.html Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:44 EDT A former state employee claimed Tuesday in a federal lawsuit that top Georgia legislative officials fired her because she said she would come to work dressed as a female as she prepared for a sex-change procedure to transform from man to woman. http://www.macon.com/220/story/411011.html http://www.macon.com/220/story/411011.html Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:34 EDT Charlotte, North Carolina-based Wachovia says it lost nearly 9 billion dollars in the second quarter. It says it will cut more than 6,300 jobs. http://www.macon.com/220/story/411143.html http://www.macon.com/220/story/411143.html Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:13 EDT A judge has unsealed some records in Georgia House Speaker Glenn Richardson's divorce after an ethics watchdog sued to open them to the public. http://www.macon.com/220/story/411239.html http://www.macon.com/220/story/411239.html Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:24 EDT A former state employee claimed Tuesday in a federal lawsuit that top Georgia legislative officials fired her because she said she would come to work dressed as a female as she prepared for a sex-change procedure to transform from man to woman. http://www.macon.com/220/story/411308.html http://www.macon.com/220/story/411308.html Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:34 EDT The flower power of a 1970s Jesus returns to Broadway this fall with a revival of "Godspell." http://www.macon.com/220/story/411432.html http://www.macon.com/220/story/411432.html Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:23 EDT The chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee says he might pursue new gun restrictions in response to a recently enacted Georgia law that could allow people to carry concealed firearms in parts of the Atlanta airport.