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Senate Approves Bill to Prohibit Microchipping Without Consent

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Published Feb. 4, 2010 at 11:10 p.m.

(WSB Radio State Capitol Bureau/AP) -- State senators are moving to protect Georgians from being implanted with a microchip without their permission ... The Senate voted 47-2 on Thursday to approve a bill banning the practice without consent. Doing so would be a misdemeanor considered assault and battery ... The VeriChip has been approved by the FDA for implantation in humans. The human-implantable radio-frequency identification (RFID) microchip responds with a unique 16 digit number which could

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Democrats Unveil Transportation Plan

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dubose porter

Published Feb. 4, 2010 at 6:34 p.m.

(WSB State Capitol Bureau/AP) -- House and Senate Democrats are joining forces on their own plan to fund transportation, the Transportation Jobs Development Act ... Like a similar proposal pushed by the Senate last year, the measure would allow counties to band together and ask voters to hike the state sales tax by one cent to pay for transportation. The bill would also funnel the fourth penny currently collected as part of the tax on motor fuel to road and other infrastructure improvements

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DOT Lashing

Published Feb. 4, 2010 at 6:29 p.m.

(WSB Radio State Capitol Bureau) -- Members of the board of the Georgia Department of Transportation received a tongue lashing from the Senate Transportation Committee angry over a move by the board to change its accounting methods ... Board members voted last month to move to an accrual method rather than the current cashed-based system in which the money has to be in the bank in order to enter into a contract agreement. Under the new plan, projects could be approved based on expected

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Gonzo Lawmakers - Day 11

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Published Feb. 4, 2010 at 6:26 p.m.

A daily recap of the Georgia Public Broadcasting show "Lawmakers". The show airs weekdays at 7:00pm with a replay at 5:30am the following weekday ... Day 11 ... * Susan is back in black ... * Susan and Nwandi are giggling. Someone must have spritzed the studio with nitrous ... * More Glenn Richardson. He haunts the session. He's under an ethics investigation now. He transferred some money from his campaign to his PAC which may be a no-no. No findings at this time ... * Valerie at Hogwarts. Time

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Sword Stabbing at Georgia Tech

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Published Feb. 4, 2010 at 6:17 p.m.

(WSB Radio/AP) Authorities say a former Georgia Tech graduate student has been charged with stabbing a university researcher with a sword ... Georgia Tech spokesman Matt Nagel says the victim was taken to Grady Hospital in stable condition after the Thursday afternoon attack inside a building on campus ... The victim has been identified as Samer Tawfik. He's a post-doctoral fellow at Georgia Tech ... "I saw the cops come out with a huge Katana covered in blood," said Tech graduate student Mark

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Kiss Atlanta Interviews POPCOP

Published Feb. 4, 2010 at 5:50 p.m.

Back in December a friend sent me a message with a link to U-Tern’s Brooklyn Radio segment that said “You have to hear this song”. When I got around to the song he wanted me to hear, I was an instant fan of POPCOP. I was even [ ... ] ...

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Gonzo Lawmakers - Day 10

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Published Feb. 4, 2010 at 5:48 p.m.

Some have noted I have failed to link to the appropriate websites like I should ... To familiarize yourself with Lawmakers, please visit GPB ... Also, for good prep on the days goings on as well as video of Lawmakers, please visit Georgia Legislative Watch ... Now, on with the show! ... Day 10 ... * There's our friend the orange juice squeezer ... * Deadline to extend contract signing for teachers by one month passed ... * We're in the House so we are treated to the scowling clerks ... * This

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Teen Shot in Clayton County

Published Feb. 4, 2010 at 5:35 p.m.

(WSB Radio) A Clayton County teenager is in extremely critical condition after he shot himself, apparently accidentally ... Clayton County Police Lt. Tina Daniel tells WSB 17-year-old Zabian Harris was playing with a silver revolver with four other males, up to the age of 25, when the shooting occurred at the Highland Woods Apartments in the 5700 block of Riverdale Road ... "One of the subjects, who is 17 years of age, actually shot himself in the face, on the right side of his face, partially

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Perdue backing mortgage fraud bill

Published Feb. 4, 2010 at 5:00 p.m.

A new mortgage fraud unit spearheaded by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation would go to work on one of the fastest growing crimes in the state under legislation announced Thursday by Gov. Sonny Perdue ...

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Child Found in Gwinnett

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Published Feb. 4, 2010 at 4:57 p.m.

(WSB Radio) -- Christian Guevera, 4, kidnapped from his Austell home Thursday morning has been found, apparently safe and sound, in an apartment complex in Norcross ... Gwinnett County SWAT officers with assistance from the US Marshals service located Guevera at the Madison Ridge Apartments on Indian Trail Road in Norcross sometime after 4pm ... Cobb Police Sgt. Dana Pierce says the boy will be taken to the hospital to make sure he's okay before he's reunited with his family ... "Several people

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