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14 Dec 2004
NEWS IN A NUTSHELL
Today's Focus: Chattanooga in the TFP

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Hillbilly armor protects 278th on 450-mile convoy - See front-page story by reporter Pitts who broke onto international scene last week. Road to Camp Caldwell is painted surreal, a highway that includes both a highly dangerous killing zone as well as a section where hundreds of children parade along the road, pleading for food.
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Hundreds of millions spent on construction downtown over the last four years, but for what or whom? - Could it be that Mayor Corker, whose business is construction & commercial property, and his cronies have made out like bandits? How dare we ask such a question? As the front-page story reveals, IT DIDN'T INCREASE JOBS FOR PROFESSIONAL OR HARDWORKING PEOPLE.
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Gamblers, homemade bombs, and terrorists - Who needs Iraq? We've got them here. A front-page story exposing graft just under the skirt of Chattanooga's churchy community, this one may remind Chattanoogans they're much closer to Saddam than to Jesus. Or it may become a morality tale for an old-time religion revival. Amen!
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Revenue or preservation? Little Cedar Mountain debated last night - Metro-section story suggesting that "all politics is local" is right. Dragging Canoe was at the Monday night meeting, in spirit. A Chickamauga Cherokee said: "Everything sacred has already been taken."
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Handguns & steroids: Brothers Brock go to grand jury - This case keeps getting weirder. It is a testament to the problems with testosterone enhancement without proper mental enhancement.
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Paving America: Georgia developers given green light for paving stream beds - Georgia Nature Conservancy calls it a "broad brush" approach for eliminating stream protection. The new rules exclude waterways without groundwater sources. Sounds like most of Georgia will soon be a waterpark.
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Georgia's rural Democrats reorganizing - Georgia Democrats took an ass-kicking this year. And now with more of the state's elected Dems crossing over to Republicanism, the rural types want to make the party about them, not city dwellers. Is this a Howard Dean phenom, or just Bubba-ism?
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Chemical emergencies in Dalton, GA - After 154 people went to the hospital in April because of respiratory problems and eye burns, Dalton is changing its rapid readiness. It will even include bilingual recruits, as it should in this now Hispanic-dominated area.